Mr. Foxen

Mine has 8ohm, 150w speakers. They are the Celestions not the Bluelines though, but the maths is right if the Bluelines are the same

Quote fail. Also, not having multiple 8x10s is not as good as multiple 8x10s.

I'll do some shovel weilding for some CD making.

If you keep an eye out you can score the Ashdown 8x10s pretty damn cheap, and more is better, if you don't like 1, try 2. My one is the older one with Celestion speakers, so not an ideal comparison with the newer jobs with the Blue Lines.

Ace, thats exactly what is needed. Cheers.

If I want to run two cabs in series from one amp, what sort of cable do I have to knock up to do it?

I really like the profile of the neck on my Johnson bass, its a lot like a bat, thick and round, I was told its like the old tele bass necks, but I've never had hold of one. Gonna be looking for a new neck similarly chunky but with a little more quality, better fretting and finish etc. Any suggestions?

[quote name='KASH' post='453391' date='Apr 3 2009, 02:30 PM']Hum...interesting. Is there any 2x15 good bass cab with powerful wattage in the market? I just loooved the low end. Or two 1x15 for that matter that make a good rig? Any 15" freaks around here? PS - has anyone ever played a 18"? curious about the sound[/quote] I have used a Hartke 2x15, its did pretty damn well considering what it was up against, later, the dude I bought my 8x10 from commented on how much low end there was at that gig:

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If it was a 2x15 and had no tweeter, it was likely a sub and only designed to produce low frequencies, which would account for lack of definition. Generally bass cabs are designed to produce full range with tweeters and such, whereas PAs tend to only do this when they are small, larger ones tend to be split into tops and subs with crossover goodness. Although I might have made that all up.

12Ax7s are abit impractical. There are plenty of other valve that would do the job at far less current draw. They used to be cheap and plentiful is probably why there are the standard preamp valve.

Play it a little higher, no-one will know.

I've just realised I am sat at work with a window showing on my taskbar saying 'Best rack'.

It just occurred, are you putting speakon connectors on the Vintage? Cause vintage heads don't comewith them, so you'll need a funny cable. And they won't look vintage.

Lot of better smaller ocatve pedals about. Can get an M88 for £60.

[quote name='matt_citizenbass' post='450161' date='Mar 31 2009, 12:26 AM']thats exactly what i want for the clean channel then the distortion channel will be face ripping [/quote] Other thing to bear in mind old valve amps are wicked dodge for electrocuting you, so get it tech before you play with it if it hasn't been used in a while.

[quote name='acidbass' post='450149' date='Mar 31 2009, 12:13 AM']You shouldn't have been allowed to announce that without first collecting the Easy Pass at Euston surely?[/quote] Not this soon after widdershins. Unless we are playing the turtleback variant, which I thought I was safe to suppose.

[quote name='thisnameistaken' post='450151' date='Mar 31 2009, 12:14 AM']Get the same power you'd get with a solid-state head. With the same speakers the output ought to be the same, unless something is broken somewhere. Personally I'd be after 300W if I was intending to gig it.[/quote] Not really true, you can get more percieved volume from a valve head, and you can run a valve head in clipping and it sounds awesome whereas a SS will sound terrible. Running my Peavey firebass into an Aguilar GS412 at 475 watts was loud, but the limiter light was on quite a lot which is not ideal, the 400W Laney Nexus into the same cab, dub lows and awesome sound. The traynor at 200w seems quite sufficient for most purposes, and I supplement it with another 120W head also. If you have a decent cab, an old 100w valve amp will be ideal if you don't mind a bit of grind in your sound, budget half for the head and half for a service and revalve. Plug: Listen to myspace recordings, the clean bass is the Laney nexus 400w valve head, the distortion is that plus 120w head driving its nuts off, both into decent modern cabs.

Issues + wrist bleeding = join an emo band. If I've been beaten to this I blame mad slow work internet.

[quote name='josh3184' post='448912' date='Mar 29 2009, 08:07 PM']ooh thats quite sharp! Look good for the money, though there's always the chance of it sounding like a dog![/quote] Growly with plenty of bark?

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[quote name='nig' post='448828' date='Mar 29 2009, 06:27 PM']+1 they aint that dear, new ones havnt suffered tuned tension for a long period either so feel good too. whats the point of boiling strings, unless mum and dad are paying for the leccy or gas to do it ! I tried this 25 years ago, shagged strings are shagged strings.[/quote] Depends what strings you use. 2 sets of the silly heavy guage I use cost more than I paid for a whole bass. Meths is the true path. Want a way to rejuvinate valves now.

[quote name='Wil' post='448124' date='Mar 28 2009, 04:03 PM']Well spotted! Now revised, cheers mate. You still have the other mock then? That was a cool bass... even if I never touched those switches, they were good to look at![/quote] It's my main gigging bass, although the frankenmoster I'm putting together might take over: