1970

plays like a dream, smells like a retirement home.

Surf's up.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1348152347' post='1810083'] Ding the valves with a plastic chopstick, especially the pre ones, one has probably gone microphonic, and you'll hear the sound coming out the speakers. [/quote] yeah I've read about this - will give it a shot, thanks.

[quote name='simwells' timestamp='1348151818' post='1810076'] Is the ringing only there when there's a pedal in line? [/quote] If I play clean, no probs at all. Kick the fuzz pedal in and that sets off the ringing (but not always).

A problem developed with my rig over the weekend. Amp is a Matamp GT200 through a Barefaced Compact. Started when I was using a POG for sub Octaves through a muff (for the first time) when i turned the pedals off there was a ringing sound. even with the volume turned all the way down on the amp, or pull the instrument out, the ringing is still there. If I put it on standby then straight back on the ringing stops. Now using a fuzz pedal triggers it sometimes but not always. The electricity is the room is known to be on the dodgy side. Thoughts? Microphonic preamp tube?

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The Hiwatt destroys the rest IMO - would like to hear Hiwatt vs Matamp

Thanks everyone, I'm pretty sold on adding another one... My ampeg HLF 410 will remain firmly in the studio I think.

[quote name='chris_b' timestamp='1341916190' post='1725983'] A Compact is good but it's still only 1 speaker trying to do everything. [/quote] This is exactly how I feel.

Noted. Next time it goes up to 11.

It's a whole new rig for me (though the BF is well used), maybe it was just the punch from amp/instrument that I was hearing when I drove it quite hard. It tended to get a bit flappy when I really pushed it, but come to think of it that could just be the sound of the rickenbacker... To my ears, it sounded like the cab wasn't 'keeping up' with the amp when I pushed it hard. Which I guess is to say that I prefered the sound and responsiveness of it on medium volumes, compared to at higher levels.

How much more volume do you think I would get? From the range of 'not much' to 'a veritable shedload'?

Maybe this is unclear, not really wanting to know compact vs midget, but wanting to know the benefits of adding a 2nd BF cabinet. THANKS.

Looking for some opinions from folk who have doubled up on barefaced compact, is it worth doubling up or adding a midget? How much more bang do you get when adding a second one? I played a decent sized room (first show with BFC) on the weekend and loved the sound on stage but found that I couldn't quite push it as hard as I might have wanted to. Best to have more power in reserves than to rely too much on PA I think. Amp is a Matamp GT200.

Green Muff clone

the ebay forum should just be renamed the 'bad relic' forum

2 of each

[quote name='tonyf' timestamp='1341095572' post='1713891'] The [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]410HLF is an immense cab. Used to have one and loved it. Fantastic "massive sounding single cab" solution.[/font][/color] [/quote] Yeah I figured for a single unit it would have the most rounded sound, which was a big appeal. Looking forward to getting it in the studio and on stage asap.

[quote name='S9_S12_Bass' timestamp='1341087072' post='1713790'] Nice! The amp looks pretty cool, whats the speaker/s in th3 cab? [/quote] I don't know about the speakers to be honest, it's a stock Ampeg SVT 410HLF: http://www.ampeg.com/products/classic/svt410hlf/ One thing I wasn't expecting was the [i]depth[/i] of the cab, which doesn't come across in the picture. It really is a large piece of kit!

Finally I can post to this thread!