Benji85

Thanks for the apology, and I'm sorry if I offended you and that we started on the wrong foot! No hard feelings. all the best. Ben

Ah you're lovely haha I'm done with trying to reason with you. Your passive aggressive replays are growing very old now. Good day.

Pretty sure if we had a poll on here most people would use ear protection. I'd bet money on it actually

I've been in probably about 10-15 bands over 25 years I think my option is fairly valid and accurate

Ha! Was slightly tongue in cheek... Relax 😜🙄 To be fair I don't know many people that play in bands that are so quite they don't need ear protection.

That's pretty cool Itu, but I do think you are probably in the minority unfortunately

I agree. If your band has a drummer that uses solid sticks you need ear protection And even then I'd use some just to be on the safe side 💯

I understand what you're saying man but unless you have a very gentle drummer or one that plays with brushes etc the volume levels are going to require hearing protection imo

That's all very well and good.. but I don't see why you're saying I don't need hearing protection for playing on stage? I think it's quite common? It's really not the bass that can cause the damage as I said the drum kit and high frequency of the guitar is the worse.

Perhaps but there is this thing called a "drum kit" that I have to keep up with. That's what the hearing protection is mainly for. Cymbals generally aren't that great for your hearing 😂 Have you actually ever played in a band?

The one you've just finished wiping down 😂😬

What can I say I love bass. Yes I wear basic (one up from the foam ones) protectors but am looking at getting some custom ones made at some point

I've heard that nl4 connectors won't do anything as they are for bi amp systems so 2 with only use the 2 cores when connected anyways so seems pointless to get the nl4 (4 core ? ) Ones?

That's good to hear. I hope that my guy sells it then. 🤞

Well guys I should have posted on here BEFORE I got the CTM ... Tried it at home into my single big twin and I can already tellI t's not going to cut unfortunately. I should have know. 100 "valve watts" is still 100 watts. Currently looking at getting an ABM 600 from a member on here not finalized yet but hopefully soon... Abm 500 in one big twin Abm 600 into the other My boss bass chorus has two outputs for stereo so I may put the cabs next to each other and try that or run mono into a vertical stack. That should do it Alternatively the abm 600 into one big twin gets me where I need to be and sell on the other bits. It's a learning curve I guess! Cheers guys

Well hopefully more volume via another cabinet and potentially a better nice warmer bottom end. I know it's "only 100watts" but these are full valve watts and I've heard it's quite capable. If it doesn't work out and is no louder then my current setup then I will use it to drive just one cabinet, keeping my current amp driving the other. I will also have a nice full valve amp for recording etc Worse case scenario I don't get on with it at all and have to sell it but I've heard it produces a lovely tone

Thanks man yes I will post pictures and gig report in a new thread after its first outing in 3 weeks time! 🤘

I have emailed Alex at barefaced however asking if this is normal

If I was overdricing the preamp then how it the distortion linked to output gain and not the input gain? I understand what you're saying but power handling numbers rarely mean much. It's just a very good 2x12 at the end of the day

Well I make sure the vu meter doesn't go into the red as not to over drive the amp. I'm not sure what else I can do to? There is still some left on the output, as I said I only run it to around 1 o clock before it starts to distort the twin

Yes this is correct. I have the input gain so that my vu just about hits the "0" and then the output to about 1 o clock before the big twin starts to distort on certain notes. It's definitely speaker distortion and not amp overdrive. Cheers

Next thing is 2.5 Vs 4mm cable?? 😩🤔

Thanks Paul. Yes sorry speakon cables . I recently heard back from Dave at ashdown he says that I would only need the 2 core version as the 4 core is for "bi amps" whatever that is! 🤣 I shall await the arrival of the amplifier first before ordering the cable as some models came with speakon connectors on the back and other with jack.

Hello everyone, I've been a lifelong ashdown abm 500 Evo 1 user (for the last 20 odd years) it's a great amp. I recently got a barefaced big twin 2 gen 3 and it's glorious. I play in a reggae funk band often in large halls without much pa support. I was finding I'm pushing the big twin 2 pretty much to breaking point a lot of the time. Anyway I've ordered another one (off a member on here again) and also an ashdown CTM 100 amplifier to power them - as this will run down to 2 ohms which is needed when connecting both cabs together. Anyway I'm looking to make sure I've got the correct cables for this but am unsure about the differences between 2 Vs 4 core. I've been advised that the barefaced cab is wired in "+1-2" whatever this means?? I didn't hear this directly from barefaced however, only an eBay seller who I asked the same question to. Does anyone know if the barefaced 12xn - or big twin 2 cabs require 2 or 4 core speakon cables? Ad what this +1-2 means? Thanks Ben