One of my friends has been playing guitar with his, through a Traynor 4x10 cabinet. I'll ask him what setting he uses, and post them here if you'd like.

Oh, and it sounds awesome for guitar. I'm looking forward to checking out your preamp da Mil.

tallchris wrote:One of my friends has been playing guitar with his, through a Traynor 4x10 cabinet. I'll ask him what setting he uses, and post them here if you'd like.

Oh, and it sounds awesome for guitar. I'm looking forward to checking out your preamp da Mil.

this would be helpfull too.

We're trying to get this thing as close a possible in every scenario...

thanks.

before i got my egc and was using a p-bass i had the settings as follows:

bass-10
mid- 10
treb- 10
gain- 6

with the jazz bass it was the same.

with the egc:
bass- 0
mid- 0
treb- 10
gain- 8

i don't use the volume as mine is run through a power amp. qsc rmx 1450.

speakers: sunn 215B loaded w/ peavey black widows. sunn 412RL(?) loaded with tech soundsystem 12's.

BadComrade wrote:It sounded sort of "plunky", but that could be because the bass has really dead strings on it, and the action is set really, really low.

or because it's made of wood and has active pickups being used in passive mode.

i'm just being an ass.

Just used the mark I prototype into the power-amp-ins on some big modern Ampeg solid state head at our shows in Spain. It sounded exactly perfect to me.

Also, at the shellac/dianogah show last month I tried Jay's rickenbacker bass plugged into my shellac amp. It sounded identical to the travis bean.

So, I reckon that "my" "sound" is more like 80% traynor ts-50b, 10% speaker cabinet, and 10% new strings.

Also, I vote to call it the TS-50BW.

bw

Bob Weston wrote:Also, I vote to call it the TS-50BW.

seconded.

p.s.-thanks for blabbing about this amp, bob. serious. i love it.

Bob Weston wrote:Just used the mark I prototype into the power-amp-ins on some big modern Ampeg solid state head at our shows in Spain. It sounded exactly perfect to me.

I imagine this pre will sound similar into any well designed, non-colored, power amp. incidentally We're working on a 200 watt power amp the size of a small brick.

Also, at the shellac/dianogah show last month I tried Jay's rickenbacker bass plugged into my shellac amp. It sounded identical to the travis bean.

The Bean and the Rick have similar pickups as compared to Fender and others. The pole-pieces ar right under the string as apposed to the poles on a Fender which are flanking the string... for less punch.

So, I reckon that "my" "sound" is more like 80% traynor ts-50b, 10% speaker cabinet, and 10% new strings.

Also, I wonder if those EV speakers you Deitz/EV cab guys use have more top-end than the Eminence speakers I'm more familiar with.

Also, I vote to call it the TS-50BW.

bw

Hmmm, ok.

but I think it's time to ditch the "50"... since it's not 50 watts.

How about the "TS-BW Pre" or the "TS-Pre BW"?

TheMilford wrote:How about the "TS-BW Pre"

That's awesome.

TheMilford wrote:How about the "TS-BW Pre" or the "TS-Pre BW"?

a.k.a the "Weston Electric"

cjh wrote:

TheMilford wrote:How about the "TS-BW Pre" or the "TS-Pre BW"?

a.k.a the "Weston Electric"

Nice!

Or the "Rusty Box."
It's a little more neutral and a bit of an inside joke.


-A