chrismuzz

I've suddenly stopped being able to grasp all of this sciency stuff... I'm off to play Guitar Hero

I'd love to have the headstock one of my basses read "Pervy"

We open with one of two Avenged Sevenfold songs. Either Afterlife or Nightmare, as they both have a pre-recorded intro for before we crack into the main riff. Pre recorded intros are such a cheesy metal thing, but it works every time

[quote name='Lfalex v1.1' timestamp='1337542213' post='1661713'] Put the two together and you get a (single?) small driver at ear height with enough system efficiency to produce sufficient SPL and designed to deliver good bass response. ...Thinks... You all need In-Ear-Monitors! [/quote] Thread solved! Everyone pack up your things and go home.

Calling Alex Claber!

[quote name='GarethFlatlands' timestamp='1337540263' post='1661678'] I had one of those cabs and I've ranted about them on here before. Appaling pieces of equipment that put me off Behringer for life. [/quote] I gave ny 4x10 combo away for free

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1337537929' post='1661617'] If it's just for your own monitoring, yes. Though the larger the driver's diameter, the narrower the dispersion. [/quote] 3000w head into a 1x1 cab?

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1337537595' post='1661608'] OK let me get this straight: 1. Two (or more) speakers will always interact with each other. It's just if they are only stacked vertically you'll only notice if you move up and down. 2. Interactions between the speakers and the boundary of the floor are not ideal, and the further off the ground they are the less this interaction will be. However: 1. On a lot of stages where my band plays there isn't much room to move around, so while stacking my drivers vertically will be good for the audience (provided that the bass is being supplied mainly from my rig and not the PA), because I tend to have an "energetic" on-stage presence, if I can't move from side to side I will do a lot of up and down movements, so from my PoV I'll still be getting issues with the sound. 2. Again on small stages my rig is likely to very close to one of the side walls so while the speakers further up my rig won't be interacting with the floor they may well be interacting with the wall. (At what distance does the boundary effect become negligible?) So: Taking this to it's logical conclusion, the ideal bass rig for purity of sound would be a single driver mounted at head height and placed on stage so that it was at least as far from the side walls as it was from the floor. How am I doing? [/quote] I totally came up with exactly the same conclusion

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1337538407' post='1661633'] A good multi fx unit always comes in handy. If you're new to fx, then it allows you to play about & find out what fx you're gonna use & what you ain't. Then at a later stage, if you want separate pedals, you have a good idea of what you're gonna use & don't end up with a load of light up bricks. [/quote] Yep, and some of them have really good effects on! Even that god awful Digitech BP80 that I couldn't wait to get rid of actually had some of the best chorus and delay effects is ever heard. If it wasn't such a tone sucker id have held onto it.

Thaaaaanks! Now to find somebody with the older version to compare!

[quote name='dannybuoy' timestamp='1337535384' post='1661563'] There are 2 versions of this by the way: [/quote] Well that opens a whole can of worms! Thanks for the heads up [quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1337531424' post='1661480'] At it's widest points: (width x length x height in mm) 90 x 200 x 70 - 90 (toe down - heel down) Cable plugs in at toe end [/quote] Which version is this on dude?

[quote name='Mikey R' timestamp='1337536087' post='1661571'] For the driven rock tones, what compressors are you gents using? Ive been eying up the Blackfinger, but want to look at the alternatives too. [/quote] Overdrive/fuzz etc compresses the sound a bit, as does using a valve amp. So some don't even need to use a dedicated unit. Personally I love my Aguilar TLC, as I can heavily compress the sound to keep all the different techniques I like at the same level, with the compression itself having a completely unnoticeable effect on my actual tone! To be honest though, when I had the Behriner DC9, which cost me £15, it was perfect for playing my 4 string in standard tuning, but the drop in low end was noticeable if I went much lower than that

