AxelF Posted October 9, 2022 Posted October 9, 2022 (edited) Thunderfunk TFB550 for sale - Dave Funk's classic head. Has a ridiculous amount of tone-shaping options - a 6 band semi-parametric eq section featuring bass and treble knobs plus then 4 sweepable eq points offering virtually unlimited tweaking between 30Hz and 4kHz. In addition to that there are two controls labelled 'Enhance' and 'Timbre' - these have been a revelation to me in live use. From the manual: "Enhance: As you advance the knob, the sound tightens up, boosting the very low, upper middle and, high frequencies, while adding a dip in the lower middle frequencies. This brings out the fundamental notes by reducing frequencies that mask them, and it enhances the high-end transients, similar to techniques often used for recording bass in the studio." "Timbre: Like the Enhance control, it is a complex adjustment of both treble and bass on one knob. Use it to range from a full to a punchy bass tone. Turned down you get a deep, full-bass tone, and turned up you get a tight, punchy-bass tone." The 6-band eq is amazing but I generally got every sound I needed out of this amp by using those two controls alone. Any additional eqing I did was then generally for the specific room. Also has the solid state/tube emulation switch. Has 2 DIs - pre and post eq, each with a ground lift and an output level for the post eq. 500 watts into 4 ohms - not sure what it would give into 8, but the same as usual I guess! In fantastic condition - it's lived in a rack for all of my gigs, I think I have the rack ears too for it which I'll include. £550, would prefer collection from Dartford ideally, but open to meeting within a reasonable distance or can discuss shipping at the buyers risk/expense. Edited October 17, 2022 by AxelF 6
fingerz Posted October 12, 2022 Posted October 12, 2022 Really really nice amps these. Very pure, clean, old school simple bass tone. Highly recommended, GLWTS. 1
Jaybeevee Posted October 12, 2022 Posted October 12, 2022 I´m really intrigued by it, but not a single decent video I can find. I would love to see a demo of the EQ and the other features...
ryancowell25 Posted October 13, 2022 Posted October 13, 2022 Agreed. One of the amps I truly regret selling. These are brilliant work horse no-nonsense amps that sound fantastic and are easily serviceable. I’d have it off you but to many amps. It’s a classic. GLWTS 1
AxelF Posted October 13, 2022 Author Posted October 13, 2022 (edited) Yeah there's not really many videos around that demonstrate what the filters and the eq can do, I've recorded a quick video to try and show some of the range of tones available - please ignore the shoddy playing! You can get a huge range of tones from just the 'Enchance' and 'Timbre' controls alone, or together, or you can just ignore them and use the semi-parametric eq to tune exactly the frequencies you want. The video is recorded with a Warwick Streamer straight into the amp and then out of the 'post eq' DI into my PC. No editing or tone shaping on the DAW. https://youtu.be/FgaWmeUh0NQ Edited October 13, 2022 by AxelF 2 1
Jaybeevee Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 Just now, Jaybeevee said: I found this one mis-labelled in the video notes. Recorded on a zoom by the looks.. it sound bloody massive here..
warwickhunt Posted October 14, 2022 Posted October 14, 2022 10 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: @warwickhunt... LOL already discussed this as a back up... but I already have 2 back ups. 1
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