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Old 01-09-2013, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Jeff Schwartz View Post
I used one for a few years. Not bad, for a modestly priced bass guitar amp, but it is definitely voiced for bass guitar. I found it tricky to use with string bass - prone to feedback, unappealing high end, etc - and switched to an Acoustic Image.
I think it might depend on the bass and pickup you use as well as strings. Using an 1890 Lamy 7/8 French Gamba with g,d,a Evah weichs, spiro e and a shadow 2-wing piezo (Underwood style), the sound in my opinion is excellent. Any deeper and it would be muddy on the bottom. Maybe that's my bass. A thin sounding bass acoustically will have a problems with treble in an amp. You can turn the horn/tweeter off and the treble down as well.

By the way, what was the price difference retail between the two amps you had?
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