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Topic: Yet another new lightweight 250 w combo series on the market |
Jay Ganz
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Out Behind The Barn
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Tommy Boswell
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Virginia, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2011 9:41 am |
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Very interesting. Lot's of tone-tweaking features, 2 parametric EQs for mids, contour knob, compression, headphone jack, etc. And the price is right.
Anybody tried these with pedal steel? |
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Greg Cutshaw
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Corry, PA, USA
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Steve English
From:
Baja, Arizona
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Posted 14 Jan 2011 10:28 am
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| That Carvin looks interesting! |
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Greg Cutshaw
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Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2011 10:56 am
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The freak response on the Carvin is 60-20,000 Hz so it's really a lot more than just a bass amp. It may be missing a bit of the lows for some bass players but would be killer for steel I'd think.
It's just getting impossible to decide what amp I would buy if I were starting all over again. This Carvin with a 15" extension cab would be pretty cool and not a lot of $$$ or weight.
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Tim Sergent
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Hendersonville, TN, USA
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Posted 14 Jan 2011 12:14 pm
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Looks like everybody is jumping on that little micro system. Carvin offers one also. There's has a tube and a parametric EQ section. Ampeg has one too. etc, etc.
I have a Fender Jazz Ultra Light that is extremely light. You can hold the pre amp...which has effects built in...and the 12" speaker with one finger (each). I got it to take on the road to have something small to haul to the dressing room and practice, but that seemed to cut into my golf so I'm probably gonna sell it.
Terry Bethel came by the house one day and he and I cut Burning Memories together and I used that little amp. Perfect amp for church or rehearsals of small gigs...especially with effects built in. |
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Thom Ferman
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Las Vegas, NV, USA
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Posted 10 Feb 2011 2:27 pm
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Just wanted to keep this thread alive. Anyone try the Carvin MB15 micro combo yet? Interested in how the Carvin neodymiun 15" speaker performs compared to speakers like the SICA and others. Looks like the upper freq response of the speaker is a little limited for steel use, maybe why they're using the tweeter. But $369 for a 250W rig ready combo with a 15" speaker at 32 lbs. sounds pretty tempting.
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Mike Selecky
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BrookPark, Ohio
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Posted 5 Feb 2012 11:01 am Carvin MB15
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It's been almost a year since this thread was active - anybody get a chance to try the Carvin MB15 with steel yet? They're on sale right now for $349 - looks like a nice little unit for the price.
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Alex Cattaneo
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Quebec, Canada
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Posted 7 Feb 2012 8:07 am
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| I'm seriously looking at the BX250... I was going to go with the GK MB200 but this is worth considering, especially with the tweakable mids. I have a Black Widow kicking around, all I need is a cab and one of those small bass amps and I would have a second kit in case my Nashville 400 craps out... |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 7 Feb 2012 11:37 am
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That 60-20,000 would be a deal-killer, or at least a problem, for C6 guys. 10th string A is 55 Hz.
Those micro amps do look and sound good, though
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
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Mike Selecky
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BrookPark, Ohio
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Posted 7 Feb 2012 4:14 pm
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| With the low end response at 60Hz, how does this amp which is targeted primarily at bass players, perform with bass guitar with the low end at 40Hz for a standard 4 string and 30Hz for a 5 string bass? I wonder if the frequency limitation is in the amplifier or the speaker design? |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 7 Feb 2012 5:11 pm Freq response
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Let's not take things too literally, guys. 
I'm guessing that the response is more or less flat down to 60, and then it begins rolling off. I'm also pretty sure the amp will work acceptably at lower frequencies...or it wouldn't be much of a bass amp.  |
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Jack Stanton
From:
Somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
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Posted 10 Feb 2012 4:40 am
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Thinking of pulling the trigger on one of these- since it looks like nobody's tried one yet, anyone have any thoughts on working with the dual paramid EQ?
I'm thinking leave Mid one flat and unattenuated , and use mid 2 like the shift on a Peavey, but what do I know? |
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Lane Gray
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Topeka, KS
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Posted 10 Feb 2012 8:50 am
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I think I'd turn the bass down a smidge and give a bit of boost to the lower mids
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