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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Mesa OUT, Reeves IN............
« on: June 23, 2018, 07:21:55 AM »
I get better balanced sound with the bright channel on the Sunn. So far' with the Reeves, I have tried Channel 1 and 2 and a Y cord for both (I like best). My tone controls flat. I think the MV is a big PLUS!

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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Mesa OUT, Reeves IN............
« on: June 21, 2018, 06:57:08 PM »
It's here.  Simply beautiful and lush sounding. Very refined. One really cool thing,  you can play at lower volumes and the notes just jump off the strings. I always found myself playing too hard so this is gonna make a big diff.
I'm kinda favoring the Aggy GS 112 stack but it hangs over a little!
Sorry for sideways image.

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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Mesa OUT, Reeves IN............
« on: June 19, 2018, 07:25:25 PM »
I used to have a pair of McIntosh ML1-C speakers that were sealed with 12s.  They were thin sounding until you got the MQ102 equalizer, then, Watch Out!

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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Mesa OUT, Reeves IN............
« on: June 19, 2018, 07:09:55 PM »
It's gonna be here tomorrow--Wednesday!  I am psyched- Thanks Psycho!  I was pretty sure I wasn't imagining the Mesa thing.   Especially when I plug in the ""120W"" Sunn.  Night and day. The Sunn would bury the Mesa. 

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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Power amp recommendation
« on: June 19, 2018, 03:04:37 AM »
If I were building a SS rack setup, this would be on my short list.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Crest-Audio-CA-6-Amplifier/163097853744?epid=72142037&hash=item25f963bf30:g:ifUAAOSwJdBbIuZp

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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Mesa OUT, Reeves IN............
« on: June 19, 2018, 02:40:08 AM »
I would use it more, but I have a hard time fitting it in my back seat because of the dimensions.

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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Mesa OUT, Reeves IN............
« on: June 18, 2018, 06:44:51 PM »
That combo is beautiful!  The MM has a PV BW15 in it.  Also,  The Ashdowm ABM500 sounds amazing through it.

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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Mesa OUT, Reeves IN............
« on: June 16, 2018, 05:15:45 PM »
Quote from: Dave W on June 16, 2018, 04:27:31 PM
To each his own. I don't find my Bass 400+ to be that way at all. What cab(s) are you using?

Didn't matter.......... Berg NV215, Eden D410 XLT, Ag GS112s, Musicman RH115, Bag Ends 115s .....

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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Mesa OUT, Reeves IN............
« on: June 16, 2018, 08:34:51 AM »
I did the 12AU7 driver swap. It did what  it was supposed to do but did not change the baked in sound of the amp much at all.   I tried all the tewaking and eq on-off , knobs in-out, etc.

To give you an idea of my ear,  Many say how much they loved the PV VB-2.  I hated it!  I got a set of 6CA7s for it and still yuck.  Sounded like a guitar amp to me.   
I also picked up a  PV AlphaBass with original 6L6GS tubes in it.  It gets me half way there, but I am a big fan of the Sunn 2000S.   That's what I call a bass amp.!
Hopefully, the C225 is the giging answer.   

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Bass Amps & Effects / Mesa OUT, Reeves IN............
« on: June 15, 2018, 10:23:49 PM »
I really tried to love the Mesa 400+, changing pre tubes, speaker cabs, EQ settings.  I just couldn't get the baked in mid range out-- or should I say, lack of lows in.  I kept going back to my SS Ashdown or GK800RB.   I have always been in love with my Sunn 2000S but it is 30" wide making it way too goofy for top of cab use.  That's one reason I went for the Mesa-   the profile.    I had a chance on a DR201, but it was not an original and I got cold feet.... plus it's 27.5" long and 75 lbs.  So a minty used Reeves C225 came up and I grabbed it.   Now the wait for FEDEX....   
This thing is supposed to "have it all" from what I have read.  And it's 59 lbs and 24" wide to fit most standard cabs.
The guy said it has  TAD KT88 tubes in it.   I think they were swapped out.  I think Reeves shipps with JJs.  It was bought in 2015 so maybe that's what was around then??  Don't know. 

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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Preamp not working after shipping. Mesa 400+
« on: April 19, 2018, 06:08:29 PM »
Well I hooked up the buyer with a tech in WV. Turns out he is well respected with glowing reviews. He is Charlie Powers in Fairmont, West Virginia and goes by Guitar CPR.  The guy got it fixed and running in no time. It turned out a wire came off during shipping.  I offered to reimburse the buyer for the cost and he gave me a graceous pass.   WOW!  He was so up front and was thankful that I helped, he just said "we're good. I'm happy"
There IS a GOD!

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Bass Amps & Effects / Preamp not working after shipping. Mesa 400+
« on: April 06, 2018, 04:55:47 PM »
I ended up selling my Mesa 400+ on ebay. I found an excellent double box. It got there in iin 1 1/2 days with no damage to the box. The power tubes light up but the preamp tubes don't.  What course of action should I take.  Should I have him ship it back?  The amp worked flawlessly when it left here.

Thank You,  Bob

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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Adding an 8ohm tweeter box to a 4 ohm 215
« on: July 08, 2017, 08:46:57 AM »
Well it was a success last night.  I kept checking for excessive heat but it remained constant and fairly warm but I think running the berg made the amp work harder than the Bagend stack. The Berg was a proto (rat fur) model so it has stock Delta 15A speakers in it. The klipsch center just sat in there nicely without complaining.
Thank You Much! PSG

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Bass Amps & Effects / Re: Adding an 8ohm tweeter box to a 4 ohm 215
« on: July 06, 2017, 06:47:48 PM »
Awesome!  I found out a little more. 
It is a Klipsch Synergy SC-1, 2-way
Max (RMS) Output Power 100 Watt
-3dB Frequency Response 60 Hz
Nominal Impedance 8 Ohm
Sensitivity 95 dB
Crossover Frequency 2200Hz
Magnet Type neodymium

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Bass Amps & Effects / Adding an 8ohm tweeter box to a 4 ohm 215
« on: July 06, 2017, 03:15:15 AM »
So I am pretty sold on keeping my Berg NV215 but I want to add some highs.

I ran it before with a biamp GK800RB, which has a separate tweeter amp.

Experimenting, for 10 minutes, I ran another 215 (4ohm) cab with my Sun 2000S off the optional 4 ohm tap instead of the 16 (The brown wire that comes from the OT), then I plugged a medium size Klipsch center channel speaker (2x4"+horn) (8ohms) out of the 215's cab parallel jacks.

The sound was very balanced between the 2 cabs. Since the Klipsch rolls off high, there was no distortion. Just more presence.

A lot of 4 ohm cabs have tweeter/mid/ etc speakers included in them (Including the Berg has a 6"), so that makes me wonder if it really changes the total impedance of the total load.

Is it safe to run this cab on a tube amp this way, namely in my Mesa 400+?

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