New.. Stuff time? Potential mid life crisis alert

[TRBboy]

I've been working towards somewhat of a 'vision' I've had for a while, and have finally got there! 

 

Let's get a couple of things out of the way first: 

1) Yes, I know it's probably unnecessary. 

2) This is my cellar/music room, a tatty time capsule to the late 80's/early 90's, and is a way down the renovation list. 

3) Yes, I may be having a mid life crisis of sorts. I also bought a Red Arrows leather jacket the other day. 

 

I've had my GR Bass 4x10" for a couple of years now, and love it deeply. It's by far the best single cab I've had in the past almost 30 years, amongst some great cabs. I'd been getting to think I might like a GR Bass Amp too... At the same time, I was thinking it would be cool to be able to run more cabs, but the GR410+ is 4 ohm... naturally then, the One 1400 caught my eye!

 

I decided that a new one was more than I could run to, and there didn't seem to be used ones around, but then last week I spotted @franzbassist selling one! After some discussion it was a done deal, and it arrived today! (Unbelievably well packaged I might add, I'm not sure if Gareth was trying to protect the amp or save himself a tip run 🤣).

 

I've only had a brief play around with it this evening, but so far I'm loving it! It's clean and clear, but not clinical. Natural sounding, with a very flexible EQ section, yet still simple to use. Lots of oomph, but also great definition and dynamics. Very pleased!

 

In addition, I've had a penchant for 15's again in the last few years, and have been experimenting with a couple I picked up pretty cheap (one from the fantastic @vmaxblues). They were great, but I was fixated on a specific form factor, and wanted two cabs the same. So in the past few weeks I've picked up a pair of Markbass NY151's.

 

So I now have 3 rig options: 

 

One 1400 with the GR410+, this will be my main rig:

 

The pair of NY151's, pictured here with my backup amp, a LMII:

 

And then we have the behemoth.... The 1400w, 4x10" + 2x15" monster! This should do well for the outdoor shows in the summer! 😎👌

 

Sounds absolutely phenomenal! Not just ridiculously loud and gutsy, but REALLY good sounding! I did wonder if something sounded a bit funny for a moment, but then I realised it was just the house disintegrating 🤣🤣🤣.

 

I often find at outdoor gigs (using only our PA - mainly only for vocals), the bass gets a bit lost, whereas the 100w valve half stacks/stacks seem to project well across a field no problem. I'm hoping this will help balanced things up a bit. 😉

 

Sorry for the long post, but I've been working towards this for some time, and I'm over the moon that I've got there in the end! 

 

Oli

Edited 1 hour ago by TRBboy

[Downunderwonder]

Safer than motorcycles.

[itu]

A pair of 4 ohm cabs is fine if you use... two amps!

[TRBboy]

9 minutes ago, itu said:

A pair of 4 ohm cabs is fine if you use... two amps!

That's what we've got here, the One 1400 has two 700w power amps in, min 4 ohm each 😊

 

Of course you can also get amps that are 2 ohm stable 🤷