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TBH if you have a disciplined band playing with gear at the kind of volume you used to play at when you had your old PA then you can get away with not much more than you used to have BUT in practice that rarely happens! We gigged 20 years ago with a basic pair of full range 15 Peavey Hi-Sys cabs, 1k power amp and 12 channel desk (+ effects unit) and that did us very nicely for all of our pub gigs up till about 2 years ago when we decided we wanted to go light weight and moved onto powered speakers (RCF). We sold our old system for a total of £350 (desk and power amp had been upgraded/replaced in the last few years) and it was all still perfectly useable and adequate... we just wanted bigger and better. Our upgrade cost us approx £2k (used) to get what we wanted but we know have an easily transported system that clocks in at just over 2k watts. From the above you can see that buying a perfectly adequate 1k rig is easily achievable for £500 but you need to accept that you'll be using weighty equipment.

[b]1. Are Aguilar cabs more suited to producing the more rounded vintage type sounds than the EBS Neo cabs ? I suspect this is the case, but I'd like to hear the thoughts of others that have already walked this path. There's got to be a few out there. [/b] I'm ready to get shot down on this but I would say YES! I've owned the EBS Neo 2x12 and I've owned various other Neo cabs inc. 2x10, 1x15 and 6x10 and regardless of the fact they were different manufacturers, driver sizes and cab designs the Neo driver equipped cabs had an inherent tone that was more prominent, Hi-Fi, mid-biased. Now I know that it has been said time and again that the driver magnet material (Neo) has no effect whatsoever on the tone, well in that case I have to say that the cab designs for all these Neo cabs was such that the tone on all of them was different to any ceramic magnet driver cab that I tried. At the end of the day I bought and sold a multitude of very good Neo cabs not because they were rubbish but the tone wasn't what I wanted and as soon as I ran through the DB12's I knew that was the sound I was after; fuller and fatter... maybe the diet that Neo's go on makes them thinner in tone! [b]2. What circumstances prevail to encourage people to choose the DB cabs instead of the GS cabs ?[/b] The DBs were available used when I was looking! I've tried the DBs and the GSs side by side and they have a different sound, one not better than the other just different and my preference was for the DB [b]3. What advantages (other than weight) does the DB112 / DB112 NT combo give compared to 2 x DB112 ?[/b] Is your question a spelling error/typo? Do you mean x2 DB12 versus x1 DB212 Modular set up? If so I've never tried a 2x12 against the pair of 1x12 but if the 2x12 was a 4 ohm cab then I've no reason to think it wouldn't be as good/better than the pair of 1x12. I will add the caveat that a pair of DB112's are greater than the sum of the parts; pair up a couple of DB or GS 1x12s and they sound so much 'more' than just two cabs added together. I've started stacking my DB12 on their edge (maybe pics to follow) and putting foam between so that you can get the drivers up higher (and the horn if you have a horn equipped cab), I'd say that is one benefit over a single 2x12 standing on the floor much lower than ear height!

I personally don't think that throwing more power at your present cab is going to give you more perceived volume. I'd be going down the route of another cab or as you indicate space is a problem, then a pair of smaller cabs or a single cab that will do both jobs... I'd stick with a modular, small cab approach!

[quote name='bigthumb' post='1075802' date='Jan 2 2011, 09:54 PM']Ex Warwickhunt stable![/quote] How many times will I be required to see that statement before I stop selling basses? [quote name='bigthumb' post='1075802' date='Jan 2 2011, 09:54 PM']Would still kill for his fretless![/quote] No need to kill... there are other ways to acquire it's twin... DOH! what have I just said!

Is that a special casing for the Ashdown or do they all come like that? Looks very Ampeg flip-top.

