A Graphic EQ is used to EQ a room not an instrument! - Bob Gallien ... Spoke like a true engineer! 😍😍😍😍 Bob's dropped some Gold in this interview, for sure!
He’s the only original owner left of all the big name bass amp companies of the last 40 years.... Hats off to you Sir! Never sold out to a bigger company, still hands on designing his own product that bears his name.
To be fair, Hartley Peavey didn't sell out, he just retired... and it's still a family business I believe. Granted, Peavey has gone downhill ever since he left.
@@Thurgor_Supreme Jeff Genzler sold Genz Benz to Fender... and now he has Genzler amplification which I own one however it will never be near the popularity Genz Benz was
Yeah, coming back to this comment after trying to pull the trigger on a new amp... Genzler Magellan is just too dang expensive. GK is really all there is if you want hands on engineering. Aguilar and Mesa Boogie are amazing, but I feel more comfortable with GK knowing there's a dedicated wizard behind the scenes
"The port develops as you get further away from the cabinet" I've noticed this effect with my Neo IV 2 x 12. It feels like it gets louder and deeper the further away I stand. It's perfect. I get a nice presence midrange to clearly hear myself and the audience gets the feel. It's the best investment I've made in music equipment "Country is our weakest area" I'm playing a country gig this weekend after my stoner rock gig and I'm brining a GK to both.🤘
Thank you Mr Bob Gallien. Iv'e enjoyed my MB150S 111 now for many years, and I appreciate the hard engineiering work that's gone into developing my amp. Now that I've watched this video, I'll think of you, every time i'm on a stage with my bass "The Count".
There is one question left. Can you fit a 2000 watt class D power section to a bass head, limit it to 600 watts and make it sound as good as a class A/B or class H amplifier AAAND make it last as long ?
This was very informative. And to be honest, all that technical "stuff" makes me feel better about shelling out the money for the product. Hard to beat when the manufacturer goal is a lightweight amp that sounds great and is built to last.
As a former professional audio technician I understand Bob Gallien's technical descriptions 100% and admire his drive to produce a fantastic sounding amp and speaker combination. As a bass player of 40+ years I spent my formative years searching for the 'perfect' bass, which I found in a Bartolini equipped 1989 Warwick Dolphin Pro 1, which I bought new. Then followed 25 years of trying to find an amplifier that could compliment its sound and ability and only ever managed about 80% success. You name it - I tried it - until I stumbled upon GK completely by chance and discovered that 'elusive' sound I was searching for. I now only use GK gear, including a Plex pre-amp for those occasional festival gigs where I am forced to use supplied backline. I find it interesting that Mr Gallien mentioned that their amplifiers are 'neutral' sounding. Yes, I agree with this, but I have also used several amplifiers throughout the years that could be considered 'pure' sounding, and to me they possessed no character whatsoever. There is something about GK amps that sets them apart, be it the EQ shelving, or the boost (growl) sound, I don't know. My second favourite amps are Orange, and they too have a distinctive sound (but are too damn heavy!) Curiously, during the recent mixdown of an album of songs I had played on, the engineer commented he couldn't get my bass to sit well in the mix. I sent him the technical EQ parameters of my RB700-II amplifier and he emailed me within the hour to tell me he was going to have to go through the entire album again to change all the bass EQ settings to match GK's. Mr Gallien's ream of hand-written calculations was obviously way ahead of its time!
I have owned a GK 212G guitar amp for over 30 years. It's the loudest, cleanest amp I've owned. Band mates constantly request that I turn down the volume! 😊
I've been using GKs since they were called GMTs, almost 50 years ago, and I still use them! Something people often don't talk about, that was one of the big factors in my GK sound was the use of 4 band EQ. I can't get my sound from a bass-mid-treble set up. Low mid and high mid have different functions, and are a necessity for me to get the sound I'm after. Thanks, Bob! (He hates me- I still have the lifetime warranty cards on my original 300B- I have 5 of them now, including three of Zappa's- and my 200G- the first channel switching guitar amp! ;-) )
I've been playing bass for over 50 years and have found GK amps to be what suits my style best. I also have two Fender amps but for gigging, I only use the GK. Thank you for hosting Bob Gallien, awesome interview!
