EBS_freak

Some wheels will rattle horrendously when the cabs are in use - so it's easier just remove them.

[quote name='Grassie' timestamp='1464452338' post='3059592'] I couldn't give a monkey's if they put Jools on the cover. I know who Dave Swift is, but I don't know who half the other players interviewed in this month's edition are, regardless of what bands they're in. [/quote] That's because they aren't pictured with their band mates. Clue : one of them is a luthier.

[quote name='HowieBass' timestamp='1464453208' post='3059599'] I think I'm right in saying that two drivers with a combined load of 4 ohms will be louder than a single driver of 4 ohms because you're moving twice as much air; so don't expect the new 600W speaker to give you the volume increase you'd hear with an extension cab. [/quote] If the speakers are identical and receiving the same power as the single speaker.

[quote name='barneyg42' timestamp='1464430524' post='3059383'] He's on the Beeb every week, seems like appeal to me! [/quote] So is David Cameron.

Has Jools got that sort of level of appeal?

Smart looking rig. I always wanted one of those dinky F1s.

[quote name='EBS_freak' timestamp='1464385107' post='3059167'] Wasn't just Dave on the front of the magazine not so long ago? I seem to recall a picture posted somewhere, sometime...? [/quote]

[quote name='Musashimonkey' timestamp='1464388399' post='3059207'] There could well be something to this, yellow, blue, red; maybe the psycho acoustic aspects of the brains interpretation of sound are more affected by unconscious prejudices over aesthetics or expectations than we think. I'm sure that lots of research has been completed on football teams coloured strips and politicians ties etc, maybe these principles cross over into this area too? [/quote] Tongue in cheek methinks! :-p Although the Markbass owl look puts me right off!

The question I'm gonna ask is why you are changing it? It won't give you any significant difference in volume and if the TS parameters of the replacement speaker is different, you could end up with a less than ideal sounding cab. If you like your tone and just want more volume, add another speaker cab. To answer your question, the amp doesn't care what the load is as long as it isn't less than 4 ohms. So you could achieve that by typically one four ohm speaker or two eight ohm speakers in parallel. (Or one four ohm cab and two eight ohm cabs in parallel - as cabs may contain multiple speakers)

I'd personally look at getting the cheapest lightest bass you can for the time being. Any excess weight at all is not what you need right now.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1464381267' post='3059124'] Scenario #1 - Just Dave Swift on the cover: 95% of bass players: [i]'Who's that bloke on the cover of BGM?'[/i] [/quote] Wasn't just Dave on the front of the magazine not so long ago? I seem to recall a picture posted somewhere, sometime...?

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1464381604' post='3059128'] OK... 99%. [/quote] :-D

No - I mean what sort of PAs are people putting their bass through... eg which tops/mids/subs

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1464377742' post='3059069'] As long as the speakers aren't blue. That's seems to be a dark, woolly colour ;-) [/quote] ;-) If you are really lucky they may turn more a shade of orange... and emit magic smoke.

... As the title says, just wondering when people say they let the PA do the work, what is the PA doing the work?

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1464372222' post='3059019'] Market it right and they will buy in to the idea. [/quote] Seemed to work for Markbass - modelling themselves on Tonka trucks!

[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1464370223' post='3058990'] Oh yes, I do believe the red paint makes a difference to certain freq's. A lot of R&D went in to getting the shade just right...apparently. [/quote] I can well believe it!

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1464365697' post='3058932'] It's quite amazing how you can say one thing on the internet and it can be misinterpreted in so many fascinating ways! [/quote] I know exactly what you mean. I'm accused of saying things I haven't even said!

The red paint? :-p

I reckon they'd spark more interest if they changed the word "rated" for "hated"

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[quote name='dave_bass5' timestamp='1464354622' post='3058781'] There are major claims on the BF website that had me believing this was going to be the last cab i ever needed. Well it wasn't. How could it, they dont know what i like. If thats a neutral, almost flat cab then its not for me. I have no regrets about buying it. Im glad i got to try these great cabs, but its also taught me a valuable lesson. [/quote] But as long as you know that you are wrong, we are all friends.

[quote name='Conan' timestamp='1464353263' post='3058767'] To be fair, I can see where you are coming from with some of those comments. There is certainly a degree of sycophantism running through the amps and cabs area of this site. Funnily enough it is nowhere near as pronounced with amps (apart from the Class D vs "Heft" argument) or with bass guitars. On the other side though, are those of us who have used dozens of different amps, cabs and basses and have arrived at their current set-up based on what they like the sound of. Yes, the weight of my rig is a factor, but it is not the only factor. I have used heavy cabs that I like, and lightweight cabs that I don't like so much. Same goes for amp heads. Some rigs just don't work in certain situations or in certain bands. There are so many variables... Nowt wrong with a bit of healthy argument sometimes... [/quote] And let's not forgets, whilst some cabs may not be perfect, they are "good enough"

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[quote name='Muzz' timestamp='1464352439' post='3058752'] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Aww I love a bit of fishing.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]2 bites in one go.[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]:-p[/font][/color] [/quote] Unlucky - you must have let one get away.