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[quote name='Johnston' post='1241342' date='May 23 2011, 11:23 AM']For those that can't get the Mag. What did it say??[/quote] It's about the narrowmindedness and negativity of many of the bass players who have been interviewed in the last 3 issues.

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1241339' date='May 23 2011, 11:20 AM']There you go, Dave, sorted ... [attachment=80690:Conchord.jpg] [/quote] That takes me back, my first ever bass amp. circa 1963. I've got its bigger brother, a Linear 50 in the garage which I plan to restore but the chassis got slightly bent during shipping so I'm going to have to strip it right down and get it repainted before I can rebuild it. It all takes time. Thanks to all for the suggestions but I think a lot of you have missed the original point. I have an excellent Orange AD200B which suits me well for larger gigs when paired with an Epifani T212-UL. I don't need another high-power amp. What I am looking for is something smaller in size and power to go with a pair of 12-inch cabs for small lower volume gigs. The Liittle Bastard ticks all the boxes, but so does the Vox Night Train NH-50H. The latter is a guitar amp but could possibly make a good 50-watt bass amp. After all AC50s were used for both. It has some interesting features such as 2-channels and a Fender Tone stack that can be bypassed to give a flat response. Also the tone stack could be easily revoiced for bass. I'm going to have to try one before making a decision. Has anyone who works in a music shop tried one with a bass?

[quote name='algmusic' post='1241328' date='May 23 2011, 11:11 AM']I know you said you tried the Terror, but if you still have it, change the valves, It worked a treat for me.. happy jack did a thread on it [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=134869"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=134869[/url][/quote] Sold it to Sibob last summer.

about the narrow-mindedness of pro-bass players in recent issues. Issue 67, June 2011, Page 89. If you are among us Mr Livermore, congratulations, well said.

[quote name='eude' post='1237827' date='May 20 2011, 10:13 AM']Or maybe try out some Guitar Valve jobbies. The smoothest recorded bass sound I ever got was using a 90s all valve 15W 10" Laney combo mic'd up, albeit blended with a bit of DI for a bit more weight as the speaker was a little lacking. Eude[/quote] LOL. This is where this thread started by asking if anyone had ever tired the new 50-watt VOX guitar head with a bass.

[quote name='walbassist' post='1237818' date='May 20 2011, 10:03 AM']Wouldn't it be great to have on the market a small all-valve head that was 100-150 watts. I guess another possibility is a really nice valve pre with a power amp? Trace Elliot Twin Valve is a good call, but they are pretty heavy IIRC? Cheers Gareth[/quote] The problem with allthe older generation of valve heads is that they were designed to sit on top of 4x12 cabinets and so are very wide, which in turn makes them difficult to carry if you are small like me. A smaller overall size but the same weight is not a problem as long as the hanle is in the right place. Marshall made an 18W small box head which is an ideal size. Even my SC 50PA cab is an acceptible size, so when I say small-ish, I don't mean tiny. For use with the modern generation of bass speakers and look proportionally correct a cab should not be wider than say 17-inches.

[quote name='eude' post='1237773' date='May 20 2011, 09:25 AM']I think a second hand Trace Twin Valve would fit the bill nicely though if you can find one. I still think the EBS is stupidly overpriced, god knows who'll actually buy one, for less money you could get an Ashdown Little Bastard and an OK PA System! Eude[/quote] I've had a good look at the circuit of the Twin Valve and unfortunately all the EQ is all solid state. It's full of transistors and op-amps. I have a feeling I'm going to be looking for an Ashdown.

[quote name='Old Horse Murphy' post='1236782' date='May 19 2011, 11:29 AM']You're more than welcome to try my Little Mark Tube 800 Dave. I'm not sure it's exactly what you're looking for but it's an excuse to have a play anyway [/quote] Thanks for the offer Nick. I've had a very on/off relationship with Markbass, more off than on, which is why I ended up selling the F1. That said it would certainly be interesting to try the 800 one day.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='1236783' date='May 19 2011, 11:30 AM']Then again, there isnt anything like a full tube amp.[/quote] There, you said it. My sole bassic-bits endorsee, Paul Geary, has just got an endorsement deal with Orange and he told me that the AD200B is the best amp he's ever used. Interesting comment.

[quote name='JPJ' post='1236765' date='May 19 2011, 11:08 AM']From the number of discussions I've had with fellow bass players in the last year regarding small form factor all valve bass heads, there must be a gap in the market. Surely its not beyond the realms of the possible that Ashdown could do a 100-150w version of the Little B'stard (the B'stard?)? I'd be interested in one (providing the price was more reasonable than their 200w fliptop combo )[/quote] I've come to the same conclusion. Max power for minimum size. That's why the VOX looked interesting. 50-watt, all-valve, under £600. I've been slowly coming to the conclusion that what I need is either an old Hiwatt or build a 50w all-valveguitar amp kit and tweak the EQ values for bass. Firstly I need to get my SC 50PA running to see how much volume it gives.

[quote name='eude' post='1236354' date='May 18 2011, 09:41 PM']Ashdown Little Bastard not in the running?... Eude[/quote] I've not ruled it out however I would like to try it through my cabs first. Anyone in the West Surrey area got one I can try?

[quote name='MythSte' post='1236152' date='May 18 2011, 07:15 PM']If you can find a Trace Elliot Twin valve they come with my whole hearted recommendation. They dont trade hands for a lot of money at the moment [/quote] Thanks. That is a brilliant suggestion. Anybody got one they want to sell?

