bertbass

Hey baby. I hate the ooh aah in the cover, it ruins a good song.

Marshall guitar cabs and Bass cabs of that era used the same speakers, in fact they were the same cabs. I know, I took enough backs off during the time. Guitar cabs were rated at 100w and bass cabs were rated at 75w and had bass on them.

One on each foot surely.

I've put a handy handle on the bottom of my 8x10 so top or bottom no problem.

Gravel or stairs? You pull it instead of pushing it.

When I first started to play bass, 1967, there was nothing. No books, internet, videos or tutors. Infact all there was were records and the occasional sighting of a bass player on TV, plus of course a multitude of live music. Once I discovered how to tune a bass, it was just listening to records and sussing out which notes were being played and playing along until I got it right. Actually, there was sheet music but this was nearly always written in the wrong key, I think that a chap sat down at the piano and worked out what the chords were so the songs were mostly in C, and just gave the chord and melody written in dots. Thinking about it, the words were wrong as well. The first song that I learnt to play the bass line too was Purple Haze and I learned that on a Vox Stroller guitar, that I bought form my Mum's mail order catalogue, Marshall Wards's If I remember correctly, for £19 and played through my Dad's Truvox tape recorder. My first 'real' bass was a Vox Clubman strung left handed through a Linear 30 valve head and a home made 2x12 with one speaker not working.

Tried to wind pickups by hand many years ago and the wire kept breaking so I gave up. Often thought that I'd like to have another go now I'm older and wiser, Allegedly.

I was actually trying to make the explanation as simple as possible and to say that to get the same output out of a speaker 3db lower in efficiency you would need to double the amp power but to the ear this will not actually make a lot of difference as you would need a 10db increase to hear an apparent doubling of volume, I thought would have been a bit confusing and also didn't answer the original question.

A speaker has an efficiency and this is defined as how much sound, or how loud, a speaker will go given an input of 1 watt at a distance of 1 meter. A figure of 98db means that with 1 watt input that speaker will have an efficiency of 98db. An increase of 3db is a doubling of output so a 101db speaker will be twice as loud as a 98db speaker. As the 101db efficiency speaker is twice as efficient as the 98db speaker it will only require half the amplifier power to get the same volume hence, [i][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][b]120db with a 98db/w speaker at 1 meter you suggest 200w, but if that goes through a 95db/w speaker then it needs a 400w head, or only 100w with a 102db/w speaker[/b]. [/font][/color][/i][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]There is a lot more to it than that of course, but that is the basic principle.[/font][/color][i][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] [/font][/color][/i][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I hope that explains it for you[/font][/color][i][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif].[/font][/color][/i]

You mark my words. It will all end in a big argument where everyone will fall out with everyone else and no one will talk to each other for months all because someone took a comment the wrong way.

Sorry, don't do facebook or twitter.

My dog ignores my playing but sings to the door bell.

Everyone has that problem when they hear what they sound like for the first time. You do actually get over it quite quickly though. Persever.

Managed to upload pics of my Jack 15s. Phew, that was hard work. [attachment=115681:jack 1.jpg][attachment=115682:jack 2.jpg][attachment=115683:jack 3.jpg]

What you need for the 3015 is a Jack 15. Just so happens that I have a Jack 15, 3015 loaded sitting in my studio just waiting for a new owner if it's of interest. Infact, I've got a pair of them.

Every band's got one. It's up to you whether you can live with it or not. Our drummer's our one, oh, and the guitarist, make that two and we're a three piece.

Both basses in their cases, in the hallway, on their sides / backs with the handles on the top ready to pick up.

Dr Dave, you speak the truth!

The Star Bass followed by the Jazz for me.

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Before they were Brinsley Schwarz they were Kippington Lodge, saw them many times. Might be worth checking them out.[/font][/color]

Got a YBA300 for sale if you're interested. Only done half a dozen gigs.

YBA 300, brilliant. Everything you could want in a valve amp, it's even reasonably light. This might help too. http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f15/traynor-yba300-730128/. A lot of reading though.

My Carvin B1500 is readily available in the UK.

I had a valve go in my VBA400, replaced the valve and all good again.

What's under the floor your cabs are sitting on?