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Old August 1st, 2007, 04:14 PM   #9 (permalink)
appar111
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Originally Posted by Wally View Post
My take on a MKII type of Boogie without the graphic is that it is hard to push for preamp gain and still get some low end going on. The graphic, which is post preamp allows one to run the preamp hot with the Bass pot low to avoid distortin the low end beyond usability and then pump up soem lows with the Graphic. If you don't go for preamp distortion, perhaps one would never miss the graphic. And, after all, that is the magic of a Boogie...cascaded preamp gain, right?
Yeah the early Boogies tend to be a bit fiddley to get the right sound. A pedal would be a necessity for getting distortion without taking people's head off. With that EV, it would do clean country & funk sounds ALL day long though.

So for that sort of sound, with a pedal providing all the gain & distortion, the Boogie would be great.
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