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need a new trombone amp
Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 5:17 pm
by baileyman
There are a couple situations I play in regularly that are loud. Loud means if I play to match the amped players I fell like I'm blowing my brains out. And there's very little my trombone does at those volumes other than a Chicago bah bah bah. There seems to be no chance of getting guitar, piano, drums, bass to observe the golden rule--if you cannot hear everyone individually, you're too loud. Yet I enjoy the time in the style.
So I'm looking for an amp (have a good mic) to use to reinforce my sound.
Ideally this thing should specialize in trombone frequencies, roll around like luggage, but self power is not necessary.
Any ideas?
Re: need a new trombone amp
Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 6:30 pm
by 2bobone
Yeah ! Get an amp with "11" on the volume control --- or put together another group !
Re: need a new trombone amp
Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 6:35 pm
by Bach5G
I would think a PA-type set-up would work best. Bose, Mackie are names that come to mind.
Re: need a new trombone amp
Posted: Thu May 09, 2019 6:40 pm
by cmcslide
I've played in plenty of those types of situations. Mostly I just ran a mic to the PA. The danger in having your own amp is that you'll turn up and that will encourage everybody else to turn up, which means you'll want to turn up again... The times that I did run my own amp, it wasn't for volume, but to use my own effects processor.
Re: need a new trombone amp
Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 1:37 pm
by TheSheriff
baileyman wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 5:17 pm
There are a couple situations I play in regularly that are loud. Loud means if I play to match the amped players I fell like I'm blowing my brains out. And there's very little my trombone does at those volumes other than a Chicago bah bah bah. There seems to be no chance of getting guitar, piano, drums, bass to observe the golden rule--if you cannot hear everyone individually, you're too loud. Yet I enjoy the time in the style.
So I'm looking for an amp (have a good mic) to use to reinforce my sound.
Ideally this thing should specialize in trombone frequencies, roll around like luggage, but self power is not necessary.
Any ideas?
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Re: need a new trombone amp
Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 8:35 pm
by baileyman
I'm think about this one:
https://www.guitarcenter.com/Behringer/ ... %7CClickCP
It rolls, pretty light, probably loud enough for one horn. Thx.
Re: need a new trombone amp
Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 10:26 pm
by Posaunus
For these applications, you probably don't care much about sound fidelity - but I think the microphone is the key link in this chain. A bad mic will seriously misrepresent the sound of a trombone. According to one of the reviewers, "the [wireless Bluetooth] microphone that comes with this unit is pretty cheesy ..." You might want to also invest in a better mic if this is important to you.
Re: need a new trombone amp
Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 5:49 am
by baileyman
Posaunus wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2019 10:26 pm
... You might want to also invest in a better mic if this is important to you.
Well, yes. I'm using a Hammond Hammer on recommendation of the best player I know of. The recorded sound from it is terrific.
Re: need a new trombone amp
Posted: Sat May 11, 2019 2:47 pm
by Kingfan
Keyboard amp strapped to a folding two wheel cart?
Re: need a new trombone amp
Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 11:04 am
by Jmac
I would think a bass amp might do the trick. Mark Bass makes some small portable stuff. Buy used.
Re: need a new trombone amp
Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 1:04 pm
by Doug Elliott
I've used a small GK bass amp.
Re: need a new trombone amp
Posted: Sat May 18, 2019 3:56 pm
by Pre59
cmcslide wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 6:40 pm
I've played in plenty of those types of situations. Mostly I just ran a mic to the PA. The danger in having your own amp is that you'll turn up and that will encourage everybody else to turn up, which means you'll want to turn up again...
+1 And here's a link to another topic that has some bearing...
https://www.trombonechat.com/viewtopic. ... 481#p85481