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='1236126' date='May 18 2011, 06:58 PM']Thanks for the credit, but the day I try lecturing Dave about valves you can stick me inside an Ampeg 810 and bury me at sea. [/quote] Thanks Jack. Tis true that all my education was in valves and not semi-conductors. Even the BBC in 1967.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='1236039' date='May 18 2011, 05:45 PM']Hmmm, Ashdown 200W Drophead? PS - What are those SL112s like?! Pics please![/quote] I think the Ashdown is in a different price league and anyway I already have a 200-watt Orange. SL112s look just like the web/catalogue pictures and are very light. These are the first Aguilar cabs I've owned so I have nothing to compare against. As far as my defective ears can tell they sound as good as the Epifani 12s I had. So far I've tried them with the AD200B and a GK MB200. Both are good but obviously not they do not sound the same.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='1236040' date='May 18 2011, 05:45 PM']There is a valve swapping thread which might tidy up the Terror. Problem with guitar amps isn't the watts, it is the small transformers that can't pass low end and the power supply. My valve amps are all massive, so can't really help more than that. Maybe get Umph to make you a 2xKT88 thing.[/quote] Been there and done it with the Terror not long after it was released. Tried all the favourite valves but couldn't get near the AD200B sound so I sold it. I know what you mean about transformers and PSUs. When I get around to it I've got a Linear 50, a Sound City PA50 and an SC200 to get working but it's all a matter time so I'm looking for soemthing off-the-shelf. maybe I'll take myself over to Andetons and see if they will let me try a Vox though a bass cab.

I have recently aquired a pair of Aguilar SL112s and they sound great with the Orange AD200B, however the latter is a bit over-the-top for a compact rig. I'm thinking of something less powerful. I know that several BCers have Ashdown LBs which are supposed to be good but which might just be a lttle short on power. I had an Orange BT500 and found it too aggressive, also it's not all valve and sounded nothing like the AD200B. Has anyone tried the new Vox Night Train NT50H with a bass? I know it's a guitar amp but at 50-watts it looks interesting.

[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='1232792' date='May 16 2011, 10:30 AM']Bump. Noone visiting soon?[/quote] You could ask him to send it back to me with Alice's body and I'll forward it on to you.

2-years - gulp!!! I think he's a little over-stretched at the moment. I sent my PJ5 body in to have new scratchplate made to suit the Nordstrands in February. About 3 weeks ago he promised to send it back on Tuesday, but didn't say which Tuesday. Still waiting.

When I bought my SR5 it had a Bartolini, which I disliked so I got a Seymour Duncan, which I also disliked, so I got an Alnico Nordstrand which was fine. After several years of hunting I eventually found an EBMM but when I fitted it I didn't like that compared to the Nordstrand, so the Nordy has now been in there for 7 years now. The closest after-market pre-amp to the original 2-band is the one made by John East, however when you fit it you will lose the coil-switching function which is a integral part of the EBMM SR5 3-band pre-amp, so you will have to decide whether to have it in series or parallel all the time. It is possible to wire it to include coil-switching however it does mean partially rewiring the pick-up to spearate out and put wires to the ends of all of the coils. There is no guarantee that by fitting a 2-band you will get the sound you are looking for as the coil impedances of the 5-string pick-ups are different to the 4-string and this effects the frequency response.

[quote name='CPBassman' post='1216205' date='Apr 30 2011, 11:18 PM']help here too, Ive just bought an Orange Bass Terror with the SP 212 isobaric cab. Wonderfull so far so I really fancy getting another matching cab to make a mini 4 x 12 stack. Whats the best connection? is is amp to cab to cab or amp to cab / amp to cab as there are two speakon outputs on the head. There is also a switch between 4 and 8 ohm. Im a bassist not a physics expert......... HELP. I may appear stupid here but Im really stuck lol Cheers Col[/quote] According to the specification the SP212 is 8-ohms so if you connect two of them to the BT500 you will have a total load of 4-ohms so set the switch accordingly. How you connect them is immaterial as it will not effect the total load. If you use good quality large cross-section cables then it makes no difference whether you connect the cabs separately or daisy-chain them. There is a school of thought that says connect each cab directly to the head as in the very unlikely event of a cable failure then the other cab will keep on working. Whichever way you do it you will still need 2 cables so make sure you use good ones.

[quote name='Sparky Mark' post='1209909' date='Apr 24 2011, 11:37 AM']I havent seen a new cab that doesn't have parallel inputs for daisy chaining. Just don't buy cabs with one input.[/quote] A lot of cabs seem to have a single Speakon and a pair of jacks - most inconvenient.

[quote name='fryer' post='1210819' date='Apr 25 2011, 01:19 PM']What - not use the Peavey ? It's the Beechstock festival, near High Wycombe. Not sure about the DI - still trying to find out. If we are using that, do I just take the DI from the Firebass ?[/quote] Fist outside gigs I did I took a full Trace stack - waste of time and effort. More recntly I've done outside gigs with a single UL310 and or a pair of 1x12s, now it's a 2x12 and an Orange AD200B and never a problem. As has been said, let the PA do the work. All you need is on-stage monitoring so why lug 2 large cabs about. You'll be knackered before you start playing and that will spoil the experience. If there is a proper PA, the sound crew might take the DI from the back of the Firebass or simply pop a DI box between your bass and the amp.

Firebass into the Epifani UL410 should be fine. Where is it? Are they going to DI you?