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For an amp to run 2 8 ohm cabs, it would need to be able to run at a minimum of 4 ohms & your average 4 ohm head puts out @ 60-65% of the overall wattage at 8 ohms. My head is 500w at 4 ohms & 300w at 8. Bare in mind that watts don't have that much an impact on overall volume (it's how much air you're moving & a dozen other things that relates to that). There's a sticky at the top of this section with more info

What about a Roland V-Bass set up for it? Then you can sound like just about anything you want.

You used to be able to get fretless Soundgears in the 90s. I think the closest option left is a GWB.

I think the closest my band gets to "On Stage Movement" is if one of us follows thru.

GAS = Gear Acquisition Syndrome. You see nice gear & start wanting & end up spending all your money on things that you didn't really think of to start with.

If you love the sound of the 115, then why not get another? Keeping the same sized drivers will give you a more consistent sound than mixing speaker sizes.

[quote name='Truckstop' post='1229152' date='May 12 2011, 06:43 PM']Case in point, I have a 350w 8ohm head and a 2x10 8ohm cab. 350w distributed between 2 10" speakers. However, in the neverending pursuit of more volume, I want to add on a 4x10 8ohm cab. So now, 350w of power is being distributed between 2 cabs equally, however, this means that both cabs are receiving 175w. So, in the 2x10 cab, each speaker is recieving 87.5w but in the 4x10 cab, each speaker is recieving only 43.75w. This means that the speakers in the 2x10 are being pushed harder and will distort at a lower volume than the 4x10. So, it's important to make sure that when you are adding an extension cab, you need to make sure that the ohmage ensures equal wattage dispersion and then you make sure that the extension cab can handle the watts being delivered to it. Hope it helps a little and, of course, IME! Truckstop[/quote] Not taking away from any of what Truckstop has said here, as is all sound advice (pardon the pun). The first section above should have been worded more like "I have a 350w 4ohm head and a 2x10 8ohm cab. [b]200w[/b] distributed between 2 10" speakers. However, in the neverending pursuit of more volume, I want to add on a 4x10 8ohm cab. So now, 350w of power is being distributed between 2 cabs equally" If the head was 350w at 8Ω, it would more likely be 5-600w at 4Ω, the rest of your maths was a good lesson tho Sorry if I seem a little pedantic, no offence intended.

I'm using a CMD 102p combo. They're 300w - 8Ω & 500w - 4Ω (to get 4Ω you add a 2nd 8Ω cab). What's impressive is the amount of travel that the cones have compared to a lot of others. Monkonthehill has one for sale [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=125920"]here.[/url] & I'm sure there's another on BC for sale. The amp section in the Markbass combos is a LMII (or LMIII on the new ones). Brilliant wee amps that get raved about on here & you can pick up a LMII for @ £300-350. Have a nose about the "for sale" section & do a search for your gear to see if it's worth more than you was offered, then decide if it's worth selling or keeping. You could even take a nosey around & see what gear you like & end up with huge GAS Have fun searching & remember, there's a whole community here to help you decide. If you can, get to a shop likes of "the Bass Merchant" or "Bass Direct" & try some stuff out.

[quote name='bubinga5' post='1228988' date='May 12 2011, 04:29 PM']not just that...from a man who had OCD, you would have to play the same note twice to even out the numbers.. always in groups of two it was for me.. i was a frickin knightmare with odd time..[/quote] So you never got to play Money by Pink Floyd?

I think any good 1x15, 2x10 or 2x12 with a decent amp (or a combo) will see you well. I gig with 2 loud guitarists & a loud drummer & use just a Markbass 2x10 (& it beats the crap outta the 4x10 Trace I used before) & those Hartke amps get good reviews on here too.

Do I have OCD? I'm always picking my nose & looking at Basschat, even when I'm playing a gig!!! Edited to say "nice collection". I've wanted a Dingwall for yonks, maybe one day.

[quote name='UNITY GAIN' post='1228311' date='May 12 2011, 12:51 AM']So is your average bar band PA system mono then? As far as I can tell what is being said is that if I use channel/amp A for the audience speakers and channel/amp B for monitors for the band the whole thing will be mono, right?[/quote] Some are, some aren't. If using A for audience & B for monitors then it's an obvious choice to have everything panned either centre or towards A. If my band are using monitors then it's either a small 2nd pa system (a small power amp & 2 10" tops) or an active wedge that's hooked up to the main desk (it's only a 16 ch Yamaha mixer, nothing big). We usually pan the drums around a bit & have a little spread on the rest of the band (no, not primula!).

I'm using a Boss CE-2 that I borrowed off a mate & does a nice job. Probably @ £50 s/h but I'll sell you it for £150 posted if you like?

How much is your budget? A Markbass combo could easily replace both the combos that you have & pop up now & again s/h for @ £6-700.

Bill Withers & co have the right idea. I prefer to sit during a gig (I'd sit in the audience if I could!). I don't do much running around on stage anymore.

Chorus doesn't have to sound 80s. I either have the speed just about right down or right up depending on the type of sound I want (right up with some distortion is good for dance/DnB/Dubstep IMO). I'm not a fan of the 80s chorus sound.

You shoulda kept hold of the CMD & added the 4x10 to it (or a 2x10) to see how that compared.

I agree with TNIT, Octave or Chorus. I use a chorus to thicken up my sound (does a good job too).

[quote name='Bilbo' post='1225882' date='May 10 2011, 09:35 AM']Not fair. It has a narrower range than half of Dood's basses? [/quote] Very true! [quote name='RhysP' post='1225883' date='May 10 2011, 09:36 AM']You should have got that kid to move out of the way before you started to spray it.[/quote] I'm now picturing a kid that looks like he's from Springfield...

Oi!!!! That's not a bass! Nice paint job tho, I like the silouette. Welcome to Basschat.

Get an overdrive pedal?

I'm toying with a few ideas & there'll definitely be a good bit of wood visible. My ideas involve either some silver leaf or aluminium paint directly on part of the wood so you can still see the grain & finishing the whole body in a satin lacquer, or maybe something different? A play around with Photoshop is in order before deciding.

& now I've sanded it down ready for messing it up! More later!!!

I then stripped it down to the wood with the blowtorch & left some nice burn marks. I tried using other methods, but nowt was working.

Some more... I stripped it down to a clear matt coating. [/url]