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I have a T4 and I’ll NEVER put another Penny into this corporation!!!

I have a mid 80's Hohner Steinberger. I refretted it back then. Pulled the rubbish pickups and replaved them with a Seymour Jeff Beck in the bridge and a Pearly Gates in the neck. Curious to play the Spirit. it seems better. Wish they'd make a premium carbon one again.

High E (0.010 inch): about 16.2 pounds B (0.013 inch): about 15.4 pounds G (0.017 inch): about 16.6 pounds D (0.026 inch): about 18.4 pounds A (0.036 inch): about 19.5 pounds Low E (0.046 inch): about 17.5 pounds Approx 103.6 pounds total!

Great guitar for the players who have had hip replacements or spinal taps. Paul Stanley used one after his major surgery in the late 80's

I have had such terrible luck with these mixers (T4s) and have sent 3 of them back. No one can figure our what is going on with the Channel 2 crackling/static and low end hum. There could be nothing plugged into the input and the Global Preferences will show Channel 2 receiving and sending a signal. The signal becomes exponentially worse when the Phantom Power button is pressed. I've sent 3 back to Sweetwater with the same issue... then waited a couple months and tried again. This one is doing the same thing. Have you ever heard of anyone experiencing this, or better yet, know how to fix it?

Thanks for the review, just picked one up and crossing my fingers it's in as good as shape as yours was.

There made in china

I bought one today, and had to return it. No audio through the tonematch cable. Headphone out worked.

Bro does NOT look sixty. He looks like he’s thirty five

I tried a Pro 16 at home and had similar concerns over the stability, although I was willing to overlook that because I’m disabled and need easy setup… I heard no whistle, but decided I wanted/needed stereo sound. I took it back and checked out a pair of Pro 8s, these seemed much more stable and sounded great as a stereo pair, so I bought them. No regrets, they’re nice and light, easy to carry and set up and they have filled every venue with decent sound so far. I’ve had plenty of positive comments on the sound… oh and no whistles either. I’m glad I returned the Pro 16 for the pair of Pro 8s

Have had a Bose L1 Pro 16 for almost 2 years and haven't had ANY of these problems and/or concerns. Never once has anyone toppled the array over and a few times a drunk female or two latched on to it as if it were a stripper pole, but no toppling. I've done events as small as a backyard wedding on up to a banquet hall seating 3-400 people and NOT ONCE, has the system given me any of these problems. No distortion, no clipping, none of that. I will agree that yes, Bose should provide some additional stability for the tower, but other than that, it's a kick ass unit and it's paid for itself 20 times over since I've had it. I don't even bother going to my storage unit to pull out my subs and passives. To each his own, but I like the L1 Pro and it's become the workhorse of my company. I plan to add a second to our inventory and get rid of our big, bulky, backbreaking units. Work smarter, not harder.

I used the older T1 on many hundreds of gigs in the hot 100 degree F weather for 4 hours at a time and NEVER had any kind of failure. Its sad that it seems theres an issue with the T4, I was planning on buying one. Further, after my warranty was way way out on my Bose L1M2 pa system I hooked up to some bad power at a gig and fried every single piece of gear in the pa....the power stand the passive subs, the pole sections and the T1 mixer. I contacted Bose and told them straight away that I was out of warranty and explained what happened. They sent me a complete new unit that instant and told me when it arrived to pack the old unit in the boxes and sent it back to them. They charged me less than $400. total to replace the entire system and sent it to me the same day.....i was completely just blown away at that level of customer care. I am sad to hear of your experience with them and wonder if things have changed with Bose for the worse because your experience sounds like the polar opposite of the one I had.

replaced the bridge pickup with a seymour duncan JB HS-4 on mine. Love this little guitar now.

Kirk is the reason why and am sure millions of others have picked up a guitar.

Crummy video !!

Any advice for older beginner? Thanks!

thank you ! Ill be wary of that overheating issue .. about to buy one that is said to 'be sketchy on track 1, but ok once it warms up'

I have the T4 and the T8 and yes, "my T4 is out of commision". And no i would not buy another one. End of story !!!

Someone please tell me how to use pro 8 with ts4 tonematch for karoke theough tv from laptop what leads to use please l need to know l can put hdmi lead from laptop to tv but no sound coming out of bose pro 8 any other leads can someone please help me which lead l need to use so the sound comes out

When i had the same observation about a year ago, Ive decided to just keep my L1 1S, much better in terms of built and sturdiness. Yes, it doesn't have a Bluetooth connection, but my S1 Pro will do that on the side. L1 pro16 and pro 8 are completely a NO for me.

Thank you for the review. Are you still enjoying this guitar?

Fripp pulling his strings up. th-cam.com/video/CVjJ-h75kwo/w-d-xo.html

Superb review delivered with wit, gentle authority and a welcome lack of showboating. Cheers! I need one of these guitars now!

I just used some tonight they clip very easily and distort jus like the evolve 50s did 😢

So true. Great vid.

