Mr. Foxen

If the power amps are anything like the guitar amps, they'll have wee tiny underspecced output transformers, so will be rubbish for bass, as the ability to pass low frequencies is proportional to the size. No point in having power valves if you don't want a bit of drive going on. Plus those are stereo, so you need a couple of cabs to run them, or a stereo cab.

If you already have a VT bass, you can just get a power amp and use the VT as a preamp, that will give you cheap power, and VT bass tone. What is your budget like? You can get valve amps that aren't Orange or SVT for not insane money. I think I can sort a working SC120 for around £350, given notice, will have more balls than a blackface clone.

Curious about doing finishing before pickup routing.

[quote name='borisbrain' post='1030990' date='Nov 20 2010, 11:16 PM']Hi folks, I've recently discovered this forum, and think it's just great. This is my first post though, so be gentle... I've read through all the posts in this highly useful thread, and have certainly learned a great deal. However, here's my situation: I currently run a Trace Elliot AH200 (Series 6 GP12) into two 300W 8 ohm TE cabs (a 1153 and 2103x). I take one output from the back of the head, then daisy chain the two cabs together by XLR. So, from what I've learned from this thread, this is a parallel 4 ohm cab set-up, delivering 200W. However, the AH200 is on its way out. I've also got two loud guitarists to cut through in the band, so I'm thinking of getting of getting an AH500 head that I've spotted on Flea Bay. The idea is to use the same speakers, so the cabs would theoretically receive a max of 500 W. However, they're 300W cabs. My question - is this a no-no because the output power of the amp would exceed the wattage of the cabs? Or do two cabs at 300W each effectively give me 600W? Alternatively, anyone got a TE 250 or 300W SMX??? Many thanks, BB[/quote] Problem is, with the same speakers, you probably won't get much louder even if you have more power on tap.

Mate's pix only Orange:

[quote name='TimR' post='1031345' date='Nov 21 2010, 01:04 PM']How many people use an 8x10" at full power?[/quote] I've farted out 8x10s. They don't like lows. Lesson is: Never use one 8x10.

Come on Umph, I know you are holding out on us here.

Keep time by thrusting your crotch. It's not Doom, but it is awesome and manly. I sometimes find I'm standing on one leg and swinging the other one like a pendulum, playing pretty slow stuff though, heavy boots make it slower.

Get second hand hardware, keep the originals, if you want money, take off the hardware, sell it, put the original stuff back on, same as any other gear, except more screwdriver work. It is what I started doing, and sometimes I get paid to do it to peoples instruments now.

Get it biased again and checked out, might just be the bias has gradually drifted and doesn't quite sound the same any more.

Ashdown Lomezo Hyperdrive should be the go to bass distortion, it covers most stuff as it has a built in blend.

Thing is, if that goes to a BCer, I'll be coveting it indefinitely, as it is, I only have to resist for a few days.

Does clear nail varnish wrinkle tape? Sealing down the edges with that might do the trick.

Wipe down with meths and electrical tape. Electrical tape has fooled Bassassin in photos of a Rickenfaker.

The only bit in a cab that can be damaged by amp clipping is the tweeter/crossover, because they see the flat bit as high frequency, and they can't cope with that sort of power level.

All together and working. Still got to make a new scratchplate, is being a nutpain due to being a different shape to everything else, as well as being misaligned. Reckon it will come to practice tomorrow.

[quote name='Simmo' post='1027982' date='Nov 18 2010, 02:50 PM']I know i may sound stupid, but i was looking at the order form for the BT7, and there was an option for Bass side or Treble side, what does this mean?[/quote] You can detune strings other than the bottom one, and on 2 a side headstocks.

I was lined up to fix her bass neck, but the guy didn't know exactly what the problem was, so it went to the better equipped local luthier. I'd have liked to have met the Queen of the Gingers.

They are open chassis, but once they go, seems they don't last, I have been doing exactly that, but never seems to keep them going for long. The problem with this one is the switch is totally slack, so time to source decent replacements. Might just go switchcraft.