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1337534086' post='1661536'] Apologies for the thread resurrection - I rehearsed today with this rig: BDI-21/LM250 (pre)/W-Audio 1100W (power)/Barefaced Super Twelve. +++AWESOME+++ and totally seismic, does the classic rock thing to perfection and certainly gives an Ampeg rig a run for its money. But... it's just not the same as using an Ampeg SVT CL & 8X10 (or two) though... I think mainly it's psychological. The sheer size of such a rig gives you an attitude and stance that you just don't get with the smaller rig. You address the situation differently! But the smaller rig has the advantage of size and weight - looking at it from the point of view that it easily fits in my VW Polo! Conclusion: If you haul your own gear in a small car, get a Super Twelve. If you have a road crew and a tech, get an Ampeg rig. If you're well-adjusted, have no hangups and want to give your crew an easy time, get a Super Twelve... or maybe two... [/quote] I've played using a Sansamp into a Markbass F1, and Barefaced Super 12 T... I totally know what you mean! And yeah, as amazing as that cabinet is, my dream rig is actually a modular Markbass 6x10 EDIT: which would just about fit into my Polo!

Thanks!

[quote name='thestick' timestamp='1337531498' post='1661483'] Go for it.... who cares what anybody else thinks , as long as it sounds good to you! Im sure it will sound good to most. [/quote] That's exactly it really! Even if you get something that one of us thinks is 'better', you'll always want the Markbass/Tronics setup!

At the moment I'm only doing metal covers, so I am mainly using bass > comp > Sansamp > amp. I use the Marshall pedal to add an extra character to the Sansamp's drive, and the Zoom B3 is just a noise gate, tuner, and a bit of chorus if I ever want to experiment with other effects they're all inside the Zoom!

[quote name='daz' timestamp='1337523926' post='1661333'] I have one of the Behringer 450 w combos, and the weight is huge. I cant pick it up on my own. I used to be able to get a reasonable sound out of it, till one day the amp (when warmed up) started to have sound cut outs every 30 seconds for a few seconds. So i swapped out the amp and used a Hartke 500 w amp instead. Which seems to work very well with the speakers. [/quote] I think one of their cabs/combos was based on Hartke, with metal speaker cones et al!

LOL Nice response dude! He's had a PM from a mod anyways so I doubt he'll make a tit of himself on this thread any more. I don't wanna see the thread closed, I'm too intrigued as to what happens next!

Ahh well, whatever it is I'll let you know!

To be fair they're alright! I didnt like the sound of the 4x10 combo I used to have, but I preferred it to Trace Elliot

[quote name='KingBollock' timestamp='1337520320' post='1661234'] I think this nut is the one I'm looking for: [url="http://www.wdmusic.co.uk/product/Trussrod_Nut_Cylinder_Nickel_TRN-11"]http://www.wdmusic.c...r_Nickel_TRN-11[/url] [/quote] Does yours take a 4mm allen key? Mine does... I've sent them an email to ask if this one is the same

[quote name='OmeDunk' timestamp='1337519797' post='1661220'] For my covers band I need 3 presets with increasing drive. From clean (Stereophonic's maybe tomorrow) to bit distorted (think Chelsea Dagger or Farewell to the fairground). And somewhere in between (Editors stuff). I also need a compressor to even the volume differences between finger style and pick. For these purposes I consider a VT Bass deluxe and a pedal compressor. But for the sake of money I think I will try the Zoom B3. The gig reviews almost convinced me. So trying is the only way to find out, me thinks. I am going to sell the big muff and the Boss RC-2 loop station. But will keep the VT Bass and Polytune for now. [/quote] IMO the compressors on the B3 are awesome, but I havent found any drive settings I particularly liked.The Sansamp emulation is however very good, but not quite as good as the real thing. The Big Muff emulation on the other hand, I can't fault it, it's totally replaced my real Bass Big Muff! Definitely worth giving it a go dude, and if you don't like it they're very high in demand at the moment so you won't have trouble moving it on!

Alright folks/folkettes! Just wondering if anybody has one of these and can tell me exactly how big they are? I really want one, but like to pre-plan how I use my pedalboard space! All the information online seems to say how big the box is but not the unit itself! Any help would be greatly appreciated, cheers