It has been a couple/few crazy days, of late. Dismantled the studio/home theater area to improve seating, and improve the bass practice rig.
The Ampeg Micro CL stack came last night(lower left), and it seems to be exactly what I was looking for… A simple, decent sounding, small footprint, armchair beast. This little monster can push some air with its little 2x10 cab sitting under the solid state 100 watt head. Takes pedals well. I caught myself pushing over 110dB on the meter display(about 3 meters away) across the room, last night. It sounds pretty good, so far, and is way less difficult to get myself to actually play with. I chose the CL for a couple of reasons; I wanted an actual “solid state” practice amp not “class D”…I have one of those, and….turns out…I just don’t like it much for casual practice levels. I wanted to try out the 2x10 on top of my 2x15, to see if I liked the combination(haven’t gotten around to that yet). I have read some not so enthusiastic stuff about it over at that giant bass forum, but it mostly seemed like they wanted to get more from it than it was made for. @BFT Gibson has the VR model, iirc, that’s made to be used for the bigger stuff. This is a small practice amp, and not something that I plan to use to play at a bar gig…with a drummer, and an actual drum kit. Mostly noodling, maybe some light recording, occasionally available for a guest to plunk about with, here. I’ve turned the head 90°, to face me when seated… I can just reach out, and use the controls with ease.
The chair came today, and I was actually ready for it. I’d spent the last couple of weeks ripping through studio stuff to do a little spring cleaning, and make some room for another piece of furniture down here. It’s working out pretty well so far, and I’m feeling like I’m ready for playoffs. The little jam-theater thing is starting to come together a bit.
The Ampeg Micro CL stack came last night(lower left), and it seems to be exactly what I was looking for… A simple, decent sounding, small footprint, armchair beast. This little monster can push some air with its little 2x10 cab sitting under the solid state 100 watt head. Takes pedals well. I caught myself pushing over 110dB on the meter display(about 3 meters away) across the room, last night. It sounds pretty good, so far, and is way less difficult to get myself to actually play with. I chose the CL for a couple of reasons; I wanted an actual “solid state” practice amp not “class D”…I have one of those, and….turns out…I just don’t like it much for casual practice levels. I wanted to try out the 2x10 on top of my 2x15, to see if I liked the combination(haven’t gotten around to that yet). I have read some not so enthusiastic stuff about it over at that giant bass forum, but it mostly seemed like they wanted to get more from it than it was made for. @BFT Gibson has the VR model, iirc, that’s made to be used for the bigger stuff. This is a small practice amp, and not something that I plan to use to play at a bar gig…with a drummer, and an actual drum kit. Mostly noodling, maybe some light recording, occasionally available for a guest to plunk about with, here. I’ve turned the head 90°, to face me when seated… I can just reach out, and use the controls with ease.
The chair came today, and I was actually ready for it. I’d spent the last couple of weeks ripping through studio stuff to do a little spring cleaning, and make some room for another piece of furniture down here. It’s working out pretty well so far, and I’m feeling like I’m ready for playoffs. The little jam-theater thing is starting to come together a bit.