David Sims of the Jesus Lizard playing his maple neck/board J-bass through a snarling Rat pedal into his 800 RB, pushing 15" cabs, is the greatest rock/hard rock bass tone the universe has ever or will ever experience. His work on Mouthbreather, Monkey Trick, Nub, etc on the Goat LP is the evidence. Q.E.D.
A great story and a great interview. this brings back some good memories. Our company, Echo Precision played a small role in G&K’s early 1970's years. Bob Gallien and Rich Krueger were always great guys to work with.
Other builders would do well to listen to this genius... Maybe they'd enjoy the longevity, and stellar reputation of G-k products. Thx for this Sweetwater!!
I have a new Legacy 800 2x12 combo. The discussion about 'bedroom tone' vs 'gig tone' is really interesting. The amp sounded really good in the music shop in Guildford (you know who!) and also in my room at home. I mean, like really good. I did my first gig with it at the NED in London last Thursday and it sounded A-MAZING ! People who know nothing about music tech were telling me it sounded great. A couple of musos in the audience wanted to know all about it. I used it straight - ie not thru the PA - and I had enough usable tone to shake a room twice as big with no effort. Tone is really versatile too per Bob's interview - I used the drive for the rockers and switched it off for the funky stuff where I cranked up the mids. It's everything I wanted. Next job Bob - make it *even lighter*, I'm not as young as I was 🙂
Wow, incredibly smart guy. I’ve played GK for years, tried a few others and come back around to GK because nothing else sounds like them. Now I understand why 👌
As a new owner of a Fusion 800 bass head, this video really made me love the company and approach even more. This head is hands down the best thing I have ever played bass through. It is nice to hear it is made to last with top quality components and attention to design. Now I just have to figure out how to get the money to get me a matching GK 2x12. That might be a while. Cheers!
What a great interview with a true legend! The attention to detail and engineering in all of GK's products is second to none! I own GK amps and cabinets and I've never had any issues. Thank you Sweetwater and Bob Gallien🤘🤘🤘
Great interview! I worked for Bob over 20 years ago now. I find these stories as fascinating today as I did the first time I heard them. And there’s a lot more to tell!
Indeed. I use a Legacy 500 and a 2 x 12. When I hit the overdrive channel all my bandmates stopped what they were doing before practice and looked over at my rig in awe. We do Stoner rock (think Queens of the Stone Age and their cohorts), a huge part of the sound of that genre is being able to "feel" the low end and "feel" the loudness. They were initially worried that my class D Legacy would be too "wimpy" to keep up with their tube amps. I've never seen 3 people so happy to be wrong.
While you had Bob Gallien there, it would have been fantastic to interview him on his guitar amplifier(s) accomplishments and then run a "through-the-years" Part Two video. Many of us (myself included) would definitively like to know if there will ever be another guitar amplifier produced.
That was just what I needed Mr. Krueger and Mr. Gallagher. Great info. Perfect, actually. You've earned the respect of a Machinist in Schertz, Texas. I just ordered my Legacy 1200 from Sweetwater a few minutes ago. You guys are pretty cool. (Thanks so much for the lifetime of ingenuity and continuous improvement, Mr. Krueger and thanks Mr. Gallagher for being my gear guy)
My first experience with a GK amp was a tiny amp with 2 (if I remember correctly) 6'' speakers that just knocked my socks off back in 1991. I stumbled onto a guy setting up a studio, literally walked by the door as builders were carrying in sheetrock and studs, and I heard this super clean semi metal guitar sound coming out of the door. I went around front and saw the guy playing through the storefront glass but I couldn't see an amp lol. I knocked, he introduced himself, and I asked about the amp and he was like ''Oh, this is such an awesome amp. It just came out'' - I have no idea what model it was but I couldn't get over the fact that it sounded as big as a Fender Twin but was the size of a large shoe box. After that I saw a few here and there and different players (usually bass players) would have them when I started to mix live sound in the mid-late 1990s. It was never my thing because, being 100% honest, they're ugly af but I never once flinched in any situation when a player would bring one onto a stage or into a studio because they just work. There are certain pieces of gear, as a sound engineer, that give you concerns - in fact, just about every amp manufacturer on earth should concern you to some degree and you should ask questions such as ''Will this fail?'' and ''Will this pull too much power or be irregular?'' and ''Is this more present above 600hz or below?'', stuff like that is important when you're going on a 1.5hr+ journey with 200 to 20,000 people who REALLY don't want to stop because one of the amps fd up. Again, I never had a concern about GK stuff. Fender and Marshalls and other brands I've seen break down at really bad times and they had to be swapped out live, never a GK.
