AxelF Posted October 9, 2022 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybeevee Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Are these class D? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxelF Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 No, they're class A/B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fingerz Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Really really nice amps these. Very pure, clean, old school simple bass tone. Highly recommended, GLWTS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybeevee Posted October 12, 2022 Share 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryancowell25 Posted October 13, 2022 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AxelF Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jaybeevee Posted October 14, 2022 Share 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.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 14, 2022 Share Posted October 14, 2022 @warwickhunt... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted October 14, 2022 Share 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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