You need to turn Trim all the way on until the red light does not shine, otherwise you will not get the sound of the tubes from the preamp, which is so important with these amplifiers. Mr. Robert Gallien explains it nicely on their YT channel in a demo of these amps. You should have at least read the instructions before recording a video for something so sophisticated and not just ''play with the lights''. The Bass Channel made the same mistake, which they corrected with a new video. Would be great to do the proper demo of Fusion again!
I feel like a "Can @Cici Bass comfortably carry it?" test might be a good thing to include in videos going forward. So enjoying the whole Andertons team these days - everyone seems so wholesome and wonderful, with so many good combinations of personnel. Lovely work, Captain, or whoever's making the staffing decisions (which would probably still be indirectly the Captain, I suppose). Oh, and "the thing" is emphatically "liked."
When I was just starting out I saw Duff and Flea played GKs and as soon as I could afford it I got a 400RB and eventually a MB500 which is so much tone and power in such a small package. GK heads are just consistent and sound great. Really cool to see what GK has designed since I last took a look at the range. GK has always been synonymous with very present and focused tone without losing too much bottom end
@Wayne Green Which gear isn‘t overpriced? The only amp I can think of that really impressed me in terms of price/performance is the TC Electronic BQ500 which is priced at around 250€ for 500 Watts
800-RB going through 15" speakers using a J-bass with a pick and a Rat pedal is responsible for 2 of the most superior bass tones in history: Jesus Lizard's David Wm Sims (see Monkey Trick, Then Comes Dudley, or anything else off Goat) Johnboy's Tony Bice (see Chair, Short Stack, etc) The Legacy you can tell has a GK feel to it. It doesn't quite have the same chunky punch of the real old school 800-RB though.
Great intro riff guys killin it! I'm mainly a guitar player, I own a thunderbird but just play simple basslines with it. Really interesting to see what happens when you throw two bass players in a jam and don't just restrict them to holding down the song and keeping the band together. Not normally into the lower end of the spectrum more than a tool to fatten up songs (mainly because it's really difficult and I'm bad) but just the passion you guys have makes me interested! Well done guys!
Every few years I'll go and buy another bass amp - tube, tube/solid state, digital. Combos and heads/cabs. I always go the store having watched video reviews of all brands. I always come home with Traynor gear. Canadian made, with origins and history similar to Marshall - started by single amp repair/designer Pete Traynor. Many innovations from this company, including virtual invention of the PA system. Andertons should take a look at stocking them!
In addition to their meticulous quality control, one of the reasons the pros use them is GK's class H power amplifier designs react more quickly to input so they feel more "crisp". (Tube amps are pretty much the opposite of that...) Bob Gallien was a signal electronics engineer for HP before he started designing solid-state amps. Which is why I sold my cheap Ampeg...
When I hear Gallien-Krueger, the bass line from Rancid's "Holiday Sunrise" plays in my head. ALso fun fact, the first two Green Day albums used a G-K as the guitar amp!
I avoided GK when I was looking to buy my first big, powerful bass amp because I wanted a bit of grit, so I went Ampeg Portaflex. I switched last year to Quilter (which is the cleanest of cleans) because I own two Darkglass drive pedals and that gives me enough drive...and now here I am sitting, thinking I should've just gone with a G&K and it would've avoided me to spend money "upgrading" (because my PF-500 circuitboard fried).
The First great bass player I ever saw live had a GK 800RB I just remember being blown away by how deep yet present his jazz bass sounded, This was in a small bar type of environment. It was the first time that I realized that Bass is a "Musical" instrument with its own voice and role to play. Not as I was so informed "the bass player is the guy that wants to be in a band that couldn't hang on guitar." I grew so much as a player... Never forgot that GK tone. Ive had: Fender (80's BXR Combo)- Peavey (Combo and heads including TNT MarkVIII and Megabass) Ampeg Kick back style combo (Never owned a a tube one) SWR Super Red Head Hated this for live use never recorded with it. This is not a fair use for this Combo as Its really a recording tool...and a Workingmans 15 Combo coolish amp I didnt get along with SWR's at all which broke my heart because I am a HUGE Marcus Miller Fan Hartke HA 5000 and 4X10XL Cab & Kick back 15 combo Trace Elliot Early 90's GPX SM-12 I think was the model of that head. but I stopped searching for Amps when I got my GK its just "the Sound". My Mesa Engineering M-9 Carbine is the only thing that's come close without being a GK
I nearly bought one about 20 years ago, but I realised it was just tooooo loud haha, phenomenal, but too loud for my old place, I had the same problem with my Mesa Boogie Mk2C, which I just could not use, which I finally sold to a more appropriate home. Much better now many amps have inbuilt attenuators.
