warwickhunt

Now if they did away with that 'F' hole... Oh it'd be a 70's B&B Jazz!

The driver dimension doesn't matter and aside from anything else, asking which is better is a bit like asking which is the best flavour ice-cream! On this thread alone (never mind the dozens of others over the years) there will be contradictory views that one driver 'size' sounds better than another... the same size driver (even the actual same driver) will sound different in a cab of a different size or material construction of the cab. I love my Aguilar DB112s but I don't like ALL 12" driver loaded cabs (I personally have disliked the Barefaced 112 as I found it too mid rangy and boxy in comparison to my DB but that is just my perception). I loved the sound of my old Hughes & Kettner 2x12 but I detested the sound of a 2x10 Ashdown that I had (briefly). JTUK on here has stated that his pair of DB2x10 cabs sound better than his pair of DB1x12 cabs; I'll disagree EVERY time and say the pair of DB1x12s sound better (and yes I have done a direct A/B comparison with the same cabs), is either of us proving the other wrong? NO, because it is just a different view on the sound that 'we' want to hear. I can also pass comment (not stating fact or some scientific law) that I prefer the sound of my pair of DB1x12 Aguilar cabs as opposed to the DB2x12 that I have and it is solely down to the fact that I can stack my 1x12s on their side to get a bit of extra height at a gig whereas the 2x12 is fixed in the position that it is. Oh and vanilla is best!

[quote name='The Dark Lord' timestamp='1341003189' post='1712848'] The best Warwick is the Fortress One active. [/quote] I beg to differ and that could be another whole thread!

Be aware that there is the rarer Fortress Flashback with the 2-Tek bridge, this one is slightly later than the rarest model.

The only think to ensure you get right is not going lower than your amps minimum load (i.e. don't go less than 4ohms on 'most' cabs)... and there is a bit of lee-way with that but you don't even want to go there so far better to stick to rigid rules!

[quote name='essexbasscat' timestamp='1340710065' post='1708326'] Thanks Liam. So if an amp of 500w RMS actually gives around 300w @ 4ohms, would it give 150W @ 8ohms ? or am I barking up the wrong tree again ? [/quote] 500w RMS amp will generally be @ 4ohms (very few amps go down to 2 ohms, many Peavey amps being the exception), so 250 - 350w @ 8ohms (no absolute rule/formulae for % of the 4 to 8 ohm equation) and possibly down to 150 - 250 @ 16 ohms (though 16 ohm cabs are pretty rare now).

Not a bad price for a 2x10 Trace combo and it's the earlier version with the valve pre and the 5" mid/high driver. You'd pay £150 for one of these cabs so you're getting the amp for £100... bargain! [url="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRACE-ELLIOT-1225V-BASS-GUITAR-AMP-AMPLIFIER-/221055676352?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item3377f1efc0#ht_500wt_1202"]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRACE-ELLIOT-1225V-BASS-GUITAR-AMP-AMPLIFIER-/221055676352?pt=UK_MusicalInstr_Amplifiers_RL&hash=item3377f1efc0#ht_500wt_1202[/url]

Anyone any idea what sort of price for a 3U case?

No, that's fair does with ending the auction before any bids, I've no problem with that. If you fancy the Hamer and a few hundred quid to see you till you find a good 5er just give me a shout. I'm only really interested in your DJ as it is around 8lb in weight; I can bag a DJ from a guy local to me tomorrow for £600 but his isn't light enough for my needs.

Hi WC. I'm the guy who would have bid on your bass! In fact I was the ebayer who contacted you with the offer of a Hamer 5 string (I appreciate you are after something more up market than the Hamer).

TBH I'll offer him £600 and it'll be the equivalent of a bid of £660 on ebay by the time he's taken off the ebay and paypal fees!

[quote name='karlfer' timestamp='1340449704' post='1704560'] Not like you WH [/quote] Nothing personal but I have always had a strong stance that ebay listings that aren't BIN are better left unpublicised otherwise those that have spotted the tasty item or better still a bargain, then have to contend with 'potentially' bidding against others who may not have bothered their backsides to look for it. Buy It Now listings of bargains or unusual items are absolutely a different matter and I regularly flag them up but each to his own. It could still be that when I bid on that DJ I am the only interested BCer but by the same token I am now potentially bidding against anyone else who reads this thread. I concede it is giving others the chance to bid on this bass but IMHO if they wouldn't have looked for it in the first place then why should someone else help them and in the process potentially bump up the price that I will pay.

Well that's just made at least a few more bassists aware of it... if anyone else was sitting hoping to bag it as a bargain, this thread may well blow the chance of that.