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Hi Ivan

I'm not completely clear what you want but if I understand correctly you do not have problems with volume but rather you want a fuller low end and a more detailed top end.  If this is right I'd say you should think about a big baby 2, I'd probably sell the SM as the BB2 should be an improvement  all round unless you need the volume of 2 cabs.

3 hours ago, Bass Culture said:

You've reminded me I need to buy all the Pixies post-reformation stuff.  Have everything of theirs up to Trompe Le Monde on vinyl....God, I loved that band (cue wistful staring into the distance with vacant smile on face).

I'd start with Indie Cindy personally,  I'd say it ranks with the older stuff. The later two albums are good but not quite up there - IMO of course

I've got tape and cd versions of surfer rosa and bossanova by the Pixies, i got the tapes from a second hand shop and later got the cds when i saw them very cheap in hmv.  I've often found tapes to get pretty unreliable as times go by so thats why really. Ive also got rank by the smiths on 12" and 10" vinyl, I saw the 10" version a few years agoin a second hand shop years after i got the 12" and as i had never seen or heard of the 10" version i thought i should get it despite not using the record player much anymore.

I don't need a 5 string, I could play any gig with a 4 , or probably even a 3 string. (Two strings would make octave parts a bit too challenging I think) . However I have 2 five strings, one strung b to g for the lower range and one e to c for chords. This is better for the bands I use them for, a four would do but wouldn't be ideal. I could use a 6 string instead of 2 fives but I've found them a bit heavy and I'm not too keen on the look.     

So ultimately I don't think you exactly need more than 4, but it may well be better to have 5 or 6.

Sure a good bass into a good amp (presumably a speaker too) is all you need, unless your in a band which requires some effects pedals in which case it isn't. However in most cases it is.

Nice bass, the electronics look like a version of the kubicki x factor preamp, with that third multi position knob. If I remember correctly Hamm was well known for playing a Kubicki, who were a company with connections to fender.

I usually do take a spare bass, I take my hohner b2a as it takes up very little space. To me convenience is relevant, I dont take a spare cab for example as that would be very inconvenient but the hohner stick bass in its little air rifle sized gig bag takes up very little room.

I personally like slap and quite enjoy playing it. Although playing slap live is something i do very rarely because the kind of music I usually play doesnt really involve any. I dont agree that slap is just for showing off, although it is often used for that reason.

Id say this is a good example of slap working with the song as opposed to just showing off

I really like this guys stuff. my faves are the BobMarley/Billy Idol and the Bee Gees/ Deep purple tracks

01 Ever played a gig sitting down?

Yes, just one it was an acoustic gig

02 Ever gigged on a different instrument?

Yes , drums

03 Ever shared a stage with a musical hero of yours?

KInd of, Ive played in the band for Derrick Morgan and Stranger Cole, my band have also suppoerted Lee "Scratch" Perry who's definately one of my musical heroes if that counts

04 Any fan ever had a tatoo of your band's logo?

Not that i know of

05 Ever signed an autograph in a dressing room?

Yes

06 Ever cried on stage?

No

07 Ever worn a hat on stage?

Not for more than 1 song

08 Ever gigged with a band you hadn't met before the gig?

No, not the whole band anyway

09 Ever been in a relationship with a fellow band member?

Yes

10 Ever played in different bands on the same day?

Yes

11 Ever had anything thrown at you while playing?

No

12 Ever crashed on the way to the gig?

No

13 Ever left a band over the choice of set list?

No

14 Ever slept in the venue despite it not being a hotel?

Yes

15 Ever been supported by a band clearly better than you?

No, at least from my point of view

16 Ever played a gig suffering from some debilitating medical condition?

No

17 Ever been in a band where the guitarist was your favourite bandmate?

Yes

18 Ever played in the grounds of a stately home?

no

19 Ever injured yourself on stage?

No

20 Ever been told that your bass isn't loud enough?

Yes, and that its too loud, sometimes at the same gig

Really don't like the modern single cuts or relics, luckily I don't think I've ever seen both together. Not keen on front LEDs either. Sooner or later someone will make a modern single cut relic with front LEDs.

Kubicki X factor, I think it counts as a headstock?  Shaped like a Japanese Katana sword.

Im not surprised the eden seemed better, but i think it would also sound better than most other class ab solid state amps too, i think their very good amps.

