Painy

Thanks for the kind words folks. If you fancy hearing a little more there's a brief snippet here from the intro to Get the Funk Out where you can hear the bass with just the drums behind it - jazz bass with a pick here though rather than the P with fingers. And if you're not bored already, a cover of Knights of Cydonia here:

Right, after picking up a Rolls Tiny 2 Way Crossover from Kevsy71 the rig is now operational and had its first outing with the band last night. Have to say it sounded absolutely massive, fat and deep in the lows but with real clarity and definition in the highs. This is only a mobile phone recording so not the best quality audio obviously but does give some idea of how it sits in the mix (although, as always, obviously not through mobile phone or laptop speakers).

The above mentioned Rolls crossover has now been sold on to me after Kev answered my wanted ad. As smooth and easy a transaction as you could hope for, very prompt dispatch and it arrived packaged up exceptionally well. Thanks Kev!

I haven't tried it yet but I do plan to. It would be nice to have the option of a smaller setup available using the valve head rather than the Ashdown. It does have a massive toroidal transformer in it so I'm hoping it might be capable of some reasonable lows.

Having never owned anything with more valves than a single ax7 in the preamp I have just aquired this Laney guitar head. It was originally a VC100 2x12 combo but has been professionally converted to a head by its previous owner at some point in its life. It'll now be providing the highs and the drive in this bi-amp setup. Purchase of a crossover is currently pending but I've given it a trial run at low volume with the bass cut on it to protect the guitar cab speakers and it sounded awesome combined with the low end being provided from the Ashdown head & Aguilar cabs.

I'm sticking with the steel Superbrights on my precision because they work perfectly for me on that bass. Having flats on the Ray is also to give me more of a contrast in sound between the two basses. That said I did accidentally order nickel Superbrights a few weeks ago and had already clipped the first string before I noticed so just went ahead and put them on the precision. They weren't too bad in all honesty but nickel has just never been my thing and it just sounded so much better to my ears when I changed back to a steel set.

I now have a set of Cobalts on the Ray which have been on the for about half a dozen gigs and I love them! They were very bright at first but now that they've settled in and been played a bit they've lost a bit of the initial roundwound style zing but there's still a lot more harmonic overtones than you'd normality get from flats so still bright but more a growly high-mid brightness than a trebley zing. It's actually quite piano like. Basically perfect for what I wanted with the Ray. Still definitely that classic Stingray sound but the highs are much smoother and that low mid punch is really accentuated - tighter and more focused than rounds.

Just plugged this in at home for the first time this evening. Ashdown ABM500 through a pair of Aguilar DB112 cabs for the lows and a Laney Vc100 all valve head through a Laney IRT212 cab for the highs. You might be surprised to hear that it's quite loud. 😐

That does look ideal. Unfortunately I may have to wait a bit before Mrs Painy sanctions any further expenditure. 😞 Frustratingly the head won't actually be in my possession until Sunday morning so I have to wait until then to try it out and see what works. In the meantime I was bored at work today so killed some time by mocking up what it'll all look like all set up. At least even if it doesn't sound any good it should at least look pretty intimidating. 😁

Sorry, did actually mean to type high pass (I fully get difference between high and low pass i.e. that a high pass filter allows the highs to pass through while cutting off the lows). 😄 It's not so much the full Royal Blood thing - I'm thinking more along the lines of dUg Pinnick to be honest. Basically I just fancy some real valve break up and grit in the highs and mids but with big, deep, smooth, clean lows underneath it. Unfortunately the frequency response doesn't seem to have been published for the cab as far as I can find so no joy there. If anyone can find it out though that would be great - it's a Laney IRT212. The head incidentally is a Laney VH100R. Thanks for your thoughts guys. 🙂👍

I've just purchased a 100w valve guitar head and 2x12 guitar cab (rated at 160w RMS continuous and is sealed) with the intention of combining it with my existing bass amp (ashdown abm500 & 2 x Aguilar DB112 cabs) but could really do with some advice so I don't blow the speakers in the guitar cab (especially as I'm playing a 5 string). I know the obvious thing to use to protect the guitar speakers would be a low pass filter or a crossover for a true bi-amp setup but as I don't have one I'm wondering if simply turning the bass down on the guitar head would reduce the potentially damaging lows sufficiently i.e. Is this also likely to sufficiently reduce the frequencies below the eq centre or would I just be cutting around say 100hz but still letting the damaging stuff down at 40hz through?

Not mine or anyone I know but just read this in a Facebook selling group so thought I'd share here in case anyone sees it come up for sale.

Just received a Zoom H2 recorder from Mick. A very easy transaction with great coms and a genuine pleasure to deal with. Thanks Mick, very much appreciated!

Is This Love - Whitesnake

I get what you're saying (and I'd definitely considered the pedal) but to clarify this would also be used as an actual guitar amp at home / jamming with friends. Is also more that I'm considering it could be used this way rather than the dug sound being the main goal. Basically there's a new toy I want to buy and I'm asking you guys on Basschat to help me justify it! 😄

I've now resigned myself to the fact that Mrs Painy is never going to sign off on the expenditure needed for me to buy the Ashdown CTM300 I'd really like (or even a CTM30 for that matter) but I still have an all valve itch that needs scratching. I'm thinking about getting a small and affordable all valve guitar head (specifically a Bugera G20) which I can run my bass through for home playing and recording but I'm wondering if I can make use of it live alongside my existing bass rig (a la Dug Pinnick). My bass amp setup is an Ashdown ABM500 into a pair of Aguilar DB112 cabs and the band is a pretty loud 4 piece playing rock covers (miced up drums, 2 x 100w half stacks). I can DI / mic up into the PA to get a better spread of sound but the backline will be doing most of the work. Would a 20w valve guitar head like that through a small 112 cab be enough to add some noticeable driven highs and mids to compliment the sound of my bass amp (again thinking very loosely along the lines of dug's sound) or is it just likely to get lost in the mix like there's just a wasp in the room? Any thoughts or experience that anyone can share would be very much appreciated.

Similar story: There's a chap originally from Macedonia by the name of Radé who has been playing solo gigs (vocals, guitar & backing tracks) in pubs around Norfolk for years. A singer I know was offered the chance to do some gigs with him over in Macedonia and while they were there Radé likewise couldn't walk down the street without constantly being approached for autographs etc. When my friend asked him why he bothered to come over to England and play small pubs for £100 a time, he apparently replied that was still more than he could earn as a big name star back home. Incidentally, nobody ever went to watch a movie about Bruce Wayne the billionaire businessman with a little side-story about his hobby as a masked vigilante. They go to watch Batman (who happens use his day job as a CEO to fund his amazing superhero exploits).

🙄 Panto season.

For Whom the Bell Tolls - The Bee Gees and Metallica.

No idea if these are any good but look like a nice simple option for very little money. https://www.gak.co.uk/en/yamaha-sc-01-session-cake/922829?gclid=Cj0KCQiAjszhBRDgARIsAH8Kgvcr7OfqtztswtDQucn6w-NKCnLAfUsXVPokzZvvBPH3LS25raXmOOcaAp90EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds