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Rule 1: don't use a cab (or cabs) with a 'smaller' impedance number than the one on the back of the amp i.e. don't use a 4ohm cab with an 8ohm head, unless you like shopping for new amps and have money to burn - that's literally what you'll be doing. After that it gets a tiny bit more complicated, but not by much. Rule 2: Using 2 x cabs of the same impedance will halve the 'impedance number' e.g. 2 8ohm cabs will give you a total impedance of 4ohms. Using 2 4ohm cabs will give you a total impedance of 2 ohms. Thankfully, nobody really makes bass cabs that aren't 4 or 8 ohms, so there's a whole bunch of stuff we don't need to bother about. Rule 3: Don't mix impedances. Using a 4ohm cab [b]and[/b] an 8ohm cab will give you a total impedance of (memory fails at this point, but it's less than 4, probably 2.7 or something) not enough for an 8 or 4 ohm amp, so [b]don't do it[/b].

[quote name='Huwberry' post='1211276' date='Apr 25 2011, 10:30 PM']After reading that sales pitch does anyone else immediately want one, or am I too impressionable?[/quote] No, I'm GASsing for that shirt...

How many more times? Spinal tap THEN puppet show!

Yup, I'd do it. Chances are you'd spend very little time with him outside of rehearsals. He's off doing signings and interviews and [s]airbrush[/s] photo sessions, and you get to hang out with great musicians. That said, he may well be a likeable chap. Plus, you'd get more GAS tokens on payday...

Hi All, I sold Dan a pedal and his payment was sent almost immediately. He's a nice guy to do business with and responds promptly to questions and messages, which makes things go just that little bit smoother for all parties. Top BC'er

The two times I have done this I've used chisels. Really carefully. Not on expensive basses either; Brian Eastwood would be my first port of call for stuff like that on an expensive bass.

I got a Kinsman thingy for about £25. Admittedly I have to rotate my pedals depending on the gig, but I think that's down to an excess of pedals rather than a small board.

For what it's worth I've got a Hydrive 410 cab and it's really crisp and clean. It also seems to handle anything I can throw at it (synth bass, distortion, octave etc...). Fairly bombproof and lightweight too.

+1 for checking the biasing of power amp tubes. Preamp stuff is just 'take one out, pop another one in' but Power amp tubes are a bit more tricky and I'd recommend getting an experienced tube-head take a look before you power it up. Preamp tubes make a world of difference though, so I'd start with that if you're looking for less gain / warmer sound etc...

I used to run an MXR DI+ before the amp and boost the mids that way. Swapped my LH for an Ampeg head and never looked back. Not that the LH amps aren't good, there's just not much flexibility as regards pre/post DI switching and the tone stack isn't to everyone's taste. LOADS of power for the money, and the Hydrive cabs are superb.

I once learnt 'Teentown' and 'Portrait of Tracy' and they were pretty tough nuts to crack. Not done them in a while, I reckon I'll have to dig them out again fairly soon.

I struggled to get past the almost unreadable font. Cowboys through and through.

Thanks for that, I really enjoyed it. Not just a 'technique round up', but some beautiful music that just happens to be played on a bass guitar. I'm not normally a fan of this sort of stuff, but this really floated my boat.

I read somewhere that to get a completely flat response out of the LH series amps you need to run the bass at 10 o'clock, mids at full and no treble. This seems to suggest that there is no way to actually boost the mids with that sort of tone stack.

A cure for GAS

Mine would be a '75 Jazz. Unlikely.

I've heard mixed reviews on the Digitech squeeze thing. I would recommend the old Trace Elliot SMX pedal (pick these up on eBay for not a lot), but I think the same guy designed both the TE pedal and the Ashdown one so that's probably not much good to you. Sorry 'bout that.

Go for it, you'll have loads of fun playing with that stuff. More power to your elbow sir.

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