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Bought a Squier bass for my wife from Mike. Lovely chap and great communication. As mentioned above, a credit to Basschat. Highly recommended!

Great chap, Steve. Bargain price for a premium pedal and didn't charge any extra for special delivery. Great communication. Hope I can buy from him again some day!

Go on then

Nice one, thank you!

"Can do a lot else besides. It does retain the low end well IMO and you can dial in clean blend if you want even more low end.

They come up reasonably often in the FS for around £75 to £95 used."

Are you referring to the Aftershock there or the A/O?

I really like the Omega side of the A/O pedal but I'm reluctant to drop over £200 for just that one sound. Is anyone aware of any pedals out that are similar to just this side of the A/O?

Reference video from about 2:45 for example.

Pmed you

On 30/08/2018 at 14:50, big rob said:

HI

I have a TC electronic RS410 for sale if it helps? 

 

Do you have a link?

e: I'm very interested in the Warwick cab here as well if anyone cares to comment:

Is this sold?

Would you consider posting?

Is this thing very loud?

Thanks everyone. I think there's a good enough consensus here that the Peavey 410 TVX is what I'll aim for.

As for Ashdown MAG stuff, is it all good? Am I looking only for the valve ones?

As an aside, I'm picking up a Boss LS2 tonight to see if it will help me beef up the low end a bit when I stomp my DS1.

edit: Thinking of this specifically 

12 hours ago, cattytown said:

Whereabouts are you? If in striking distance of Bolton, I'd be happy for you to drop by and have a play.

Some of my gear is way above budget, but would give ideas.
Ashdown CTM100, Fender Bassman 135, Ashdown spyder 330, two notes lebass, barefaced Big Baby cab.

 

Paul.

That's very kind of you Paul but I'm all the way down in Devon haha

45 minutes ago, Pea Turgh said:

Cab-wise I just bought one of two Peavey cabs from Fleabag on ‘ere that he’d upgraded the drivers with Beyma’s. 2x10, 400w @ 4 ohms.

Im yet to use it in anger, but the sound I’m getting in the house is very promising. £105 delivered!

Might be a good cheap yet highly effective option for you.

Yeah I reckon that would be good. I'm gonna do some shopping around for heads and see what the situation is. Thanks for the tip!

16 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

I think that may well be the weaker part of the set-up, the VX cabs were Hartkes lower priced, more vintage sounding cabs, and not that efficient in db ratings from what I`ve read.  I like the recommendations of the Peavey amps, great gear, lasts forever, is heavy but worth it if you`re ok with carrying it. Add in a Sansamp/VT DI/Para Driver etc and you`re away with a quality sound. I`d still look at a different cab first though, that`s the weaker link in the current set-up imo.

Thanks Lozz196,

So just so I'm clear. What exactly am I looking for in a cab that means it will perform much better than this Hartke?

19 minutes ago, hooky_lowdown said:

For your budget, secondhand...

Head: Peavey Firebass 700 + Tech 21 Sansamp Bass Driver or Line 6 Lowdown HD750

Cab: x2 Peavey 410 tvx or Peavey 810 tvx

It's heavy gear, but super reliable, super loud and you should be able to get either option for under 400 notes.

Thanks for your help. I like the look of these amps so will keep an eye out for them.

And I'm guessing you strongly recommend using an 8x10, whether that's in a complete box or in 2 lots of 4?

20 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

Not necessarily, a mate of mine has a Behringer amp head, not sure which one, and through the matching 410 cab it was plenty loud enough, and sounded great with it. Which Hartke 410 is it that you use - that may be a factor on this.

It's this one: https://www.thomann.de/gb/hartke_vx_410.htm

13 minutes ago, Pea Turgh said:

From what I understand, Behringer have been known to exaggerate wattage in the past!

Ah right, so a true 400W would be much louder than I'm experiencing with a "450" behringer?

Just want to clarify a question I asked earlier.

My current head is 450W and I think we're all agreed is responsible for the bottleneck in volume.

I've seen a 400W Ashdown recommended so presumably there is more to it than simply wattage.

There what other specifications should I be looking at to discern how loud the thing can go?

Thank you all for your replies. This is very informative.

For those interested, my head is taken from this combo: https://www.gak.co.uk/en/behringer-bx-4210a/928

I have borrowed a pre-amp pedal in the past but found it very noisy, caused lots of feedback, and didn't really do anything for the the sound. Am I right in think it's probably because of this head and not the pedal then?

I think, based on the advice so far, I will buy a pre-amp pedal and look at getting a decent head and continue to borrow the 4x10 as the cab seems to be the least responsible for the bottleneck in my rig.

If anyone has any suggestions on decent heads (<£300) that work well with a pre-amp pedal and will sound good with a slightly trebly, distorted rock tone I'd love to hear from you! As I understand it, my current amp pushes 450 watts which is quite high? Should I be going for something even more or is there another variable I need to look at?

One other question, if I pick up the pre-amp pedal now is it likely to do anything for me? Or am I better off grabbing the head first?

Hello everyone,

Quick bit of background, I play bass in a three piece post-hardcore/screamo band and have recently bought a bunch of cheap and cheerful gear to see if I want to take this band and the hobby seriously. I'm having a lot of fun and I think I've found what is roughly the sound I want (I use a sort of Musicman Stingray copy but with a neck and bridge pick up, mostly turned to the bridge and I use a Boss DS-1 pedal for half our songs).

Now the problem: I had the unfortunate opportunity to play through the headline band's rig the other night and I'm now in love. It was an Ampeg SVT 2 Pro and an Ampeg 8x10 Cab.

Normally I run a Behringer head ripped out of a combo, which sounds good enough on the occasions when I can run it through something nice like an Ampeg 8x10, but most often I am borrowing a Hartke 4x10 and it doesn't really get loud enough and lacks a lot of clarity.

My question is: I know nothing will match it, but just how close can I get to the godly volume and clarity of an SVT 2 Pro with an 8x10 cab? I'm on a budget and am unable to cart around an 8x10. I can probably store one but it will never fit in the van we're currently using along with all the other gear.

Am I better off sticking with my Behringer head and getting a decent Ampeg 4x10 (does such a thing exist)? Should I be looking to upgrade both? Are combos a waste of time for gigging?

Disclaimer: I am saving for a wedding, so funds are limited, but I can justify somewhere between £300-£500, and I'm perfectly happy to buy things second hand and a bit tatty.