Ben Jamin

Looking up the Carlsboro monitors - you're probably going to damage the speakers if you run your bass (unless it's high-passed - filtered out low frequencies) at reasonable volume through them. It's the sub frequency stuff that's the speaker-killer - which bass guitars tend to kick out a lot of. As BRX says these kind of monitors are designed more for vocals/instruments that take up the mid-range. If you're running bass into the PA then you could maybe try repositioning/setting up your amp so that it works just as a monitor for you, as opposed to going out front of house as such.

That looks ace! My brother's got a '81 F-100 and it's quite simply the best guitar I've ever played. MFD pick-ups are the way forward. If you ever decided to move it on...

I have a Bass Station II. I can confirm it sounds awesome.

Ahh rubbish. It displayed the price in £ so I just assumed. Sorry!

I'm not affiliated with Musicians Friend or anything - I just saw this offer and thought some of you might appreciate it I very nearly bought one! http://www.musiciansfriend.com/stupid?source=3XFCBK2

I have an Ampeg PF-500. Don't get one. Nah's it's alright really, just run it clean, overdriving the gain produces some nasty clipping and coincidentally kills the power-amp, IME.

Thanks for responses guys, a second Compact would be ideal, there's just a few things... a. It'd be a shame to waste the SWR, which I picked up on here recently. It also has a replacement Celestion 18" - FTR18 I think (should've mentioned that earlier, sorry!) which is 1000W RMS/8 ohms. b. I think the 15" Compacts have been discontinued [url="http://barefacedbass.com/product-range.htm"]http://barefacedbass...oduct-range.htm[/url] c. I don't really trust my amp since it took a pretty nasty fall and it's never been particularly reliable, I wouldn't sell it on here for that reason, so I'd like to replace that first if anything d. I don't have a massive budget I'm totally open to every option, the cabs don't sound inherently bad together I just wondered if I can make it work better - would the best solution be to try and get a better matched cab/sell the SWR/get an affordable amp? Probably looking at 2nd hand price-wise. I don't need EQ etc as I can use my Sansamp for that and XLR out Thanks loads

I recently got myself an SWR Big Ben (lovely 18" subwoofer cab) to compliment my Barefaced Compact because a lot of the stuff my band's doing at the moment requires bass synth/lots of sub which is a bit much for the poor Compact by itself at volume. I'm currently running them both from my little Ampeg, but I'm thinking it be much more efficient to split my signal and send the subs to the SWR and the rest to the Compact, so it's literally like a 18" sub with a 15" top. My PF-500 took a nasty tumble last week (never let singers carry your gear) which caused some severe aesthetic damage and snapped parts etc so I'm taking that as an excuse to 'explore the possibility' of a new amp set-up I'd really like to be able to send everything below around 100-150hz to the Big Ben and everything over that to the Compact and control the volume of each. I'm guessing I could do this with an active crossover and two power-amps but is there a simpler/more affordable method?

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1402917531' post='2477786'] Poke the last bit of the cable through the cab handle to take the stress off the amp's input socket [/quote] I used to do that until I wandered too far off-stage once and pulled my whole rig over with everything plugged in. Made an awful noise. Nearly cried. That's the downside to lightweight cabs!

[quote name='MoonBassAlpha' timestamp='1402917531' post='2477786'] Poke the last bit of the cable through the cab handle to take the stress off the amp's input socket [/quote] I used to do that until I wandered too far off-stage once and pulled my whole rig over with everything plugged in. Made an awful noise. Nearly cried.

Every G&L I have played has been brilliant, from early '80s ones to modern ones. They sound good, play well, and the designs are well thought-out. Quality control is great. I own a USA L2500 and it rocks.

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1401445610' post='2463648'] If you plug an instrument into the FX loop you are bypassing the preamp and EQ section, so you won't get a lot of signal [/quote] Well that's a spanner in the works! I had it figured it'd still be at the same instrument level, since the FX loop send is at instrument level - then I could use the FX volume control essentially as an input gain - the only place it gets amplified is at the power amp section after the pre-amp/FX loop. I really don't know though, Ampeg PF-500s like mine apparently don't have the most reliable power-amp, I'll definitely wait and see what everyone says before blowing things up!

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]This might sound like a pretty dim question, sorry![/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I'm looking into buying a synth next month to fulfill some baseline duties - band's gone a bit electronic recently![/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Anyway - I've never used the FX loop on an amp before - so I was wondering if plugging said synthesiser (mono output) into the Return input would allow me to play both bass guitar and synth simultaneously from the same amp? Bass going through the amp's pre-amp and synth just going straight to the power-amp? I have an Ampeg PF-500 which has an FX loop level which I could use to get unity gain between the two instruments?[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Would that work or am I being silly?[/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]If not I can plug into the second input of my VT bass Deluxe, but then I'd have to dance on my pedalboard to switch instruments [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color]

Meant to post in amps and cabs, sorry!

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/236619-peavey-t40-1980-white-with-original-hard-case/ White Maple Humbuckers!

Bought an SWR Big Ben - nice quick deal - great guy to deal with

[quote name='discreet' timestamp='1399142544' post='2441510'] D'OH!! What's the 'B'-string like? How did it compare with your G&L? [/quote] The B-string is good! It's not a Dingwall but it's perfectly usable. Finish and build quality is perfecto. Neck is a really nice shape - I normally like thicker necks but I felt really comfortable. Pick-ups are super fat and the 3-band EQ is well balanced. I prefer my USA G&L because of the character of the pick-ups and I love the way the controls work - they're different sounds really - but in terms of quality they're very close! I had a German Warwick $$ Corvette before the G&L and I'd take the Yamaha over that! I really want one now

My friend brought his Yamaha TRBX505 round this afternoon and it blew my mind. Sorry!

Cort GB74 OR GB75? http://www.cortguitars.com/uk/product/gb74

C'mon guys, it's finally some good radio-friendly rock 'n' roll (it's been a little while). This kind of music isn't particularly about creating intricate songs with elaborate soundscapes. It's about creating loud angry riffs. They do that pretty well, with the added bonus of it only being two people, which is quite a cool little niche. I like 'em.

Slightly out of budget but... please please please get this before I am forced to I can't stand it much longer! Those MFD pick-ups rock. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/234258-gl-sb2-1983/"]http://basschat.co.u...58-gl-sb2-1983/[/url]

[quote name='Diablo' timestamp='1397239732' post='2422197'] Pardon my ignorance, but the video makes me feel nauseous as it never holds a shot for more than half a second. Someone got a bit too busy on the edit button I feel. Anyway, it moves to quick for me to see, is he playing chords on the bass or single notes and using the effects to beef it up? Can't help thinking someone should buy him a strat for his next Birthday... if you want to play lead then why not play lead on a lead guitar? Its a bit like trying to play trumpet on a tuba to me. Very skilful, but ultimately a bit pointless. Cheers, Rich [/quote] Video's a bit mental init! Here's them live with a Fender Starcaster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ub6Q0DWg-g0

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1397039083' post='2419932'] No-one who hasn't seen them live or on video would know that it wasn't a "guitarist" rather than a "bassist". [/quote] I wonder if the average non-musical Joe would necessarily know it's a bass even if they saw them live? A few times people have commented on my great 'guitar-playing' when I've played in a big (multi-guitar and keys etc) band. Seems they didn't necessarily associate the different guitar sounds/parts with their respective instruments - when I asked them about it most of them say something along the lines of "I just listen to the song, I don't really listen to/can tell the difference between different parts". Just thought it was interesting, maybe it's a perspective we lose a little as musicians, subliminally caring more about each part as opposed whether the whole thing's actually good?