I'm thinking of getting one of these, look amazing and way cheaper than anything else looking similar. How would this work with drop D tuning for example?

how is bro 60 but looks like 43😅

Excellent review Bruce as a beginner I was considering the Steinberger or the Traveler Guitar for the ergonomics.

Dude Im giging with l1 Pro8 two years in fancy and also most disgusting places here in Bosnia and its working fine .Giging 5 days in a week and never had problem with it.Off course when some drunken ass wants to hang on it I usualy use right leg to push them back :)

OK, old retired tech here. If any box gets hot, it's going to fail. Step #1, see if you can screw on some stand off feet to get airflow under the case? Step #2, see if you can find some little push-in screens? If you can, pop the case off and drill some holes in the case and install the screens. Say 4 on each side and another 4 on the bottom. Air in, air out. Of course these mods will void your warranty, but once it's out of warranty it does not matter ... You like the sound, so keep the machine in good shape as long as possible so you have that sound 😊

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Upload the latest firmware and then factory reset. That sorted intermittent sound issues we had with the T8S... can't remember but think I had same issue with the old T1 when I first got it. Sounds are superb, we run into two L1 Model 1S and works great for three piece rockabilly band, easily up to 150 people. Not used the USB though.

Because haters gonna hate.

He can’t Bend. Almost always to high. His vibrato is so stiff, no feel. Like malmsteen said: his solos are like anti-climax

Kirk has sime absolutely amazing solos. But I think some of his more recent work lacks inspiration. Just listen to the solo on "If darkness had a son"...it's so bland and boring in my opinion. Improvisation can be a good thing, but only if done well

I would like to have seen a comparison of the competition in real time ( see how this one wobbles compared to this one or these connectors are more secure than these ) but even then it is in my experience impossible to compare sound quality other than having the system right in front of you sooooooo I went to a reputable music store and they were happy to demo several different makes and to honest the Bose L1 pro 8 ( for me ! ) was superb and I have had no problems. Have I a criticism ( yes two in fact ) , the sub 1 bass cannot be turned down enough for delicate music and when using reverb it is not possible to connect a reverb pedal which is a really nifty gadget negating the need to fumble with the volume setting control ( not the end of the world as I use very little reverb and the bass is kinda manageable, these issues are remedied by connecting a mixer but defeats the object of less clutter ! . Love my bose !

Don't forget Scott LePage either! Some argue he's better, but Tim gets all the hype because he "looks cooler".

550 pounds that's a heavy mixer

It's the same with any decent guitarist out there, everything is raw, energetic, living on the edge in the beginning. As time goes by the musician develops a maturity and emotional connection with their instrument and their audience and relaxes into the music. It's basically called "Fire". Clapton is a classic example of this term where his playing peaked around the 1990's and has slowly declined with age yet still has mountains of class in abundance. Joe's music is more about melody and choosing the right notes these days, I'm guessing it's all designed to help when touring so his hands aren't so stressed these days.

a very sloppy lead player. too much pentatonic and they could have gotten a much better lead player after Dave was booted. Marty Friedman or Alex Scolnik would have been so much better.

Not a fan too Emo , Too much heavy bass track with no real bassist in the band , Jason Becker was doing this stuff back in the 1980s as was Batio and Yngwie , it's too clean and pop music sounding for my ears , I like the more heavy metal stuff by Iron Maiden or Slipknot etc that's real Rock music , Polyphia reminding me too much of a Prog band

Id consider him the best but to each their own

Kirk is great. There's a great deal of bitter people because he's successful. I think he said he has arthritis or something and that's why he does not land all notes now and people is just bashing him. His contribuitions to rock music are notable, but people just can't deal with people who get things done.

I’m asumming the les paul guitar you like more after this review.

Have 2 pro 8's used them on 61 church concerts and now they aren't seating properly. total junk! Bose nor Sweetwater will do anything about it. We should all pull together and do a class action lawsuit.

Why is everyone bashing on Kirk lately? Because his latest 2 solos on the yet unreleased 72 seasons album are atrocious. It's like he's given up.

It’s interesting that all your examples bar 1 were from pre load Metallica when Hammett had a hunger and passion for what he was doing. I think, on the last two albums his lead work has been lazy. The exemplary tonality, connections and good ideas that he brought to the music in the 80s and 90s are all but absent. I hope I’m proven wrong when the next album comes out and honestly I will be happy if I am but based on the evidence I’ve heard I feel this is a valid contribution to the commentary. Good video though, I think fans of Metallica want to hear an end result where Hammett has done his homework.

Kirk's written some of the most memorable and iconic solos in music, in the 80s he composed his solos and would use counter melodies and certain thematica to fit the theme of each song, in the 90s he enjoyed a more wah Infused solo sound which really worked for the style of music they were doing then and since then he has gone for the improv solo approach which he enjoys but for a lot of people they miss more composed thematic solos that Kirk did in the 80s

Young kirk was wild and unstoppable. Older kirk seems like he’s stopped trying. Its’s like he doesn’t write solos anymore, he just shows up and wings

I don’t even need to watch this video to tell you he Is one of the best if not the best guitarist in the world