The MTD has a lot to do with it but there is definitely a lot of MTD artists who use GK. I saw somewhere GK said their magic is at stage volumes. By their own admission they're not great bedroom amps.
To this day my dream bass rig is a GK Backline 600 and 2x10 with neodymium speakers. Though, I'm not sure if any of my bass idols used them (though, one of my favourite guitarists used them - Billie Joe Armstrong used a GK 250ML or maybe RL, whichever was the head I think, for the first two Green Day albums) Love the video!
the DI output sounds hissy and .. bad. Better to have it than not have it but thats my only criticism. I'm very interested in downsizing to the Legacy 115 combo. good to see that "pro" combo amps are making a comeback. They used to be more available in the early 2000s and then seemed like they stopped making them relegating combo amps to just practice amps but 400w single 15 and power to drive an extension cab for 800w total output is awesome!
At first I thought the combo was a bit too clean and sterile. However, when the tone controls were pressed it really brought home how much flexibility there is with the tone controls and using them seemed to effectively warm up the sound.
@@AmericanNationalist852 For those who are interested, the RUclips channel "KDH" has released a short video that sums up pretty well how a weirdo Chapman is I prefer to watch Cici, she seems to be a simple girl, in a good way
I've thought about it and NONE of my favorite bass players use this garbage. I had one once, paid a fortune and it broke almost immediately. Took 9 months to get it fixed under warranty. Never again. Didn't sound all that great either. Not compared to what I've used since.
You need to turn Trim all the way on until the red light does not shine, otherwise you will not get the sound of the tubes from the preamp, which is so important with these amplifiers. Mr. Robert Gallien explains it nicely on their YT channel in a demo of these amps. You should have at least read the instructions before recording a video for something so sophisticated and not just ''play with the lights''. The Bass Channel made the same mistake, which they corrected with a new video. Would be great to do the proper demo of Fusion again!
I love this team. It works and is fresh. Keep up the great work.
Man, @Cici I know you got a deal with Warwick now, but damn those Schecter Xotic basses are 🔥!!
Fabulous playing and run through. Is it me or was there a popping sound when the fusion dials where pressed?
No one uses them. It was my 1st bass amp when I was 13 years old. They still sounds just as crappy as they did in the 90’s
I hope Nathen is still with Anderton's, I enjoy seeing Nate & Lee, maybe do a Nate & Cici video too.
I was just thinking the same thing. Haven't seen him in a few bass Videos.
Yed, especially him playing guitar or bringing in drum loops. Listening to Bass just on its own doesn't work that well.
I feel like a "Can @Cici Bass comfortably carry it?" test might be a good thing to include in videos going forward. So enjoying the whole Andertons team these days - everyone seems so wholesome and wonderful, with so many good combinations of personnel. Lovely work, Captain, or whoever's making the staffing decisions (which would probably still be indirectly the Captain, I suppose). Oh, and "the thing" is emphatically "liked."
Haha I like your thinking! And that makes me very happy to hear :)
Loving Cici, but wondering what happened to Nathan?
He’s sleeping now
When I was just starting out I saw Duff and Flea played GKs and as soon as I could afford it I got a 400RB and eventually a MB500 which is so much tone and power in such a small package. GK heads are just consistent and sound great. Really cool to see what GK has designed since I last took a look at the range. GK has always been synonymous with very present and focused tone without losing too much bottom end
@Wayne Green Which gear isn‘t overpriced? The only amp I can think of that really impressed me in terms of price/performance is the TC Electronic BQ500 which is priced at around 250€ for 500 Watts
@Wayne Green it’s worth it though if you want a great sound
You are making me want to play bass! Great vid! Cheers
800-RB going through 15" speakers using a J-bass with a pick and a Rat pedal is responsible for 2 of the most superior bass tones in history:
Jesus Lizard's David Wm Sims (see Monkey Trick, Then Comes Dudley, or anything else off Goat)
Johnboy's Tony Bice (see Chair, Short Stack, etc)
The Legacy you can tell has a GK feel to it. It doesn't quite have the same chunky punch of the real old school 800-RB though.
For some reason I had it in my head it was a Traynor TS50 on GOAT, and GK live, but happy to be corrected.
The 6 valve stages are down to the 3 12AX7's (aka ECC83's) - because each contains 2 triodes (they're double-triodes).
Great intro riff guys killin it! I'm mainly a guitar player, I own a thunderbird but just play simple basslines with it. Really interesting to see what happens when you throw two bass players in a jam and don't just restrict them to holding down the song and keeping the band together.
Not normally into the lower end of the spectrum more than a tool to fatten up songs (mainly because it's really difficult and I'm bad) but just the passion you guys have makes me interested! Well done guys!
