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9 minutes ago, asingardenof said:

 

I believe the 900W heads are wide as well with the EVO IVs

I didn't think the evo iv had a 900w version. Theres an Evo 3 900w version (2 power sections again)

9 minutes ago, Jono Bolton said:

What's the story with the wide ABM heads? Are they combo units that Ashdown repurposed into heads? I'm only asking as I'm going to pick up an EVO III head tonight and it's the wide, vented version rather than the standard one.

With the Evo iv range the wide heads are 1200w (2x600w power sections). Not sure about Evo 3

1 hour ago, ardi100 said:

Potential ABM owner here.

 

I'm trying to replace a Mark Bass Little Mark 250 and an Eden 12 (4 ohm). I've read this entire thread and been seduced by all the tales of tones and customer service!

 

I have a very strict budget, it has to be paid for by the sales of my current gear. A couple of options present. Some Evo ii and iii combos are definitely within budget. Also an Evo iii head and a very cheap ABM 212 (4 ohm) or an 8 ohm 115 plus pick up a second cab later. The weights don't really bother me.

 

Any thoughts on which route is 'better'?

 

Thanks.

I think any of those options would be good. If weight isn't an issue, I'd personally go for head and the 4ohm 212 - I reckon that would cover any gig.

But it depends if you want 1 very heavy (presumably) cab to move as opposed to 2 heavy cabs.

With 2 cabs -a 15 and maybe another 15 or 210,  you would end up with more volume

I turned up to my rehearsal room last night and the ABM I normally use was being serviced & in its place was a Trace Elliot AH600. Man, they are bright sounding in comparison and super heavy too. Lovely amp & I quite enjoyed playing through it though. Given that Ashdown came from Trace, its quite interesting to see how different they are - seems like they are almost aimed at different markets. The trace is really bright and quite clinical sounding, bit of a throw back to the 80s maybe - I prefer the warmth of the ashdown. Both great amps though.

I quite enjoyed it. I'm not into fusion, but I'm gonna check a bit more of it out. I definitely think he's doing it for the love of it - which is the whole point right? but also It makes perfect sense for him to do. He's getting a load of content - both educational for sbl and entertainment for youtube.

Completely agree with the original post. Great basses on here, but anything north of about £700 seems to be on here for an age. Not a great time to sell basses by the looks of it. Ive got one on marketplace at the moment, but I honestly think I'll be better off keeping hold of it till a better time - hopefully it will appreciate.

Or I could (gulp) relic it so it's a bit more to my taste!

1 hour ago, Reggaebass said:

Before I explore has anyone tried recording with this, do you need a computer or could it be done on the iPad , ideally into GarageBand as that’s all I use for recording 

I've done some basic recording straight into audacity on my pc via usb. Not sure if you can go into ipad

Just bought a Sansamp from Richard. Item as described, super quick delivery and great comms. Thanks

Good to know, I'm intending to use a sansamp and a lightweight head and cab for some gigs. I plan to send the sansamp to foh and the effect signal to the head. Then tweak the head eq to suit the cab - sounds like I'm choosing the right options.

@Lozz196 would you normally XLR out from your sansamp to foh or from your abm xlr out? (Presuming you are running the sansamp effect signal to the abm)

Bought a Hercules stand from John, arrived quickly and as described. Comms great throughout. Many thanks 

I think the cabs you have are equally important when it comes to volume. I have an ABM 600 and my 212 cab is way louder than the 2 x 15 cab I was using previously.

I would also choose the ABM 600 over the 300, they come up way more regularly second hand.

50 minutes ago, Rich said:

My god, this stuff is quite intriguing even if it is pretty much all waaaaay over my head. May I just make one small amendment though:

Thanks. As you were.

Ha! At my last gig, everytime the drummer hit the kick there was some weird feedback on stage that sounded very similar to a bass note! Leaving completely unable to hear my own bass at times! That was a fun gig luckily it was inaudible out front.

Presumably when FOH take a line from your amp, they are just eq-ing the signal to sound like it's running through a cab. Unless they have cab Sims built in to their equipment - which is probably quite common now

Its not FRFR but it sounds pretty neutral and uncoloured to my ears

10 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

 

 

Not necessarily. An Impulse Response of a cab does include time so it does change over time. That time is very short - in milliseconds, but within that time there are very significant changes. That is something that a static EQ cannot do. 

 

Have a look at some YT vids about making your own IRs and you'll see the process. The concept of amp capturing takes it another step to include the amp at the settings being used.

 

The rest of the signal chain makes a big impact too. For example, heavy use of compression will minimise the EQ change over time.

Will defo check out some IR capturing  vids thanks.

In my case, I now have a much clearer (more accurate I guess) cabinet. and while I can hear myself much better, it sounds quite sterile when flat. I do have to eq it significantly differently in comparison to my original cab.

It did get me thinking should I be using some sort of cab simulation instead.

Interesting! so in digital speaker emulation they are not allowing for cab EQ to change depending on what is feeding it, they are just overlaying a static EQ on top and getting close?

If you wanted to achieve this with analogue pedals and an amp it is theoretically possible, but you'd need 2 eq's. one to eq your pre-amp on your amp how you like it, and one after the amp preamp (not sure how you would do this)  to replicate the speaker cab.

If you have a clean cabinet (FRFR or getting towards it maybe), is it possible to emulate a coloured cabinet sound with just amp EQ?

When playing around with cab simulations, to my ears it just sounds as if an EQ is being overlayed on top, which is definitely taming the harshness of the treble, warming the sound and probably bumping or cutting some other frequencies.

If that's the case, would you always be better going for a clean sounding cab because it offers way more versatility?

Not a bad shout that!

I was doing a simple recording of an idea for a bass line, which consisted of pumping 8th notes at 140BPM. I noticed that my timing was occasionally a little off on the odd note. The worrying thing was I couldn't hear it at the time, it was only when I played the recording back that I noticed. I tried recording the line with one finger rather than alternating. and it was much better - attack of the note was way more consistent, but the timing was also better too. I don't think the problem is my own internal timing, probably more my right hand technique.

This is something that I would like to improve, and I can do metronome exercises etc. but given that I couldn't hear that I was not in time, makes me a little confused on how to improve. I could almost do with an app that lets me know how close to the beat I am when playing. Does anyone know of a tool that I can use to check my timing?

That's a lot of bass!

I'm finding I have to roll a lot of the bass off to get it to sit nice in a mix. That said, I am playing along to rock and not reggae.

I also like the comp on a touch to tighten up the sound.

Anyone else finding the plug crashing and needing resetting a lot! All the lights come on and it becomes completely unresponsive. The only way to get it to function is stick a pin in the reset hole.

I've got latest firmware installed.

The eq in mightier amp is better, but it is still bass heavy. Best solution I have found is to stick an eq app on my phone which lets me switch to a different eq preset really easily when using the mighty plug

Cheers guys, appreciate the advice

Previously I complained about the Bluetooth audio on the mighty plug being really bass heavy. Good news is i finally installed the mightier amp app, and the eq for the audio is much better and is now useable. 

The app in general seems much better in terms of layout, control, etc.

Many thanks but I'm Cambridge - probably a bit far!

Pure tone jacks look good, but I've no idea what one I'd need