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I wanna join a Suzi Quattro tribute band!

A colleague at my work asked if I was walking home & I said yes, they said "I'm going the same way as you", to which I replied "What? Mad.". So I suppose the new term could be "Mad as a bassist".

Try your single 2x10 vertically & see if it's enough.

Why not get a valve pre pedal (maybe one of them there DHA thingybobs)? That way if you want some valve/warmth/whateverness, you can get it & then go back to clean at the press of a footswitch.

I'd get a 2nd Markbass 2x10 & stack em vertically. Though I'm not convinced that you'd need more than 1 2x10 for pubs & clubs unless your amp is a bit lacking.

My last band, the drummer had a great acoustic kit. He then got a Yamaha DTX kit & put it through the PA (which was only @ £1k). Sounded excellent at gigs & we could control the volume which was brilliant for practicing at home on a week night. I tried to talk my current drummer into getting one, but he spoke with a few other drummers that haven't played lekky kits & he ended up going for a Mapex set of pots n pans that he can't control the volume of. Gonna try & get him on the brushes/hotrods.

What about The Stolen Rones"?

[quote name='Who's Who' timestamp='1382765423' post='2256320'] Trust me, the LH1000 is one very, very loud amp! [/quote] I've no reason to doubt that. I was merely stating that a cab's rating in watts tells you nothing about how loud it can go. My wife had a 2000w surround sound system which wasn't anywhere near as loud as my 30w hifi. 4x10 cabs are a popular, but an outdated design. They're cumbersome & offer poor dispersion in comparison to a vertical array. a 2x12 cab surpasses it in every way, offering a lighter, taller cab with better dispersion & usually better spl ratings. I opted for 2x10 with the intention of adding a 2nd 2x10, but in the past 5 years I've never needed more than a 2x10 & my band are pretty loud.

There was a case a few years back with 7 different bands all called "Blue". The judge ruled that they could all be called Blue. I spent ages looking for a band name & finally found it in something at work & believe it or not, there's not another band called Z Field.

Why not the 15" combo & 115 cab?

1000 watts means the cab can dissapate a lot of heat. Doesn't say if it's loud or not. Decibels does that.

You'll probably find a good vertical 2x10 or 2x12 is more than ample for pub/club gig at any volume.

Waaay back in the olden days when bass cabs were really just guitar cabs with guitar drivers, a bigger driver moved more air & 1 15" driver with a 4x10 was a damn sight lighter than 2 4x10s (3 less ceramic magnets to carry). These days it doesn't really matter if you're using 5" or 15", you can get the same frequencies covered (Phil Jones cabs are all 5" drivers). Mixing drivers is just like getting a Hartke cab & "pairing" it with an Ashdown cab. They both sound different to one another. You don't know how it'll sound until you use the 2 together. Using one without the other will sound different again. If you like the uncertainty, then mix drivers/cabs, it might sound good, it might not. If you find a cab you like, then you just add another if you need more volume. What size gigs are you doing? Do you need a bigger rig than a single 1x15, 2x10 or 2x12? For how much you're looking to spend, you could get a good 2x12 & whichever head you fancy & find that you have a rig that will cover almost any venue. I don't know why Hartke don't do a 2x12 cab, though they have 1x12 cabs. I'd happily buy Hartke just going on the great customer service that they've shown on this very forum.

If the current cab's too big, why not just get a smaller Barfaced cab & keep the GB? You'll probably find any good 1x12, 1x15, 2x10 or 2x12 will be more than ample for the majority of pub venues. I went from 4x10 Trace Elliott to a Markbass 2x10 combo & it fills most venues that don't require PA.

I think you're gonna struggle to get 3 of those cabs to all be @ the same volume if they're all rated differently re Ωs. Ignore the wattage as that's just how much heat the coil can handle. Doesn't 2 2x10s stacked vertically cut it? If not, then look at better cabs.

Putting a 2x10 & a 115 isn't "matching" or "pairing". It's putting 2 different sounding cabs together. In some venues they'll sound great & in others they wont. The reason that mixing speaker sizes is not a good idea is that if you're moving from venue to venue, then the sound is gonna be unpredictable. Having 2 cabs the same gives you predictable results. So get a cab you like the sound of & then get a 2nd cab the same to give you more of the same. Try the 1x15 combo, if you like it, then get the 1x15 cab to match.

Here's mine. A bit rushed, but when I saw the pic, this is what I heard.... https://soundcloud.com/xgsjx/open-clear

If you're stacking the 2x10s vertically, then a single 2x10 would stand @ the same height as a 4x10 & 2 2x10s would be @ the same height as an 8x10. Get yourself to a shop & try out some cabs.

If I had a spare £200, I'd have bought that BFM already. I'm gonna get plans for a sub off him one day.

+1 for the 2 2x10 route. having a 2x10 & a 4x10 together would possibly mean 2 10s are louder than the other 4. Stacking the 2x10s vertically also gives you height, making it easier to hear & also has better dispersion.

it's a bit like saying you hate Rock music IMO. That would be like saying you don't like anything from The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Tool, Iron Maiden or any other style that could fall under the Rock category. The term Jazz covers a huge range of styles that are defined as Jazz from Frank Sinatra & Satchmo to Miles Davis to Bjork & for a "musician" to say that they don't like Jazz does make them appear to have a limited understanding of music.

To solo on any instrument requires an actual understanding of the key that you're playing in, the feel of the song & what benefit it's going to have on the listener. Some songs have brilliant bass solos, other's don't. Some of my fave bass solos are from Billy Sheehan, but then so are some of my least liked. Jazz often makes good use of bass solos whereas the bass can be playing something so sparse it barely sounds like a solo & just a bit with some chords & a couple of bass runs, but done right, it sounds superb. There's many solos on guitar, keyboard, trumpet & so on that sound equally as bad as any you'll hear on bass. It's not the instrument, it's the player.

This... Not his dearest bass by a long shot, but still out of my reach.

Yamaha Attitude has low end??? Has anyone told Mr Sheehan?

I take it the Moog doesn't suit? There's a minimooger Drive which has a filter on it. Might be worth a look too.