Amplifiers

[edwin]

This past weekend, I decided to drag out my McIntosh MC2105. Usually I use a Crest Powerlite 3.0, which I think is somewhere around 500wpc into 8 ohms. The Mac is 105 (conservatively rated). The speakers vary, but often a JBL K120 in a Bag End cab and I end up hitting the clip light every now and then. With the Mac, it reaches full rated power when the meters indicate +3db. With the neck pickup going through one channel into the K140 and the bridge going through another into a K120, I rarely got above 0db which is supposedly about 50 watts per channel and it was loud and clear. And effortless. I'm going to have to build a road case and do this more often, the 65lbs notwithstanding.

[hieronymous]

That is such a great picture on so many levels! It looks like you're taking the picture yourself in the mirror, and yet you're behind the amp stack - how'd you do that? 

[cozmik_cowboy]

Going from Crest & fEARful to Mac & Bag End?
You, my friend, need to hire a roadie!

Peter (who may be approaching a 3rd back surgery, and is thus unavailable for the position)

[StefanieJones]

Dang that's a lot to carry

Looks good though!I bet it sounds great!

[edwin]

Going from Crest & fEARful to Mac & Bag End?
You, my friend, need to hire a roadie!

Peter (who may be approaching a 3rd back surgery, and is thus unavailable for the position)

The Bag End is actually really light. It's one of the second generation cabs made of pretty thin plywood. Probably about the same as the fEARful, which I haven't used in years. The Mike Arnopol Soundworks 210 Flex blows it away.

Well, maybe you can come out and supervise! :-)