Mr. Foxen

Metal covers a pretty vast area of sounds. You'll want 2 amps then. A huge one with huge cabs for low, and a valve one with less power to drive the nuts off. This is THE TRVTH according to Doom.

I've just recorded with a Nexus 400w head into a GS412 and a 70s 120w head driving its nuts off into a Nexus 4x10. Totally beasty sound, dub lows and agressive clunk and huge growl in the sustain.

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[quote name='jakesbass' post='422433' date='Mar 1 2009, 04:10 PM']I don't usually join in these things because it's just down to taste but I must admit I am mystified by the enormity of U2s popularity. I listen carefully to try and hear what appeals to people and frankly can't. I think they've written a couple of good melodies but I'm stunned that that alone has sustained such popularity. There is not a great deal to commend them musically. To my mind they are The Police with none of the musiciancship or creative talent, so the jangling reverb guitar led trio sound without much to make it feature in my ears, and I'm willing to give everything a chance. I listened carefully on friday and could discern very little of what I would describe as good or talented or musical. Obviously millions hear something I don't. Or do they.......?[/quote] There are plenty of people who don't like music and don't know it. Music that fails to make any impression at all except maybe a recogniseable bit they can identify it from is all that is required.

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Not figured exactly what is is yet, but fairly sure its a Laney L60, Klipp era as it has that logo on it. Looks like the one on a blurry youtube video. Also from another forum: [quote]Messin with an 83 Ibanez Roadstar loaded with a HighOrder 8.3 A2. I jumpered a couple channels and added a .003 cap on 1 of the volumes. Also changed all the filter caps.... Stock otherwise[/quote]

I think there is already a thread about warm pups. I would suspect this could be something quite bad, if you can get shocks through your amp earthing via your bass, this would indicate such a problem would allow current to pass through your bass, in this case, if its going via the pup, it would get warm as a thin copper coil is very much like a heating element. I'd get a new amp. If they do just smell plasticy, does the smell fade, when it isn't plugged in?

I think its more the speaker that the power stage. I modded my 30w amp so I could plug it into my 15" cab instead of its own speaker and it was fine. Plus you have a cab for when you want bigger for gigging. You can score a 15" cab for £60.

From the pics I've looked at, it doesn't look through strung or with a oddly long bridge, which was the explaination I had in mind. Could either of those apply?

Was the Acoustic 408 bass cab isobaric then, or is it some other thing entirely? [url="http://acoustic.homeunix.net/twiki/bin/view/Acoustic/BassCabinet408"]link[/url]

[quote name='hatori' post='418616' date='Feb 24 2009, 06:12 PM']Now thats what Im talkin about!..Ive been thinking of pimpin my precision this way..now look wot you done!! What exactly does the mini switch do?[/quote] It belongs to [url="http://www.gwbasses.com/"]Grandon Westlund[/url], he's a super nice guy to deal with, so ask him, I'm not sure, I can only guess coil tap. I put together a p with asimilar theme, but budget and the switch on mine is mono/stereo, because I often am bumming rigs from headliners.

Do those ones run at 18v? If they'll take it, might be worth giving it a try, the extra headroom might get rid of the compresssion you might hear as 'unnatural' [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39906"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=39906[/url]

Bought an Octoplus from me, smooth (mm, that's smooth).

[quote name='BassBod' post='417658' date='Feb 23 2009, 06:24 PM'][attachment=20964:DSCN0760.JPG][attachment=20963:DSCN0764.JPG] Do it - you'll have a great time, and a good bass - BB[/quote] I've had a go on this. It's nice.

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Maybe a heavier guage set of strings, especially on the G will help. They are the source of your sound. Do you know what you have at the moment? Heres a 1/4 Punder on a P in action: Looks like a standard bridge, not a badass at least. The hard picking and loose heavy strings probably helps. I have 1/4 pounders in my Mockingbird and they are more growly than thumpy, so there is more to it that just pup choice.

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Got my rejection email, I'm not a tester. Pretty sure I'd look wicked silly with that little rig in my band. I did get a voucher for a free fotswitch with the rejection though, that's up for grabs, as they clearly don't think their amp will cope with Doom, and I'm inclined to agree.

A sansamp GT2 does a reasonable amp impression for the purpose also.

Stuck second 1/4 pounder in the neck position on my mockingbird now. That is very growly too, through two valve amps. Bit too growly for the clean parts. Might record them on my p bass. Then try not to have a happy smile when I kick in the drive live, cause smiling is not Doom.