warwickhunt

[quote name='SimBass' post='639062' date='Oct 28 2009, 01:47 PM']+1[/quote] +1 OBBM... you'll find you may get one or two more recommendations for our Dave before your thread dies out.

What a shame you can't remove the amp section from these combos and use as standalone products.

Bet the amp and cab sales section of the forum is going to be flooded in the very near future with either Tecamp products or you guys clearing out your old gear!

[quote name='Musicman20' post='638532' date='Oct 27 2009, 09:48 PM']I dont understand...the info says its 4 ohms...yet it doesnt confirm it. I need to double check. Model: Puma Combo 210 Configuration: 2 x 10” TecAmp LE10-65 4 ohms THIS BIT Preamp: solid state preamp with gain, taste, lo, lomid, himid, hi, master controls, switchable mute, DI pre/post, XLR balanced DI out, 1 x effects loop, tuner out, line out, line in Power Amp: Class D amplifier, 320 w; 500 w / 4 ohms Power supply: switching power supply Cooling: high quality temperature controlled fan Tweeter: 1 x NTM-1 hi-mid speaker with double Neodym magnet system 4” cone Freq. Response: 35-18.000 Hz Dimensions (W x H x D): 44 x 65 x 41 cm; 17” x 25,5” x 16” Weight: 20,5 kg / 46 lbs[/quote] "Every Puma combo boasts an external Speakon® output for the connection of an additional speaker cabinet. " To add an additional cabinet the internal drivers would have to be an 8 ohm load otherwise were it a 4 ohm load you'd potentially be going down to 2 ohms! There's a long running thread over on TB and I've seen something in there about 320w into the combo internal load, which differs from the standalone puma amp doing 260w into an 8 ohm load... don't ask me how they do that. Here we go; feel free to try and read the whole 30 pages. [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=482991&highlight=tecamp&page=27"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.p...amp&page=27[/url]

[quote name='Musicman20' post='638515' date='Oct 27 2009, 09:40 PM']Im thinking of the 2x10 if its 4 ohms...itll stop me gassing for a Walkabout 1x12 for a bit[/quote] The 2x10 combo is running an 8 ohm internal load, so you'd need an 8 ohm extension cab to get the 500w.

[quote name='bassbloke' post='638385' date='Oct 27 2009, 07:50 PM']Have to ask, anyone tempted by the Bad Bull and a pair of 8x10s?[/quote] Anyone considering the Bad Bull (and that is a stonking bargain) should be aware that you can't run a 4 ohm load off it. It operates at silly wattages BUT they are 8 ohms per output or 16 ohms bridged... BEWARE if you have a 4 ohm load!

Did anyone on here bag one of the 2x12 combos?

[quote name='RussFM' post='638387' date='Oct 27 2009, 07:52 PM']Yeah my confirmation email says S212 - I would prefer the M, but either way, a lightweight 2x12 that handles up to 600w is exactly what I need! That would be amazing! £2700 off RRP for an all-valve amp, they won't last long![/quote] It isn't an all valve amp, iirc it just has a couple of valves in (inc' one in the power amp section)... the dead give away is the power to weight ratio!

[quote name='wateroftyne' post='637241' date='Oct 26 2009, 07:36 PM']Heftier, but not hefty! The 2U SKB is 4kg, the Boschma is 6kg.[/quote] That is a surprise, I'd have thought there was a bigger difference!

[quote name='Kev' post='637225' date='Oct 26 2009, 07:21 PM']the pic is a rick.... But yeah, listed in the musicman section is interesting [/quote] Is there someone from Music Ground registered on BC by any chance? I only ask as there was a pic of a brand new white Stingray when I posted this thread... wish I'd taken a screenshot!

[quote name='Dubs' post='637192' date='Oct 26 2009, 06:57 PM']Cheers for the advice guys; some interesting stuff there. I'll have to have a look into a few of the brand names mentioned. The stuff I'm looking at racking will probably come to a total weight of just over 20kg so I guess I'd be looking at a pretty heavy duty case.[/quote] As far as I am aware all of the cases mentioned will be fine with that weight. I had a Warwick Protube IX head that weighed more than 20kg and it was housed in a Gator and then an SKB case no problem. If you have a bit of weight to the contents of the case you might want to look at the weight of the cases themselves; I recall that the Boschma cases are fairly hefty (which probably makes them a better bet when involved in a hefty knock and having seen WoT's case it could take a fall out of the back of a transit... on the motorway! ) and if it is just a case to carry in and out of the car with limited chance of a proper tumble then some of the lighter cases might be as appropriate and less hernia inducing.

