Mr. Foxen

I know this guy, his band played with fellow BCer Bunjy's band Sonance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgLmXTTyIIY All that backline is theirs. I bought a cab off him, I was the fourth person to win it and the first one to manage to arrange getting it so the attitude is from that.

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1330336694' post='1555717'] Funny how switch-mode power supplies are not generally regarded as 'digital' power supplies though. [/quote] I've seen them described thus.

Best off not considering watt ratings as very important. There isn't really any difference between 540w and 660w. Within stage sized proximity to the amp a good lean will probably make an equivalent difference to perceived volume.

Dynamic means it cabn fo a loud bit that goes to 660w briefly, but if you want something to stay loud, it tops out at 540.

Kahler bass trem can be an expensive toy mind.

Getting back to the actual problem, dropping the impedance probably won't help you as much as you might think anyway.

With the Acme cab, definitely can't The speakers are custom so you can't swap them out, and the crossover is complicate and specific tot he speakers. Also an 8ohm 2x10 with 8ohm speakers isn't possible.

You won't see class A for bass very often, unless it is just the preamp, it will usually be class A/B, and B alone is never suitable for music purposes. Even stuff like the Vox AC30 that lots of people call class A is class A/B. Simplest explanation (oversimplified) of class A/B is that half the valves/transistors push an half pull, slightly better is picture a graph of a wave, the top half and the bottom half are each drawn by different halves of the power amp, with a little overlap so there isn't a kink between them (the overlap is the class A part, the different halves is class B, the kink is what makes class B not suited to music). Class D over simplified is imagine that line is pixellated if you look real close, but if you look at a sensible distance, you can't see the pixels.

So when you asked, and then after being asked a question that will determine the answer, declared that you already know the answer but aren't telling, you were just trolling?

Is the grain going in the same direction, or opposing?

[quote name='Mornats' timestamp='1330190936' post='1553984'] I dropped into Rickaxe Guitars whilst in Bristol today and had a chat with the guy in there (didn't get his name but he's the main guy). I'm tempted to take it to him, anyone have any experience with them? [/quote] Every time I've had to deal with him he has been a massive douchebag. I took Mr. Dreadful there to show him amps, and the guy told him he didn't want a simple valve amp because he had a pointy guitar. There was a guy working there that did decent setups for basses, but he doesn't work there any more.

I'd start by having everything clean and quiet and checking the string balance in high and low positions. How old are the strings? Also, tap the poles with something metal an see if the tap is same sound all across, will tell you if a pickup issue.

Heavier strings. Setup. Edit: Is it a plain single P pickup?

Resonance is down to its structure. Its consistency is pretty much what allows such generalisation to be made. But you can laminate even more different things into ply than you can make solid bodies from.

If he has squeals, he needs to sort out his guitar. Also, what cabs are those guitars running into?

[quote name='Phil-osopher10' timestamp='1330129659' post='1553304'] I think I'll have to try a few guitars befoe I buy! I have been leant a Ibanez something and it's black, that is all I know, but it'll do the job for now till I really start getting into it/find a guitar I love! However I do remember going from my first basss to my first expensive bass, my playing improved dramatically as I didn't want to put it down! So I think the same would happen with a guitar. [/quote] Problem with doing that is the best feeling guitar you'll try will be the one with the best setup, all the metalwork on a guitar is adjsutable, so a well set up cheapy can play better than a badly set up fancy. It isn't something you'll have an easy time telling early on, knowing if a setup will fix a not very nice feeling instrument. Think mainly on how the shape sits against your body an fiddle with strap lengths a bunch 'cause that is stuff you can't change once you have a guitar. budget for getting it set up by someone decent. [quote name='Phil-osopher10' timestamp='1330129659' post='1553304'] I think that valve amps are nice, I know they are over priced to the max especially mesa's but the do sound mighty fine to me, I like have a number of channels etc. However I'd be looking at 30W and 50 max W, wouldn't need anything bigger! But again that can wait till I have improved. [/quote] Only overpriced amps are overpriced, nothing to do with valve. I picked up a 5w Peavey combo for £60, that would still be doing well for me now if it wasn't stolen. My suggestion for a pertty long term valve amp you'll have trouble beating for not crazy money is the Peavey Classic 30, takes pedals well, does bluesy drive on its own, think the idea might have got round though.

[quote name='Phil-osopher10' timestamp='1329939702' post='1550152'] What about amps? I would love a mesa... haha [/quote] Wouldn't worry too much about what guitar if you use a Mesa amp, aside from microphonics, doesn't matter what you put into a Mesa, Mesa sound comes out. Mesa are ridiculously overpriced. Also, don't obsess with getting a 100w amp, unless you are playing some sort of gig where you have to cover the bass part and somehow can't use more than a 2x12 cab. 50w is plenty, smaller is more practical. Lusting after valves is pretty fair, but if you get a second hand valve amp, budget for a service, they usually benefit from it. One of the various 5w heads/combos will probably do you for a long time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5Mam6qsF3M

When I try and search my pms, using the search box in the PM section, I just get: [quote] There appears to be an error with the database. If you are seeing this page, it means there was a problem communicating with our database. Sometimes this error is temporary and will go away when you refresh the page. Sometimes the error will need to be fixed by an administrator before the site will become accessible again. You can try to refresh the page by clicking [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?app=members&module=messaging&section=search#"]here[/url] [/quote] Refreshing just tries a search with no terms

For the dual mono thing, neck pickup to clean maybe scooped bass rig and bridge one to middly driven guitar one is the way to big sound. Bye bye rhythm guitarist though.

Thought of a way of saying it: Unless you are clipping the power amp, which will probably be a horrible ripping/shrieking noise, it isn't the lack of power you don't like, it is the voicing and colour.