Mr. Foxen

[quote name='paulflan0151' timestamp='1344287643' post='1762386'] I've always wondered about the quality of the modern ampegs, seems like they've been living off their past reputation for a while now. In saying that I've never played a top valve ampeg. [/quote] I've poked around in a holy grail type original 69 blue line SVT, and quality wise it really isn't anything special, they weren't quality items they were good enough and cheap enough that lots of people bought them. There are a lot more Fords about than Rolls Royces, doesn't relate to quality level.

[quote name='paulflan0151' timestamp='1344283314' post='1762307'] Ampeg. Why didn't I think of that? They have some pretty ampeg stacks I'm pmt in Manchester. Might go down and have a little look. Although, I've heard there made in India or somewhere now and I'd begrudge paying top dollar for a cheaply made product. I'd like to buy UK if possible. And there's the price! I'll have to get one of those proper jobs to afford one :-S One of those soul crushing, mundane jobs rather than making guitars for a living! Oh well. Thanks for the posts fellas. Been a real help. [/quote] Find a custom amp builder, offer to build them a guitar. Only ones I know can also make guitars though, but there'll be others. The eastern man Ampegs are comparable in build quality to US made ones, so yeah, cheap.

Don't even mention the concept of mobiles to Steve at EL. Only real way of getting hold of him is to turn up there. Edit: Unless the moon and planets align and the appropriate offerings are made and he is allowed to walk the earth once more, then you might bump into him about the place.

[quote name='paulflan0151' timestamp='1344265313' post='1761937'] Thanks for the reply guys, I was supposed to go to the Matamp factory the other week but was too busy. I'll have to re arrange. I've always tought of Matamp as more of a rock sound. i'm after more of a old school funk. Although, it should be said, I've never heard a Matamp. Well, I'm after something old school sounding but can do somthing a little more hifi too. A guy on here is selling a Markbass valve head which looks up my alley. But again not heard much about them (classic 300). Edit: Im not too fussed about weight. And I'll deffo have a look at the EBS valve head as I loved the old EBS SS combo I had. Thanks again chaps. [/quote] Matamp are pretty clean unless you want them to dirt up. The big fuzzy thing they have an internet rep for was down to an American dealer putting 6550 into a EL34 guitar amp and selling them as 'bass amps' at a premium, meaning they distorted loads from running the wrong valves, then blew up.

[quote name='umph' timestamp='1344259065' post='1761792'] isn't the speaker in the cab that goes with it 400W? - [url="http://www.65amps.com/apollo.html"]http://www.65amps.com/apollo.html[/url] valve recitification isn't a bad thing as long as you put some saftey measures in (new valves have a habbit of dieing and taking the PT with them). They can give a pretty nice break up. Bet the 6sl7 preamp sounds pretty tasty to [/quote] [quote][b]Pair with Elvis style cabinet:[/b] Speakers: 1x12' [b]Celestion G12H30[/b] Dimensions: 25" W x 10" D x 19.75' H Weight in box: 47 lbs[/quote]

+1 on Matamp. Or see link in sig for a selection of other vintage valve amps. Looking at spec, valve rectified is fairly bad call for bass, that much sag will reduce your sound to mush. And the suggested cab being loaded with a 30w guitar driver is bit dodge too, I'm all for using guitar cabs for bass, and consider watts an irrelevance for the most part, but a 30w guitar driver for bass with an amp that is 50w clean, when you can only be hoping to drive the amp and thus exceed 50w before you get 'the tone' is worst idea ever.

[quote name='PlungerModerno' timestamp='1344217240' post='1761422'] EDIT: I doubt even Alex Claber (Barefaced founder if you didn't already know) could make a portable and light 815. [/quote] 3 super 15s is only a bit over the weight of an SVT8x10, so not too far off.

Mazing, a 2x10 with the sensitivity of a pair of SVT 8x10s.

