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Ive got some ernie ball cobalt flat wounds on my bass at the minute that cost a decent whack and I love them.  My first experience using flat wounds in 20+ years of playing they've been on for about a year and sound fantastic.  But I want to try some other strings for a while to see if it suits the band I've joined so I'm going to remove the flat wounds and just keep them til I get a second bass or want to use them again.  Should I boil them before I store them or is that not a good idea for flat wounds???  They are visibly dirty but ive always read that you treat flat wounds differently?  

2 hours ago, Downunderwonder said:

A cautionary tale, exact same kind of relying on ratings blows up cabinet:

https://www.basschat.co.uk/topic/461396-help-please-ampeg-portaflex-vs-rm-cab-can-someone-smell-burning/

 

Aw man. Does that mean I could have problems? I used to use an ampeg pf350, and then a pf500 through the cab I have now and never ran into problems. I can't remember from memory but I'm not sure if I've ever put 500w through it. Does the hartke lh500 run at 500w with a single 8ohm cab? Or is that it's 4ohm output?

Thanks guys that's fantastic

You're absolutely right they are 500w 🤡 my bad. And thankyou. As long as I'm not cranking the head to full volume I should be fine then?

Hey,

Hope somebody can help.  I'm looking at purchasing the hartke lh500 amp head to run in an ashdown ABM 1x15 cab for regular gigging.  My questions are, with the amp being rated at 1000w and my speaker being rated at 600w. Will this amp damage my speaker?

Also, I've seen a lot of people online complaining that they're really heavy yet the online specs state it weighs 10kg? Is this correct?

Is this still available?

Good luck with the sale - from another Grimbarian bass player 🙂

Sold pending payment, will let you know if the guy changes his mind

Regards

SOLD

Sold!

once learnt "rockstar" by nickelback for a band. eurgh

forgive me if im being daft but what does NBD stand for? Any linkage?

Just noticed that andertons are displaying two different specs for this. Im assuming its the lower specs that i didnt notice at first. Case closed =P

Just a quick question, I know these are a new product so generally people might not have much experience with them. But they seem fantastic when looking at the specs, and especially the price @£300.

My question is, would this cab be a budget/naff sounding cab hence the price? Ive used ABM range before and thought they were really good. This is cheaper than what I used previously, but better specs. Too good to be true?


http://www.andertons.co.uk/bass-cabs/pid32560/cid686/ashdown-rmmag414t-650w-4-x-10-4-ohm-with-tweeter-rootmaster.asp

Msg'd yesterday about 3pm still no reply :-/

Wondering about these;

http://www.andertons.co.uk/bass-cabs/pid32560/cid686/ashdown-rmmag414t-650w-4-x-10-4-ohm-with-tweeter-rootmaster.asp

But their so cheap! Think they sound naff??

http://www.andertons.co.uk/bass-cabs/pid37316/cid686/ashdown-rm610t-900w-6x10-4-ohm-slimline-bass-cab.asp

This looks tasty also

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Its not that i dont like the sound/tone that the cab is giving me, it jus seems like a lot of the sound is real low frequency that doesnt seem to travel across a room like it should. To me, this is great cause you can often 'feel' the bass while im playing but i was recommended a 2x10 cab to add definition, rather than change the sound.

Also, thinking about it, how is 250w coming out of two speakers louder than 350w coming out of one? Seems odd? Would a single 4ohm cab be louder than 2x 8ohm cabs?

let us know if this becomes available again

Ah right, why is this? With my current speaker setup I feel like Im losing a lot of top end and it isnt quite cutting through. Another bass player borrowed my rig a few weeks back and recommended I bought a 4x10 or 2x10 to compliment the 1x15? I always thought a 2x15" rig was quite uncommon?

thanks for your response, so it splits the 500w between the two cabs? Ah, I understand now. I would get the same cab again but im really after a 2x10" to compliment the 1x15" i have at the moment.

Spot on though, thanks

Hey,

Wondering if someone could help with this.

I have an Ampeg portaflex 500 head, which is currently pushing 350w through my 8ohm 600watt ashdown abm115 cab. If i was to add another 8ohm cab, the head would be pushing 500w through 4 ohm, correct? My question is, what should the minimum wattage on my new cab be in order for the setup to have no problems?

Hope this made sense,

Ta

Just saw him in leeds and wow

im selling an abm 115 500w@8ohm if youre interested. served me well over past year sounds fantastic. downgrading to a little jam amp now im not gigging

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