Lozz196

Yammys in my view are quality instruments. I had a BB1100s in the late 80s/early 90s. Must have done about 1000 gigs on it, with no backup, and never had any problems with it. Recorded well too.

As far as I know, the only way will be to change the speaker cones to make the cab a 4 ohm cab, or add another 8 ohm cab. Changing the cones would be fairly expensive though.

However, from having been in roughly the same situation myself, the advice I was given on here was that to the ear, obtaining the full power from an amp into a 4 ohm cab, compared to the reduced power into an 8 ohm cab is not very much at all.

So I tried it, and having done so, when I had two 8 ohm Ampeg cabs, first using both, then just the one at at a band practice, the only real reduction I noticed was in the "size" of the sound, not so much the actual volume. My cabs were a 4x10 and a 2x10, and when I used only one cab it was the 4x10.

Maybe a higher sensitivity cab would be the way forward?

Nice one Clarky, will have to make the effort & come along myself to one of these.

I`d look at Hartke, Ampeg, Peavey or Trace Elliot. All have great sounds, are reliable, and easy within your budget 2nd hand - there are probably a fair few on here at present. The Hartke LH 500 gets a lot of praise on here, and is £300 new - leaves you £300 for a decent 2nd hand cab.

Also, there`s the Marshall MB range. Powerful, great sounding (especially for rock - well it`s Marshall, it would have to be) and reasonably priced.

Change one string, change them all, in my view. The G always sounds brighter anyway - a new G will stand out like the proverbials on a boxer dog!

A "one of you who has loads of basses needs this" type of bump.

I like the look of that. Had a Les Paul bass a few years ago, great bass, really thick rich bottom end. Was heavy though.

For me, and the Precision, it`s all about the sound. That chunky low-mid sound that just fills out the bottom-end of a song so well.

The music I play is both punk - Pistols/Clash/Sham 69, rock - AC/DC, Buckcherry, and other stuff such as a bit of ska - Specials. The Precision just does all of these so well. Before I played bass, the two bassists whose sound I really liked was Bruce Foxton of The Jam, and JJ Burnell of The Stranglers - both Precision users (tho Bruce Foxton did his early stuff on a Rick, and is therefore usually associated with Ricks).

On its own, the Precision isn`t so nice to the ears as the Jazz, in my opinion, but in a band making a bit of a racket, such as punk & rock, the Precision to me, works better.

The MIM Precisions are good instruments. The Classic 50s is incredibly good. The Road Worns are amazingly good.

Whilst I still prefer my US Standards, I`m yet to play a Mex Precision that I don`t like.

I think it`s the age old problem that many have with it being seen as a "budget" instrument, so therefore can`t be as good. And realistically, Fender have not made them to be. That is why they are cheaper, but they are still "real" Fenders, but with some manufacturing/labour/material costs saved. The US Standards are are over twice the price of a Mex, and I don`t think they are twice as good. I do think they are better though.

Definately worth checking out the Classic Series - they do a 60s and a 70s version. 70s version has the bridge pickup slightly nearer the bridge, bound rosewood neck, with blocks - looks absolutely great.

I had one of the 70s ones, but ultimately, I`m a Precision man, and don`t get on with the sounds of a Jazz, but the quality of the Classic range can`t be denied.

The Ampeg SVT 210AV is a really great sounding little cab, if you like the Ampeg sound - two of those maybe? They handle 200 watts at 8 ohms.

The SVT 3-Pro is strange in the way it works. As others have said, master on full, then get the volume with the gain seems to get good results. When I had mine (albeit briefly - long story, no reflection on the amp) I had no problems with volume. Into my two Ampeg cabs which I had at the time - SVT 410HE & SVT 210HE - the performance was equal to my TC Electronic Classic 450, with the same volume/gain settings (both on about 4).

If extra volume is needed, and you`re not using the graphic, switch it on with all sliders set flat, then use the grahic level slider - this also way increases the volume.

I`ve tried many P-Basses, ranging from Squier Affinity, Standard Mex, Classic 50s (Mex) Mike Dirnt (Mex), US Standard, all the way up to Custom Shop Pino Palladino signature model.

