First band as a bassist

[jackhammer]

Hi all,

so as the title states, joining my first band as a bassist and have no idea on how much power my amp will need, apparently the drummer is very loud, would a 400watt head and cab do the job??

Thanks

[Lozz196]

400 watts with an efficient cab should be fine, though if it`s a very loud drummer, I`d go for a 410 rather than 115.

By efficiency, and sorry if stating things you already know, I mean the db rating of the cab. The difference between a 104 db cab to a 99 db cab is quite amazing.

In this situation, a 410 with efficiency of about 102 or 103 would be fine. That way you should have plenty of headroom on your amp, rather than running it on full.

[jackhammer]

Not at all, thanks for your help, I have no idea when it comes to stuff like this, Ive had a rethink and was looking at this....

http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Line-6-HD750-+-Gallien-Krueger-115MBE400-Bass-Stack~ID~17080.asp

Could I add an extra cab to this? As I understand this can is 8ohm, does that mean I can't add a second cab?

[yorick]

Seems like a good bundle. If the head runs down to 4 ohms, you can add a second 8 ohm cab to bring the impedance down to 4 ohms, so you can run the head at full whack. I've been using the 450w version of that head at rehearsals, and they need a bit of work to get into and find the sounds, what with the built in amp and fx sims. Once you get there, nice heads.

[Lozz196]

Yes, another 8 ohm cab will be ok to add in, as the head operates at 750 watts at 4 ohms (tow 8 ohm cabs = one 4 ohm cab). However, one single speaker up against a hard-hitting drummer would have it`s work cut out, so I`d definitely get the additional cab., probably one of these:

http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Gallien-Krueger-210MBE-Bass-Speaker-Cabinet~ID~15013.asp

[jackhammer]

Awesome, cleared everything up perfectly thanks for your help! Now to go shopping!