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[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='997996' date='Oct 23 2010, 01:23 PM']There are two mode 4 cabs, I know the 240w is loaded with Vintage 30s and is totally happy playing distroted guitary bass. Just make sure all your lows are provided by the appropriate rig. Fairly sure the newer 400w mode 4 cab is also happy, the distortion to get with the Mode4 will compress everyhting enough to keep it safe. However, the Mode 4s do get a bit breaky sometimes, overheating problems, there were a few at local practice space, but they all died, so watch out for that.[/quote] yeh our guitarist had his output transformer blow up! but other than that i love the sound he gets, if it were an ideal world i'd go buy myself a boogie dual rect! but can't really afford 1700 on a head! andy

in a few months my bands gonna be doing an unplugged set at a local bar, basically the only major dif is the guitarist going to an acoustic, but in some parts i need a clean boost as in some songs in taking on the solos! so need to have a bit of a boost in volume, also maybe add a little grit so its not just my main bass sound but louder. had a look on the net but there's lots of boost pedals, anyone suggest anything for me to try? andy

[quote name='Colledge' post='997674' date='Oct 23 2010, 12:43 AM']using a bass cab - no problem at all, fire away. with a guitar cab as you say, just be careful with the bass knob, the speakers won't be made to handle deep bass, but then again, using a bi-amp setup means you don't need the bass to come from the guitar rig.[/quote] yeh thats what i figured, the mode 4 from what ive heard is a really bassy head a cab combo anyway. would a crossover help im wandering? been thinking of getting one for my bi amp rig im making anyway? just send the mids and hi's to the guitar amp? although i would still want to send all a true signal to my bass amp? although actually i can do that with my lehle switcher and have the b going of to the crossover! should that work and protect the guitar amp and cab? surely if it can do really downtuned guitars it can take a standard tuning bass if its only getting mids and highs? andy

i did a quick search, but couldnt find anything! the guitarist in my band has a mode 4 marshall half stack and on a song where looking to record soon, i have a part where i want some crazy distortion going on but also a clean bass track so im gonna split my signal and run in to a dif amp but rather than bass i was gonna try the mode 4? any danger in this? what can i do to limit damage? im guessing not cranking the bass up to much? but is there anythiong else i can do? andy

[quote name='EdwardHimself' post='986442' date='Oct 12 2010, 11:50 PM']Which is why one can use a converter... Anyway no you're right it doesn't really make a difference unless you're recording more than 4 tracks. Are you going to be recording more than 4 tracks at once?[/quote] no im only looking at recording my bass so all would be good! anyone suggest or post links to stuff they use? andy

probs a stupid question but whats firewire?

hope this in the right place? im looking into starting building a bass, i wanna get my head round the electric first tho. how did you guys get started, were there courses, books etc or did you just do it on the fly? im thinking of getting a cheap bass and just doing lots of work on it to start ie changing the electrics working out how it all works? does this sound like a good place to start? i also wanna get into looking at amps as ideally i want to become a band tech any advice ? andy __________________

thanks guys! yeh im looking into getting something record the sounds instead of just plugging into the laptop, maybe some sort of di box and ill probs grab a mic to. whats a good bass mic?, on gigs ive seen people using sm58's and 57's but also some weird things! whats best guys? also any suggestions on what you guys use for an interface would be good! andy

hope this is in the right place? basically im getting a laptop soon and i want to do some recording on it, so looking at getting something that i can record good qulity song demos etc, using di box from my bass or a mic input. so my question is what would you guys recomend? for software and also what does the laptop im gonna get need to have to support getting the sounds in to the software, im guessing the soundcard needs to be good? and its gonna have to have a fair bit of memory? andy

ok on looks and sound from all the clips i think im gonna go with this! but just on the of chance does anyone live near plymouth that owns one? andy

also check out our cover of knocking on heavens door here! theres a few dodgey backing vocals from me! but other than that what you think? [url="http://www.youtube.com/syruss"]http://www.youtube.com/syruss[/url]

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thanks kev! andy

sold my lm2 and 210 av ampeg cab, paid quickly and a nice guy to deal with! much thanks! andy

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='945663' date='Sep 4 2010, 08:08 PM']From what I saw at Reading a CL and an SVT2[/quote] love the sound! rocking the hell out of that epi!

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='945485' date='Sep 4 2010, 04:35 PM']Vintage hollowbody.[/quote] ah ok get it now!

[quote name='waynepunkdude' post='945476' date='Sep 4 2010, 04:21 PM'][/quote] what?

random question does anyone know what rig the bassist from queens of the stone age uses? as i saw him playing a epi jack cassidy! and im in love with the tone! andy

[quote name='pantherairsoft' post='945292' date='Sep 4 2010, 11:23 AM']Got it yet? How does it compare to the TU-2?[/quote] nope! but got to have a play on one he had in stock! much brighter lights and seems a bit quicker to tune? and rather than only powering one other bass pedal like the tu2 it can power 7! will have my one when i get back from hols next month! andy

[quote name='Rich' post='942837' date='Sep 1 2010, 11:40 PM']My solid state amp is the loudest bass amp in my house. FACT![/quote] awesome!

haha! proper funny thread! some people are retards! 10000 people gig! hahahahahaha! i like ampeg but as a lot of you have said most of the big names use the cl or very old vintage pegs! and he clearly has no idea about pro guitar rigs as several big bands get the main guitar sound from a little combo mic'd thats put thru the main amp speakers! not all tho. arent trolls awesome lol! andy

My db750 will blow most valve amps out of the water!

got me a tu-3 on the way! awesome! andy