Are these items subject to one of the many exemptions to ROHS compliance? Like large scale industrial tools etc. http://www.timbercon.com/rohs-compliance/RoHS-Compliance-Guide.pdf

Combination of poor dispersion/scooped mids and cancellation from a reflection, usually the ceiling (being a consistent flat place) is what makes rigs hard to hear when close rather than far. Nothing to do with sound waves taking distance to develop, important to understand if you want to avoid it.

[quote name='Batfastard' timestamp='1344198810' post='1761191'] Do you mean it's not availiable to industry? [/quote] Not if they want to be able to sell what they make using it.

Pretty much no chance of the internal speaker being able to use 300w anyway.

If its got no bids there is no problem with ending it, or editing it to have a higher start. It isn't avoiding selling it if it has no bids, because it isn't selling, having a bid locks bunches of editing options.

Sounds like BS, the bulds are part of the crossover for tweeter protection, otherwise the same effect happens from the voice coil itself and is called power compression, and is responsible for some failures, where the increasing impedance drops the volume and the volume control is turned up to compensate, making the issue worse.. The 'bose' part is the giveaway.

Splitting cab doesn't matter for guitar because its the low end that gives the problems, and they don't do it.

Valves aren't so consistent that one going indicates the rest are close.

clicking to embiggen takes me to a 404 page.

Dead valves can still glow, so might be other duds in there. Or it might be just that one has lost its heater supply. Should get it looked at properly rather than chuck more valves at what could be a separate problem that eats valves.

[quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1344089338' post='1759639'] The story of the time was that they were made with the sweepings off the workshop floor, so - if true - at least they would have been Brazilian mahogany [s]sawdust[/s] Resonwood. [/quote] And now that Brazilian mahogany [s]sawdust[/s] Resonwood would be illegal to import to the States.

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1344073116' post='1759351'] I think the main reason why so many custom basses end up for sale is because the musicians who have them made don't really know what are the important things in the build. There is a tendency to try a order "Homer's Car" so they spend ages agonising over the choice of woods, pickups and pre-amp, which are all really details the luthier should be worrying about. Also the closest or cheapest luthier is not necessarily going to be the right one to build your bass. As a player what you want to specify is: 1. The shape. Find a luthier who is already building something that looks like what you want. Unless you want to get into prototypes and the extra expense that incurs, tried and tested designs work best. Besides there are so many custom luthiers out there someone will be building an instrument very close to what you want already. 2. The feel. Ideally from existing instruments that you like, and best is from an actual example that can be measured. When I was ordering my Sei and was unsure about some features, Martin took me upstairs to the shop and I spent a hour playing basses to decide on neck profiles and weight and balance. 3. Colour and Sound. I don't care what woods are used in my basses, so long as if they are visible I like the look of them, and the finished instrument has the right weight and balance. Similarly with the pickups and other electronics. Again when I had my Sei built, I had a picture of a Nordstrand bass I liked the look of and I wanted to sound like Japan-era Mick Karn. I let Martin make the wood choices and just picked the actual examples I liked the look of from his suggested pieces. Same with the pickups. I tried some basses in the shop and told Martin which ones sounded best to me. I've had 2 guitars and 2 basses made for me this way and they are all instruments I will never sell. I don't use them all right now, but that's because they don't necessarily suit the music that I'm playing at the moment. However next year that might be a completely different story. [/quote] Say what you want, don't tell them how to achieve it is the rule. Fairly hard to get people to understand that.

This one is an uprated Ampeg: http://basschat.co.uk/topic/151389-marshall-2001-400w-epic-doom-valve-beast/page__p__1519479__hl__400w%20marshall__fromsearch__1#entry1519479

[quote name='stevie' timestamp='1344087134' post='1759593'] I'm not sure that sticking a very expensive driver in a cheap chipboard box is a great idea. [/quote] Whatever happens, you still ahve the driver. I have already done it twice, so know it works. Also, MDF.