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Topic: Gallien Krueger MB200 |
Tony Dingus
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Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 19 May 2012 5:58 pm |
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How many of you are still using this preamp ? Your thoughts ?
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Roger Francis
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kokomo,Indiana, USA
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Posted 19 May 2012 7:18 pm
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| It's actually a pre/power amp combo, I have the MB 500 been using it for a over a year now, I like it a lot, it's not tube but still does a good job, I have no complaints |
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 20 May 2012 2:19 am
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| Still using mine, with a 15" Eminence EPS-15 speaker, after over a year. My Wife is using one with a 12" SICA bass speaker for rhythm guitar, too. |
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Tony Dingus
From:
Kingsport, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 20 May 2012 4:13 am
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Jack, are using the Pod XT for effects ? Thanks for your replies.
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 20 May 2012 4:36 am
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POD XT or POD X3 for effects.
I only use the POD's for effects only with the MB200, no amp sims. e.g. my main "tone" (program) is digital delay and spring reverb.
I do have a an amp sim program that I use with the POD's for recording - I go direct from the POD to the input on my Roland Octa-Capture (recording interface unit)then to Sonar X1. |
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Rick Contino
From:
Brattleboro, Vermont
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Posted 20 May 2012 5:11 am
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I still love my MB 200
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Kirk Eipper
From:
Arroyo Grande, Ca.
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Posted 20 May 2012 8:08 am
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It's my main live rig- has been for two years. Pair it with a reverb and a Tommy Huff Lightweight enclosure and you're golden.
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'10 Williams 700 Series SD10 4+5/ '71 Emmons S-10 3+4/ '73 Emmons D-10 8+4/ GK MB 200/ Custom Tommy Huff Cabinets/ Webb 614-E/ Steelseat.com Pak-a-seat/ Magnatone and Fender lap steels/ Cobra Coil bars & Strings/ pod 2.0/ Peterson Tuners/Goodrich V.P./ Boss RV5/Teles and Martins
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Malcolm McMaster
From:
Beith Ayrshire Scotland
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Posted 20 May 2012 10:11 am
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Using mine about a year now, great little amp.
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Steve Lipsey
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 20 May 2012 10:57 am
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22lbs in a Tommy Huff cab with 15" SICA and a Holy Grail velcroed inside....what is not to love?
Oh yeah, I forgot....the tone. With a Sarno Black Box, it is acceptable, but still clearly solid state...somewhat warm, but not complex....if you are OK with solid state, it is a great alternative....but if you lust for tube tone, it doesn't get there...
So I just ordered a Milkman Steel Amp. If you gotta' have tone, you gotta' have tone....I'll still use the MB200 at gigs where it it isn't crucial what I sound like or where I actually want that "modern" tone....but at 55lbs for a tone monster, I can see using the tube amp a lot more than I have been (now only have an 85lb tube amp).
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Mike Spaeth
From:
Springdale, Arkansas
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Posted 20 May 2012 12:54 pm re
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| Yes, I have been using my rig with great satisfaction for 1-1/2 years now. I love the light weight too! |
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Jack Stoner
From:
Kansas City, MO
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Posted 20 May 2012 12:58 pm
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To those that "must have" a tube amp, there is no reason to even consider a solid state amp (any brand).
But we are talking about a solid state amp and specifically the MB200 on this thread. |
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Kirk Eipper
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Arroyo Grande, Ca.
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Posted 20 May 2012 4:16 pm
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Quite right Jack, and it's class D amplification, whatever the heck that is. All I know for what it is- a bass amp - its great.
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'10 Williams 700 Series SD10 4+5/ '71 Emmons S-10 3+4/ '73 Emmons D-10 8+4/ GK MB 200/ Custom Tommy Huff Cabinets/ Webb 614-E/ Steelseat.com Pak-a-seat/ Magnatone and Fender lap steels/ Cobra Coil bars & Strings/ pod 2.0/ Peterson Tuners/Goodrich V.P./ Boss RV5/Teles and Martins
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Tim Marcus
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 20 May 2012 5:32 pm
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Class D means PWM - or "switching" power supply.
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Steve English
From:
Baja, Arizona
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Posted 20 May 2012 7:59 pm
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Couldn't disagree more with Tim.......
Mine have been everything and more for going on 2 years now. Never a even a hiccup.
I never owned a Fender, or any other tube amp that came anywhere close to that service record. |
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Tim Marcus
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 20 May 2012 8:29 pm
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edited
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Steve English
From:
Baja, Arizona
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 21 May 2012 4:23 am
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I have both a 200 and a 500. They work perfectly. No complaints. A damn good lightbulb for sure. I mostly use the 200 because I find the MB500 too heavy to haul to gigs. : )
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Roger Francis
From:
kokomo,Indiana, USA
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Posted 21 May 2012 4:47 am
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| Good one Tom, I've read class D technology has made some great improvements in the past years, a lot of amp mfgs are making more amps now with class D, was the peavey DPC 750 power amp class D? |
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 21 May 2012 7:20 am
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But, I'll never sell my old Fender amps. Still like the tone of them just a tad better. But in a noisey (dive) bar, I usually bring the lightbulb amp instead. Fits in the steel seat, too.
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Tim Marcus
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 21 May 2012 7:22 am
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edited
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Last edited by Tim Marcus on 21 May 2012 8:43 am; edited 2 times in total |
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Steve English
From:
Baja, Arizona
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Posted 21 May 2012 8:26 am
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Don't flatter yourself.....
Nobody asked a question. You pretty much stretched it into one in order to spew your agenda.
Wouldn't have you on my team. 
Regarding the MB200 threads, you're a troll, plain and simple....mostly simple |
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John Palumbo
From:
Lansdale, PA.
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Posted 21 May 2012 8:33 am
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| Tried it for about six months with one of Tommy's cabinets with a 15" Eminience speaker, but I keep going back to my N112, just like the tone from it better. (IMHO) |
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Ray Thomas
From:
Goldsboro North Carolina
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Posted 21 May 2012 10:33 am Mb200
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| I use one with a 15" Eminience speaker with a couple affects units, sounds good and is nice for one with bad legs and back |
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Lynn Kasdorf
From:
Waterford Virginia, USA
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Posted 23 May 2012 5:18 am
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I use an MB200 with a Sarno black box and a digitech RP155 into a 15" black widow in a cabinet. I really like the sound. There have been gigs where I ran the volume at about 75-80%, but it worked fine. I have everything mounted in an old laptop bag- very convenient.
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 24 May 2012 4:47 am
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My favorite set-up at present is: Williams steel > SGBB > VP > DispatchMaster > MB200 > JBL K-130
Very, very nice tone ! If I need dirt for my lap steel, I'll add an EarthDrive in front of the VP.
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