I've had my RB200 since the mid-80s, and it's easily my favorite amp. And around the same time, I got the SC-112 guitar combo amp -- apparently, hard to come by, but every player that uses it wants it. Thanks, Bob!
I'm not by instinct a G-K guy as a player, but I've definitely dug classic G-K tones on records, and am really impressed with their designs. I really enjoyed this video.
He produces highest quality audio combined with portability since 46 years in California, not once did he move his production overseas to a Chinese labor camp like so many others. That means sth. to me. It is not easy to have a business successfully run in California. He is an innovative genius. One of the people who inspired me to move from Germany into the Silicon Valley.
I cannot believe that on their website they don't even have a profile or picture or nothing for Justin Chancellor of Tool and they are one of the biggest bands out there right now...
Had a backline 600 on the bench for repair, and after analyzing the schematic you see the tremendous thought into the EQs. Yep, they're IN SERIES..every gain stage. And they are simple TI TLO72 dual op amps throughout but have near infinite gain and low, low, noise. The problem was something stupid in the design. The effect loop jacks (bad) in series with preamp 1st gain stage(why not parallel?) . Anyhow This is a great insight to a technical genius. The new class D power amps are a game changer ,but the original bass preamp sound is amazing .
I've never played thru a Hartke head. But I LOVE Hartke speakers. And I've only played through the 4.5XL.That said, I wouldn't trade my GK 700RB for any other brand of head. This thing delivers some rich, clean, deep and smooth sounds. I'm "locked into" this GK head!!!
So.... great interview, loved it. But the only question I have is, when is the GK 250ml coming back? Don't have to change anything, just reissue it. It is just fine.
I have owned a lot of GK products over the many years of a working bass playing life... & I like the deliverable tone over Ampeg SVT even... I use a GK MBE 210 cab... (not that popular, to be fair!) still.... but my experience of a 10001RB let me down somewhat! It died on me at a gig...& my well trusted guitar tech/Luthier said it was built as cheaply as possible... stuff soldered directly on to the board. etc.. that doesn't reflect the massive rep that GK have in the market...
I LOVE learing the history of GK amplification. BUT I've just never been able to watch other players play bass with a pick. Something about it seems, like... polluted or spoiled. I mean, for me, it just doesn't look appealing. I'm definitely a purist in that sense. I believe in what Jaco said "the sound is in the fingers". And it makes sense to me. For some years I've tried to shake that kind of thinking off and open my mind to be able to accept "picking" on the bass. It just doesn't sit with me. "Picking" on the bass is almost offensive. Anyway, I have a 700RB with an XL-Series 4.5 module. And I agree with y'all. I mean, it still sounds GREAT in my room. But this rig really KICK playing live on stage (indoors or outdoors)!!!
Thanks for watching! For more deep dives like this, be sure to like and subscribe! 🎶
Thank you for having Mr. Gallien in for an interview. It makes me appreciate my GK equipment even more.
This video is 2 years old and I've watched it at least 10 times.
A Graphic EQ is used to EQ a room not an instrument! - Bob Gallien ...
Spoke like a true engineer! 😍😍😍😍
Bob's dropped some Gold in this interview, for sure!
That's such an interesting take, I always wondered why no one puts graphic eqs in their amplifiers
Bob Gallien, national treasure.
World treasure. I'm in UK
Very Cool, Good stories, Good Equipment, Enjoyed Alot!!! D. Johnson// DANO.....Bass
He’s the only original owner left of all the big name bass amp companies of the last 40 years....
Hats off to you Sir! Never sold out to a bigger company, still hands on designing his own product that bears his name.
