Members Jim S Posted April 5, 2004 Members Posted April 5, 2004 For the fun of it I ran my old '70s Martin D28 herringbone with a Sunrise pickup and preamp into my high end bass rig: Kern IP-777 preamp Crown K2 power amp Euphonic Audio VL210 cabinet Holy Sh-t!!! This thing sounds sooooo good: clear, dynamic, punchy, prodigious defined tight bass, huge open sound, present. Insane!!!!!!!!!! I use an Ultrasound DS50 which sounds wonderful and is pleasantly portable: small and very lightweight. But the massive clear punchy sound of this bass rig can't be matched. Pricewise I purchased the Ultrasound amp for about $325 used while my bass rig cost ~$2500 when I bought it about 5 years ago. In comparison to the Ultrasound amp my bass rig weighs in and is as easy to move as a small planet. (FYI, my basses are a Sadowsky jazz 4 and Sadowsky PJ4.)
Members Pedro Posted April 5, 2004 Members Posted April 5, 2004 I have tried that some thing, and I got the same results; clear, uncolored, natural acoustic sound. I have a 70's ampeg V-4B with an Avatar 410, I found the tube head gave my acoustic a nice warm sound without coloring the sound, just warming it up. It's too bad that I can't take my bass rig everywhere, it's just too big and heavy.
Members WGH Posted April 7, 2004 Members Posted April 7, 2004 I've had good luck with my bass amp too. It's not high end (Peavey TNT 115) but really sounds clear and full. You may also want to try out a 15" powered speaker. I have a pair of Samson DB500a's and they sound great.
Members accoustician Posted April 9, 2004 Members Posted April 9, 2004 very interesting... I've found the same thing with slight variations & used it for a few years now. KERN IP-777 -great for acoustic, jazz & strat/no good for nylonHAFLER P3000 or P1500 -very warm sounding power ampsEA CXL 110- either mono or x2 as stereo pairRAVEN LABS PMB LEXICON REVERB Then I got the Ultrasound DS50 a month ago...I no longer have to move my small planet but I find thePMB 1 & Lexicon reverb to be mandatory with the UltrasoundIf it's a large room I still take the planet.
Members accoustician Posted April 9, 2004 Members Posted April 9, 2004 A little over a year ago my girl asked me to go move some boxes out of her (now our) bedroom.I walked in the room and there was a brown guitar case with aribbon and card on it.It was a Taylor LKSM I've played for over 40yrs and have never seen or heard a 12 string like this guitar.A beautiful guitar.not to mention a beautiful girl.
Members Jim S Posted April 9, 2004 Author Members Posted April 9, 2004 Originally posted by accoustician A beautiful guitar. not to mention a beautiful girl. OK, now we need pics of both!
Members accoustician Posted April 9, 2004 Members Posted April 9, 2004 A little over a year ago my girl asked me to go move some boxes out of her (now our) bedroom.I walked in the room and there was a brown guitar case with aribbon and card on it.It was a Taylor LKSM I've played for over 40yrs and have never seen or heard a 12 string like this guitar.A beautiful guitar.not to mention a beautiful girl.
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