I appreciate that!

Glad to hear you enjoy the challenge

If I ever get one, it will live in a rack and will be stored with the rest of the band’s equipment. I won’t travel with it on my own 😄

thanks. I Appreciate it!

I can’t speak for how it is in the US, but my reps here in Germany are very responsive and helpful.

@@IvanBassist that’s good to hear, has that been within the last year? I hope things get better here in the states.

Great devices! :)

Thanks for watching! Yeah. I like the vintagey sound the TH provides. It’s got something rich in the mids

Hey Mark! Glad to hear you’re enjoying those amps! If i had not had any endorsement/artist relationship with them it wouldn’t be an issue for me and I would most likely keep playing the products, though. As I said in the video, the products themselves are definitely good :)

I just managed to find the last D800 in Australia - pre gibson of course

No. They haven’t mentioned anything about it and i doubt they would, but I felt that was the right move to make. I know Mesa still makes great products and I would love to at least try a TT-800 at some point, too

Hey there: check out this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/erqba9qButmWgJc.htmlfeature=shared

According to AgedHorse on talkbass, who is the man designing the bass amps, now they have much better options at how they run things and do R&D. Mesa amps are great, no complaints from me there. It’s just the parent company that makes me feel uncomfortable 😅

Thanks! This video shows a comparison between the two and also some other amps: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ndN8p9B_3bHLe58.html To me the AG has a slightly extended top/bottom end, making it sound more modern. If I remember correctly, it also responds quicker to your right hand attack. The TH, specially when using the Drive knob, has a “warmer” sound and “pillowy” tube-esque response.

I can only speak owning the Aguilar AG 700 which I have had for about one year. I also wrestled with choosing between the Tone Hammer 700 and the AG 700 heads. I would describe the AG 700 as being very neutral and transparent without a baked in sonic signature. It manages to be detailed but is not scooped of demonstrates any peaks across the sonic spectrum. It will not produce the midrange warmth that the TH has however. While detailed it is not "modern" sounding in the negative sense with excessive presence in the high midrange or treble. I have several Fender passive basses but also an Ernie Ball Stingray Special HH. After talking with sales at Sweetwater, I was steered toward the AG 700 as they thought that the AG 700 would handle the Stingray a bit better. If I had only passive Fenders, I probably would have gone for the Tone Hammer. I think that the midrange signature is perfect for my Fender Jazz Bass and Fender Precision Basses. The Fenders do sound great though the AG 700 across the whole sonic spectrum but because the amp is quite neutral, the bit of extra midrange warmth is not present as would be the case with the Tone Hammer. Both amps are really good but just different flavors. You could by either and not be unhappy. Sweetwater has a very liberal return policy. Hope that this helped. BTW, both amps have a ton of head room.

Great description!

Aguilar

@@IvanBassist Thanks.

Depends on the model, but for the most part they are smaller.

El Noble siempre aporta cosas buenas 😄 Pero he usado tambien el AG700 para tocar cuando he estado de gira. Ambos suenan muy bien! El TH suena un poco mas “vintage”. Le va muy bien a un P-bass.

@@IvanBassist Gracias Ivan! Pero mi pregunta es mas sobre la combinacion del Noble en la señal antes de ir al amplificador. Entiendase, si tengo un Noble y lo conecto al TH no estoy sobre saturando o haciendo "undo" al effecto del noble? Quizas es una pregunta sobre la combinacion de un tube preamp + class D amplifier y saber si se pierde el "tube-ness" cuando la señal llega al amp class D.

@@jrdPalacios No se pierde el efecto. El ampli responde de una manera distinta con el Noble al frente. Yo siempre lo uso asi 🙌🏽

@@IvanBassist Gracias por siempre contestar las preguntas!

Not really into Markbass

@@IvanBassist why? Is it the colour?

@@marcelchaloupka Their sound and look are not what I look for in an amp.

@@IvanBassist fascinating, the Markbass and Aguilar are both D class amps built around the same electronic topology. Sure the preamps are tuned slightly differently but would suggest in a blind test you’d be hard put to tell the difference until you turn them up. At high volumes the Aguilar flubbs out

@@marcelchaloupka Ive come across a fair few stories of Mark Bass heads dying on gigs, on my search for a new amp. Not encouraging. I had a Ninja for a while, and the quality is not great. Sounds pretty good though. The Tube 800 sounded good in the shop though as well. I had a Darkglass 800 as well, and that sounded great but it seemed it had some sort of roll off down low, and made a thump when i changed channels.

We can agree to disagree then :)

Randall Smith is still running Mesa, but the entire Subway line (including the WD800) was designed by Andy Fields. Andy is on TalkBass regularly, answering questions with patience and MASSIVE knowledge.

@@groovaholic80222 interesting….did not know that. The WD 800 is a winner.

How many builders make Les Paul/thunderbird/stratocaster/telecaster/P-bass/Jazz bass (i could go on) designs? Instead of spending money on lawyers one could improve the quality control of instruments if your sales are lacking 👌🏽

@@IvanBassist Agree 100%. Gibson is running a business and they have every right to protect their copyrights. I know for a fact that Fender also behaves in this same manner. They went after a small builder I know and were relentless It’s the ugly side of the business.