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[quote name='deepbass5' timestamp='1417021231' post='2616252'] John, Bill, excuse me jumping in on this one but I have a spare EA wizzy 12" speaker i bought when i thought my EA wizzy Mline speaker was shot, it turned out to be a connection problem on my amp - now resolved. If I was to make a sealed box for this, for ease of condstruction is there a known volume i should work to, are they Eminance? If so would they or EA be the best people to give me the volume. Or is the actual origins of EA's wizzy a closely guarded secret Bill. [/quote] I'll point out that I'm not Bill. Or particularly clever.... but if it were me I would be going looking at the cab you have and making a clone. Actually sounds like a really fun project to do.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1416905334' post='2614786'] Can you expand on that at all? After reading this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturation_%28magnetic%29 I'm going to guess it's effectively a form of compression [/quote] nope! I was hoping someone with more brains would have turned up by now.

if you need any layout help making a nice PDF I can stick on my graphic designers hat for you.

Zoom b3..... and when you find in 3 months you only use say the sans amp pedal model go buy one of them...

I think I've played through about 5 different Barefaced cabs.... and it's useful to point out that tonally I found them all quite different between the "big" series and the non-big ones. For what it's worth I didn't like the tone on the Super 15, or compact. The midget was good for the size, but I probably wouldn't buy any of them. I hated the big one and [b]loved [/b]the big baby. Interstingly a Fearful 15/6 I heard, a similar design to the original Big one was way nicer sounding- but the big baby was a bit special (to my ears anyway) The "BF all sound like barf" is obviously rubbish as they all sound different. [quote name='JTUK' timestamp='1416826070' post='2613855'] Not really... but to put it into some sort of context... Examples of things I've come across recently... You have a bass heavy amp..paired with a bass heavy cab and you then have to ask questions about boom and do you need a gamma.... Or that so much bass coming out is a tone killer combination.. or...you want the cab to be ultra clean and so you get out what you put in... but then you add a pre signal to dirty things up.. These approaches sound muddled to me... [/quote] the first one... some people just have cloth ears, and/or don't know how to mix a bass sound live. the second one though... that makes sense to me- I wouldn't mind a powered PA cab as a rig (if someone knew one that would work!) - uber clean and then let me control the sound through the preamp. I also thing that that's quite good as most gigs I've ever played most the bass sound comes from the FOH and I'll be DIing into the PA desk - if I can set my tone on a preamp and then have a neutral reference point on stage that works for me. I also don't have space or money for lots of different cabs in order to get different tonal goals from different rigs.

[quote name='cheddatom' timestamp='1416824717' post='2613835'] What is low frequency magnetic saturation? [/quote] how the transformer transmits the sound through.

if you've just acquired them shove them in and have a try. Easy enough to switch them out if you prefer the other ones.

1975.... [quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1416565364' post='2611447'] My experience of buying a YOB bass (and indeed my observance of others purchasing a YOB bass), is that they rarely work out. I understand the sentiment behind it, but purchase a bass because it speaks to you and feels great, not based on the year it was made. After all, what are the chances of two awesome things being made in the same year?! That said, maybe I'm just bitter and being born in '83, a pretty dry period, especially for Fender Si [/quote] I'm '84. It's my 30th next month.... but ended up finding the $$ and buying/being given a 1985 warwick thumb last year. One year out in both respects!! Early streamers would be '83 I would think? [quote name='Hooch' timestamp='1416571719' post='2611546'] My guess is 1983 isn't the worst era for a fender-ish YOB bass. With Fullerton AVs and first Japanese Squiers, you got there fine basses and various price range. YOB bass isn't necessarily a keeper I agree - though your birthday gift is, that's were it becomes tricky. Short story: I was born in 1977 and sought after a YOB bass. I finally found a '77 Stingray, a nice one with the date on the neck stamp 2 days earlier from my real birthday. Nice catch, but the fact was I preferred my '79 Stingray, which I kept - and sold the preeeecious YOB '77 Stingray. But it wasn't my birthday gift. If it had been, I'd have kept my '77 Stingray for sure. And probably would have sold my '79, which is a better bass for me though. [/quote] '77 is a good year to have. Esp some fun stuff coming out of Japan. I've a '77 BB1200 - amazing bass!

musicians egos are odd things.

[quote name='tauzero' timestamp='1416700739' post='2612835'] I've only heard one, and that was EQed so far differently to what I'd do that I couldn't give an opinion of the sound. As for seen, though, you have just been slavering over this and yet this is so ugly you wouldn't give it house room. And although the S112 doesn't use shelf ports, other cabs in tks's range do - a design feature that you have railed at in BF cabs but which is apparently perfectly acceptable from other manufacturers. [/quote] but as taylor swift explained "Cause the players gonna play, play, play And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate Baby I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake Shake it off" Which of course means that that kind of perfect logic isnt going to work here... but dont let it get to you

anyone of the age that they remember the computer game Duke Nukem? remember the wait for the 3D version? Everytime I see this thread I think of that....

[quote name='Kiwi' timestamp='1416679814' post='2612617'] This - Peavey do some cheap (albeit older) Class D amps in their DPC range. The one you probably want to keep an eye out for is the DPC 1400. Alternatively Dood was selling a Powersoft power amp for reasonable money last month. [/quote] I missed seeing that one.

are you soon going to be one of those people who pop up in every thread suggesting the answer to every problem is a Jazz bass and that Leo got it right [s]first[/s] third time?

