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I will bring my Fender Aerodyne, Greg Bennett (Samick) Semi-Acoustic (that reminds me I must do a NBD for that), My home brew 500W amp and maybe a surprise? I am looking forward to trying My Chowney's basses and comparing them to the Greg Bennett. Early start of me as although everyone thinks of Poole as being SW it is really south so don't spare the coffee.

I am up for it.

king at the Dood's review, he said that if you zero the EQ controls you get no output. This suggests a passive Fender type tone stack like the original Bassman (and guitar amps). The output valves are KT88s. These are real beasts and knock 6500s and EL34s into a cocked hat. So I guess this is a real old school amp (pre amp). ~Maybe it's the Bassman Fender should have built?

Phil is right and the jump from 450-500 watts is unlikely to has caused the problem. Just take it as a random failure and as it has been fixed it is unlikely to blow in the same way again.

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1486757244' post='3234426'] True, but it's all relative anyway.. It's 3db extra.. Markbass published the number so I assume if it's crap it's relatively the same crap for all of their cabs [/quote]Lets hope so but many manufacturers will use a voltage to measure the on-axis measurement, rather than the standard 1W. If you use the same voltage for 4 & 8 ohms ..voila the 4 ohm cabe is 3dB louder (not).

[quote name='Gottastopbuyinggear' timestamp='1486732440' post='3234184'] Full disclosure - I have one in the for sale section at the moment. I'm honestly not trying to push it! If you just want it for monitoring purposes and you're going through the PA for FOH then I'd suggest you'd have no problems with it. I have one which I've used in rehearsals with fairly loud drums and guitars, and I had no problems getting heard with just a GK MB200 driving it and the gain on about 12 to 1 o'clock. The only time I struggled with that combination was the last time I used it with my last band, in a very small rehearsal room with two guitarists both running 100w 2x12 combos - and they were running them (too) hard. I use earplugs, and even then the volume was far too much for me - I actually quit that night on that basis. Are you using Markbass cabs now? I'd say the 102P has a similar "signature" sound - quite mid prominent - though you'll get less lows. The bass is pretty tight to my ears, so quite a defined sound. I've not experienced the issues some people have with the tweeter being hissy. I sometimes had a bit of difficulty getting a sound I was completely happy with when using a P bass, which I put down to the P being mid prominent, and me being a bit inexperienced. I did get a great (to me) sound with a Jazz. [/quote]Tweeters are not hissy, amps are. Hiss is the sound of an amp that uses cheap Opamps and carbon resistors.

[quote name='wateroftyne' timestamp='1453311718' post='2958366'] Can you get Netflix on it? I'm interested... until I hear it's got the same power module everyone else uses. [/quote]Everybody does not use the same module,

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1486761829' post='3234477'] Transformers aren't cheap, essentially. Companies like Bugera keep costs down as far as possible through economy of scale and keeping everything in-house in their Chinese plant, and that's about as cheap as they can be made. Even then they've had to discontinue models that presumably weren't paying their way, like the SVT knock-off. I build valve amps as a hobby, and I don't think I could buy new decent quality parts for a 50 watt head for any less than about £300, and that's with a lot of shopping around. Ok, that's at retail price, but it gives you some idea. [/quote]Go for 100W and you can up that by a sizeable amount twice as many output valves and double the VA on the two transformers. The transformers are done in small runs , unlike the ones in say a solid state A/B head where the transformers are off the shelf. There is no reason on earth that I can see why anyone would start a new business selling Valve heads. There is a joke that goes like this. How do ups make a small fortune owning a football club? Start off with a large fortune. I suspect you could replace football club with Valve amp maker. Of course there are some enticed by the mystique of the odd boutique make and will pay more than I think they should but it is not a volume business for a new entrant to the market.

[quote name='markstuk' timestamp='1486674233' post='3233802'] And don't forget that 4 ohms also gives you another 3db over an equivalent 8 ohm cab.. [/quote]You have to be careful here. Few (if any) bass reflex designs cab reach 103dB 1W/1M.

[quote name='bassjim' timestamp='1486739014' post='3234271'] Going by the blurb on the BF site I though I was going to really like one. When I tried it I didn't. Not even a little bit. Stayed where I was but at least I knew that I didn't like it through personal experience. I got to A B it with my usual brand. Alex let me pick one up and try it which was very nice of him. So now I know. You may find unless your ears are used to something different you may like them straight away. However they do seem to be a winner for many so if the try before you buy thing is still going....... [/quote]This is the point. It is the best for whom? If you love the sound it is the best, if you don't, it ain't. I suspect there are BF 1x10 owners that would also argue with this.

A 500W Amp is usually 500 into 4 ohms but 250 watts into 8 ohms. Should be fine providing the efficiency is ok

[quote name='danbowskill' timestamp='1486316521' post='3230836'] having owned a svt cl for a few years and having played some of the others (pf500,pro 5 and 3 ) the closest i ever got to emulating that sound was through a old peavey mark 6 xp amp using a tech 21 VT bass........i think any old muddy yet punchy amp with a VT is a good bet :-) Obviously absolutely nowt will ever truly sound as beautiful as an all tube svt ;-) but as a weight vs tone .............you can't beat the VT into any old loud amp [/quote]They sound better with Valves than Tubes!