To be fair, Hartley Peavey didn't sell out, he just retired... and it's still a family business I believe. Granted, Peavey has gone downhill ever since he left.
Uhh... Jeff Genzler?
@@HereComeMrCee-Jay if you see I mention in my comment “big-name bass amp”companies not all around music companies
@@Thurgor_Supreme Jeff Genzler sold Genz Benz to Fender... and now he has Genzler amplification which I own one however it will never be near the popularity Genz Benz was
Yeah, coming back to this comment after trying to pull the trigger on a new amp... Genzler Magellan is just too dang expensive. GK is really all there is if you want hands on engineering. Aguilar and Mesa Boogie are amazing, but I feel more comfortable with GK knowing there's a dedicated wizard behind the scenes
That amp is amazing, there’s only a few top amps/cabs out there right now and that new gk line is one of them
Great info here from the MAN HIMSELF!!!
great info!!
The best sound I've ever heard was from a GK 2000RB head. Big thank you for Mr. Gallien for his dedication and knowledge
Also Forest tearin up that J/P son!
"The port develops as you get further away from the cabinet"
I've noticed this effect with my Neo IV 2 x 12. It feels like it gets louder and deeper the further away I stand. It's perfect. I get a nice presence midrange to clearly hear myself and the audience gets the feel. It's the best investment I've made in music equipment
"Country is our weakest area"
I'm playing a country gig this weekend after my stoner rock gig and I'm brining a GK to both.🤘
Thanks Sweetwater!
Wish they would have talked about the GK250ML
This man is a genius! I’ve played through every bass amp you can think of but none of them can touch my 400rb/800rb. Perfection 40 years strong!
What a fantastic interview! I loved every minute of it. Amazing questions, and Bob is just a true wizard. My next bass amp will definitely be a GK!
This was quite possibly the most informative interview with anyone in the music business. Still have my 1984 400RB, still going strong.
Thank you Mr Bob Gallien. Iv'e enjoyed my MB150S 111 now for many years, and I appreciate the hard engineiering work that's gone into developing my amp. Now that I've watched this video, I'll think of you, every time i'm on a stage with my bass "The Count".
Just got the Fusion 1200, 2x12 neo and 1x15 neo cab. Sounds great. Gotta figure out how to pay for it. lol. Want the fusion 1x12 combo now.
Very rare interview. Thank you Sweetwater.
There is one question left. Can you fit a 2000 watt class D power section to a bass head, limit it to 600 watts and make it sound as good as a class A/B or class H amplifier AAAND make it last as long ?
This was very informative. And to be honest, all that technical "stuff" makes me feel better about shelling out the money for the product. Hard to beat when the manufacturer goal is a lightweight amp that sounds great and is built to last.
As a former professional audio technician I understand Bob Gallien's technical descriptions 100% and admire his drive to produce a fantastic sounding amp and speaker combination. As a bass player of 40+ years I spent my formative years searching for the 'perfect' bass, which I found in a Bartolini equipped 1989 Warwick Dolphin Pro 1, which I bought new. Then followed 25 years of trying to find an amplifier that could compliment its sound and ability and only ever managed about 80% success. You name it - I tried it - until I stumbled upon GK completely by chance and discovered that 'elusive' sound I was searching for. I now only use GK gear, including a Plex pre-amp for those occasional festival gigs where I am forced to use supplied backline.
I find it interesting that Mr Gallien mentioned that their amplifiers are 'neutral' sounding. Yes, I agree with this, but I have also used several amplifiers throughout the years that could be considered 'pure' sounding, and to me they possessed no character whatsoever. There is something about GK amps that sets them apart, be it the EQ shelving, or the boost (growl) sound, I don't know. My second favourite amps are Orange, and they too have a distinctive sound (but are too damn heavy!) Curiously, during the recent mixdown of an album of songs I had played on, the engineer commented he couldn't get my bass to sit well in the mix. I sent him the technical EQ parameters of my RB700-II amplifier and he emailed me within the hour to tell me he was going to have to go through the entire album again to change all the bass EQ settings to match GK's. Mr Gallien's ream of hand-written calculations was obviously way ahead of its time!
