Folks,
I just tried this combo out this week, and I must tell you, for my needs, I was impressed!
I was originally looking very intently at the
Mesa Walkabout Scout 12" when the salesman ("Bear" is his name), who is a HUGE
Mesa Boogie fan, sugested I try this
new rig that had just shipped to the store. I hooked up my
Smith...
I was floored.
The amp is held in a "saddle" that's attached to the nice-sounding 210 cab w/compression tweeter (frankly, the permanently-attached saddle was the only slightly goofy thing I found on it). You can loosen to big thumb screws on each side of the saddle, take the
Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0 amp out (it sports a tube preamp), and use it with any other cab you want. The whole thing (amp and cab) only weighs about
44 pounds. Pretty cool!
The
BIG thing that got me going? The power of the easy-to-use amp. It only weighs 3.5 pounds, but pumps out a generous 375 watts at 8 ohms, and, get this - 600 watts at 4 ohms! Bear hooked up a 12" extension cab, and the smooth but powerful volume nearly knocked me off my stool!
I had really been interested in an Eden WTX 260 for portability, but for about the same money the WTX only delivers 175 watts at 8 ohms and 300 watts at 4 ohms.
Folks, I think I'm going to take the Genz Benz plunge. Check this gear out if you can. Any comments?