LukeFRC

Thunderfunk Vanderklay Alembic Warwick hellborg line come to mind, but I think once you go past a certain point its all just shades...

[quote name='DavidMcKay' timestamp='1415992146' post='2605972'] Subbeh Actually that's a good point, and one that I never considered. My ad would be seen by bassists as opposed to general 'traffic' that may or may not have an interest in bass guitars. I'm not saying I'm convinced but I definately get the logic of your argument. [/quote] for some things gumtree is good, for most other things Basschat is good. Once in a blue moon ebay might be good..... the good thing is that you can also hunt around the old posts and work out realistic prices for whatever you're selling too.

[quote name='Marvin' timestamp='1415989300' post='2605922'] I find TB too big and unwieldy, that and sarcasm is frowned upon. [/quote] I've obviously not been sarcastic enough yet! I joined recently - years of reading things on there and it got to the point with some things of finding I wanted to ask questions or get advice. For specialist stuff it's great - the in-depth geeky side of it. The other side like the off topic I've never ventured into, and the sales forum is of no interest as all the stuff tends to be on another continent. Beware though they are even worse than us for "fashions" in what's the hot gear to have.

So this has now gone a bit higher up my christmas wish list!

yes but the 250 rating is likely to be a thermal rating for the drivers.... you are able to plug the LM11 into it and turn up and have the potential to unleash a full 500w into it and probably damage the drivers. Turn down and you'll probably be fine. That might have been what you meant but it was a bit unclear and wouldn't want someone thinking that because the cab was limited to XXXw then the amp wouldn't possibly stick more than that into it. I would say one thing.... 250w sounds like a crazy low capacity for a 4x10 - the current ABM is rated at 600w - my guess is it may have been one of their cheaper cabs.

[quote name='The Badderer' timestamp='1415829434' post='2604339'] i think he's asking if you were stood in the best place to hear the cab, sometimes you're running with plenty of volume but can't hear yourself if your stood with the guitar amp pointed right at your face and your cab is facing away from you. remember if it's a 250W cab you're only using 250 W even though the LM2 produces 500W at 4ohm. [/quote] yes to the first bit, not strictly true to the second bit

was the cab pointing at the audience deafening them while you were stood higher than it and off axis and couldn't hear it at all?

ashdown cabs..... seriously... were you loud elsewhere in the room?

[quote name='artisan' timestamp='1415621605' post='2602001'] my little collection of Warwick Pro Series basses [URL=http://s88.photobucket.com/user/artisan1967/media/IMAG0024_zps564ba60d.jpg.html][IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k161/artisan1967/IMAG0024_zps564ba60d.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/quote] given you had none when I popped up to buy your old amp with my warwick.... am I partly responsible for this? :-D

[quote name='artisan' timestamp='1415621605' post='2602001'] my little collection of Warwick Pro Series basses [URL=http://s88.photobucket.com/user/artisan1967/media/IMAG0024_zps564ba60d.jpg.html][IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k161/artisan1967/IMAG0024_zps564ba60d.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/quote] given you had none when I popped up to buy your old amp with my warwick.... am I partly responsible for this? :-D

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1415797711' post='2603856'] So is line array technology, midrange drivers, crossovers and cabinets that are actually large enough for the drivers that are contained within. To be frank, the engineering used by most electric bass amp and cab manufacturers is archaic, but as long as they sell they'll continue to be made. [/quote] and would I be right in guessing that your ultimate cab wouldnt be a bass reflex either?

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1415761803' post='2603541'] There is no simple answer. There is another point to ponder, though, that being equal loudness. The lower the frequency the harder it is to hear, so to compensate for that you might use EQ. EQ eats up headroom like nobodies business, both in terms of driver excursion and amplifier power. For that reason I'm hesitant to sacrifice either excursion capacity or speaker sensitivity in the 40-50Hz range, where one is most likely to apply EQ, in favor of above 60Hz, where you're less likely to boost EQ. [/quote] I am surprised there hasn't been more attempts to match good cab design to class D amps with DSP controlling multi band limiting and Eq to make powered cabs like the Bergantino ip series. I mean it's common in PA land- just not bass world yet.

don't.... I might be utterly wrong here... but on some single cuts (the ones that were designed to answer a specific problem rather than designed for the single cut aesthetic) isn't the idea that if you join and support the neck to the top horn it means you can shape more wood out of the back of the neck at the dusty end improving hand access to that end. there's been a SC acg i've been tempted by a few time on here... I don't know if I would have the balls to play it out though...

how many of us do you think would actually be able to [i]play [/i]Jamerson's funk machine - let alone make it sound great? I think it's years of practice and just being flipping good that makes pro's sound good, not so much the plank of wood they do it on

why would you change a neck?

I wrote that after post 3... then forgot to click "post" and then found it hours later.... woops

do you prefer it for electric or double bass,? I know you play both. I've got a b2 and to be honest I don't need so much low end extension and would happily trade it for more sensitivity!