What was the problem Stevie? Chuffing?

I think a flatter board helps chords but the strings have more impact on bending than neck radius.

[quote name='FinnDave' timestamp='1484408905' post='3215281'] I had two or more of these in the 80s and don't remember any neck dive. I would have noticed, as I was careful to avoid a re-learning the lesson of my Guild B301 which was VERY neck heavy. I bought a Thunder 1 on here 3 or 4 years ago for £100, kept it a few months then re-sold it for what I paid, nice enough basses in their day and when money was tight, but it wasn't up to the standard of the Fenders I use now. [/quote]I had a Thunder 1A for years and the neck was better than any Fender I have tried, except my current Aerodyne. I guess it is whatever floats your boat. For its time the pre-Amp was also great.

A DI with bass and treble controls for $1000? Do they sell snake oil too?

Sounds like a poorly designed pre amp to me.

[quote name='Jus Lukin' timestamp='1485624273' post='3225430'] I [i]think [/i] having all three controls is parametric, just frequency and gain/level is called semi-parametric. Pedantic I know! All the info above is correct though, basically a sweepable freqency control. Additionally, with the setup you have you may find it cuts in a narrow band and boosts in a wider one although you'd have to check the spec for that specific amp. [/quote]Correct!

I realise the compromises we took using Spruce, it was what I had in the garage. However I am surprised how much bracing is required. Birch is not twice as strong as Spruce or Poplar and going down to 12mm or even 9mm in some cases, I wonder how well commercial cabinets are braced*. The other problem you have is less surface area to glue to, especially when the panel edge, does not take adhesive as well as the face of the panel. I know Phil prefers to use battens on all panel joins for the extra strength. I wonder how much extra bracing would be needed with that approach? Also would plywood offcuts, the same size as the softwood, have the same effect? *The poplar we plan to use for the final design, although 15mm, is 9 ply so will be stronger that the spruce (18mm 6 ply).

SadlyI think some Soundmen/women would be terrified by the switch options on the Amp.

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1485945446' post='3227840'] I'm not surprised by your findings, it's what i would expect having owned a WT-550 and a Reidmar250 in the past but i wouldn't put it up to the class-D issue. Eden amps have a built-in colour that's very bottom heavy, mid-scooped and clear highs as the Reidmar is more open with lot's of mids and harsh highs. That's the reason i moved on from both those amps, i couldn't have a clear sound with the WT, it just muddy(ed?) the stage and i had no note-to-note definition. With the reidmar i could hear the notes being played but i found it too hissy and harsh. It's the nature of the beasts, i'm sure a lot of people will use them at great results achieving their desired tone and a good marriage with the rest of their gear. The reidmar got returned to the store 2 weeks after the purchase and replaced by a cab and the WT was replaced by a Thunderfunk andi found tone heaven! Now you've got me sellers remorse... i'm happy with the Shuttle9.2 but i wish i still had the Thunderfunk for outdoor gigs... anybody wants a trade for my rack with alembic f1x and 1000W poweramp? Oh, the GAS...... [/quote]You have nailed it. I am old enough to remember Solid State amps starting to come in and lots of people said they did not sound as good as valve amps. They carefully forgot the poor valve amps. Oh how I long for my linear concord http://www.chambonino.com/work/work1.html

[quote name='BigRedX' timestamp='1484843585' post='3219030'] Two problems with this approach: 1. You can't fix what is mostly a time domain problem (bad room acoustics) with a frequency domain solution (EQ). 2. And if you could, then every time you make an EQ adjustment on your bass, you are potentially negating the correction you've applied at your amp. [/quote]Of course everything is a compromise and your EQ cannot solve for all frequencies at all locations in a room. If you could see all the nodes it would terrify you. However setting my amp first, and using the active EQ on my bass works for me.

One of the things about this process is that it is a design project. As with the original design process, where the slot port caused a couple of problems, I expect other issues will be thrown up that make us question the way speaker cabinets are often built. Going back to the start of the thread. Try Stevie's finger test on your own cabinets and see if any of the panels resonate at particular frequencies or notes. Also let us have the results on here by naming and shaming.

The centre of the fan will have details of its voltage and current rating. I would take the makers name and model number , check the specs of the fan then fit the best one of a similar spec and size that you can find> If you post a picture of the fan with the details showing I will investigate for you.

[quote name='Ghost_Bass' timestamp='1485944432' post='3227829'] How do they mix the band's sound? Does each one only worries about being able to listen to his own instrument? Not very professional, especially if they're being payed for the gig... IMO and IME most punters will judge a band for it's sound, if the sound is bad the band is bad and not worth staying in the pub to listen to them. [/quote]The worst two I have seem recentlyused IEMs for monitoring, no backline (except the bass). They both seemed happy once the IEM mix was OK