Check out The Omnific, prog metal band with two bassists and a drummer. Good source of inspiration
@@AverageSneedEnjoyer not massively into proggy stuff, too ADHD for that but I'll give em a go on the weird factor haha
Wow.. I have more product knowledge after an hour of casual investigation
Every few years I'll go and buy another bass amp - tube, tube/solid state, digital. Combos and heads/cabs. I always go the store having watched video reviews of all brands. I always come home with Traynor gear. Canadian made, with origins and history similar to Marshall - started by single amp repair/designer Pete Traynor. Many innovations from this company, including virtual invention of the PA system. Andertons should take a look at stocking them!
I’m a Hartke guy these days but have used GK over the years and I would stack them up against any amp. They’re a great bit of kit!🎧
Just got the MB410 combo. Been using GK since about 1982.
I have the GK Legacy 800 combo (2x12) and its AMAZING! Plus, you get the FULL 800 watts without a cab! HIGHLY recommend GK NEO IV's!
Loving the Cici and Lee combo (Can't say it enough)!! Keep it up :D
In addition to their meticulous quality control, one of the reasons the pros use them is GK's class H power amplifier designs react more quickly to input so they feel more "crisp". (Tube amps are pretty much the opposite of that...)
Bob Gallien was a signal electronics engineer for HP before he started designing solid-state amps.
Which is why I sold my cheap Ampeg...
When I hear Gallien-Krueger, the bass line from Rancid's "Holiday Sunrise" plays in my head. ALso fun fact, the first two Green Day albums used a G-K as the guitar amp!
Guitar amp! Wow I didn’t know that. Do you know what they used for the overdrive sound?
@@MrSpeed-lt8gr AFAIK they just used the onboard overdrive.
@@ehmmmjay9907 wow…I always thought it was just a Marshall. Thank you for that info. Just another example of “if it sounds good it is good.”
GK ... a standard in bass amplification ... for a long long time ... still craving for an MB150 ...
Thanks a lot for sharing❗
I avoided GK when I was looking to buy my first big, powerful bass amp because I wanted a bit of grit, so I went Ampeg Portaflex. I switched last year to Quilter (which is the cleanest of cleans) because I own two Darkglass drive pedals and that gives me enough drive...and now here I am sitting, thinking I should've just gone with a G&K and it would've avoided me to spend money "upgrading" (because my PF-500 circuitboard fried).
The First great bass player I ever saw live had a GK 800RB I just remember being blown away by how deep yet present his jazz bass sounded, This was in a small bar type of environment. It was the first time that I realized that Bass is a "Musical" instrument with its own voice and role to play. Not as I was so informed "the bass player is the guy that wants to be in a band that couldn't hang on guitar." I grew so much as a player... Never forgot that GK tone.
Ive had:
Fender (80's BXR Combo)-
Peavey (Combo and heads including TNT MarkVIII and Megabass)
Ampeg Kick back style combo (Never owned a a tube one)
SWR Super Red Head Hated this for live use never recorded with it. This is not a fair use for this Combo as Its really a recording tool...and a Workingmans 15 Combo coolish amp I didnt get along with SWR's at all which broke my heart because I am a HUGE Marcus Miller Fan
Hartke HA 5000 and 4X10XL Cab & Kick back 15 combo
Trace Elliot Early 90's GPX SM-12 I think was the model of that head.
but I stopped searching for Amps when I got my GK its just "the Sound".
My Mesa Engineering M-9 Carbine is the only thing that's come close without being a GK
I've got an MB-800, paired with a Barefaced 1x15 it's stupidly loud and can be carried with 1 finger!
I’ve always loved the sound of GK amps, they just have such an awesome punch to them and are just great in general
I nearly bought one about 20 years ago, but I realised it was just tooooo loud haha, phenomenal, but too loud for my old place, I had the same problem with my Mesa Boogie Mk2C, which I just could not use, which I finally sold to a more appropriate home.
Much better now many amps have inbuilt attenuators.
Cool Krueger amp I haven’t tried one I like it
I love tube amps, but I think ilove these just as much. They have such a characteristic tone.
That Schecter P was sounding killer!
Cheers team!
I must admit I've always enjoyed Norm Stockton's bass tone with GK although I think the MTD might have something to do with it.
The MTD has a lot to do with it but there is definitely a lot of MTD artists who use GK. I saw somewhere GK said their magic is at stage volumes. By their own admission they're not great bedroom amps.
They sound great 👍 nice playing too
To this day my dream bass rig is a GK Backline 600 and 2x10 with neodymium speakers. Though, I'm not sure if any of my bass idols used them (though, one of my favourite guitarists used them - Billie Joe Armstrong used a GK 250ML or maybe RL, whichever was the head I think, for the first two Green Day albums)
Love the video!
