chris_b

There are many people out there with integrity and credibility in their industry and Jim Bergantino is right up there with the best. So I'll disagree with most of what you've just posted. Then again, the older I get the more my sound matters to me and, believe me, on my gigs everyone hears the bass.

So that's a 12" cab and a 15" cab. Hold on! It says right here in the rule book, that rig sounds crap. I say. Good luck with this great sounding rig.

Credible? If Jim Bergantino is putting out any product then it'll be a million miles better than just credible. I've been more than happy with my amps for nearly 2 years. Now everything is up for grabs again. If the DSP is anywhere as good as his IP line then he's onto a winner. Hopefully you can easily dial in his cabs. If Carlsberg made amps. . . . . . . .

Buy good leads and treat them well. Then you can wire up your cabs either way with confidence.

Two 8 ohm cabs makes 4 ohms and that's fine. The 210 on its own would be a good cab for smaller gigs.

A 4 ohm cab and an 8 ohm cab presents a 2.67 ohm load to the amp. Your Streamliner would overheat and probably go into protection mode if you ran less than 4 ohms. My Bergantino CN212 can go loud enough for most of my bands, with headroom to spare, with a TH500. Why do you want to run both cabs?

The 60's vs 70's pickup positions were relevant for passive basses and did change the sound of the bass. These Sire basses are active which removes most of the pickup position issues.

I know nothing about dry joints but being unused for so long the caps will definitely need replacing. What condition is the cab and the speakers in? How was it stored? In someone's house or a damp garage? Unless this is costing you less than £100 and you're going to do all the work (as a project) I'd give it a miss. Fender bass amps weren't particularly sought after back then and it is likely to cost a lot to get someone else to get it working. You also need to know if you will cover your costs when you sell it.

Really?

Nice story.

I owned a Wal mk3 custom 5 string for over 10 years but only played it for about 20% of that time. It was the nicest playing bass I've owned. A perfectly balanced, beautifully crafted instrument which sounded great in the originals band and in the recording studio. But, didn't sound right in the blues and soul bands that I also played with. The sound of my Lakland worked better in those bands. The Lakland was a good fit with the originals band as well. A Wal is a top quality and unique instrument but IMO doesn't have a universal sound.

A second Vanderkley will just sit on top of the first cab so won't take up any more space on stage. The best reason to get another cab is 2 will sound 5 times better than 1. Of course, if you have the budget, you could hang on for a few more weeks and check out the new Bergantino CN210 cabs when they arrive.

To me it looks like a solution in search of a problem.

UD, I'm glad it worked for you. But as Gary Willis was selling them at the time, pushing the ramp idea looks more like a marketing opportunity to me.

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1421495912' post='2661949']I can then mock ramp-users for being unable to play without artificial assistance. [/quote] Pretty much this. If "digging in" is bad, don't do it. Learn how to play with control and you can still use as many dynamics as before.

A special time.

Only La Bella say they have a problem with their flats and through the body stringing. I've strung basses both ways and I have to say, while I don't discount any players opinions and experiences on this, I've found that any differences are too subtle for me to detect.

The leather pick guard models were the JG's and [u]the[/u] best sounding Wal I've ever heard. I believe they only made 46 of those. I played one in the Bass Cellar, Denmark Street, in the 90's. They were selling it for Martin Kemp and wanted £1000. At the time I thought that was too expensive. Now I wish I'd just got a bank loan.

That must be a problem with the Chandlers machine. Charlie was always very keen on the Plek. I believe he had the first one, when at Kew, and developed and beta tested it. Lakland and Lull Plek all their basses. If those guys were getting variable results then they wouldn't be using the Plek process. Having said that, the guys at the Gallery did a very good job when they leveled the frets and setup my bass the old fashioned way last year.

A TH500 paired with a Bergantino CN212 is a fantastic sound.

Good result.

Blues Brothers, both; American Graffiti; Paris, Texas; Crossroads; Woodstock, Out of Sight; Mad Dogs and Englishmen; Summer Holiday. . . . . err, did I just say that?

He demo's Thunderfunk amps on their web site.

You should all stop this right now. You're being very silly.

[quote name='blue' timestamp='1421031566' post='2656426'] However there is no good reasons these guys can't be civil to each other. [/quote]I In the past I've been screwed by guys I played with and I'll never have anything to do with them again. I know exactly how Larry feels.