Well, count me as a converted Bose hater. I know all the stuff about not publishing specs, no highs, no lows, must be Bose, etc., so I was a hard guy to convince.

My friend Mark, a Bose rep, has been trying to convince me to try this for a loooong time, and I made lots of excuses. While in OKC, he volunteered to set it up in Maker's, and it blew my trio away.

So after much soul searching, I'm now the owner of a Bose double bass package, although I mostly will only use the one sub (which is the system I tried).

My bass sounds SOOOO GOOOD through this. I plug my Schertler direct in on preset 60 (which is made for a bass w/ a Fishman) and cut some mids, and it sounds very warm and natural. I can get ungodly loud with it, especially with 2 subs. I was really surprised at how loud I could get before feedback with my AKG C3000 as well.

I'm probably infamously known for being a total snob when it comes to sounds that vary too far from the ideal (which is no amplification at all, and I really can't believe that I found something that will mainly function as my PA for the corparate type gigs that isn't a tonal compromise.

My only worry is that this might get me out of my laziness of no amp life in the bigger clubs, where I usually just take my preamp and go into the house. The Bose is a lot like having your own monitor and having total control over the sound.

- Monte, March 17, 2006 -

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