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*warning - use of forward and back buttons can result in double posting* Thats some sexy gear you have there Jim - lets see the porno photo's

Not really picking on Mike and yes the editor should have spotted it but he did write both the offending reviews

There is a lot of variety in the current BGM - signature rigs from Lemmy and Jonas Hellborg. Talk about opposites. There I was reading the Lemmy review when Mike Brooks says the 4x15 cab "...is capable of delivering 800 watts at 8 ohms". ARGH! Cabinets dont deliver watts they deliver decibels Then when reviewing the Peavey VB-2 amp Mike is "...surprised by the excellent power handling of the amp..." Its no wonder newbies struggle to understand all about watts and decibels when the writers for The UK's Number One Bass Guitar Magazine (sounds so much better than The UK's Only Bass Guitar Magazine) get it wrong. Perhaps they should have a feature on how amps work

Hey Joe, just noticed your sig

Some amps have trick curcuits for what they call soft clipping - basically they have a limiter built into the power stage and buffers built into the input stage to stop clipping.

You guys are way off. Desmond Dekker Poineers Pyramids (symarip) Dave and Ansell Collins Jimmy Cliff Harry J and the Allstars Maytals Thats Ska!

So good you posted it twice. A good way is to sing harmonies, hum them in your head if you like, then learn to play what you are humming. Its not easy and I am too lazy to persevere TBH, but learning to play what you hear in your head is worth doing if you want to master the melodic side of playing.

[quote name='Toasted' post='216732' date='Jun 11 2008, 11:34 AM']There certainly isn't. There'd be a significant tonal difference from my Celinder... hmm.[/quote] That would be a very interesting comparison.

[quote name='martthebass' post='216868' date='Jun 11 2008, 02:03 PM']So........before I commit anyone know how the Genz Benz Shuttle 3 sounds in comparo?[/quote] To compare one has to have one

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='216883' date='Jun 11 2008, 02:19 PM']IME this MAY've been due to the cabs/spkrs being outta phase. Maybe, though I believe you are referring to polarity, which isn't the same thing. With reversed polarity the two cabs would be out of phase pretty much through their entire bandwidth. But even with like polarity two dissimilar cabs will be out of phase at some frequencies. That's because the phase response of every speaker varies with frequency. The only way to be sure that two speakers have identical phase responses, and therefore won't interfere with each other, is for them to be identical.[/quote] Which is what I said here[quote name='bass_ferret' post='216351' date='Jun 10 2008, 06:18 PM']The reason for not mixing different cabs is that the results can be unpredictable. The two cabs will have different frequency response curves and possibly phase differences, so they may well sound sh*t, and as all you will probably hear on stage is the top cab nearest your ears you wont even know it.[/quote] Glad I was not talking total bollocks

Thought I was going mad for a minute then

Review in this month BGM - Preamp/Power Amp/2 Cabs = four and a half grand! That buys a lot of Bergantino's!

There have been a few threads on this and OBBM is pretty much the universal answer (I have his cables too). There are a few who have paid loads for gucci cables that recon they sound bettter but then they would.

[quote name='xgsjx' post='216364' date='Jun 10 2008, 06:47 PM']I asked a similar question but was combining a different brand of 410 with my 210 combo & BFM said it is not recommended to mix different brands of driver that operate in the same frequency.I believe that using the 15 mb cab with your mb121 would not have this problem as they are the same brand.[/quote] No. Unless the cabs have been designed to complement each other - some makers might do this but most probably dont. I thought it was telling that MarkBass cabs all used to have a different footprint to make stacking different cabs at least look untidy to discourage mixing different cabs but maybe it was some other marketing gimmick cos I think they are all the same now. I had personal experience of this with a Peavey 115BW. I added a Peavey 2x10 and it sounded sh*t - much better with each individual cab, and whats more the 2x10 was actually deeper so I sold the 115 and got another 2x10.

Comb filtering is what you get with horizontally arranged speakers like in most multi speaker cabs. It means you get exaggerated peaks and troughs in the volume depending on where you stand in relation to your cabs and is probably the main cause for disputes about volume - you are standing in a trough and turn up, deafening the rest of the band who are standing in peaks. The reason for not mixing different cabs is that the results can be unpredictable. The two cabs will have different frequency response curves and possibly phase differences, so they may well sound sh*t, and as all you will probably hear on stage is the top cab nearest your ears you wont even know it. Bass players are the only users of amplification that will use different sized speakers for the same frequencies. You may get more replies if you correct the typo in the heading, as most people wont have a clue abouth mathing pairs of speakers

[quote name='ped' post='216242' date='Jun 10 2008, 03:31 PM']Welcome to the site, how did you find us?[/quote] He probably googled "where the f*** is my Shuttle?" Would have got loads of hits

Hitting the rails Never heard it called that before

I've never had a bass with front markers apart from my very first bass that did not last long. Stops you playing like a hunchback trying to see them

Thought so. Never used them. Sorry. Have you looked at Stringbusters and Strings Direct?

See [url="http://wiki.basschat.co.uk/info:amps:gain_power_and_volume_-_a_confusing_menage_a_trois"]here[/url]

Welcome - show us your porn!

Welcome to the deep end

I wish I had a set of strings for every time I have said the numbers on your amp volume controls are meaningless. The only numbers on my EBS are 0 and 11 (obviously Spinal Tap fans) - thats it. There are lines for reference points but that is all they are and depending on the pre-amp settings most amps can deliver full beans from about 2 on the master.

[quote name='Muppet' post='215641' date='Jun 9 2008, 07:28 PM']the sound man has ultimate control and he can make your Ampeg sound awful at the flick of a switch if you piss him off![/quote] Amen to that. Always worth remembering.