I have owned a GK 212G guitar amp for over 30 years. It's the loudest, cleanest amp I've owned. Band mates constantly request that I turn down the volume! 😊
The Legacy 800 is the best amplifier head I have ever used...
Count me among the Unaccomplished GK players.
I can definitely hit some of my notes all the time and most of them some of the time.
Great interview with the man himself! Thanks for not chopping in into dozens of small pieces like other channels do. GK 4 life!
I've been using GKs since they were called GMTs, almost 50 years ago, and I still use them!
Something people often don't talk about, that was one of the big factors in my GK sound was the use of 4 band EQ. I can't get my sound from a bass-mid-treble set up. Low mid and high mid have different functions, and are a necessity for me to get the sound I'm after. Thanks, Bob! (He hates me- I still have the lifetime warranty cards on my original 300B- I have 5 of them now, including three of Zappa's- and my 200G- the first channel switching guitar amp! ;-) )
Great video!
I am so grateful for GK !!!!
Great interview I love GK have been using them for the last 25 years exclusively
Great insight! Thx for sharing. Love my GK but it recently died 😞
I've been playing bass for over 50 years and have found GK amps to be what suits my style best. I also have two Fender amps but for gigging, I only use the GK. Thank you for hosting Bob Gallien, awesome interview!
Excellent interview! Well done for letting the man speak. Bob Gallien is just an amazing, inspiring guy.
This was great, thanks.
Great interview thank you. Why did GK stop producing Aluminum cabinets?
Great interview. Thanks!
Loved every drop of this interview
David Sims of the Jesus Lizard playing his maple neck/board J-bass through a snarling Rat pedal into his 800 RB, pushing 15" cabs, is the greatest rock/hard rock bass tone the universe has ever or will ever experience. His work on Mouthbreather, Monkey Trick, Nub, etc on the Goat LP is the evidence. Q.E.D.
dudes talk about a lot of dudes, but this guy sims on another level. damn. saw the liz about 15 times. insanely good
Great Interview! Bob is from my home town and a friend of the family. His products have always been " state of the art"!
Fantastic interview.
Thanks!
A great story and a great interview.
this brings back some good memories. Our company, Echo Precision played a small role in G&K’s early 1970's years. Bob Gallien and Rich Krueger were always great guys to work with.
GK is literally the only way I can buy a combo amp without feeling like I'm compromising for budget trash
Other builders would do well to listen to this genius... Maybe they'd enjoy the longevity, and stellar reputation of G-k products. Thx for this Sweetwater!!
GK is fantastic equipment.
I have a new Legacy 800 2x12 combo. The discussion about 'bedroom tone' vs 'gig tone' is really interesting. The amp sounded really good in the music shop in Guildford (you know who!) and also in my room at home. I mean, like really good. I did my first gig with it at the NED in London last Thursday and it sounded A-MAZING ! People who know nothing about music tech were telling me it sounded great. A couple of musos in the audience wanted to know all about it. I used it straight - ie not thru the PA - and I had enough usable tone to shake a room twice as big with no effort. Tone is really versatile too per Bob's interview - I used the drive for the rockers and switched it off for the funky stuff where I cranked up the mids. It's everything I wanted. Next job Bob - make it *even lighter*, I'm not as young as I was 🙂
Wow, what an educational video. Much respect to Sweetwater and Mr. Gallien for this interview.
Wow, incredibly smart guy. I’ve played GK for years, tried a few others and come back around to GK because nothing else sounds like them. Now I understand why 👌
Good work everybody!! Thanks to Bob Gallien for sharing your experiences, Mitch for freshness in interviewing👍🤙🤙💪😎
As a new owner of a Fusion 800 bass head, this video really made me love the company and approach even more. This head is hands down the best thing I have ever played bass through. It is nice to hear it is made to last with top quality components and attention to design. Now I just have to figure out how to get the money to get me a matching GK 2x12. That might be a while. Cheers!
Great interview! Enjoyed the conversation. I'm a recreational player and went to GK from Ampeg around 20 yrs. ago and never looked back.
