jensenmann

I´m happy with my Beyer DT770s.

Oliver, you´re killing me....

If there is no reference to A, B or C then it doesn´t matter which one you are using.

There´s a lot of useful information in that interview. Thanks for sharing! I do disagree a bit on that LDC subject, though. I find that the most important difference between good and mediocre LDCs is how precise they capture the lowend. Many LDCs tend to have wooly, cloudy, less defined lows, while the better ones capture very solid lows. I´d always go for a good Neumann for that pupose, like a U87, U89 or U47fet, or a Beyerdynamic MC840. The picture of the Rode next to LDC comment especially doesn´t translate to me well since Rodes were some of my first LDCs and they really suffered in the lowend. Having said that I have to admit that I prefer dynamic mics on basscabs. My goto mics are Beyerdynamic Opus 99, M88, or EV RE20. And I always blend mic and DI to one track and compress on the way into the computer, either with 1176, LA3A or LA2A (occasionally SPL Dynamaxx).

Those Golden Age products have cheesy chinese transformers inside. If you go for one of these then have them upgraded with original transformers. That makes all the difference, esp. in the lowend. I´m through that.... Trannies are available from audiomaintenance.com in Manchester. The best preamp for DI recording bass in my book (and arsenal) is a Gyraf Audio G9 preamp. That thing has blown every single bassist I recorded away. Totally...

Way back in my giggin´days I played larger gigs with my SVT+8x10". For smaller gigs I left my 8x10" in our tourbus and carried the SVT with me, using a single Boogie 2x10". Later I went through several other amps to go with my smaller cabs but in the end nothing came close to the SVT+8x10" combination. Today it resides in my studio and honestly I´m glad if the bands I record like my B15 or Bassman 135 rigs more. The sound/volume ratio is a lot better with these. But then... still nothing comes close if you want that sound.

To be honest, I don´t use the midi function. In one band I was planning to use the Midi part, but they threw me out before it actually happened. Maybe they were afraid that I could replace all of them ;-)

Nope, the Midi Bass will stay with me, except I get a seriously dangerous offer.

[quote name='CamdenRob' timestamp='1440062430' post='2847899'] Lovely... MK2 Shedua? [/quote] Absolutely. I bought it from spiritchaser. It must have been fretted at some point according to the serial number in the Wal database. But it arrived here with a superthin fretboard. Close to no wood left. I had german luthier Günther Eyb of Eyb Guitars replace the fretboard with a 5mm ebony board. That made a lot of a difference in tone in a very positive way. I´m very happy with it as it is. So much that my only fretless GAS is a 70s mapleneck Precision for it´s beatiful and very different tone.

Here´s a picture of my fretless prior to a recording session.

[quote name='spiritchaser' timestamp='1435301754' post='2807346'] My current rig minus the Darkglass Duality Fuzz and Boss DD: Glockenklang Blue Sky + Mesa Boogie Diesel cabs [attachment=195036:SDC14920.JPG] [/quote] Damned,.... Oliver, whenever you want to get rid of your Boogie cabs give me a call. I currently have a 1x15" with horn and could have a use for either the 2x10 or another 15" cab.

Some of my rigs which I posted in other threads before: Ampeg B15s + ´62 Jazz in my controlroom [sharedmedia=core:attachments:92838] Ampeg SVT + 8x10" + Squier JV Precision prior to a session in my studio [sharedmedia=core:attachments:91982]

Luckily these days are over for some reason .... called age and damaged back. I can´t even lift my SVT on top of the 8x10" alone anymore.

I remember the Bass 300 combo very well. The tone wasn´t the best but at that time it was the loudest amp around for affordable money. The barking tone helped to cut through and frighten the guitarplayer and my mom. Not the worst feature. It could not be called lightweight, though. Unfortunately it has been stolen... After that I played an Alphabass Preamp + CS800 poweramp. Again this rig had a barking, midrangey tone which cut through and could be unbearingly load. At that time I´ve been gigging huge open air stages and I never had any problems with volume. But the very best was that it never let me down. Not one single gig with problems. The only reason to sell it was to finance my SVT rig. Better tone but less reliable.

I´ve always been into vintage rigs from my early days on. Whenever tone was important I chose my Ampeg SVT, B15, Hiwatt DR103 or Bassman 135 rigs. Back in my days as professional player most often serving certain types of music was more important than my own tone, though. Therefore I used to play Trace Elliot and SWR amps + Boogie cabs. That combination always delivered but never hurt anybody or came into their way. Since I don´t gig that much anymore but mostly record originals in my own room I´m back to those old mofos. Not having to carry them doesn´t hurt either.... I don´t miss the days when I had to load my cased SVT and 8x10 into my car ALONE

@ Pentode: The HV winding was defective. 40V is not enough for this amp :-) @ Ancient Mariner: My kit was bought from Musikding.

