bigjohn

Hi all, I've posted this in the amps & cabs forum too - but then I thought it might be best in here... This is just a thought - I've never done anything like this before - so I'm asking some questions before I'll consider it viable. I have an Ampeg B3158 Combo. It's really a well constructed heavy Ampeg cab. It tilt's back onto 2 casters, and has handles each side and one on the top for lifting. Great. Not only that - but it fits snug into the boot of my car length, height and breadth (vw polo) - So snug I can shut the boot, and leave the parcel shelf in. Anyway, I digress. It's a biamped 150W B3 head (one 50W and one 100w, although I have a feeling there's 3 power amps sections) - One 8" 50w 4ohm driver and a 15" 150w (according to the parts list) 8ohm Woofer. For those who don't know what these combos look like - here's a picture. Mine's an older one - looks far more "classic" Ampeg than that. More like a thin, tall svt15e speaker cab with a built in head. So - I decided to get a new rig. I've decided I want an svt3-pro, which is good. That bit's done. (I think!) Now the problem comes with the cab. I would really like to be able fit a cab in the boot of my car - parcel shelf down. So - I got to thinking - Why not take the head out of my B3158. An svt3-pro head might even fit the hole left, I've checked the dimensions and it's pretty close... Then replace the 15" and 8" speakers with new 8ohm ones - making it a 4ohm cab and getting the full 450W from the svt. I reckon the combo is worth £350+ it's in really good nick. Which would be enough to put towards an ampeg b15 and some sort of 2x10. If I did the upgrades, the speakers would cost about £100?? which would be about the same price as me selling the combo and buying 2 new cabs (£350-£400). But then I'd be stuck with transportation issues. So basically the choice is - 1) Upgrade the speakers - have no transport problems, not have to find a buyer for the combo, not have to find new cabs - only have a 15" and 8" 2) Sell the combo - buy 2 cabs - have transport issues, have to do all the buying and selling, driving and picking stuff up - have a 15" and two 10s (and have gear that's built to do what I'm using it for!) Does anyone think upgrading the speakers is a good idea? Or am I just being a tosser? Please be blunt. Cheers John

Hi all. This is just a thought - I've never done anything like this before - so I'm asking some questions before I'll consider it viable. I have an Ampeg B3158 Combo. It's really a well constructed heavy Ampeg cab. It tilt's back onto 2 casters, and has handles each side and one on the top for lifting. Great. Not only that - but it fits snug into the boot of my car length, height and breadth (vw polo) - So snug I can shut the boot, and leave the parcel shelf in. I love it - It's perfect except for one thing. IT JUST NOT BLOODY LOUD ENOUGH. It used to be - until we got a new drummer (for whom I've started wearing earplugs to play with). Now it's no where near. Due to the evils of gig gear sharing - I've seen 4-5 bands use it - all of whom have remarked how much they liked it - it's much louder than you'd think for a 150W solid state combo, especially in big rooms for some reason... and it's never been not loud enough - until now, and since I've started playing with a bastard son of Animal / Moon / Bonham. Anyway, I digress. It's a biamped 150W B3 head (one 50W and one 100w, although I have a feeling there's 3 power amps sections) - One 8" 50w 4ohm driver and a 15" 150w (according to the parts list) 8ohm Woofer. For those who don't know what these combos look like - here's a picture. Mine's an older one - looks far more "classic" Ampeg than that. More like a thin, tall svt15e speaker cab with a built in head. So - I decided to get a new rig. I've decided I want an svt3-pro, which is good. That bit's done. (I think!) Now the problem comes with the cab. I would really like to be able fit a cab in the boot of my car - parcel shelf down. So - I got to thinking - Why not take the head out of my B3158. An svt3-pro head might even fit the hole left, I've checked the dimensions and it's pretty close... Then replace the 15" and 8" speakers with new 8ohm ones - making it a 4ohm cab and getting the full 450W from the svt. I reckon the combo is worth £250-£300 - it's in really good nick. Which would be enough to put towards an ampeg b15 and some sort of 2x10. If I did the upgrades, the speakers would cost about £100?? which would be about the same price as me selling the combo and buying 2 new cabs (£350-£400). But then I'd be stuck with transportation issues. So basically the choice is - 1) Upgrade the speakers - have no transport problems, not have to find a buyer for the combo, not have to find new cabs - only have a 15" and 8" 2) Sell the combo - buy 2 cabs - have transport issues, have to do all the buying and selling, driving and picking stuff up - have a 15" and two 10s (and have gear that's built to do what I'm using it for!) Does anyone think upgrading the speakers is a good idea? Or am I just being a tosser? Please be blunt. Cheers John

[quote name='Perry' post='119936' date='Jan 14 2008, 08:57 AM']A funny time for us is when the singer came in a bar too early.[/quote] I don't think I've ever been in a bar too early. Except perhaps once or twice. Once in particular, many years ago, I got so trolleyed before a gig I had no idea who I was never mind how to play the bass. Still did the gig though. I fell over at least once. I told jokes between songs. One of which was "If you don't f***ing start clapping, you can all f*** off.". I thought it was funny anyway. I'm a reformed character though now. I never mix drinks or duck out for spliffs before gigs.

Dunlops for me. I bought some the last time I bought a new bass. I dropped my old bass right on my big toe whilst the new bass and straplocks where in transit. Like a premonition it was. dunlops are a real pain in the arse to get on your strap - but once they're on - they're great - especially if you have more than one bass and only one strap like me. Off and on again in 10 seconds.

I'm strangely attracted to the DHA, It looks like it's been put together in a potting shed and painted by someone who's peaking on LSD. Anyone got one? I'm finding it harder make my mind up than I usually do - most of the reviews I've read seem to make a point of making compressors' transparency sound like a good thing.

Nice one, I saw that on his list - but wasn't sure it was a pedal.

Hiya fellas, I was wondering if any of you own / have owned a T-Rex Squeezer? I'm thinking about getting one. I don't use any pedals or effects or anything at the moment. I've got a precision special (with the extra J pickup) and a solid state Ampeg combo (b3158). I'm looking to do two things - compress my sound a bit - I play in a 3 piece and sometimes I think my sound could do with being a bit more consistent. I also want to add some tube colouration. I'd like my Ampeg to sound a bit more SVT like. It's a good amp - but sometimes a little dry. I'm a bit concerned about this pedal being a bit hissy. I don't like hiss this man [url="http://www.ev-b.com/compressors.html"]http://www.ev-b.com/compressors.html[/url] here hates them because of it. Anyone got any alternatives? All the best John