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    Laney RB410.. Fail?

    in Amps and Cabs

    Posted · Edited by Jamesrt2004

    Ok, so at my rehearsal room's they have little Laney bass half stacks, while the guitarist get nice highend Marshall stacks.

    Instead of using their amp due to me thinking it sounded horrible(quiet and muddy really) I wacked in my OTB... Everything got louder as I expected being the OTB seems super loud and all the mids and higher-end stuff came alive.

    Only problem is there was SO much bass.. I literally dialed the bass off fully on my guitar(schecter) and on the amp now on my SWR at home this ends up turning into a Clangy mess like a fender strat :)... But to my surprise it made no difference what so ever with this cab!!!! (same with mids and treble but, they were fine)

    Just wondering is that the difference between a decent cab and a lower end one? As it seems whatever eq I set I just got a big wall of bass.

    Anyone else used one and found the same problem?

    If it's me doing something wrong let me know!! My first amp cab has been the OTB and SWR Goliath so I don't have much experience outside that a markbass 15" cabs and an ashdown 8x10!!
    Not to put Laney down but I was massively unimpressed with their cabs and going to go to a diff rehersal studio that has nice markbass cabs (:

    Re-Valving an Orange Bass Terror

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    [quote name='KK Jale' post='1274622' date='Jun 19 2011, 12:30 PM']Oh, I'm not offended, I couldn't tell 'static pressure' from a rolling doughnut, but I'll be sure to tell my guy he's a noob and shouldn't do stuff like this :)

    [/quote]

    sorry im a computer geek/nerd and have read pages and pages on 'fans' (lame I know) I hate miss-information thats all (:

    + a fan has nothing to do with the fact he can make an amp? I can show you cocktails I make as im a mixologist.. but doesnt really apply to what we are talking about.

    Re-Valving an Orange Bass Terror

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    [quote name='KK Jale' post='1227493' date='May 11 2011, 01:29 PM']Nice work, Happy Jack.

    Good advice about using a precisely-fitted crosshead screwdriver to remove the amp cover. The screws on mine were incredibly tight. In the end I had to lay the amp down, use a socket set with a foot-long extension and apply all my weight… that did it. Just!

    One more idea, especially if anybody chooses to use secondhand replacement valves (though I used a new Sovtek for V2 I robbed a lovely General Electric 12AX7 from my Fender amp for V1). On removing the Chinese originals, lightly press the nine pins into a soft surface (eg plasticine) and check that the pins on your replacement line up perfectly before inserting. If not, tweak them carefully into shape with needle-nose pliers. Bending the connections on the TB500's valve holders may (*probably will*) necessitate entire circuit board replacement!!

    I bought this 80mm PC fan – [url="http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/casefans/x-rw-80r"]http://www.quietpc.com/gb-en-gbp/products/casefans/x-rw-80r[/url] - to reduce noise but my tech advised that at 19CFM it didn't push as much air as the original so we left the old one in place. A 30CFM fan would be better.[/quote]


    No offence but you're techs a noob, what cools it is static pressure rather than cfm, and most cfm are lying anyways :)

    My Band - For those into melodeath metal

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    [quote name='charic' post='1273439' date='Jun 18 2011, 08:28 AM']Thanks for the kind comments, we're not actually looking to add human drums. However we are going through new samples and the like.

    I have to admit its going to make things difficult live :)[/quote]


    Why difficult live? Just program what the drummer can actually play :/

    Using bottom 4 strings of a 5 string set (and tuning up)

    in Repairs and Technical

    Posted

    Ok...

    So what I want to IDEALLY do...

    I basically play with my bass droped to, B F# B E... what I was thinking is getting bass setup PROPERLY with the bottom 4 string os a 5 string.... common in practice, just need to file the nut for the B to fit..

    (that's fine, I have a just a nut 2 fitted so can just replace if/when I sell)

    now obviously that will leave me with B E A D so the E A D will need to be tuned up a tone..

    Do you think (with a proper setup) that it should be ok? I'd rather not fart around working out everything again on bass, I can't see a problem with it personally.


    Discuss :)

    any help appreciated

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