My custom trannies are done by German company [url="http://www.mueller-rondo.com/produkte.htm"]http://www.mueller-rondo.com/produkte.htm[/url] They are very good with torroidal stuff and are willing to wind single custom items.

[quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1426882457' post='2723192'] The thought of building a single channel G9 had crossed my mind, but I figured the Ampeg preamp would better suit the sound I'm going for. Nothing to stop me trying both, other than a serious lack of free time! [/quote] In the meantime I´m a bit further with my DIY basspreamp quest. The BP1 finds no use anymore. I´ve perfboarded a 3 stage FET preamp with with the intention to simulate the Bassman 135 preamp wit FETs. It has one volume control and a bright switch with 5 frequencies which sounds nice. After fiddling with a tonestack which I didn´t like I finally added a trusty workhorse EQ which I know very well from my studiowork. It´s a DIYed API553-stylee 3 band swinging input EQ. For techies: It´s inductor based, low and mid band proportional Q bell filters and a shelving HF filter. All bands have 3 switchable frequencies which are optimized for my basses. Finding the good sounding frequencies took 10hrs alone... The output stage is a Melcor DOA driving an API 2623 transformer. Here´s some porn, inside: [url="http://www.directupload.net/file/d/3985/fqao7pgu_jpg.htm"]http://www.directupl...qao7pgu_jpg.htm[/url] Outside, the one with the silver frontpanel: [url="http://www.directupload.net/file/d/3985/k8mifzzz_jpg.htm"]http://www.directupl...8mifzzz_jpg.htm[/url] No tubes, sorry.... The single G9 PTP Basspre is in the works, too. The layout and most of the drillwork is done, turretboard stuffed... Pictures to follow...

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1431967059' post='2776717'] When you do build your cabinet, I'd strongly advise you to have a look at JBL's own plans for these drivers. The 2 cu. ft. or 55 litres that Bill suggested will work, but will be a bit bass light - around 80 litres would be better. Also, you need to tune the box to between 45 and 50Hz, preferably using 4-inch ports. If you tune it to 30Hz you will most likely blow your drivers. JBL suggests a volume of 3.75 cu. ft. for a single driver and 5.75 cu. ft. for two - that's 105 and 162 litres. I personally would stay at the lower end of that range because a smaller box will help power handling a bit and going any larger doesn't really get you any extra bass. There is plenty of discussion on the web about the K140 (lots of positive comments from bass players) and if you search you'll find quite a few plans. The JBL ones are here: <http://www.lansingheritage.org/html/jbl/plans/1970s-kit.htm>. Good luck! [Edited to fix the link.] [/quote] +1 I had a K140 mounted in a 60s Fender style closed 1x15 cab. This combination couldn´t deliver what the speaker is capable of, sounding small and bass-shy. Later I got the original JBL cab which is double volume and ported. That was a revelation. Now it goes lower than my Boogie 1x15 (EVM15L). To me it sounds well balanced and I don´t miss any treble. I don´t do slap stuff, though. Good enough for finger and plec sounds with my tube heads. In the meantime I stuffed the other cab with a D140F which seems to be a perfect fit. This one still has a lot less lows compared to the JBL cab but it sounds organic with a very different character.

If you remove the SM58´s basket you´ll be surprised how close 57 and 58 do sound like.

Thanks, Mike. The 400 is still on my wishlist after having it played only once many years ago. But they are hard to come by, at least here in Germany.

Mike, would you mind to elaborate how close both Boogies are sonically?

This setup would mean that your tuner is in the signal path. Maybe Korg has resolved the issue I had with mine in the meantime, I don´t know. Make sure to check it out. Anyway, if you´re recording you don´t necessarily need to have it in the recording chain all the time. Unplugging for tuning the bass is not that much of an effort. Besides that your Avalon offers two outputs. Use the line-out to send the signal to your dbx EQ and the mic out to send it to the tuner. If Avalon didn´t mess up their design (which I bet they didn´t) then there should be a buffer between both outputs which makes them backlash free.

@Bigwan Why don´t you built the entire G9 sans mic-input/phantom circuit? This is the best bass DI I´ve ever used and I own many, even big name and big $$$ ones. The G9 has outperformed all of them. It´s output has app 1,2k output impedance and can easily drive most EQ circuits - no need to mess with the circuit by installing an interstage EQ. I´ve DIYed the Madamp BP1 a few month ago. The kit was incomplete, with some faults in the documentation, some parts didn´t fit and the mains tranny was defective. Not that great if you´re a beginner in DIY-land (which I am not). After having sorted all that out + some mods and tweaks to the circuit it turned out as a nice bass preamp. But it couldn´t hold a candle to the G9! This convinced me to build another version of the G9 as a basspreamp in PTP. Since it has no EQ I´ll add an AMEK M2500 EQ which I have sitting in the corner and pre/post EQ DI outs.