GK 1001 RB II or MBA Fusion 800, what are your thoughts?

[bjeans79]

My dilemma is picking between the two amps above mentioned. I just wanted to get some opinions of people that have experience with both of these amps and just tell me which amp would give me more of the authentic GK sound, or would there be much of a difference?. From what I can tell the RB 1001 would be the way to go between these two, but I do like the idea of having more tube tone in my amp. This is totally about your opinion between these two particular amps and nothing else just let it rip. Thanks!

 

[bjeans79]

Re: GK 1001 RB II or MBA Fusion 800, what are your thoughts?

"Is anybody out there... da da da da does anybody care...."

 

[allbutromeo]

Re: GK 1001 RB II or MBA Fusion 800, what are your thoughts?

I've never tried the MBA, but the RB series are really good amps, at a good price, and are the GK sound.

 

[NecroPolo]

Re: GK 1001 RB II or MBA Fusion 800, what are your thoughts?

My initial thought, doesn't it belond to the bass thread?

Other than that, we have toured with an 1001RB 10-12 years ago. The amp sounded amazing but had reliability issues, it rested at a repairsman 50% of the time. We started using some small Trace-Elliot bass combo for backup then the RB was sold, an Ampeg SVT4PRO arrived that failed to stop working even since.