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[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1394100466' post='2387851'] I never said that either Chris. Yes, it's safe to run an amp at 4Ω (or in your case, 2Ω). But the higher the resistance you put on it, the more current is drawn, therefore the hotter the components get. It's really that simple. The amp should be built to withstand the extra load, but if you don't need to put the extra strain on the amp, why would you want to? Your car's engine is designed to run up to the red line without any damage & racing cars run regularly to that & get regular services, whereas with my car, even though it's safe to do so, I don't run my car to the red line all the time as it means I'll need more servicing to keep it in good nick. [/quote] im afraid your not making any sense! your just relaying info thats wrong, yes using the amp at 4 ohms will mean it runs hotter but its been designed to run at 4 ohms. so there wnt be any shortening of the amps life. and saying this will worry people. andy

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1394059394' post='2387609'] No need to apologise. I (nor Bill) never said that you shouldn't run 2 cabs. I said that running the amp at it's minimum impedance is wearing out the components quicker. Yes, amps are tested to take the extra strain on the components, but if there's a 4 ohm & an 8 ohm cab & you're only running the one cab, then it's not worth wearing out your amp that bit more with the 4 ohm cab for something you're probably not going to notice. If you're adding a 2nd cab, then you're gonna hear the difference, so it's probably worth the trade off. [/quote] Ok so why say it? Just seems to be a way of worrying people who are new to heads and cabs. Andy

[quote name='xgsjx' timestamp='1394002526' post='2386692'] How so? Here's exactly how BFM described the increased current draw when running an amp to it's minimum impedance... [/font][/color] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Why?[/font][/color] Given that he knows his stuff, I've no reason not to believe him. [/quote] im sorry but really! your never meant to run 2 cabs? with any amp then? if an amp has a min impedance of 4 ohms its fine to run at 4 ohms, the problem would be if you were running said amp at max volume (digital amps not valve) ie everything at 10 and clipping the amp to hell. which to get the volume the op needs would be the problem here. andy

The 410obc is a awesome, and is i would say slightly better quality than the 410hlf how ever the ampeg does sound good with orange, for some reason they go together very well, so personally id look at one of those. However never trying a barefaced i have no idea but im sure some one will be along soon to say how light they are. Andy

heres a link to itunes as not got any videos up yet, as i said above this my bass is from a mic in front of the cab no di mixed in, so you can hear how i sound need to listen through head phones. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/nex-ratio-ep/id833521708 andy

love my 810, yeh its not the smallest but also love how it makes the terror look tiny lol andy

heres a video i made for lateral sounds, its not much but theres links the rest of the ep which was recorded using it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jdTG7XHTX0 andy

hi guys hope this is ok, my band " Six Sins till Sunday's" new ep is out. no videos out yet with teasers, so i hope its ok to post a link to i tunes where peeps can demo the tracks the ep is called "nex ratio" and has three new tracks plus 2 reworked tracks from our self titled first ep. https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/nex-ratio-ep/id833521708 the new tracks are the first three. andy

[quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1393763520' post='2384051'] Like this then. Note that a) I have left the original wiring as dotted outlines b ) I did this one on an iPad in an app I have had 3 years and hadn't used before c) I added colour d) its a bit better than the last one! e) I wouldn't wire a bass like this, makes it too unpredictable [url="http://s405.photobucket.com/user/alienrat/media/Jazz3_zps04dabec9.png.html"][/url] [/quote] cheers man yeh might just stick to the first diagram, nice idea but as you say not really practical andy

Cool its the jazz in my sig Ah cool so doing that would put everthing to 10, i have one more could i have the tone active? Dnt mind putting another switch in for that. So ill have all the pickups on full and the tone or both pickups on full with tone control that i can use, or have control of the pickup but have a dimed tone control?

does anyone have any idea where i could find drawings for this?

im with sibob on this one, stacking different pedals gets a very cool effect, some work really well together some not so but thats the joy of experimenting which is why i love pedals! currently in love with my lateral sounds "root" but ill also turn on my mesa flux drive to give it a bit more gain or darker sound to work with. ive also had a ls-2 before with pedals in each loop with made mixing the 2 sounds alot more manageable was kinda like using two amps? andy

worked well when ive borrowed our guitarists its basically a polytune andy

[quote name='skychaserhigh' timestamp='1393405468' post='2379742'] Sounds good as long as you like distortion. Interested to find out if it does loud and clean too. [/quote] The distortion is completely separate from the eq side of the amp so i will be 1000w clean amp if needed just dnt turn on the gain side

Helms alee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voNghRkt5k8 tool, the new periphery album and my bands recently recorded ep! andy

[quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1393264481' post='2377981'] Well Edens certainly have some lows, I had a Nemesis 410 and it was a great cab. I think the low frequencies are much lower than that of Ashdowns. It could be that the Ashdown had issues, as having also had an OTB, I could never get a tinny sound from it - not that I wanted to mind - just a thick warm slightly gainy (and very loud) sound. [/quote] lozz is right, just had a look the eden 410 goes down to 48hz and depending what ashdown it was the abm goes to 70hz and the mag interestingly goes to 60hz. andy

i would say it could be the cab, but as has been sad 12 o clock isnt flat, ive found sticking a eq pedal infront or in the effects loop gives these amps alot more eq options i have a rack eq works really well. andy

used this in the studio today! holy crap! such a brutal distortion getting the mastered tracks tomoz afternoon so will be able hopefully to post a link up for people to hear. andy

we've got a cupboard in our rehearsal space so i store my stuff in there bar my basses as it gets cold so dnt want the neck moving. i am happy to leave it there, have left my cab in the studio space aswell but we know the engineer and he would never use it. andy

it'll probs be an ashdown overdrive pedal combined with a valve head, although i think he also uses the rack sansamp. andy

ive recorded a few sections as demos using garageband, got a very nice bass sound, i think i used the orange amp sim with a comp sounded very nice andy

New pedalboard at long last, my old boss thing lost its lid about 2 years ago so its nice to be able to close this one, only missing the cog effects custom

[quote name='tonyquipment' timestamp='1391604970' post='2359046'] Agree Unless you like the sound of farts [/quote] ill admit, the octave side of the pedal isnt that useable but with my rack eq cutting the extreme lows it does give a rumble, but just recorded yesterday and it sounded brutal when the right hand dial is dimed (so pretty much all fuzz with a hint of the octave) had it after my mesa flux drive so was getting fed a dirty overdrive tone, used it to beef up certain parts. very impressed seeing as i tune to d standard and bought it on a whim. andy

[quote name='LukeFRC' timestamp='1392934610' post='2374555'] it won't be the same as turning everything up to 10 as it will effect the pickup loading too (i.e. the pots still have an effect fully open) I can't think of the name at the moment but you'll want a switch that switches it across at both the input and output(jack) points. the next question you'll ask is about the second switch for having the pups in series or parallel.... [/quote] oh no nothing fancy like that lol, im actually seeing a tech tomoz so i think i might ask him if he has any ideas

have a squier vm 5 string bass, love it but looking to change a bit of the electrics to make my life a tad easier. does anyone know how i could wire this in, basically looking to add a small switch that will disable the volume pots and just put the pickups straight to the output so basically the same as turning everything up to 10. andy