warwickhunt

Why would you make a small cab with no option to chain another? Seems a daft idea and a single input limits use... with valve amps!

You just daisy chain 1 cab off another. Very few cabs have no parallel option.

What (if any) advantage would a 2x12 give over a pair of 1x12s? You could always take a single 12 to rehearsals etc and double up for 'proper' gigs. With regards to carrying a cab(s); a 212 would necessitate 1 trip whereas a pair of 112 would equally be 1 trip... no gain? If the 2x12 was a 4 ohm cab to get the max from a regular amp, you'd be unlikely to add another cab to the 2x12? I only pose the questions as I've owned 212s (Bergantino and Aguilar) and there was no discernible benefit over the pairs of 112s I've had by the same manufacturers.

Hartke Hydrive 15" cab = 51.6lb - Neo TKS 115H cab = 30.8lb - Ceramic Just to illustrate @Bill Fitzmaurice point; I have both of these cabs and I can assure you the weight difference is appreciable yet the lightest cab is NOT neo!

As per Fender Tone-Stack?

Yeah, I was getting twitchy fingers when it was £700...

I 'think' that was for sale/sold on BC.

On a limited budget my 'suggestion' might be to either by a 2nd matching 115 Peavey cab or as an alternative; sell the 115 and buy a pair of the Peavey TX TVX 210 cabs and stack them as a column. The 210 was more often sold in 4 ohm format, so I'd rewire the 2x10s to 16 ohm and the pair would give you an 8 ohm load. The difference between 4/8 ohm would be minimal in comparison to the benefit of having the cabs vertical and a driver almost at ear level.

I've tried the YI200, owned a Handbox WB100 and I'm local to Martin so I'd be happy to join the trial of a prototype.

Would it be a different design to the YI200? I only ask as I trialed a YI100 and it broke up way before I wanted it to, so much so that I couldn't get a 'clean' valve sound at anywhere near gig volumes; conversely I ended up buying a Handbox which was almost half the power but I could very easily gig with it and never had an issue with clean volume.

'That' I would assume is the stumbling block. I'm fairly sure that data protection is as tight as can be and getting access, even if you are law enforcement would be protracted and time consuming... time being the thing most Police forces don't have. In fact most areas can't even communicate effectively, never mind with outside agencies.

I have a one of the first series 32" scale basses which I was told by a bass retailer that I could realistically get £1500 for it (with their commission added to that figure). However, very recently I've contacted 2 people who were actively looking for one of these and when I said £1500 they both thought I was raving mad and no way could I get that much.

Purely anecdotal and based on unscientific lugs, I've estimated the the 2000/1000w rating is akin to most 300w amps/combos/active PA cabs I've heard or owned. They may well be able to claim 1000w rms at a frequency of their choosing under certain settings but it is pretty much nonsense. Saying all of that, to be able to get a mini line array at these sort of prices (used) is quite impressive and though the quality of sound is never going to worry a quality system, it is easily good enough for most applications where non-pro users will be playing to the average listener.

I own a small PA for use with an acoustic duo/trio and I'm going to give it a run out stacked as shown. BTW this was stacked randomly and not the way that I use it on a regular gig (the Headrush are FOH, the Alto as a monitor or single PA speaker for very small venues). The speakers are manufactured in such a way that when stacked they angle up/back about 5 degrees which should help with dispersion. I'll be interested to see how this 5ft mini line array deals with my bass as well: 1x10" 2x8" and 6000w peak 3000w rms but in reality maybe 900w combined. Oh and the total rig cost £400 used.

@mybass good to hear from someone doing self builds and their experience. My experience with Warwick basses is that they binned the Fender locations for ANY pup combo and even reversed the P pup, so I'd kind of guessed that pups might be placed where the manufacturer fancied them rather than say, relationship to a particular harmonic or whatever!

I'm sure there is no definitive answer to this... or is there? I'm contemplating putting a pair of J pups into a Sandberg P bass (shaped/routed) body but as the body is slightly downsized from a 'standard' Fender body I'm left wondering that if I put them in the Fender position they may be visually too close to the end of the neck. Is there a reason Leo put them where he did (considering Fender moved them in the 70's) and is there a scientific reason or location to place them? I checked but couldn't find a similar thread on here already.

What is the difference between pre/post 2015 on the MarloweDK basses... simple terms that a layman like me can spot.

From my research I'd say the older ones have a big draw back in that they are invariably a fair bit heavier. Doesn't matter in the least to some people of course.

Oh dear... what a 'mare! We turned up for a pub gig Saturday afternoon to be asked would we mind playing outdoors, at the bottom of the beer garden? 'Bottom of the beer garden' was exactly that - 50m from power (we can get you some extensions), no cover (there's a gazebo in the shed), nothing to stand drums on (do you want us to get some cardboard boxes); we politely declined and retreated to play in the bar... 1 hour later the heavens opened!

@ead @dmccombe7 I appreciate the offers folks. My point of reference is my Sandberg VS basses which are a great size and weight, I'm trying to establish/clarify my thinking re the other derivatives. A VT is straightforward; it is a VS with added J pup and all other things should be very similar/identical. The 'Jazz' option is less clear as I'm not keen on the Mendez option as it is one colour option only. If there is no other 'V' style body shape JJ (other than expensive custom order), then maybe a TT or Marlowe model are options... so long as the body is a similar/comparable reduced body size to a trad Jazz in which case any form of measurement is reference for me. Again, thanks for bearing with me.

Yes, that is the main consideration. Jazz bodies are just too big for my taste, the Sandberg V basses are even smaller than Fender P basses. I don't suppose you've encountered a comparison between Sandberg / Fender body size which either shows or measures the difference?

Oddly I have a pair of VS and the necks don't feel the same profile (1 maple board one Pau ferro)! I have a gauge so I may measure to be sure. Are the weights similar between the models as I'm presently surprised by the (lack of) weight of my 2, which are both just under/over 8lb.