Mr. Foxen

[quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1352860763' post='1868595'] I think you are actually certifiable. [/quote] More the people who come to gigs without earplugs.

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1352864762' post='1868599'] Are you sure? I was always under the impression that if you had batteries in series you got twice the voltage but they would last the same amount of time as one battery. To get twice the time you would wire them in parallel, but then you only get the voltage of one battery. [/quote] When two batteries run down to 6v each, you still have 12v so the pickup still works, unlike with a single battery where you post on basschat asking what could be wrong with your bass.

[quote name='dincz' timestamp='1352925266' post='1869509'] Hmm, the same logic would suggest that square waves don't exist. [/quote] Yep. They are entirely theoretical. you can have them exist in the digital realm sort of, because that's theory, but not in substance. Any component with an inductance or capacitance immediately limits your bandwidth and rounds off the wave.

[quote name='Mikey R' timestamp='1352921051' post='1869434'] Oli, Ive had a look in the For Sale section, no luck finding it - is it still there? [/quote] http://basschat.co.uk/topic/190845-carlsbro-100-watt-valve-head/page__p__1867216__hl__carlsbro__fromsearch__1#entry1867216

compared to a 2x12 its less of everything, but more lows in comparison. compared to a 1x12, its more lows from a slightly smaller box (because the extra space from the other driver and isobaric chamber and port are all wasted for internal volume purposes).

[quote name='4000' timestamp='1352896003' post='1868921'] Which could also probably be said about a Sue Ryder and a Fodera. What is it, just out of interest? [/quote] Its a bass. Edit: Oh yeah, guess from the mention of other brands, you think the writing on the headstock imparts special properties to the function of an instrument. This one says 'Better than yours' on it, so there you go. Much cheaper and more effective to have that written on it and spend the money on stuff that actually makes for a good instrument.

[quote name='eude' timestamp='1352892498' post='1868840'] Very good idea, as you can get the full 4 Ohms into one cab with the TB, right? Eude [/quote] Not much point in drawing all the watts when only one speaker is actually moving air.

Ages ago a bcer drew me this to explain making a reversible adapter for running EMGs at 18v. Can't remember who for credit: [IMG]http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Incarante/18vemg.jpg[/IMG]

Warrior Pope gig on, so set up in the living room for writing. Note correct size proportion of guitar to bass rigs:

Any idea what the material is? I do like mockingbirds, and have access to a table plane to wake off the board and the facilities to put a new one on.

Yeah, copy pasted wrong, is still wrong. It is wrong from the first sentence: "Although it is recognised that a power amplifier should never be subjected to (overload) clipping". The existence of driven amps sounding awesome in music shows that is wrong.

[quote name='BILL POSTERS' timestamp='1352832999' post='1868126'] If it clips into a square wave, that is DC, although only in very short pulses, isnt it ? But still 60 volts in short bursts is going to warm the speech coil up a bit. Cant see it doing damage unless you did it for a long time though. and as it would sound really bad thats unlikely. although with old speakers pushing the cones past their limits would soften them after a while and make them sound farty. [/quote] Nope, the flat bits are on both sides of 0v line. You can tell a square wave isn't DC by the way 'wave' is in the name. Voice coil warms up anyway, incandescent light bulbs work off AC, they get warm. Most of the energy that goes to speakers is lost as heat due to inefficiency, regardless of waveform.

Think this is down to G: http://sonance.bandcamp.com/

[quote name='Cosmo Valdemar' timestamp='1352727802' post='1866560'] This. Which makes their popularity in downtuned Stoner metal bands baffling to me. [/quote] Stoner is all about using enough distortion from pedals and amps that what comes out the speakers bears minimal relation to what comes out of the bass. And if you check everyone famous that played a Rick, that is how they are best presented, always driven valve amps.

I think the tone of the bass killed it from the start.

Meant 'wasn't' a shreds video.

Hahaha, that sounded dreadful. Double checked was a 'shreds' video. [quote][i]no description available[/i][/quote] Edit: Maybe its like the guy in that kung fu parody film where they taught him to punch himself.

There is a 100w valve head for £250 in for sale, its built to be clean, and appears to have most of the relevant stuff replaced so should be pretty good to go, that is a good way to go for the clean valve experience.

[quote name='iiipopes' timestamp='1352759555' post='1867214'] It's not that a person is "more likely" to blow a speaker underpowered, but it can happen. In a nutshell, it's this: when the amp is peaked out and can't deliver any more power, it clips the signal. These clips are, in essence, immediate DC going to the speakers. Because it is a clip, the ramp on the front side of the wave form is pretty steep compared to non-clipping signal. So one or both of two things can happen: 1) the speaker perceives an immediate jump in signal, and if it's too compliant, can blow its extension on the overshoot, and 2) DC means amperage, which means heat, which over time, if the speaker coil can't dissipate the heat, it will burn out the coil or disintegrate the coil form from the heat, or even kill the magnet (old Alnico speakers) Most new speakers, especially musical instrument and reinforcment drivers, are designed to take at least some abuse. But the best bet is, going in, match everything so that the rated load of the speakers is at least the rated power ouput of the amp, if not more, and always watch the power amp to make sure it doesn't clip. Most modern amps have some sort of protection circuit or "soft clipping" circuit that also helps prevent too much DC from clipping from going to the speakers, and/or a thermal protection shutdown. And occasional "red" peaks are no big deal, but the amp should always be monitored visually to make sure it isn't constantly clipping, if for no other reason than the deterioration of the sound quality from the distortion. [/quote] There is no DC from a not broken amp. Doesn't work like that. Even if it did, dc doesn't break speakers, you can put a 9v battery across a speaker and it is fine.

Might just be a torn bit you can glue some tissue over. From what I've seen Ampeg techs can't manage fixes that aren't 'replace the whole module'.

My main one is pretty much as good as could possibly be for the price.

Mismatched speakers is unpredictable, so can't make a reliable recommendation.

Can pick up MAG heads easy enough, if you keep an eye open. Bit of patience in lieu of outlay. Might get an ABM one if lucky.