My ones that felt instantly at home with me were a Road Worn, the CS Pino, and my two US Precisions.

All of the others were great, however, the Affinity especially was a hell of a lot of bass for the money.

Given the choice out of any of them, I`d go for the two I actually own at present, but the Road Worns are great basses too. At present, they seem to be fetching more 2nd hand than US Standards.

I`m happy to recommend the TC Electronic Classic 450. Amazingly versatile, and very easy to cart about. Probably only about 300 watss at 8 ohms though, however from what I`ve read about Barefaced cabs, I can`t see that being too much of a problem.

I found the Seymour Duncan Quarter Pounder that I had in my Precision to be far too trebly for me.

[quote name='Skezza' post='1191488' date='Apr 7 2011, 10:31 AM']How much is the duff reissue[/quote]
A massive £870

I`ve not tried the 1000, but having had the 500, and at gigs in pubs of 100/150 capacity only being able to have both gain and volume on 2, I can`t imagine how useful double that kindof power could be. And this was in a punk band, playing Pistols/Clash/Sham 69 etc, so we made a fair bit of noise. I think it`s 150 that can be spent, but will never really be needed to be spent.

I`ve flitted between bands on both bass & guitar over the years, but the way I describe myself:

I`m a bassist, that can play guitar.

Bass is no.1.

I`ve bought a few cases from them. Once, one turned up that was slightly damaged, and the couldn`t have been more helpful in sorting it out for me.

The cases themselves are of good quality, and very reasonable. I too bought one of the Fender style tweed cases, and it was very good indeed. The other two cases I`ve bought have been - ahem - guitar cases. Still good though, even if they are for the dark side!

Am I going mad? I ask re pickup height adjustment, as I`m sure I`ve seen on here a thread which stated that lowering the pickup increases bass, and therefore makes the pickup seem louder.

Is this fact, or did I dream the above?

Please put me out of my misery.

[quote name='cetera' post='1190635' date='Apr 6 2011, 04:19 PM']Wouldn't be a GnR tribute would it? [/quote]
Surely then it would be the singer who was making evrything diffcult...............

[quote name='Wooks79' post='1190452' date='Apr 6 2011, 01:23 PM']I've now had an offer from a mate of an Ampeg SVT-3pro in my price range, so its now between that, or the Orange TB!

I don't know what to do..... [/quote]

I`ve had both, and again, the versatility of the Ampeg SVT-3pro could edge this choice, and would, if it were me. OTB is great at what it does, but to have any real versatility with it, you really need pedals, in my view. The SVT-3pro however has sooooo many different sounds that can be coaxed from it.

Saying that however, can you get the exact sound you want from the OTB? If so, they are a decent amp, insanely loud performance, and more easily portable than the Ampeg. As with anything amp-wise, it has to come down to the sound in the end.

The only 12s I`ve used were my in shall VBC 412. I do like 12s - they seem have slighly more grunt than 10s, but don`t get lost at the bottom of the mix as some 10s can. Less punchy than 10s though, however of course, I`m basing all of this on the 12s I`ve used, compared as well, to the 10s & 15s I`ve also used.

Gotta say tho, every time I`ve heard a Markbass 12 inch speaker I`ve been blown away by how well it sits within the mix of the band, and these do seem to have some extreme punch!

[quote name='Skezza' post='1190373' date='Apr 6 2011, 12:19 PM']Its japanese it the same bass Duff Mcagen uses with the all black jazz neck with black headstock

skez[/quote]
Wish I had the funds for this - Duff is one of my fave bassists, but the signature model is way beyond my means, and this one is probably more authentic anyway.

Feck

I think in general that Basschat has far more positives than negatives. It`s very easy to spot, especially in the Off Topic area, when people are either asking for advice on matters, or just want to air what they are feeling about a situation which is getting to them. Having read many of these, and contributed (hopefully to the positive) on a fair few, the kindness and good words exhibited on all posts seem at odds with the general view of todays society.

And reading here about people loaning equipment - well I`ve neither had to borrow, nor ask for a loan - but this really shows goodwill and decency, because as we all know, this bass gear don`t come cheap.

A pat on the back to us all, I think.