I might be nitpicking but if I were a shop advertising a £2.7k bass I'd at least have a pic of a Ric and NOT a Stingray (Oh and in the eBay prefilled bit NOT have 'Sub-type: Musicman')! Just small details I know but you'd expect a large chain to do better. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRAND-NEW-RICKENBACKER-4001-C64-FIREGLO-BASS-GUITAR_W0QQitemZ310176988074QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV?hash=item4837fd3baa"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BRAND-NEW-RICKENBACK...=item4837fd3baa[/url]

[quote name='biskitbass' post='637089' date='Oct 26 2009, 05:18 PM']Hiya mate. Do you have any pics of that setup? Got the two aggie cabs myself and keen to se what it look slike :-)[/quote] I have to confess the pad is pretty unobtrusive and I've yet to have anybody at a gig (other than band members) even notice that it is there. I'll flick through some recent gig pics later but I've not 'specifically' taken a pic of it so it may well be a background jobbie. If I can't find one I'll get one taken but I don't have a gig for a couple of weeks, so as and when.

[quote name='Nostromo' post='637111' date='Oct 26 2009, 05:47 PM']I seem to remember that with the Black Widow range (and this applies to the 12"'s and the 15"s) the guitar cab versions have paper based cones whilst the PA versions have composite plastic type cones. You will definitely wanna make sure you get the instrument cab version before you part with your cash . . . if your gonna be using it in a bass cab that is ?[/quote] Are you sure? As I say I have a pair of HiSys II PA speakers and the drivers in these are the identical items (i.e. paper cones) that are found in the bass gear; I only recall that as a friend some years back asked me to check as he had a BW equipped Databass combo and he was considering getting the driver from an identical cab to mine. Maybe the spec changed at some point.

I have a used SKB 4U case for sale @ £40 BUT the postage on top would push it closer to £50. I own a 3U Gator case and I have to confess that it is fine for protecting my amp BUT I really get irritated by the fact that the catches are on the case not the lid (unlike SKB who got it right) and when it sits on top of a bass cab you can, at certain frequencies, get sympathetic 'rattles'; a little thing not noticeable to punters at gig volume but chuffin' annoying all the same.

A bit of a rare bird in these parts. Personally I think the Parker Fly shape suits the guitar far better than the bass (I have a P38 and it is a lovely comfortable, good sounding guitar), though I'd love to try the bass version.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='636748' date='Oct 26 2009, 09:50 AM']For one truly awful moment, I read this as [b][i][color="#FF0000"]Squier James Jamerson Signature Jazz [/color][/i][/b]...[/quote] Ooops that had me thinking Jamerson... Jazz then i got to your comment and reread the title!

I'm not going to be a huge help as I don't know the model numbers but that sounds like the SD pups that Warwick installed as an option in their SSI basses back in the late 80's (or was it into the 90's ). IIRC the little rocker switches changed the frequency response... as much as I can add at this point! With regard to are they any good; they were stock SD pups so if you liked the tone of SD then yes they were good but at the time they were up against a lot of stiff competition from EMG etc. They always intrigued me and if you'd had the matching Jazz pup I'd have made you an offer for them as I'd have been interested to hear what they sounded like compared to the MEC's in my SSI.

[quote name='casapete' post='635973' date='Oct 25 2009, 10:44 AM']Warwickhunt has a pair of BW 1x15 PA cabs on sale here for £110, which I reckon is a bargain for good USA made gear.[/quote] Just happened upon this thread! As stated, I have a pair of BW (each 4 ohm 350w) for sale; mounted in HiSys II cabs. I did a quick search on eBay and I found a BW basket assembly (i.e. no magnet etc) @ £60, so if you have a damaged cone that might be a good idea. <edit> Actually if you just wanted one then that might suit me fine as I'll just leave the other cab at my rehearsal space and it'll save me humping my gig cabs back and forwards!

[quote name='Linus27' post='636507' date='Oct 25 2009, 09:12 PM']So whats the difference between a Warwick Streamer and a Spector? Is one better than the other.[/quote] Assuming you are comparing like with like (SSI v NS2)... depends who you ask. Essentially they are just variations and one is not better than the other; just 'different'!

[quote name='WalMan' post='636465' date='Oct 25 2009, 08:42 PM']Declare or not it [i]could[/i] have an effect on the car insurance certainly - just try getting a quote through Confused or somesuch without mentioning a second source as a muso, and then adding it in and see how the quotes change [/quote] I hadn't thought of doing an online quote but just out of interest I had a go... made a difference of £325 (give or take the pennies) to my quote!

[quote name='david_l_perry' post='636396' date='Oct 25 2009, 07:15 PM']No reason why it should that I can think of. It never has for me at any rate.[/quote] The only reason I ask is that insurance companies weight the premium depending upon your job and I'm fairly certain that they'd take a 2nd income of 'Musician' and use that upon which to base your premiums, rather than a softer option which your first job might be (I base this assumption on the fact that insurance companies are money grabbing tw*ts who will try and worm there way out of paying out whilst happily increasing your premium at the drop of a hat ). I do know that as a Musician you'd be in a higher risk bracket than say a shelf stacker/production line worker/teacher/whatever. Though if you were getting tax rebates that may offset some of the cost and would it be possible to claim any excess premium back from the taxman?