BassmanPaul

Looking at that amp reminds me why I left full tube amps behind in the early Seventies! loL That said I must admit that I do like to have a tube somewhere in my signal chain.

In my mind a proper working band should be equipped to handle everything that gets thrown at them. It's not the venues job to get the band's sound out to the audience it's the bands job. Being a lead singer as well as the bass player I put together a suitable PA capable of handling any eventuality. If I need vocals only then I use the 15" mains on stands each side of the stage. if I need to play bass through the system I add my acme 2x10s as subwoofers which they are more than capable of handling.

Come on Bro! Humour makes the world a better place and by all that's holy it surely needs all the help it can get!!!

Ay least we're being ORGANic! lol

@grapefruitmoon my standard question when hearing problems that you describe is: does your amp have an effects loop? If so, connect Send and Return with a short signal cable and see if that helps. Problems with the normalizing contacts on these jacks are not uncommon especially if they are not used.

I chose the 2x10 format stacked on their ends for a vertical 4x10. I'd never go back to anything else.

That's just appauling!!

Just dropped in to say HI from one Paul to Another!

@BassEd13 Better late than never Bro.

There were times that I could have used something like that to nail intricate bass parts. LOL

Doesn't your practice amp have a headphone socket for silent practice? Many do.

Remind me to take a day trip to Halifax and visit.

The version I played through was the 2x10 version. I was impressed how well it handled the low B of my six.

I played though one at a jam here in Toronto. it handled everything my six string threw at it. it was the first Fender bass amp I actually liked.

Pperhaps a shave and a haircut might help!! LOL Just kidding Bro.

@Bolo It is a beautiful bass but I'm more of a tradition kins of guy. Mt favourite instrument I my Tung Oiled Koa lined fretless six string. I'll never part with it!

Just for interest, why not B, E, A, D, G as a normal five is tuned?

I had one for a short time. I found it to be a fair amp but not suitable for my needs. I traded it to a friend for a Peavey 400 amp. I shipped that to a young bass player, at my cost. Sadly he never responded to say that he received it.

sulk! I'd love to attend one of those but, alas, I'm too far away. 🥲

I was looking through my copy of Jack Darr's Electric Guitar Amplifier Handbook. Bathroom reading y'know! It has vintage schematics and more up to date amps. It's interesting and fun to see how the older guys designed amps. It even has designs run directly from the mains, no power transformer! Yikes!!! It is an education seeing how they tried to get more power. Some designs use two output transformers and two output stages connected together to drive one speaker load. It shows the original schematic for the mighty SVT with its power tubes with an anode/plate top cap. I'd forgotten about that version. LOL

Thank you for clearing that up.

Just to correct for accuracy the tube is a 6L6GC the letters after the number are important. 6L6 was a small metal clad tube used in low power often Single Ended power circuits. 6L6G was essentially the same tube but with a glass bottle. 6L6GB was an an updated version with more Plate dissipation. The 5881 is in this sub group. 6L6GC is the latest version of the tube able to produce up to 50W odd per pair in fixed bias. I believe that the 7027 is a more powerful version of the 8L6GC. It's also able to handle a higher plate voltage. I would mention that every schematic I have seen of the V4 series amps are using the 7027.

That's what the gain control is for.

I looked into the 7027 output tubes this amp uses. I was gobsmacked just how much they are going for. This is in North America. I hope you can find a better price when the need arrises for replacements.

Does the amp have a gain control? if yes turn it up.