stefBclef

Ok thanks everybody!

Hello I would like to check to see if I can use a certain combination of cabs/amps. I have read the info on here about impedence etc, and as such I am pretty sure I can't, but I want to be 100% sure before I decline a purchase! I have an Ashdown Mag 300 210 combo ([url="http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/detail.asp?ID=78"]http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/detail.asp?ID=78[/url]) which has 2 jack outputs. It can handle a minimum of 4 ohms. At the moment, into one output is plugged the built in 210 which is 8 ohms. If I plug something into the other jack which is 4 ohms, does the new overall impedence become: 4 x 8 / 4 + 8 = 2.66. Like I said, im pretty sure that this is correct, just need confirmation! Also, this type of wiring is in parallel right? Thanks Stef

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1345541239' post='1778527'] You had enough volume displacement (two decent 15"s), the cab positioned in a good spot acoustically for the lows and a dispersion pattern that suited the cab position and room acoustics. I wouldn't bet on the 4x10"+1x15" stack replicating this experience. [/quote] Just trying to understand this mate. Are you saying that the two decent 15's was the key to the rig sounding how it did (of course coupled with the room acoustics and other things) and a rig with a 115 and 410 would not yield similar results? But you also say that the view that larger speakers favour lower frequencies is wrong. So couldnt a 410 do just a good a job as the 115? Thanks for the info.

[quote name='grandad' timestamp='1345530967' post='1778445'] I note that virtually every rule about speakers is contested by experience & although I find the subject fascinating I fear I shall never gain a satisfactory understanding of it. [/quote] You shall gain satisfaction by playing through 'em though!! That's the best thing, trust your ears. I [b]think[/b] it was the cab I fell in love with, but I won't know for sure until I pick up these Peavey cabs and try 'em out!

[quote name='grandad' timestamp='1345450574' post='1777506'] Your gig-rig is not any 1 item. It is a complete system. If you picture a circle, you-instument-amp-speaker-room-you. The input is you & the output is fedback to you the input, which continually adjusts to achieve the desired outcome. Change any item in that system & the outcome will change. [/quote] I like that. And I like the fact that within 48 hours of looking I have found and bought some big heavy Peavey cabs!

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1345462178' post='1777678'] Outside of the discussion that's a lovely bit of copy-writing; I'd come to see your band on the strength of that alone! Though you don't say what bass you were using? Not relevant to the question so much, assuming it was the same bass you usually use? [/quote] Thanks Big Stu! I can't take all the credit for those words though - they were inspired by bass tone satisfaction...I was a mere conduit. I was playing my Squier VM Precision with FM series La Bella Flats...and yep that's what I always play. Mmmmm lovely...

[quote name='Musky' timestamp='1345491191' post='1778169'] I think I know the pub you're talking about, since the description fits. That rig does sound awesome. Everyone sounds awesome through it, though I've got to admit I've never seen anyone attempting a Mark King style slap fest using it. They go for very little money, so if the size and weight isn't an issue (and it is for me) just buy one. [/quote] Well the pub is in London so it could be your local....!

[quote name='Phil Starr' timestamp='1345488875' post='1778130'] If you are interested I have a mate with a Peavey 2x15 which he is trying to sell. I used to use it with the MkIII and it sounded great. Didn't enjoy gigs up a flight of stairs too much though. [/quote] Well I just bought a Peavey 410 and a Peavey 115 TVX so I think I probably have enough heavy Peavey gear for now! But out of interest, how much is your mate looking for and where are they based?

[quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1345451843' post='1777526'] [attachment=116087:480821_495822190431417_1920718080_n.jpg] [/quote] What cabs are these? Has anyone used the Peavey TVX range? Go on...tell me about your intruiging sounding wardrobe of a cab then!

Last night I played a gig in a small, skanky 'locals' pub...you know the drill. Drum kit with bits missing, and generally everything seeming a bit ropey. BUT... I absolutely loved the sound I got from the bass rig and the whole band loved it too. We play reggae and the drummer who normally asks me to "Mek de bass more round man" just sat there drumming and sweating with a massive grin on his face....you know, the sort that is only caused by lovely, velvety smooth, fat, clean, round bass. It was like everybody could feel it under their feet, the way it should be. Anyway, onto my question. I want to know if it was the head or the cab that caused all that lovliness. The rig was: Peavey Mark IV head into a Peavey 215. I am used to playing into 210s 410s or 810s rather than 15s. According to stuff I have read on BC, the theory that says "large diameter drivers produce fatter, subier bass" is a myth, so even for a reggae sound a number of 10s would still be the way to go. However now I am not so sure. [b]Was it the 215 cab that made that round sound?[/b] [b]Or...maybe it was the Peavey head that gave me what I desired and would have sounded just as fat through a 410... [/b] Time to buy some gear! I can either buy a 15 extention cab for my Ashdown Mag 350 210 combo, or go looking for a Peavey head/cab...what do you reckon?

It's even harder to replace a singer if it is their band and they've written all the songs etc...then you really can't go anywhere!

[quote name='geoffbassist' timestamp='1338219781' post='1671002'] I always carry a small towel. About half the size of a tea towel to wipe my hands and clean the strings. I feed it through the handle on the side of the cab & tie it round the bass neck. Works great, very secure & no need to carry a stand. [/quote] Ok I decided to try this the other night. Night before gig I am packing my bag (had to get up for work in a few hours, you know the situation!) and in my sleepy slumber I searched around for an appropriate tying device and I stumbled across a wide strip of elastic (those that you use in physio). For some reason I thought this would work a treat. It did not. Elastic + bass = rubbish at holding it upright! I really should have guessed that.

[quote name='Twigman' timestamp='1343417113' post='1750537'] Do I ALWAYS change with the drummer? No - we have separate dressing rooms. [/quote] Ok, I did say at the start that the jokes should be good ones....and now I will create a new ruke: NO REPEAT JOKES!!! (see Bottom E's joke opener earlier). Well maybe there is just the one joke available anyway so i'll let you off!

[quote name='flyfisher' timestamp='1343415911' post='1750507'] Agreed. Do whatever you like - if you like the results then it's good. Just don't expect everyone else in the world to like it. [/quote] Yep, I expected these kind of answers. And I will certainly keep on jamming. I know there is no magic answer and every rule can be broken and all that, but it's good to know methods/rules previous people have used to construct "good" music. I will go have a jam then! Thanks for all your responses....

Happy Friday everybody! Ok, feel free to make jokes about the title, but only if they're good ones! So, musically speaking, do you always change when the drummer changes (and vice-versa)? Scenario is: You are creating / jamming an original song (i.e. there's no original to copy) in a band setting and the dynamics and structure are still to be settled on. So at some points you are pondering things like: "Do I play softly here? Do I use a reggae line here? Do I slap here? The drummer and guitarist have gone back to reggae style, should I neccesarily change too?" I know there are gonna be exceptions (this is the arts we're talking about!), but do you [i]generally [/i]find: [b]Things always sound better when me and the drummer change with each other...if the drummer changes style / pattern I am gonna change too. [/b] [b]OR[/b] [b]I find that sometimes, even though the drummer has changed his/her pattern things can sound better if I stay on the same groove.[/b] Any advice you have on creating dynamics in a new song, I would love to hear. I'm not even sure if 'dynamics' is the word I should be using, but im talking about when you take a song with a basic structure that you have written and then start to play around with various factors (volume / style of play etc) to turn it from a boring train ride of a song into a full blown rollercoaster from start to finish! I hope that has made it clearer...although i'm fully aware that it might not have! Cheers dudes and dudettes Stef

I like that rat though.