The company is predominately Kiesel now, and on 19 September Jeff Kiesel will no longer refer to it as "Kiesel Guitars, Carvin Guitars." So why the big Carvin logo on the case of a Kiesel bass? Perhaps this will change as old Carvin stock is phased out for new, Kiesel branded items. Next, the second most notable feature of the case is the large "Carvin" label on the front. Especially compared to the RB Continental. Possibly the most notable characteristic of the Ultimate Soft Case (USC) is the relative slim size of the soft case. To begin with, I really like the Carvin soft case. Now that I have a few months of real-world use on mine, I thought I'd share my thoughts here. Kiesel/Carvin have had their own model on the market for several years known as the Ultimate Soft Case. While I've yet to find the "perfect one," I do have a few favorites: the Reunion Blues Continental, and the iGig G525. As a result, I've owned several versions that are on the market today. Soft-cases are far and away my preference. Those of you who know me, already know that I really don't care for the old hardshell cases. Reviews on-line were overwhelmingly positive, so I had high hopes for this little Chinese made amp. Photos of the amp suggest that leaving it in our living room would also be a welcome option as it is very easy on the eyes. My hope was this little practice amp would be light enough to easily move around the house, heavy enough to remain in place when I want to stand while practicing, handle input from my laptop, or iPhone, and sound good though the speaker or headphones. The Rumble 25was only about $20 more expensive than the 15, and considering the 25 was still within my budget I placed my order. Two actually Fender's third generation Rumble bass amps in 15 and 25 watts.
All of which pointed to a small practice amp, though most were outside my price range, or starter amps that are just too cheap to bother with.įirst test-run of the amp with my G&L LB-100
After an hour or so, I narrowed my search to something that is easy to carry from room to room, with a built in speaker, headphone jack, and auxiliary input and one rather important feature- it must be under $100. While taking an honest look at my practice habits last week, I logged on to my favorite on-line retailer to explore items that would address my reasons for skipping practice, thereby enabling me to practice more often. Granted, I still got in some good practice sessions, but not quite every day as the project requires. So what to do? Use the above excuses as reasons not to practice? Admittedly, that is exactly what I have done over the last few weeks when skipping practice. This is a great setup for playing though headphones, though it is limited to sitting in one spot and using something to keep the light-weight Boss unit in place stand up to stretch and the unit goes with you. It consists of a Boss TU-88 Micro Monitor & Tuner, laptop, and headphones. My alternative practice rig is much easier to move around, but is limited to playing though headphones.
It is true, I can move it from room to room, but the setup requires a lot of space- and frankly, I hate moving the entire rig up and down stairs.
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My main practice rig is fairly large it consists of my main amp, a powered monitor and a Mac laptop. A great sounding practice rig, and lovely space
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