New Rig Day

[laneline]

After more than a decade with Ashdown I figured it might time to go a different direction. The Streamliner's simplicity drew me to that and I've been thinking of a 212 for a long time so it came together today. I have to wait till Monday to get some alone time with it and move some air but so far
even at wife friendly levels it sounds great.

 

[jlepre]

Wow congrats, and join the club. How much does that cab weigh?

 

[laneline]

Hey John, thanks, it's pretty chunky, I saw one reference at 78lbs. Mesa doesn't give the weight on their site.
While noticeably heavy it wasn't that bad loading it into my wife's CRV after picking it up at the Paramus GC.
BTW they provided great CS in procuring a new one for me in a box as the one they had was there quite a while, GC corporate and Mesa have parted ways. He found one in Maryland and got it in a day. The cab is way past my expectations, huge sounding for two twelves.

 

[jlepre]

COOL! I would like to hear your thoughts on the STM-900. I've been gigging mine for over a year and a half now.

 

[tunaman4u2]

Streamliner here too. Great amp. The Shuttlemax 9.2 is my main amp though, total beast

 

[laneline]

COOL! I would like to hear your thoughts on the STM-900. I've been gigging mine for over a year and a half now.

In the short time on it so far the 25th's singles sound incredible and in passive it's nirvana but the bridge hum soloed not so much and I haven't gotten the HH Bongo to get along with it yet especially the back pup. Tonight I'm going to see how the Ray sounds which should be a close approximation of your SR. I really have to wait till Monday when I can get some proper gain going. I keep the mid freq at 220 and the mid knob at 12 or less as I'm not a burpy fan. I'm pretty sure it's going to be a keeper, I really dig the format. The Mesa is outstanding.

 

[laneline]

Streamliner here too. Great amp. The Shuttlemax 9.2 is my main amp though, total beast

Man the 9.2 has a lot of knobs, I got scared off by all the mid controls.

 

[TOLIN]

that is a kickass rig

 

[Datta]

Man the 9.2 has a lot of knobs, I got scared off by all the mid controls.

Being able to blend the tube and SS and being able to dial in the exact sound I want is worth the extra knobs, in my opinion. I love my ShuttleMax 12.2. For cabs (when I'm not out of the country like now) I use an UberBass 210 on top of an UberBass 212.

 

[Datta]

After more than a decade with Ashdown I figured it might time to go a different direction.

Nice head. I just rented one in Austin a couple of weeks ago (with a SWR Goliath III cab). It sounds great, but is a little soft for me. I prefer the ShuttleMax 12.2 since I can blend in some solid state with the tube. It all depends on the bass the music, and what you like.

 

[Datta]

. . . even at wife friendly levels it sounds great

Love it! We know what's good for us, don't we?

 

[laneline]

Little update : turns out the original Streamliner was defective so I returned it, then I got got a Shuttle 9.2 from TPB and just didn't bond with it so on it's way back and I'm going back to the SL 900 which overall will suit my "set it and forget it" approach to amps.

 

[tunaman4u2]

Little update : turns out the original Streamliner was defective so I returned it, then I got got a Shuttle 9.2 from TPB and just didn't bond with it so on it's way back and I'm going back to the SL 900 which overall will suit my "set it and forget it" approach to amps.

Nice !

 

[Datta]

Little update : turns out the original Streamliner was defective so I returned it, then I got got a Shuttle 9.2 from TPB and just didn't bond with it so on it's way back and I'm going back to the SL 900 which overall will suit my "set it and forget it" approach to amps.

Good for you. Sometimes simpler is better. What's TPB?

 

[laneline]

TPB is one of the great Premier Dealer Network Dealers, they're located in Baton Rouge LA, TPB is the abbreviation for it's name " The Perfect Bass " they are a brick and mortar store but also do a huge amount of internet sales.

 

[Datta]

TPB is one of the great Premier Dealer Network Dealers, they're located in Baton Rouge LA, TPB is the abbreviation for it's name " The Perfect Bass " they are a brick and mortar store but also do a huge amount of internet sales.

Thanks! I've heard of them.