[quote name='Musicman20' post='1075484' date='Jan 2 2011, 05:10 PM']I think they are virtually the same, OR, you may see a little more omph from the DB212. This is something I looked into when I bought the ones Higgie now has, and my 4 ohm DB212. Yep, if we are talking one DB212 8 ohm, then maybe the DB112 x 2 will out perform it, BUT, I think if we are talking the single 4 ohm DB212, then because its a single large box, you get a huge sound. Something to do with total internal space actually being in one box, but that might just be talkbass nonsense. Either way, two DB212s is just amazing. I wish I could still have both but space became a premium.[/quote] Yes the internal capacity of the 2x12 is greater than the pair of 1x12 combined but as you rightly indicate I was speaking of the pair of 8's = 4ohm v single 8 ohm. Added to which I've started (with some help from some hard PC packing foam) stacking my 1x12's on their edge, thus the whole stack is significantly taller (especially on my Gramma Pad) and thus the drivers are stacked vertically a bit better than either the trad way of doing singles or than the 2x12. Hence if most gigs are accomplished with a single DB212 then I personally would have thought that a pair of DB112 would cope admirably. I gig in a 6 piece 'Southern Boogie' Rock band with a pair (sometimes 3 when the keys player moves to guitar) of guitarists and one of them uses a Fender twin, which gets pretty damn loud but my 112's do fine without ever getting near maxing out. In fact I prefer the DB12's getting pushed with a bit of power as they start to fatten up nicely! I'm simply baffled as to which gig, with no PA support, where you would need a pair of DB212's. I can only imagine that would be silly loud when paired with a DB750. Only IMHO but I think awesome as it looks it is as much about GAS and pose... I should know I gigged a pair of EBS Neo 212's but then they were absolute featherweights to lug around. Saying all of that if I was young, fit (no recurring shoulder injuries) and carefree I might well stick a pair of DB2x12's up just for the hell of it.

[quote name='Higgie' post='1075295' date='Jan 2 2011, 01:48 PM']I used to use the AG500 with a DB112/DB112NT setup, but found it wasn't loud enough for my band (I didn't have PA support and my guitarist, well, is a guitarist...) so I've stepped it up to a DB750 and 2 8ohm DB212's. I mainly only need one cab, but for the bigger gigs I take both. I've never been happier with my sound, and a single 8ohm 212 will easily put out enough watts for most gigs. Your mileage may vary depending on the size of the venues you're playing, but if you need to go any louder than that, you'll most likely have PA support anyway so...It's up to you! But for my money, you can't go wrong with a couple of 2x12's - Gives you the option of splitting if you need to, rather than having something like an 8x10. Hope that helps! PS. My Dad used to go to the Bass Centre when it was in Wapping so you probably served him a few times![/quote] What size venues do you play without PA support? Your 8ohm 212 doesn't put out any watts and I'm confident that a pair of DB12's would outperform a single DB2x12... sounds like GAS justification to me!

[quote name='Nickytwister' post='1075242' date='Jan 2 2011, 01:03 PM']John, they're both horned models - I'm not really a tweeter fan but a little bit's perfect. I won't be selling them though! Cheers Skej![/quote] Mine is one tweeter one sans and I only have the tweeter on 50%, then again even on full you never get too much sizzle.

[quote name='Jigster' post='1075221' date='Jan 2 2011, 12:46 PM']OFOF??[/quote] One Finger One Fret

[quote name='Nickytwister' post='1075179' date='Jan 2 2011, 12:13 PM']Hey guys, Just to let y'all know, last week I picked up a pair of used Chocolate Brown DB112s with covers from a good mate; I'm very pleased with them already! Thanks for all your help and advice. Happy New Year! Nick x[/quote] Excellent choice (from a DB12 user ), did you get one of the cabs with horn or are they both sans horn? Oh and if they aren't to your taste give me a shout as I like the look of the choccie ones... a tart, Moi!

This is an observation NOT a criticism but have you considered adapting to a one finger one fret approach? During that clip there are times when you do play OFOF but then you swap back to that alternate little/ring finger alternate fingering (I'm sure there's a technical term for it but I don't know of one ). JUST an observation!

