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The Magnum 44 is loud - but it's not very big sounding at higher volumes. Nowhere near the headroom and punch of a 100 watt valve amp, or even a 30 watt one for that matter. Failing that get a high headroom SS power amp, for the same reason.
It was quite a weird jolt - not what I was expecting at all.
...but it does mean I have to cart the amp around still...
Why not? If you put a model of an amp (pre and poweramp) through a clean solid state poweramp with enough headroom into a traditional cabinet it should be pretty close to an amp if it's a good model.
I tune to a low B, so I'd rather have too much power if anything, just so the low notes can be punchy.
Right now I use a Matrix GT1000FX. I really don't use that much power from it, but it never gets anywhere near close to being pushed. Same as when I used valve amps - I preferred using 100 watt heads because they just sound bigger. Totally unnecessary in terms of volume, but in terms of tone and feel I've always preferred it for heavier styles of music.
most of them we use our own PA so I have an L2 as my vocal monitor with guitar
drummer likes a lot of guitar and I give a bit to the bass player
In gigs where it is an in house PA I just give the instructions to the engineer
if I'm not sure or don't know the venue I take my own L2 just in case
A nice little rig, but almost as much as a Helix (more than. LT) and it's back to patch leads and midi cables and less flexible
Once you have kinda got over the hump of investing £1k-1.4k into a Helix, and it's paid off, I definitely think it starts to open up a lot of opportunities. As I'm normally a bassist, the fact I can use it for both, very well, is a MASSIVE bonus for me.
I mean, some single drives and delays can be £400-500 now....yes they will be excellent, but with the Helix you can add the odd pedal and also know that more are coming.
I had a learning experience over the weekend.
I generally go XLR -> FoH (fixed, 100% vol) and 1/4" -> onstage (controlled by volume knob). On Saturday's wedding gig we had a good PA (shout out to Kenross Sound) so I left my own wedge in the car and used the provided monitoring. It sounded great, but I didn't have control of my on-stage volume and, when we got going, I was too quiet and could barely hear myself.
Next time, I'll use my own wedge and put the PA-provided send into input 2.
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