bertbass

I say go for the 3 cabs. Makes for a far more enjoyable onstage experience.

try this. http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f15/ampeg-810-cabs-differences-851666/

You've been watching too many 60s bands.

If the actual speakers in the cabs are new, which they should be, then they'll need breaking in but 10 or so gigs should see that done and you should notice an improvement in sound.

It won't last you know. You'll get bored with that one as well and you'll be looking for another retirement bass.

In the 60s / 70s, 100 valve watts used to be enough for any gig, with two 4 x 12s of course and no P.A. support. The 4 x 12 columns and the 4 channel 100w Selmer P.A. amp, well, say no more.

Ever thought of building your own? I, along with many others, built a pair of BFM T39s. They are about as good as it gets and a lot cheaper too. http://billfitzmaurice.com/T39.html

Carvin B1500 or B2000.

An east way to practice is what I've got mine for. £65 brand new off Ebay and left handed. It's a Godman, hand crafted and one of the world's finest guitars, well that's what it says inside anyway. It's not bad actually, very playable.

Eyes in Hastings as well. You never know.

Direct from the man himself. [i]The prices of the MYWATT AMPS are: MYWATT100 ( Guitar ) € 1000.- plus shipping costs. MYWATT200 ( Bass ) € 1400.- plus shipping costs. MYWATT400 ( Bass ) € 1800.- plus shipping costs. The shipping costs to UK is € 50.- The delivery times are a about 10 days after income the selling price.[/i] [i]you have to pay by my international bank account[/i] The actual UK price is dependent at the exchange rate on the day that you send the money. Mine was £1,200 including postage.

The pcb is only used to fix the tags too and not a pcb as such, so true point to point wiring.

When I first picked up an instrument it was a cheap Vox stroller guitar bought of my mum's mail order catalogue for 18 guineas. That's £18.90p in today's money. Well it was 1965. I found that I picked out the bass lines to play rather than the guitar and so my love of bass was born and the quest for the perfect sound. P.A.s were small, a 2x12 per side and if you were lucky a 100w amp to power them and monitors were unheard of. Throughout the rest of the 60s, the 70s and 80s my equipment got better and better and there was still no P.A. support so the onstage amp had to fill whatever venue you happened to be playing in. It also meant that any bass going into the venue was coming from behind you and what a wonderful feeling that is. The power of a great bass tone pushing you in the back. I loved it then and I love it now and I still prefer the bass to come from the stage rather than the P.A. For me, feeling the bass in this way, is not only exciting and after all the years it does still excite me, but also aids my performance. I suspect that you on the other hand, unlike me, don't feel the need for the physical stimulus of an amp behind you and are more than happy to have a bass sound that you can hear coming from somewhere, if so, that's great, you've saved a fortune trying to find that elusive perfect sound, but you'll probably spend it on basses if you've really got the bass bug.

It sounds to me as if the speaker has blown. If you like the speakers then spares can be found here, http://www.stagebeat.co.uk/search/?keywords=Peavey+Pro+15+speaker. Whether you think it's worth it or not and whether you can get a partial refund from the seller to cover the cost of repair is up to you. Me, I would ask for my money back.

Just received an e-mail from SoundsLive about their clearance sale and I thought that I would pass it on. http://www.soundsliveshop.com/c/General/Ex-Demo_and_Clearance_Items

I don't know what your small car is but, back seats down, push cab to back of car, grab handy handle on the bottom of the cab and swing it in. Job jobbed. No handy handle? Just screw one on.

+1 to that. You could D.I. the bass into the P.A.

1. Easier to move about than a 4x10. 2. You ears can hear what you're playing and not just your knees. 3. Takes up less floor space than your average combo. 4. If you find it's not for you, sell it again at hopefully what you paid for it, or, 5. You could saw it in half and make two 4x10s but see 1. I love my 8x10, not quite as good as four 4x12s but that's another story. P.S. It sure looks cool!!! P.P.S. Almost forgot, an 8x10 sounds fantastic, superb, brilliant, great, etc., everything you could ever want in a bass cab. P.P.P.S. Only my opinion of course.

You should!!!

It dosen't bend as well as a 105 which to me is a bonus. I've been using the 110s for so long now that it's hard to remember what it was like before, however, I've been using the freebie Rotosound set I received to try out and to be honest I've not noticed a lot of difference in feel but this is on another bass so it's not really a true trial. I do remember being amazed at the time how much better the sound was on the E string, in fact on all the strings. I do hit the strings pretty hard and with a pick which may explain a few things and also being a different make of string may be the difference. My lovely lady, Mrs Bert, bought me 3 sets of D'Addario steel wirewounds strings, 45-105 as a christmas present but I didn't like them, too bright and not enough "note" so I exchanged them for Elite Stadium 45-105 steel wirewounds and these seem good as well although again on a different bass. I still prefer the 50-110 though so I'll go back to them as soon as I can afford it.

I always had this problem with 45-105 strings, when I tried Elite Stadium 50-110, the problem was gone. I also found that I got more of a 'note' on the E with less overtones with the Elites. Good luck.

Here's a question I posted on BFM's site. [i]Does the material used for the magnet on a speaker make a difference to the sound of that speaker. Without doubt, different speakers sound different. Fane speakers always sounded cleaner to my ears than a Celestion. Celestion greenbacks are now worth silly money and Vox blue magnet speakers are worth their weight in gold. Different magnet in pickups make a difference to the sound so does the magnet in a speaker also effect the sound or is a magnet just a magnet?[/i] And here's Bill's reply. [i]No. Different materials can allow driver designers to achieve different goals, but there is no characteristic sound attributable to a certain material.[/i] What do you think?

If it means paying less for a cab and then gluing a couple of strips of ply or dowels in a cab, then I'm all for that.