Nice one! GK are one of those brands I see all around but but curiously know nothing about. Really liking that little 800w tube practice amp lol.
the DI output sounds hissy and .. bad. Better to have it than not have it but thats my only criticism. I'm very interested in downsizing to the Legacy 115 combo. good to see that "pro" combo amps are making a comeback. They used to be more available in the early 2000s and then seemed like they stopped making them relegating combo amps to just practice amps but 400w single 15 and power to drive an extension cab for 800w total output is awesome!
Yes, I wonder why they don't load IRs into the DI out. It's 2022!
Nice, I play blues harmonica, was jamming with ya!
This is great!
What happen to Nathen?
Yeah… where’s Nathan?
I think Nathan is on tour with Level 42.
I would imagine he's out on tour. This is a fun duo though
@@smoothgroover00 I didn’t think Level 42 was on tour, that’s explains it
He probably wasn't at work the day they filmed this...
Been a subscriber for years!!!
Hi. I need to know about GK Blackline 112, and his Hagstroem bass guitar... from my late father who was a jazz bass player
Ampeg was using this tube
Very expensive and only to ship from US
🤞for the Klon! 😁
Wait so were they running the Legacy head through the Fusion combo speakers? How is that possible?
I’ve had a GK 2x10 cab for years powered by a hartke head usually. everyone always compliments the sound of it
Excellent ☮️
Wasted demo because you didn’t have the trim knob set correctly
too much treble, high frequencies, clanky sound.
Just got the legacy, very powerful amp.... traded in my mark bass after lots of issues with them which was really surprising ... but love my GK !!
many of our favorites use Ampeg and Sunn o)))
What is with the comically oversized bass?
adding the microphone makes the difference..
what happened to the other bass guy, has he gone for good???
Congrats to Cici on the gig! I love her groove.
Thank you very much! :)
I don’t play Gallian-Kruger but she is a very good player.
Anderton’s Bass team is killing it.
What chairs are those?
What bass is Cici using?
Schecter Exotic P-4 :)
@@CiciVonStrangelove Thanks! It look insanely awesome!
@@JoJoDo It definitely is! I think I have the only bass demo of it on RUclips (for some reason) if that helps 🤣
@@CiciVonStrangelove oh! i'll watch it.
@@CiciVonStrangelove I actually found one lol! ( ruclips.net/video/h7MMJdXnC50/видео.html )
We're is Nathan?
GK a Jazz bass. Can't go wrong.
Partial to the hartke stuff too
Yes, but they actually use the 700RB (old/new) or the 1001RB.
With Ampeg cabs!
That's a killer combination
This things kick! Good sounding amps!
Love that Sire 5 string he’s playing..Is that an M7?
2 single coil pick ups; pretty sure it’s a V? Jazz bass
Sooo how do we win the centaur pedal???
Did Nathan leave Andertons? or just not doing bass videos anymore?
He's on tour with Level 42 at the moment, not sure if it's related, though.
#trim please
No they don't.
Whoa!!!
Rumor has it that many bassists (including myself) play Ampeg and even like it!
😵😵😵
This girl plays a hell of a fuzz-bass.
Cici, the Queenie is in the house!!!
:)
At first I thought the combo was a bit too clean and sterile. However, when the tone controls were pressed it really brought home how much flexibility there is with the tone controls and using them seemed to effectively warm up the sound.
Funny, all my favourite Bass players play Ampeg... 😅
Mine too. 🙂
Ci ce a cutie
It’s good to see more of Cici and less of that weirdo Chapman
Is he even still around? Lol I didn't think he recovered from that whole debacle that went down a few years ago
We all miss him shilling his own company on the channel.
@@AmericanNationalist852 For those who are interested, the RUclips channel "KDH" has released a short video that sums up pretty well how a weirdo Chapman is
I prefer to watch Cici, she seems to be a simple girl, in a good way
Please for the love of Satan make more videos with Lee & Cici!
Can watch this duo for hours!
Very smart Cap’t. Hiring Cici. Good move.
These are pretty nice amps that’s for sure, very tweakable especially the valve combo. Great vid, keep it up👍
I don't play Bass, but l love watching you both!💟
Cliff Burton uses these?
Prefer the old dude call him back
A bit irritating this guy
I've thought about it and NONE of my favorite bass players use this garbage. I had one once, paid a fortune and it broke almost immediately. Took 9 months to get it fixed under warranty. Never again. Didn't sound all that great either. Not compared to what I've used since.
Sounds like you're not a very good bass player.
Ok, tough guy
Seriously? How do you NOT use better bass players to showcase these amps?!?!
Ooooh.. a 1 in 784,000 chance of winning. I'm feeling lucky!
Liking that Schecter bass Cici has. What models is it?
It’s a Schecter Exotic P-4 :)
It's gorgeous.