chris_b

I shouldn't have looked. I'll never get to sleep now!!!

This isn't a problem. For 5 years I ran a 500 watt amp through 2 AE112 cabs and never got to half way on the volume controls, and we wern't quiet. I doubt you'd get to the point of doing any damage unless you try to go to 11. And why would you do that? This should give yo lots of nice headroom for a great sound.

I don't try to recreate sounds of bygone times. All the gear was different, the amps, cabs, our ears and memories, all different. I don't see much hope of recreating an old sound with modern gear. Either get the old gear or get a good sound out of something modern. Have you tried an Aguilar TH500 or Ampeg SVT3 PRO? Or an Ampeg 115, Bergantino HD series or Barefaced Retro Two10?

You can daisy chain amps by running a lead from the send on one to the return on the other. You plug the bass into the "send" amp and that gives you 1 pre amp running 2 power amps and 2 sets of cabs. That's good for volume, but if you bi amp you'll need both pre amps, so you'll use a split lead or A/B box. PS. For 2 sererate rigs, I believe the tuner out into the input of the second amp would work. Try it you won't break anything. Start with the volumes very low. Also the send from one amp into the input on the other might also work, but the signal will have already gone through the first pre amp.

The guitarist shold have owned up. Receiving adverse criticism is not a comfortable experience but if you think you are any good at what you do, you should be able to accept the opinion of others, and know if it is justified or not. Maybe he didn't know he cocked up. That would be worrying.

Get a 200w class D amp and a 110 or 112. Slightly bigger but you'll get better tone.

You play with professionals and it'll work. Play with amateurs, the selfish or the thoughtless and you get all the problems you're describing. How good are your man management skills?

Dump both combo's and get an amp and cab that sounds right, everyone can hear clearly and gives you a great sound.

I heard he was in a hospice. Very sad news. The Grease Band was an inspiration to me when I was kicking around in the early 70's.

Whoever followed Keith Moon was in for a pasting. Same for JE's replacement. Whatever anyone else thinks The Who works as a unit now. It would have sounded terrible and been musically stupid to have tried to find another Keith or John.

I didn't eat for 2 days before my first gig. Just do your best. It's as good as it is, just make sure you do it all better next time. Enjoy the ride and get as many gigs in the diary as you can.

These days I'm playing through one of the best sounding rigs I've owned. I'm running an Aguilar TH500 through a Berg CN212. But hold on. . . that's the worst of all worlds according to some people. So how come is it a universally acclaimed pairing for volume and tone? I wonder how that can be if D class amps and neo cabs are as bad a some say. The OP was asking for info. I guess he's got his answer. Ultimately he has to make up his own mind based on what [i]he[/i] hears.

I didn't see it but Stuart Zender used to play bass for Ronson.

As Townsend said, "It could have been better, but it's as good as it is".

[quote name='KevB' timestamp='1435570623' post='2810016'] I wasn't sure how well an act like that would translate to bigger stages and having seen a bit of the Glasto footage I'm still not sure. [/quote] Were we watching the same program? What more could Ty Taylor do? He owned the stage, audience and the sound tower. What more could you want?

[quote name='jonnythenotes' timestamp='1435578583' post='2810125'] It's outrageous to knock these guys [/quote] Rich, there's enough negative posting here to warrant some extra positive posting to balance up the thread. This post also addresses the ageist crap some of us have to go through on a daily basis.

[quote name='booboo' timestamp='1435571110' post='2810024']no one will ever replace the manic loony energy of Kieth Moon in full flow. [/quote] Of course. And no one can replace Entwistle. So that's why they are not trying to. Makes sense to me.

Don't hit the strings so hard.

The BBC missed a big trick there. That was far more interesting than most of the stuff they did broadcast!

I've never been a Who fan but I watched tonight and thought they were great. Obviously they're not going to sound like they did 50 years ago and slagging them off because they're not 20 any more is petty. They are one of the originals and the world will be a sadder and less enjoyable place when these guys and the others of their time stop gigging.

Very sad news.

[quote name='Mykesbass' timestamp='1435431224' post='2808782'] We'll .... end up with a great definitive list [/quote] It will "definitely" be a list of bass players, but I'm not sure it will be "definitive". Anyway, why limit this to 50? I'd suggest 100 greatest bass payers.

My experience of owning TC amps was far from dreadful and last year I sat in a room with Nathan East, while he played with the best tone I've heard in a long time from an RH750 and a TC RS212 cab. So far, since 2007, I've played through an Ampeg SVT3 PRO, Markbass LM2 and F1, TC Staccato and RH750, Thunderfunk 550 and 750, Genz STL 9.2 and Aguilar TH500. I could get a great sound out of all of them, except the F1, and the band liked the F1. I have good basses and good cabs and maybe my technique is more forgiving but IME if you can't get a good sound out of an amp then you're doing something wrong. I've played and heard amps and cabs I didn't like but I'd always say that was down to my preferences and not a problem with the gear.

[quote name='EssentialTension' timestamp='1435413407' post='2808569'] It does say The 50 [i]Greatest[/i] Bass Players. [/quote] OK. I missed that bit. In that case. . . .what? Mike Rutherford (and about half a dozen others) before Paul Chambers, Ron Carter, Nate Watts, David Hood, Cornell C Williams and George Porter Jr!!

I've heard as many bass players sounding terrible through SS amps as I've heard sounding terrible through valve amps and sounding terrible though class D amps. If anyone can't sound good through a particular amp, then it's down to them, because there are other players out there who will make the same amp sound great.