Our goal was to create a new standard in bass amplification. After 5years of design work, 20 revisions, and thousands of hours in the lab,weve created an unrivaled analog bass amplifier. Unprecedented per-formance, studio quality sound, boundless features,
Our goal was to create a new standard in bass amplification. After 5years of design work, 20 revisions, and thousands of hours in the lab,weve created an unrivaled analog bass amplifier. Unprecedented per-formance, studio quality sound, boundless features, punch that neverquits, indestructible analog power, and a metal enclosure machined
to perfection. The 1001RB and 2001 RB Legacy achieves everythingwe set out to do and more. This is the new standard of excellence forthe modern professional bass player.
Designed by founder and president, Bob Gallien, the RB Legacy is theresult of more than 50 years of knowledge and dedication to his craft.His unrelenting drive for innovation and refinement has not only lefta lasting influence in the world of modern bass amplification, but alsoraised the bar for what a bass amplifier can do. The RB Legacy setsthe stage for a new era in professional sound equipment and aims tomeet the needs of the most discerning of players, whether thats onthe road, in the studio, or at home.
Class H Power Amp
The RB Legacy 1001 and 2001 are equipped with Class H power amplifiers, which have two power supplies. One that operates lower output levels and one that handles higher output levels. These amps aredesigned to be played loud and with this configuration, it not onlyimproves reliability, but allows you to play hard into the rails (maxi-mum output) without overheating the amplifier or worrying aboutyour tone giving out, a problem with many bass amplifiers.
Riding the Rails
Most amps start to run out of juice as they reach their maximum out-put, but the RB Legacy delivers almost twice the current required todevelop full power. So, you can keep control over the speaker cone,even in extreme conditions. Without this extra capacity, you get anunresponsive sound, lacking punch or definition. When you play re-
ally loud or into the rails the RB Legacy produces a powerful,growly sound. Otherwise known as riding the rails.
Adjustable Limiter
Another new feature of the RB Legacy series is an adjustable limiter.This can be used to limit at the rail (maximum output) and can beadjusted to pull the signal off the rail, keeping the output clean. Thishelps tame excessive signal peaks, reduce unwanted transients andprevent unwanted distortion.
Cabinet Simulation
Turn on the cabinet simulation to get a faithful representation of a live cabinet feel that can be used with your DI and headphone signal. This gives you more control over your DI tone whether youre recording, playing live, or practicing at home.
Studio Headphone Amp
Inspired by some of the industrys most sought-after studio head-phone amplifiers, our class A headphone amp delivers studio qualitypower into any headphones from 8 to 300 ohms. Whether at home oron stage, youll have your tone on tap.
Voicing Filters
The RB Legacy includes three filters that completely re-voice the amplifier, maintaining a neutral volume, so you dont have to adjust thevolume controls after turning them on or off. Bump adds a roundbloom… contour boosts the highs and lows while dropping the mids…and presence adds a sheen to the top end.
Active EQ
All GK amplifiers use a proprietary, active variable Q four band equalizer. The controls are in series, so they wont add or cancel frequencies that compromise your sound. As you adjust, the active equalizerreshapes based on the cut or boost you are adding. This produces anextremely wide range of usable tone settings.
Boost
The RB Legacy uses two selected field effect stages configured to optimize the Gate Induced Valve Effect (G.I.V.E.), or tubey grit, first pioneered in the 800 RB. This can be adjusted to fatten up your sound or to produce heavy overdrive. We have added an edge control to help you shape the sound to your preference.
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