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i recently acquired a HA5500 and am looking to have it permanently stored in a flight case. Im asuming for this i need rack ears? anyone know where i can source them and any tips on actually flight casing it?

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[quote name='Pow_22' post='880272' date='Jun 28 2010, 08:27 PM']i recently acquired a HA5500 and am looking to have it permanently stored in a flight case. Im asuming for this i need rack ears? anyone know where i can source them and any tips on actually flight casing it?[/quote]

I've racked mine. Try this. [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/hartke_rackmount_35005000.htm"]http://www.thomann.de/gb/hartke_rackmount_35005000.htm[/url]

You have to buy 2 as they sell them singularly and most importantly WITHOUT screws. Hartke are having a laugh with that one. Who racks half an amp?!!

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You could do what I do and complain directly to the Uk distributor that they're the best part of £25 per pair - they could send you the ones that attached the amp Jack Bruce was using to the rack for the Cream reunion concerts

No wait, I got those :brow:

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[quote name='Delberthot' post='880569' date='Jun 29 2010, 01:29 AM']You could do what I do and complain directly to the Uk distributor that they're the best part of £25 per pair - they could send you the ones that attached the amp Jack Bruce was using to the rack for the Cream reunion concerts

No wait, I got those :brow:[/quote]

Funnily enough I did complain. I heard the tumbleweed go past as they didn't reply for some reason.

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Out of interest, settings wise on the HA5500 it obviously has the high and low contour, never had an amp with these on before. I cant have a full play round (at volume) till our next rehearsal but what settings on these would you recommend? The sound i have is very deep (almost muddy) and sometimes the highs do suffer for this (amlost silence on riffs/fills etc) so im lookin to obviously smooth this out but i do want the highs to still sound ''bassy'' and ''deep''

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[quote name='Pow_22' post='881452' date='Jun 29 2010, 10:43 PM']Out of interest, settings wise on the HA5500 it obviously has the high and low contour, never had an amp with these on before. I cant have a full play round (at volume) till our next rehearsal but what settings on these would you recommend? The sound i have is very deep (almost muddy) and sometimes the highs do suffer for this (amlost silence on riffs/fills etc) so im lookin to obviously smooth this out but i do want the highs to still sound ''bassy'' and ''deep''[/quote]

I'd leave the graphic flat then boost the low contour say to 6 and cut the high contour by the same amount. Try that then if you need to cut the 5kHz and above frequencies. Then boost about 250Hz a bit. Say 4dB. That should be a decent starter for 10 for you. Not the sound I use and you may have to have a fiddle as you play passive basses and I only play active basses. Though I think that'll be reasonable for you.

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