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Not tried it but.... Upside: If it's a bigger cab, then you might get more bottom end & move more air. Downside: Different size driver/make of cab etc, could cause frequency issues where you lose certain notes as each cab cancels the other out. Either or: Might drastically alter your sound.

They're not. Think of it like a head & a single 8Ω cab. Also watts do not equate to the SPL. It doesn't quite work like that. Your combo (the newer version of mine) is just the same as buying a LMIII & a 2x10 8Ω cab. It puts out the same SPL, the cab is rated at 400w & the xmax is the same & so on. If it was a 4Ω cab, you're still gonna have a 400w cab that is still gonna give the same amount of SPL but you wouldn't be able to add another cab to it to increase that SPL. So when looking at combos, go for the ones that are on an 8Ω load so you can add to it (as opposed to being stuck when you run out of oomph & canny add another cab).

Being passive, I think I lose about 25-30% (though I haven't checked this). I have a volume on the A/B switch to balance between loop or bypass. Going into the mixer section, if one channel is off the other does not increase in volume, so makes no odds as I just increase the input gain to compensate. So everything is easily balanced to be the same volume regardless of what is or isn't on. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/289-post-your-pedal-board-basschat-style/page__view__findpost__p__1506637"]CLICK HERE[/url]

Has he looked at himself playing that bass? He looks like he has "special needs".

It cost me less than £20 to make that pedal & what you're wanting could be done in a smaller box.

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Ignore how many watts it is gonna give you at 8Ω, it doesn't directly equate to how loud a thing is. My MB combo is marketed by shops at being 400w (no idea where they get that figure from, probably as it's 2 200w drivers). The head is 500w @ 4Ω & as it's basically attached to an 8Ω 2x10, is about 300-350w @ 8Ω. TC electronics make an amp that is marketed at being 450w at 4Ω but actually only puts out 236w at 4Ω. But it's apparently as loud as an amp marketed at 450w.

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I personally wouldn't go for the Ampeg cab, it's overpriced compared to the competition. The Ashdown & TC cabs look to be better value, though I would go & try them out & see what you like the sound of. Also worth taking a look at is EBS. They have this... [url="http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/EBS_Amplification.html"]Click this.[/url]

500w @ 4Ω amp would put out about 300ish w @ 8Ω. If you add a 2nd 8Ω cab, then you get 500w from the amp (250w to each cab). That cab looks like it's a 1x15.

Well I'm using a PSK SDS-2 that I got back in the 80's for nowt. Mate of mine took up guitar & bought an acoustic (non electro) & wanted to know how to use this pedal on it! Well he is a drummer. The other pedal I use for fuzz/OD is the Moog Bass Murf. Does a brilliant job & you can fine tune the frequencies to get the sound you want. I've never tried any other fuzzes out, though that may change.

I'm not surprised! TIM still owes us a bass!

I'll see what I can muster. Not sure when it'll be, but I'll give it a go.

Newcastle eh! I feel your pain!!!

Yes.

I'd do it, but I've only got one bass. Could do "guess the effect" & just use one pedal.

How's your soldering skills? I made an effects loop/2 channel mixer pedal & the schematic I used was for a 3 channel. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/78585-diy-effects/page__view__findpost__p__1497843"]Here![/url] & here's a pic... [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/xgsjx/6711372259/][/url] There's more pics of it on my Flickr & more info in the DIY thread.

I think that it might be a sign that there's better gear than the Fender for the same money?

Nope, but I'm gonna go & google it.

A 2x10 would do you just fine, but if you can get 2 2x10s then go for it. Not sure if the Ashdown LG is any good though? Not heard much about it at all.

is it a Yamaha SLB200?

Nice track, very FNM sounding (which is a good thing).

Been tempted to get one of those MB heads (likes of a LM Tube) & replace the LMII in my combo. Same reason as many are selling their MB stuff, nowt wrong with what I have, just curious.

I like a bit of Manring. Last time I said that, tBBC replied with "preferably shaved Philippino"!

[quote name='scalpy' timestamp='1328438015' post='1526788'] We had a drummer less rehearsal the other night, everyone in the living room with Apple Loops being run through a small monitor. The guitarist was complaining he couldn't hear the drums but there was no way of giving the loops any more juice, so we had a bit of a chat about playing technique and actually listening not just hearing with everybody (2 vocalists- 2 saxes- keys, bass and guitar) et voila, loops spring out nice and clear. We had a full rehearsal and applied the same principle, the volume was easily manageable, my rig was set to 9 o clock and this is with the drummer using a fully cranked Ludwig snare. In my rock band the drummer and guitarist are a sound engineers nightmare, psychopath and 120W half stack respectively but they play well and I just don't need volume to keep up. That's using a 140W head at 8 ohms into an old Hartke 410. My point is that threads about how much power keep coming up and it normally ends with 3 general schools of thought, "I manage with a tin can and a piece of string" or "There ain't no substitute for cubes" or the scientists quoting the barefaced website. I can't recall many people saying play tidily, with rhythmic precision and musicality and it's amazing how much you can hear all of sudden. The best thing about this is you don't need a van full of boutique gear or the technique of Wooten, you just need to listen! I shall sheepishly climb down from my soap-box now... [/quote] That's a good point you've made. Getting everyone to "listen" to all the parts of the song they're playing as opposed to playing whatever fits the chord sequence & just noodling as loud as possible. My last rock band was often guilty of this, where we played way too loud & the guitarist wouldn't shut up with his widdly widdly weewee throughout the verses! The Mrs liked our songs, came to one rehearsal & left after 20 mins as she couldn't hear the songs for the sheer volume of it. Was just an attack on her hearing. Gigs was no different & even a few of the audience said "Wow, you guys are loud!", not a compliment IMO. There's a lot of good guitarists out there, but there's very few great guitarists that know how to play volume wise & sit in the mix. There's a guitarist in my team at work & he's always saying how passionate he is about guitar & has a collection of instruments & amps & learns a song note for note, yet he says he'll only ever play through a full Marshall stack (In a pub? You're having a laugh!) & he wants me to join his new band (I declined). There's another chap who's the B/F of another team mate & he came to my last gig & asked if he could steal me for his band, I just laughed & this was on his FB page after fitting a humbucker in place of the neck p/u on a Telecaster "New pup is LOUUUDDD" & "Beautiful sound and most importantly didn't squeal like a biatch under serious volume". Says it all really. I like my current band in the fact that the guitarist is the singer & he plays electro acoustic, but that mandolinist! When the drummer joins, he uses either hotrods or brushes.