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Condition: Used, Excellent
This head has got a ton of tone on tap for the gigging bass player who needs a broad range of sounds from one workhorse setup. The tube preamp offers plenty of warmth and growl for coaxing those fliptop tones we all love with the grain cranked up. Back it off and use the powerful and user friendly EQ section to carve out your sound quickly and easily for scooped slap bass sounds, punchy mid-boosted fingerstyle, or use the Deep pull to bring the low end to a rumbling, stage shaking level. Add on the DI out, Effects Loop, Tuner Out, and footswitch capabilities and 600 whopping clean watts of power and you've got just about everything you need, no matter the gig!
From Mesa Boogie
The M6 CARBINE expands the MESA® Family of Bass amplifiers with an exciting new voice that’s super fast and extremely focused! The output section relies on the same time-proven array of custom designed mosfets used in our M-Pulse, Big Block and Titan models, but the preamp and driver section are all new creating a very different feel and attitude.
Up front the tube preamp utilizes a standard tone control string of Bass, Mid and Treble to shape the basic sound, but the shaping power doesn’t stop there.
Model: Carbine M6 Bass Head
Chassis Material: Aluminum
Power Amp Type: Trans-Class Power w/8 Power MOSFET's & 8/4 or 2 Ohm Impedance Switch
Preamp: Vacuum Tube Preamp w/ 1x Mesa 12AX7
Convection or Fan Cooling: Fan Cooled
EQ / Dynamics Control: Active Bass w/Pull Deep, Passive Mid, 5-Positon Active Mid-Voice Switch & Active Treble
Effects Loop: Fully Buffered Series FX Loop w/True-Bypass Switch (Loop is fully removed when switched to bypass)
Direct Line Output: Balanced XLR Line Output with Ground Lift (back panel) & Front Panel Level Control with Pre/Post Pull Switch
Tuner Output / Mute: Tuner Output (back panel) with Pull Mute on Master Volume Control (front panel) and External Mute Switching jack (back panel)
Speaker Outputs: 2 - Combination Speakon - 1/4"
Footswitchable Fuctions: External Switching Jacks for Mute & Voicing Modes (Footswitches Sold Seperately)
Weight: 48 Lbs.
Dimensions: 8" H x 23" W x 14 1/2" D
Warranty
This item is sold without the Sound Pure 3-year warranty (used / B-stock / dealer-exempt). Coverage terms for items in this category live in Terms & Conditions, Section 27.
Returns
This item is not eligible for the Try-Before-You-Buy 48-hour audition. Standard return policy applies — see Terms & Conditions, Section 18 for details.
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