Ampeg SVT210AV? About £260 new and under 12kgs so very light. It's like one quarter of an Ampeg 810 cab, which might be bigger than you were thinking of but it has a very small footprint and the extra height makes it easier for the mids to reach your ears! Should be perfect for the kind of rock your band plays. I just got one today and it sounds brilliant.
Sounds so good I'm gonna keep an eye out for a second one to perch on top!
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Your band sounds great by the way, I remember searching for a similar cover band for my wedding a while back (before I decided to bugger off abroad) and you guys sound far better than any of the ones I could find!
Another idea is to just buy a pedal for the sub harmonics stuff. A DOD Meatbox or an octave would do the job - Ashdown make an octave pedal too, I wouldn't be surprised if it shared the same circuit.
Ashdown blue would clash terribly with an Orange cab anyway. Just ask Gok Wan. You should buy my AD200B instead!
The two outputs of your amp, or the two inputs on the cab are all wired in parallel so you can either plug them both into the head or chain from one cab to the other, doesn't really matter.
Glad you got it sorted!
Just because they're young doesn't mean they can't use Formingband, Partysounds, Musofinder, Gumtree, local rehearsal studio billboard, etc does it? Just state clearly in the ad and title the ages you're looking for.
I'm not sure about the VS cabs weighing more than the LB's. I emailed Ashdown a while back when they came out and they told me they were identical except the VS212 is a 4ohm cab and the LB212 is 8ohm. I also think they were lying about the weight of the LB cabs, somebody was selling an LB112 on here recently because it turned out to be 15kg instead of the advertised 9kg! Not sure what's going on really.
I've always fancied getting one myself. I'm not to great at the drums but brilliant at slapping rhythyms on my belly. A cajon would probably sound even better.
It may well have been yours originally, it has changed hands a couple of times since so someone may have lost it! I'm sure Matamp would provide a new one if anybody wanted one.
If the wiring from the terminals to the speaker look solid, maybe try connecting a small 9v battery to the speaker terminals to see if moves?
Any tweeter or crossover network involved?
I know Bassdirect have them in stock, don't know about Yorkshire though. I've been thinking of upgrading my BB415 to one! General opinion of them is very high, I would love to try one side by side with the 2025X to see if the ARE and IRA treatments provide any noticeable difference.
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You should tweak your truss rod whether you change to a set of higher or lower tension strings if you want your bass playing at its best.
Surprised nobody had mentioned TI (Thomastik Infeld) Flats! My favourite strings on a P by far, got some LaBellas on there right now but planning on switching back at some point.
+1 for OBBM, his site is [url="http://www.rock-wire.uk.com/"]http://www.rock-wire.uk.com[/url].
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