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Having owned one I would say that a Mustang offers more sound flexibility and the RI's are quieter. Musicmasters really do have an individual sound; heavy on the bass, quite aggressive sounding. Certainly not hi-fi and I found the tone knob did little. Perhaps liken it to an Orange Bass Terror? Great for rock, punk and other noisy styles. Handles fuzz and distortion well too. I can't really see what benefits a Musicmaster would have over a bog standard P or Mustang. Truckstop

Ah, tedious you say? Then you'll be talking about Mumford and Sons! Alex

Well I certainly wouldn't like to give you any misconceptions here as I don't really know how it all works. I'm sure someone will be along soon! Alex

The West Duggsville Jug and Country Band?! Never! Alex

ZZ Top?! Never! Alex

Hmmm, I'm sure someone will be able to give a definitive answer, but I was under the impression that valve amps should always be connected to a cab. I think it's ok for transistor amps though. I used to use an Ampeg PF-500 purely as a DI and it was fine. Truckstop

GAS! Truckstop

Well eventually Jens will die and he will stop making basses; Ritters that have been kept in tip-top condition will be worth a small fortune as the most exotic bass guitars of the early 21st Century! If I had the money, I'd buy a 4 string Cora and not use it and I will display it as a work of art and hand it down to my children. Eventually they'll be able to sell it for drugs or something! Truckstop

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1362599977' post='2002024'] Fuzz and tweeters do not get along well. That's why guitar speakers don't have them. [/quote] +1 See if you can disconnect the tweeter and give it a go then. Should be much much better! Also have a go at swapping the speakers out for something a little more heavyweight. Eminence are a good starting point and they often turn up on eBay for not much money; dead easy to swap over too, just a little clip to attach. The speaker chassis will fit the original screw holes too. Good luck and have fun! Alex

If everyone says it sounds fine I wouldn't worry about it. If I were to change anything though, I'd try and work with a clean bass sound. Drop the muff for a couple of gigs and hear the difference! Truckstop

Also, speaker size has very little to do with bass response or perceived volume. Once again, I'd stick with your Peavey 4x10. Good cab design is what you're looking for! These days there are many 1x10 and 1x12 cabs that'll easily go lower and louder than 15 and 18 inch speaker cabs. Truckstop

Yes, don't do it! Good bass response comes from well designed, well constructed bass cabinets. Not from cheap, plastic PA speaker-type doo-dads! Personally I'd advise that you pay attention to how you EQ your sound. Boosting the mids and dropping the bass is a good way to increase perceived volume and also increases cab efficiency because the speakers aren't trying to reproduce the lower frequencies. Low frequencies require a lot of energy and power to reproduce, dropping them a bit means that your amp can put more energy towards increasing your volume rather than reproducing heavy bass frequencies. Increasing the mids will also ensure you cut through the band mix a little better; a little bit of clank never hurt anybody! If you're desperate to upgrade your rig though, I'd look to put together another £50-£100 and look for a Hartke 3500 or something like. Loads of power, great tone, great looks and rack-mountable. You literally cannot go wrong with Hartke gear. I wouldn't worry about upgrading your cab just yet, but if you do, then look for Peavey cabs. The black widow speakers are pretty special and Peavey is made to last! Seriously high build quality and great tone. Hope this helps! Truckstop

Hmmm, might have a look at the Celestion Vintage 30 then! Cheers! Alex

You should be getting serious volume out of that rig; get thee to a shop and get the power stage valves looked at. Truckstop

I tend to rest the ball of my thumb over the top couple of strings web playing the D and G. Sort of a variation on the floating thumb technique; rather than anchor the thumb on the top string on the pickup etc, I rest the side of my thumb on whichever strings I'm not playing. From the front, it looks like I'm damping all the strings with my whole hand. Truckstop

Cheers Lozz, Just wanted to make sure that another speaker isn't a complete waste of time! I don't really want to buy a different amp because I really like the Cambridge; I dunno it just really suits me and sounds exactly like I want it to. Anyway, someone I know knows I like Vox stuff and has found me a Vox V112NT for peanuts. Worth a shot? Alex

Hello all, So I took up playing guitar about a year ago and I think I'm getting pretty good! I'm in a covers band playing simple songs and having a good time, but we recently decided that we should try and get a few gigs for fun. I use a Vox Cambridge (9310, 30w model) which sounds awesome but it sometimes feels like I could do with a little more power/volume. At the moment I'm running it as loud as I dare and I'm scared of knackering it out, especially if we start playing a venue any bigger than your normal sized pub! Would adding an extension cab get me that extra volume I'm after? I already use an amp stand to angle the combo so I can hear myself fine, it's more making sure that I'll have enough volume to cope with venues without faffing about with the PA. Cheers! Alex

Resurrection! I want more Stoner! Truckstop

The Bass Collection 5ers sound awesome and weigh nothing, but have quite wide broad fretboards I found. Quite a large string spacing too; the ones I've played on were 19mm. Also, put a 'wanted' ad up for a bass first. £330 looks a little steep for me; you could probably get one for £250-£300. Truckstop