What a great interview with a true legend! The attention to detail and engineering in all of GK's products is second to none! I own GK amps and cabinets and I've never had any issues. Thank you Sweetwater and Bob Gallien🤘🤘🤘
Great interview! I worked for Bob over 20 years ago now. I find these stories as fascinating today as I did the first time I heard them. And there’s a lot more to tell!
Great Amps !!
I could watch two hours of this. Fascinating.
I'm not a fan of overdrive or distortion on my bass, but that GK growl is irresistible, holy moly...
Indeed. I use a Legacy 500 and a 2 x 12. When I hit the overdrive channel all my bandmates stopped what they were doing before practice and looked over at my rig in awe.
We do Stoner rock (think Queens of the Stone Age and their cohorts), a huge part of the sound of that genre is being able to "feel" the low end and "feel" the loudness. They were initially worried that my class D Legacy would be too "wimpy" to keep up with their tube amps. I've never seen 3 people so happy to be wrong.
While you had Bob Gallien there, it would have been fantastic to interview him on his guitar amplifier(s) accomplishments and then run a "through-the-years" Part Two video. Many of us (myself included) would definitively like to know if there will ever be another guitar amplifier produced.
Agreed! I absolutely loved the GK guitar amplifiers that came out in the 80s & it would be phenomenal to have them make a return.
Way past time for a reissue of the 250ML!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was overdue. And sweetwater is a channel with not much pull. I'd like to see someone with a developed subscriber base interview Bob
Great interview! Still got my 800RB, bullet proof and still has that flavour & growl.
Thanks 🙏
And Carlos said, “man this thing boogies!”
What a great story… and a cool guy 🤙🏽
I've the early 90's lunch box guitar amp, sans effects. Fun to hear the history! Thanks. Cheers, Daniel
That was just what I needed Mr. Krueger and Mr. Gallagher. Great info. Perfect, actually. You've earned the respect of a Machinist in Schertz, Texas. I just ordered my Legacy 1200 from Sweetwater a few minutes ago. You guys are pretty cool. (Thanks so much for the lifetime of ingenuity and continuous improvement, Mr. Krueger and thanks Mr. Gallagher for being my gear guy)
800rb is a legend
What ever happened to the little ML 250 guitar amps? They were great.
I was hoping he would have mentioned that great little lunchbox amp. I had two of them back in the day!!
My first experience with a GK amp was a tiny amp with 2 (if I remember correctly) 6'' speakers that just knocked my socks off back in 1991. I stumbled onto a guy setting up a studio, literally walked by the door as builders were carrying in sheetrock and studs, and I heard this super clean semi metal guitar sound coming out of the door. I went around front and saw the guy playing through the storefront glass but I couldn't see an amp lol. I knocked, he introduced himself, and I asked about the amp and he was like ''Oh, this is such an awesome amp. It just came out'' - I have no idea what model it was but I couldn't get over the fact that it sounded as big as a Fender Twin but was the size of a large shoe box. After that I saw a few here and there and different players (usually bass players) would have them when I started to mix live sound in the mid-late 1990s. It was never my thing because, being 100% honest, they're ugly af but I never once flinched in any situation when a player would bring one onto a stage or into a studio because they just work. There are certain pieces of gear, as a sound engineer, that give you concerns - in fact, just about every amp manufacturer on earth should concern you to some degree and you should ask questions such as ''Will this fail?'' and ''Will this pull too much power or be irregular?'' and ''Is this more present above 600hz or below?'', stuff like that is important when you're going on a 1.5hr+ journey with 200 to 20,000 people who REALLY don't want to stop because one of the amps fd up. Again, I never had a concern about GK stuff. Fender and Marshalls and other brands I've seen break down at really bad times and they had to be swapped out live, never a GK.
Love my GK 4x10 neo
Great job from on of 70's fans. Will be sharing this with your early days neighbors who supported you through those design testing days in the garage.
I've had my RB200 since the mid-80s, and it's easily my favorite amp. And around the same time, I got the SC-112 guitar combo amp -- apparently, hard to come by, but every player that uses it wants it. Thanks, Bob!
