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as you can see from my sig ive got an swr headlite. well this past week my metal band hhad its first gig and i had to use the venues backline, wasnt at all bad was a hartke xl 410 and a gk backline 600(i think?) problem is i realised how much the compressor in the headlite helps me get a more tight tone. so im wondering if theres a pedal version? or something close to it? hopefully nothing to in depth i mean the headlite is just a one knob comp so ideally be looking for something similar as im guessing the attack and realise on the headlite are preset? im mainly thinking if i have to use someone elses amp i can dial in a bit of comp. andy

[quote name='Rasta' timestamp='1350485359' post='1839536'] I could potentially be up for this too, i'm Plymouth based...would be great to share lifts etc. [/quote] id be up for sharing the driving? andy

hi guys im looking for good mastodon tabs. ive tried ultimate guitar and they have quite a few but the more i look for what i want they dnt seem to fit, im mainly looking for tabs from there latest album "the hunter" the main tab i want is black tongue. ive tried looking on youtube videos but everyone seems to be showing it played up the neck and some of the parts sound off, just wondering if you guys could point me in the right direction other wise it looks like ill have to spend ages working it out!! thanks for any help you can offer, really just wish that there was a tab book like there is for crack the skye andy

Im just over the bridge and be up for giving a lift if you put in some petrol?

Thats about 2 hrs from me, id be willing to come tho as long as the day was worth it? Ie the trip wasnt longer than the bash :-)

Its a bit far but if im game if we get a fair turnout

Take it that theres nothing doing?

smoke and burning normally mean output transformer! which could be pretty terminal but the best thing to do is to take it to orange as a tech would have to get parts in and also if orange do the work you'll get there warranty. andy

awesome heads! really nice sound i used on for a few gigs sharing gear thru my old 610hlf sounded really nice but i just cant gig something that heavy but as you've got a beast already in the vba then im almost certain this is lighter but dare i say theres probs a few more tones in the vba than the orange? andy

If you have a ampeg 810 then going with an ampeg amp seems like the obvious thing. The pro-6 is a nice amp aswell

Dude depending on the size of your gigs i would never get a 75w amp! Thats just gonna be a practice amp, and for 300-500 quid you'll get something very decent, theres a really nice trace 715x on here at the min. Always nice to be able to go louder than u need to be also will help the amp as your not pushing it to much. If you dnt need a big combo maybe look into a 112 combo? Andy

Basically i really like the look and idea of the big baby, the way it goes super low, as i drop tune, but has alot of mids in it aparently? Also projects really well. Need to try one out really before i decide for sure

I reckon its more ment towards sctive basses with hot pre amps.

I actually think that thats the master volume i think? Andy

Ok no that makes sense! Just had thought as i like the eq and comp in headlite if i run it into a power amp from the slave to do the same signal what size amp would be good? All depends if i can find a bigbaby to try?

oh ok now come on ill take that awful trace head of your hands, and ill do it free of charge! i know im just to nice! .... really nice amp btw i love orange heads! andy

as you can see from my sig im currently entertaining the idea of getting a barefaced cab once i find one, however i really like the eq and compressor on the headlite. but seeing as 400w isnt really enough to drive a big baby if i decide to get on ive got a few q's 1, does the headlite need a load to run safely? 2, the pre amp out says that its after the master volume, does that also mean the compressor? 3, if it is after the compressor can i put this into a power amp of say 600/700w thats not to heavy and drive the big baby using the eq i like from the swr? andy

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1349954441' post='1832603'] The first step to understanding cab loudness is to throw away the lies about cab power ratings - most of them are useless. It doesn't help that there are manufacturers still talking about cab X have 500W power output. It's utter BS. 500W acoustic power output is more than the Pyramid Stage PA rig at Glastonbury, which is the size of a few large trucks and worth more than a large house. Read this: [url="http://barefacedbass.com/uploads/BGM59%20Oct2010.pdf"]http://barefacedbass...9%20Oct2010.pdf[/url] Although other manufacturers quote sensitivity ratings, most are lies - Ampeg and Acmes are accurate. Epifani claim 100dB for a 1x12" containing a woofer with 95dB sensitivity - to get that sensitivity you'd need three of those cabs! It's all rather frustrating, marketing trumping honesty... [/quote] ok i kinda get that! my head is still confused by the numbers tho, ie putting 300w into the dubster is like putting 1800 w into the bb, but its fine to put 500 from a db750 into the bigbaby? (i know ive probs missed the pont totally but feel like my heads gonna explode a bit) andy

that would be helpful, the only bit i found confusing was im so used to being like right my cab can take 600w and my amp is 400 that be fine and loud, all the other stuff as you say is confusing. :-) andy

[quote name='alexclaber' timestamp='1349943272' post='1832424'] Andy, you don't hear electrical watts. Over 90% of the wattage you put into a cab comes out as heat. Less than 10% comes out as sound. According to Hoffman's Iron Law, the bigger a cab and/or the less deep it goes, the better it will be at turning electricity into sound and the less waste heat it'll generate. Big Baby sensitivity = 94dB therefore efficiency = 1.6% Compact sensitivity = 98dB therefore efficiency = 4% Dubster sensitivity = 101dB therefore efficiency = 8% So 300W electrically into a Big Baby gives you 4.8W acoustic output (300 x 0.016) and 295.2W of waste heat. To get 4.8W acoustic output from a Compact you need to put in 120W electrically, whilst to get 4.8W acoustic output from a Dubster you need to put in 60W electrically. The Headlite is about 250W into 8 ohms so right at the bottom of the power we recommend for the Big Baby. Furthermore, it's not an amp I have any experience of but I have found that in general micro-amps do not produce as much power in the real world with bass guitar as their specs claim, compared to heavyweight amps. Some micro-amps do better, and they're the ones we tend to recommend more often. As I said in my email, I think you'd be fine in your band with a DB750 driving a Big Baby but I'd be amazed if the Headlite has enough power to play loud enough without obvious clipping. [/quote] ah ok alex, wasnt doing this to be cheeky just i know you are a busy guy but thanks for explaining it andy

then i guess maybe you've just been unlucky ive only heard good things about these. your doing what id do which is return it under warranty, i might try a replacement first tho if your actually happy with the sound you were getting? andy

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1349897394' post='1832035'] The Big Baby has tones more mids and highs, which are going to be louder in an ears sense, and the Compact will have a fair bit more of them, than the Dubster. [/quote] yeh i kinda get that it will need more lows so more watts to get the bb as loud as a dubster, the bit after having a think that i dnt understand is the whole 300w into a dubster is the same as 50w into the bb? also that the bb can says its ideal wattage is between 200-600w but alex said that my headlite might struggle yet it puts out 400w and isnt quiet. andy

there seems to be quite a few around here, were you pushing the amp hard? or was it doing this at low volume? its just ive heard about ss class d power sections not liking being run at full, and no sound does sound like a output transformer, but it could just be a bad connection on the speakon connection? im sure some ppl will be along soon andy

this is some info that i got from alex, im trying to arrange to go and try out a dubster soon! but cant find a big baby anywhere near! but im thinking the dubster is gonna be loud!!! Big Baby = 94dB Compact = 98dB Dubster = 101dB So for equal SPL (loudness) then: 300W into Big Baby = 100W into Compact = 50W into Dubster So 300W into a Dubster would be like 1800W into a Big Baby (which would kill it!) not sure i entirely understand tho but didnt wanna trouble alex with pointless silly emails! andy