Bi-amping/cross overs etc???

[zephead]

Hi guys! Just bought a Peavey Megabass Head with a bi-amping facility from ebay for £100. Anyone had any experience with one? Sounds awesome but i have no experience of bi-amps or crossovers. errrrrrrrrrrrr........................what are they? What are the best settings etc?

[Bill Fitzmaurice]

[quote name='zephead' post='634031' date='Oct 22 2009, 06:57 PM']errrrrrrrrrrrr........................what are they?[/quote]
They're of little use with cabs that aren't specifically designed to work with bi-amping, and of the current crop of commercial bass cabs there are none. You'd have a fair enough result with a 2x15 for the bottom and a 2x10 sealed guitar cab on the top, using around 300 Hz for the crossover frequency, but with two bass cabs running both full range will probably work better.

[warwickhunt]

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' post='634111' date='Oct 23 2009, 02:26 AM']They're of little use with cabs that aren't specifically designed to work with bi-amping, and of the current crop of commercial bass cabs there are none. You'd have a fair enough result with a 2x15 for the bottom and a 2x10 sealed guitar cab on the top, using around 300 Hz for the crossover frequency, but with two bass cabs running both full range will probably work better.[/quote]

+1 to that. I've had a couple Bi-amp rigs (GK800RB was a classic example) and tbh when put through bog standard bass cabs, imho they sounded better run full-range.