Just yesterday , I took a short ride to a fellow Bass player / friend of mine. His name is Ben , and like me , loves high end gear and such.
The reason for our get together was primarily for me to try out a Epifani 2-10ul , which I was interested in buying from him to add to my 4-10ul.
I brought some gear : My Aguilar DB750 , My Epi 4-10ul ( to compare to the 2-10ul ) and my Eden wt400 ( for which I intend to use to power the 2-10 when I need to go small )
Basses I brought were : My Wal Mach II custom , MTD 535 , and Stingray 5 ( w/ piezo )
Basses he had present were : Fodera Emperor Elite 5( not 100% on this model....I do know it was devine !! ) and his one of a kind FoderaWal 5 - A Fodera built specifically for him ( by Fodera )using Wal electronics......33" scale. This bass is not only a pleasure to look at and hold and play ,but possesses one of the tightest, fullest B strings I have ever heard....regardless of the scale length. But more on that later.....
Ben had a surprise for me. The 1st Epifani Ul-115c Combo. This amp combo combines the new 502 bass head from Epifani with a 1-15 neo in one of their Ultra light cabinets. Specs / info
Here !! Now , as you can imagine ( or maybe you can't ) ...with all that gear and cabs and amps....we were destined for a full day of A / B / C'ing.......
1st we tried out the 2-10ul with the 4-10ul powered by the Aggy DB750. As expected , this combination had much potential for all the room shaking bass most anyone would need . The Aggy was creamy and very potent thru the upper lows and all important midrange. Just what I'm used to with the 4-10 alone....but with added depth and power, ....and the mids seemed to speak a bit better with the added 2-10.
The 2-10ul alone. Man.....this lil cabinet is very ,very impressive . Deep.....very deep. The 'B' string reproduced with great authority. So much so , that I had to check and make sure the 4-10 was not still hooked up. I couldn't believe my ears or eyes. In fact....when we did a direct comparison: 2-10ul vs 4-10ul . The lil 2-10 did indeed sound fuller and deeper than the 4-10 !!
Now......the 4-10 was definately louder , and a bit more pronounced in the low mids and up....but that 2-10 definately seemed to go just a bit lower than the 4-10. Come to find out shortly afterwards....that this particular 2-10ul was just recently re-ported by Nick ( Epifani ) to do just that. ( in fact...I'm probably goingto take my 4-10ul back to him to do the re-port thingy on that also.)
Through out the day we tried out all the basses.....I loved his Fodera Emperor...it's an older one made with single coil Bart jazz p/ups... man is that thing a breeze to play ...with tone and growl to die for. I'm normally not a fan of jazz p/ups....but for some reason ( unknown to me ) this bass simply spoke to me. Nice.
I tell you....there was simply too much stuff ...all good stuff....to play.
Next I tried out my small wt400 w/ the 2-10ul. I stoof the cab up on its end....and wha la....a very small , very portable system that I could carry in on one trip ( with bass on back ) !!!
This little combo rocked !! Loud , deep and with Eden's tonal shaping abilities....we were both able to coax most almost anything needed .
I was extremely impressed with this setup....so much so , that I may try it out at my next gig on the 15th. ( smallish club....hold prolly 100 max )
I'm all for big , deep loud bass.....but if i can get away with that in such a small package without giving up too much.....I'm there !!
So.....I'm sold on this 2-10ul cab....I'm buying it...and plan on taking it home with me.
"Wait" .....say my friend Ben ( at least i though he was my friend...
)
" We have to try out the New Epi Combo "
Honestly.....I was interested in hearing it....but was thinking it would be a step down from the 2-10ul + 4-10ul driven by the powerful Aguilar DB750.
Boy....was I mistaken.
More to come soon.......
PJR
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