Ive had very mixed results with various combinations, but i found that a trace v6 into an acme lowb2 can produce a beautiful clean guitar sound

Ive used eden WT amps for a few years (wt400 and metro) and i like them alot, probably my fave solid state amps. I think they have a good warm core sound and very comprehensive eq. I used an e series combo at a gig a couple of weeks ago (a fifteen with what looked like a whizzer cone) and it seemed pretty good too.

I think tone, i dont necesarily need to be able to play particularly difficult parts but want the bass to sound as good as it can.

I have owned a v6 and a va350 (precursor to hexavalve, with a series 5 11 band graphic as opposed to the hexas 12 band) which seems very similar to a hexavalve at the same time and directly compared them. Both sounded great and i dont think they were heavy for 300 watt odd valve amps. I would say that the v6 (which i still gig with sometimes) had a better core tone but the big graphic eq was much more practical live than the tonestack on the vtype. The v type had a particularly warm and natural sounding bottom end, but it was less controllable in troublesome rooms. I think the va 350/hexa valve would give the best compromise of sound quality and practical eq but the v6 is imo the sweetest sounding amp ive used, this includes all the big ampeg and mesa valve heads.

manufacturers often put 2x10 speakers in a smaller box than a 1x15, this is probably why 15 loaded cabs generally sound bassier and fuller than 2x10s. I think the ratio of "total speakerage" to "box size" is a better rough guide than speaker size itself.

Also if people expect a bassy 1x 15 and middy/toppy 2 x10 its probably in the manufacturers interest to conform to these expectations somewhat.

I think although most basses are perfectly playable some are more "built to play" than others, playing a rickenxxxker is like night and day compared with playing a kubicki, in my opinion anyway. although of course some of this may be down to individual style and body shape.

Hank Marvin?

i usually use a Laptop and Native instruments usb audio interface into a hifi amp and floor standing hifi speakers, a mix of old and new really, it sounds great.

Personally i am fine with neo speakers and find the weight a big plus. Not been impressed with class d amps though and i don't feel my eden wt 400 is heavy or large enough to cause any problem.

[quote name='Bill Fitzmaurice' timestamp='1449692945' post='2926097']
There's no such thing as throw, at least not where bass cabs are concerned. All lose volume at the same rate, 6dB per doubling of distance when room reflections are not present. Variations in that rate are due to room reflections, not the speaker. Line sources behave differently, but we don't use line sources for bass. A vertical stack of tens or twelves will have some line source properties, but only in the upper midrange.
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yes throw isn't really a thing, hence the inverted commas. I was just trying to answer the question without opening up another subject.

[quote name='taunton-hobbit' timestamp='1449678823' post='2925912']
TDW (#13)....I recall that Bose did something similar in the 80's...a lot of little (5"?) speakers in a box on a pole, with a controller.
Someone help me out here-I can't recall what the thing was called?


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Yes, I'm sure Bose and others have done similar things, i suppose the advantage of multiple smaller speakers is that you can make the enclosures in more shapes, for example a horizontal tv soundbar can be conveniently long and narrow with multiple small speakers.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1449676017' post='2925878']
right, ok I get that and I understand about 2 x 10" nearly being the same area as a 1 x 15" ("1 x12" being more I think) and all things being equal like speaker throw being long enough a 2 x 10" or 12" will give as much grunt, but it's a lot easier (and cheaper) to get grunt out a 15" speaker than 2 x 10" speakers because the loudest frequency the speaker gives out will be lower in a 15" speaker, or of course, I could be talking a load of bollocks
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Not necessarily, a 1 x 15 may or may not be louder at a low frequency compared to a 2 x10. Also i think the "throw" is mainly due to differences in dispersal which will be different for 1x 15 and a 2 x 10 ( and different between a vertical or horizontal 2 x 10). however a 1 x15 should (all things being even) be slightly (at least technically) louder and cheaper.

[quote name='PaulWarning' timestamp='1449668122' post='2925760']
must admit I don't get this speaker size doesn't effect depth argument, if that was the case we could all have 1" speakers couldn't we? I've always found a 15" has more grunt than a 10", limited experience granted
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We could have 1" speakers. If you put loads of 1" speakers in a 1 x 15 sized box it would work fine justb like a 1 x 15, but its much cheaper and simpler to just put a single 15" in there.