bubinga5 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Anyone own one, any knowledge about this lightweight amp.? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I have one, anything in particular you want to know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) Well are they a warm sounding amp.? They seem to be relatively inexpensive. Just wondering about the quality.. Also i see them at GAK for £640 and then at Thomann for £385.?? Same amp.? Edited September 18, 2017 by bubinga5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannybuoy Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 (edited) Great price on the Thomann one then! Should be the same amp yes. Definitely a great warm sounding amp. Especially if you take the bite button off, it's great for the P Bass + flats motown/blues thing. Then engage it for a more agressive sound. It's essentially a VT Bass DI with a power amp bolted on, with an additional switch to select the frequency of the mids. This is definitely a nice to have feature as I prefer it shifted to the non-default position of affecting the lower mids (then just use the character knob to control high mids essentially). So in terms of sound you can just look up the many many reviews of the VT Bass pedals. The amp does have some downsides, though: - It doesn't seem as loud as some other 500W amps. Namely my Orange Terror Bass, but then again that is LOUD for a supposed 500W. It seems on par with the Streamliner and Tonehammer amps I've tried although I've not A/B'ed them. I've not had to crank the volume to max though so I suppose it is loud enough for my purposes. - If you turn the blend off to get a clean amp sound, there is no gain control and you may well then struggle to get enough volume. - The master volume affects the DI output level. So if you are DI-ing to FOH and want to adjust your stage volume, that will also affect the PA. Great little amp though. However I am considering moving to a VTDI on the board and a loud transparent amp that will let me fiddle with EQ and volume for my rig without affecting the PA sound. Then again I could do that with this amp, using the dry out from the VTDI to the amp! Edited September 18, 2017 by dannybuoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubinga5 Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 Thanks for the info Danny.. That has helped my decision.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SisterAbdullahX Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Isn't there one for sale on here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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