new GK bass rig day (nhc)

[Jimbilly]

Picked this GK stuff up off FB marketplace, super clean and very very affordable, got the head/cab and speaker cable for four fitty.

GK MB Fusion 500 head, quite small/lightweight and three 12ax7s. 

Neo 212ii cabinet. It's so clean, I gave my moderately used 212 Neo (gen1) cab to a friend.  I think the Neo212 ii is even lighter than the gen 1 neo212, I can't really carry it with one hand, but I can hold it with one hand while I open up the car hatch.  Imo, these 212s sound every bit as good as my old Eden 410xlt at about half the weight (410xlt was 98 pounds iirc), and the tweeters don't blow when you turn the amp on like with the Edens.

   I ended up with most of the tone controls mostly straight up, sounds really good. I was going to run the FlyRig xlr to the house, but running it into the GK resulted in some extra noise, so I ran the GK xlr to the house and then the tuner out from the GK to the FlyRig, - only using the FlyRig as a tuner.

  The IYV bass is a winner, but I will need to replace the volume knob/switch, because there's still a 'whoosh/whump' when turning the volume knob up when 'active', but until then I'm quite happy with it passive for now, no volume knob noise on passive. I loaned it to a friend who plays in a couple of the casino cover bands, he was quite impressed, he might be ordering one for a travel bass. It looks like the stacked volume knob/switch is a common part, very cheap off ebay.

[mathman]

Love the bass amp combo.  Not a fan of the bass but that is just me.  Looks like a cool bass.

[Steve Haynie]

I have been looking at the GK Fusion 500 and it's Boogie counterpart.  Both get good reviews, and comparisons often say they are equally good.  

So, if the GK sounds good with everything around 12:00 o'clock that in itself is a good sign.  Have you played around with the knobs anymore?  Tell us more about dialing in different bass tones.

[Jimbilly]

14 hours ago, Steve Haynie said:

I have been looking at the GK Fusion 500 and it's Boogie counterpart.  Both get good reviews, and comparisons often say they are equally good.  

So, if the GK sounds good with everything around 12:00 o'clock that in itself is a good sign.  Have you played around with the knobs anymore?  Tell us more about dialing in different bass tones.

I ended up turning the bass knob down to around 11 0'clock, it was a little big/boomy in the lower notes, which is probably also a good sign that it can do that

[Brooks]

GK is the shiznit. I dig that bass too, reminds me of my Ibby.