[quote name='Acebassmusic' timestamp='1416500343' post='2610938'] Oooh! Do tell me more [/quote] internet rumour and things I've read/heard/seen suggest this series [url="http://www.soundsliveshop.com/p/Alto_Professional_APX1000_Power_Amplifier/ALTO-APX1000?CAWELAID=1830891980&CAGPSPN=pla&gclid=CM_4qZrdjsICFfHKtAodA2gAyA"]http://www.soundsliv...CFfHKtAodA2gAyA[/url] has a digimod 1000 or higher inside..... (from a german forum)

[quote name='Acebassmusic' timestamp='1416490108' post='2610757'] Powersoft do good reasonable weight Class D amps with plenty of grunt. Best check the secondhand options unless you have a hotline to Santa! [/quote] some v cheap amps use their digimod modual

In terms of your preference for weight not what is subjectivly "better"

Seeing as your thread about the db750 went into "big heavy iron tranny vs switch mode power supply" I guess the same q applies here...

[quote name='molan' timestamp='1416000289' post='2606128'] Yeah, I'm not sure he's much of a player. . . [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjjgH6m57O0[/media] [/quote] GK fusion 500 and a berg cab?

how heavy is it? I looked it up a while back and the DB750 didn't seem that crazy heavy to my mind?

flip me - thats a lot of peavey stuff. I guess trace elliot is officially dead now?

[quote name='GrammeFriday' timestamp='1415662098' post='2602581'] Yes, Leo certainly did get it right with the Jazz, but the Jazz sound is just as much a signature sound (or set of 3 signature sounds, to be more precise) as the Ken Smith sound. And the same is true of the Precision sound, and the Stingray sound, and many others. For me, all the truly great, iconic basses/bass builders have a signature sound - Fender, Music Man, Alembic, MTD, Rickenbacker, Ken Smith, Wal, Warwick, etc. etc., … but Fodera? Nah. This is where Fodera fall short, in my view. Sure, they look incredible (if a bit bling for some tastes) and their playability is second to none, but they don't have a characterful or distinctive enough sound to make me want to spend lots of money on them. Too vanilla for my ears! OTOH, that may be one of the reasons why they are so popular with many pro players, who might be after something that has a very transparent and versatile sound palette, and fair enough. But I prefer a bit more sonic character in a bass, and Foderas simply don't do it for me in that department. Oops sorry, straying a bit off topic! Are they worth it? As others have said already above, yes of course they are worth it to anyone who wants one and can afford one. But I reckon skej21's analysis at post #28 above may well be correct as well - i.e. the prices simply reflect the fact that this is what it costs to do what Fodera do. [/quote] the comment about sound is an interesting one... If I think of some of the big makes which seem propular with pro players, the "character" seems reasonably vanilla - Overwater are another good example I think - great bass tone, but it doesn't stand out characterfully - which I kinda think is the point [quote name='molan' timestamp='1415753389' post='2603528'] In answer to the original question - it would definitely seem that some people think so. We've had a 'run' on them at the shop since this thread started and we have sold a new Emperor Standard 5, a pre-owned Emperor Custom 4, sorted an order for a new Matt Garrison Standard 5 and it looks like an Emperor Custom 5 is going through as well! [/quote] I like the look of that Monarch Standard Special... and it's my 30th coming up.... staying away from your shop!!!! [quote name='TomRichards' timestamp='1416065326' post='2606545'] I am very close with everyone at Fodera. They are worth the money. You see them more and more now in better players hands. They are the Bugati of basses. But what you may not realize is that what you get is a piece of bass history. Vinny Fodera worked for Stu Spector with Ned Steinberger when they were all starting out. Vinny and Stu did all the early prized NS-2 basses. Then Vinny through Stu did ALL of the early Ken Smith production. After that they did their own. I know the person who owns Fodera #2 (which is bass #1) and I have played it. Still perfect 30 years later. So you are getting a hand carved, custom bass made of the finest wood selection on the east coast if not the whole US made by the two guys who have been part of what bass players would call the royalty of makers. Sort of like a Da Vinci if you will of basses. I have spent lots of time watching Vinny at work. Few luthiers spend as much time and care carving necks. Does a Ferrari do anything different then a Fiat when driving across London? No. Both are cars and will get you there on time. But it's the feel and detail of the Ferrari that sets itself apart from the rest. As an old guy I have some "players" like my vintage Danelectros that are fun to play, sound just fine and I don't worry about taking to the bad part of town. But the J. Backlund Design custom JBD-800B bass I own is just like butter and EVERY player I know who tries it refuses to put it down. ($4000 USD). The finer things are just that. Finer things. Does my $300 bottle of single malt get me better drunk then my $10 bottle of blended? Of course not. But it sure is smoother and makes me savor the experience. Same for a Fodera. If you buy one tell Joey, Vinny, Laura and Jason I sent you. Tom [/quote] on a random note if you want to use a "great artist" to compare Fodera to then Di Vinci is not the best example - I guess the boys at Fodera actually finsih some commissions sometimes! [quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1416091768' post='2606896'] I had a similar experience to a few people, thought they looked great, understood that they're boutique and high-end, but never played one that made me go "oh wow"............until last week. As someone else mentioned in the thread, I got surprised by a Fodera that I just didn't want to put down, it made me want to play more than I already did! That's the point where you go, "I'd actually pay this money for this bass"! Si [/quote] and suddenly your sale threads make sense!