Minibrute II or IV ?

Michel Hendrickx

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Nov 22, 2001, 12:45:04 PM11/22/01

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I play an ES-175 with 12 d'addario chromes flatwounds.and want to buy a
Polytone.
Since there's no dealer in Belgium I have to order it without trying.

I prefer a warm sound, even on the two thinnest strings, I don't like it
when there's a large difference in sound between the wound strings and the
plain ones.

Has anyone of you compared the minibrute 2 with the 4 and could you tell me
the difference?

Thanx, Michel.

Keith Murch

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Nov 22, 2001, 9:56:57 PM11/22/01

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I have three Polytones...a baby brute, a MBII and a MBIV. I prefer the MBIV.
It has more bottom end and a little more volume than the II. The only
drawback is that it is a little bigger than the II, but it is probably worth
it. Sometimes I get lazy and take the II out on gigs, but if I could only
have one amp, I would go with the MBIV.
Keith Murch

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Nov 22, 2001, 10:40:21 PM11/22/01

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The minibrute II has a 12" speaker and weighs apporx 30 lbs. The IV
has a 15" speaker and weighs approx 36 lbs. apart from that they are
both very similar. Get the model with the new"sonic Circuit" for that
extra warmth. We are using a a Minibrute V ( has a tweeter) for bass,
keys, elec and acoustic gtr.
You may need to adjust the height of your pickup or the indiviual
pickup screws ( on humbucker p/u)to balance out the tone on your gtr.
I've also found that different picking techniques greatly effect your
tone.

Skip

Jeff DeMond

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Nov 23, 2001, 12:44:42 AM11/23/01

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I've had both (many moons ago), but only kept the MB IV with the 15"
speaker, which I've had since the '70's. I found it to be warmer and, with
a laminated guitar (in my case, a '65 Gibson Tal Farlow), I thought it
really captured that traditional, warm tone. I also use Chromes on that
guitar (13's). Though I love that sound, I'm now addicted to a carved top
and the Clarus/Raezer's Edge combination and my Tal Farlow and MB IV are
collecting a little dust.

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Greg

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Nov 23, 2001, 1:21:58 AM11/23/01

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Jeff DeMond wrote:

> I've had both (many moons ago), but only kept the MB IV with the 15"
> speaker, which I've had since the '70's. I found it to be warmer and, with
> a laminated guitar (in my case, a '65 Gibson Tal Farlow), I thought it
> really captured that traditional, warm tone. I also use Chromes on that
> guitar (13's). Though I love that sound, I'm now addicted to a carved top
> and the Clarus/Raezer's Edge combination and my Tal Farlow and MB IV are
> collecting a little dust.

Give ya 5 bucks for 'em and a free, fully electric B&D "Dust Buster"!
Greg

Cor

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Nov 23, 2001, 2:43:03 AM11/23/01

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Have you tried across the border?
Verspuy in Rotterdam has had Polytone for a long time in stock. I think
Feedback (also in R'dam) has a 2hand MBIV.

Cor

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Ethan Young

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Nov 23, 2001, 2:17:12 PM11/23/01

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I'll buy the mb4 off of you for slightly more than what Greg offered...

Ethan

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