I've used a GK since 1987 ! they are fabulous ..currently a 400 head and an Alumabass 15'' speaker cab ..wonderftul
I'm not by instinct a G-K guy as a player, but I've definitely dug classic G-K tones on records, and am really impressed with their designs. I really enjoyed this video.
He produces highest quality audio combined with portability since 46 years in California, not once did he move his production overseas to a Chinese labor camp like so many others. That means sth. to me. It is not easy to have a business successfully run in California. He is an innovative genius. One of the people who inspired me to move from Germany into the Silicon Valley.
I have an MB-500 and it's a great little amp. Lightweight and powerful with all the features you need.
Excellent interview of GK gear! I love their bass amps! GK amps have been around a longtime for a good reason.
I love GK products. Great interview 👍. Now I love them even more
Reissue those frickin 80's guitar amps (250ml, 2000cpl, 2100 sel)!!!!
I cannot believe that on their website they don't even have a profile or picture or nothing for Justin Chancellor of Tool and they are one of the biggest bands out there right now...
Great interview, I learned mass.
Had a backline 600 on the bench for repair, and after analyzing the schematic you see the tremendous thought into the EQs. Yep, they're IN SERIES..every gain stage. And they are simple TI TLO72 dual op amps throughout but have near infinite gain and low, low, noise. The problem was something stupid in the design. The effect loop jacks (bad) in series with preamp 1st gain stage(why not parallel?) . Anyhow This is a great insight to a technical genius. The new class D power amps are a game changer ,but the original bass preamp sound is amazing .
Awesome interview!
Great interview, love the detail. Thanks!
Cool interview. Greatly enjoyed it.
This was fantastic, well done Bob...😎🤙🏽🙏🏽
This guy is a genius.
I've never played thru a Hartke head. But I LOVE Hartke speakers. And I've only played through the 4.5XL.That said, I wouldn't trade my GK 700RB for any other brand of head. This thing delivers some rich, clean, deep and smooth sounds. I'm "locked into" this GK head!!!
If that interview would've been 3 hours long, I would've been ok with that.
I had a 200G guitar combo in the late 70s. I believe this was the first channel switching guitar amp.
So.... great interview, loved it. But the only question I have is, when is the GK 250ml coming back? Don't have to change anything, just reissue it. It is just fine.
He's a cool guy. I have the 800RB. It's awesome sauce
19:41 i cannot in the entirety of my existence sum all that story right like mitch did...
I want Bob Gallien to be my dad.
I have owned a lot of GK products over the many years of a working bass playing life... & I like the deliverable tone over Ampeg SVT even... I use a GK MBE 210 cab... (not that popular, to be fair!) still.... but my experience of a 10001RB let me down somewhat! It died on me at a gig...& my well trusted guitar tech/Luthier said it was built as cheaply as possible... stuff soldered directly on to the board. etc.. that doesn't reflect the massive rep that GK have in the market...
Please………can we get some individual cab demos. 212, 410 specifically? Longer demo, more finger playing, on a five string?
Why don't the new Gallien-Krueger amps incorporate Bi-Amping like the previous RB series did?
I LOVE learing the history of GK amplification. BUT I've just never been able to watch other players play bass with a pick. Something about it seems, like... polluted or spoiled. I mean, for me, it just doesn't look appealing. I'm definitely a purist in that sense. I believe in what Jaco said "the sound is in the fingers". And it makes sense to me. For some years I've tried to shake that kind of thinking off and open my mind to be able to accept "picking" on the bass. It just doesn't sit with me. "Picking" on the bass is almost offensive. Anyway, I have a 700RB with an XL-Series 4.5 module. And I agree with y'all. I mean, it still sounds GREAT in my room. But this rig really KICK playing live on stage (indoors or outdoors)!!!
Wait a minute... wasn't Walter Woods doing the lightweight and compact thing before Bob Gallien?
Please, please, please!!! Bring back the 800RB.
It’s the absolute best.
YESSS !!!!
and the 400 too, just the same as it was, not a fancy "anniversary" remake.
I enjoy listening to this man. I would let him operate me without any problems
part two..............please.
I wish he would bring back the 2100 sel
I wish I could get my little mb500 serviced some thing funny going on with it