[quote name='RhysP' post='1075125' date='Jan 2 2011, 11:20 AM']Because it's the only shape they didn't design themselves. Warwicks are the most dog-ugly range of basses I've ever seen.[/quote] Not about to get into a debate or challenge your views about the aesthetics of Warwicks, as it is all about personal preference and you obviously have yours. However, as for the Streamer being the best shape as they didn't design it; I personally think that the 'shape' of the Thumb and Corvette is excellent... though I'll concede that the Taranis/Vampyre etc are an acquired taste!

The batteries last for AGES! So long as you don't leave it plugged in all day every day (don't worry about unplugging it between sets etc. as that is fine), then a battery will last from one year to the next. My basses get fitted with new batteries every Christmas and the batteries I take out get used in tuners etc and they've always got loads of juice left in them. On occasion I've had a battery in a gigging bass for a couple years (missed the battery change one Christmas in my main gigging bass).

Didn't quite get it at first... then I saw the price of the bridge!

Using your existing combo as an ext cab is certainly viable, you just need to ensure that the Ashdown driver is defo 8ohms; I'd assume it's 8ohm as the panel provides connection for an ext cab but I've no idea if the ext socket cuts the signal to the internal speaker... I doubt it but if it was me I'd be whipping the speaker out to double check (easy 10min job). If the Ashdown is an 8ohm driver then yes you can use it with another combo that has an ext socket. One question; Is the Ashdown speaker wired internally to the amp? If it is you are going to need to fit a socket onto/into your combo casing. Again not a massive job and you only need to be proficient with a drill, screwdriver and soldering iron. Doubled up with your new combo it will improve the sound (bearing in mind that you are only talking low powered rig here and not some monster rig). Just ask yourself if you can be bothered!

[quote name='JPJ' post='1073739' date='Dec 31 2010, 03:07 PM']Yep, that's where my head is this morning and I'm thinking PJB as I love my Bass Buddy preamp. I'm also thinking possibly of a self build small powered cab to go with the Bass Buddy. Time to get the old fretless out me thinks [/quote] Is your bass buddy rackmountable? If so I have a cunning plan, so talk to me in the near future.

IIRC the first run of Alien basses were German made, so look for an early one if they are the same price used. I have to say I've yet to encounter an acoustic bass that will compete with even one acoustic guitar strummed moderately loud... add a second or third into the mix and forget it! If you are getting on for the amplified tone that is a different matter.

I try and make my self indispensable, then the lads have to cancel and they realise how vital I am!

Hello and welcome! If you are based in the States (you using $ as the purchase currency makes me think so) then I seriously doubt that it'd be worth trying to sell this to the UK or Europe; transport costs alone would bump the price of this to the point where it wouldn't be economically viable. Of course there are some BC members in the States but I'd have thought that advertising it for sale locally or on TB would get you more responses. The Cort name is gaining a bit more status but at the end of the day it is a P bass copy and the fact that you paid $70 for it gives you an indication that it isn't a mega expensive instrument. I'd be guessing you might get £100 for it but it's back to the fact that 'IF' you are in the States it wouldn't be worth the gamble for someone to buy just in case it turned out to be a dog (not saying it is!).

Have the Schaller on my early Streamer and they are really good, the only improvement would be if you didn't have to drag the strings through the bridge to change them!

[quote name='Max Normal' post='1073056' date='Dec 30 2010, 07:40 PM']I saw these Babicz full contact bass bridges while shopping around for a bridge for my current custom build project.[/quote] They look very pretty but I'm not sure how much crud and gunk will need cleaning out of them if you are regular gigging bassist who tends to sweat a lot! Am I right in assuming that to adjust the saddle height you rotate those bearings/cylinders? If so does that not mean that at one extreme of the setting that more of the string would be resting on the saddle than at the other end of the setting... isn't that going to affect sustain et al? As I say; it looks pretty and a nice piece of engineering but from a 'sustain/tone' point of view, you could pick holes in the theory.

Wants to be a bit cheaper with all of that graffiti on the back of the headstock!

When you convert to Sterling and add the taxes on that you'd have to pay to bring it in, you'd be looking at close to £850... that gets you a pretty decent USA bass on this forum!