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[quote name='johnnylager' post='219843' date='Jun 16 2008, 01:56 PM']Totally. Lot of Jazz bass on the early Hawkwind stuff, apparently...[/quote] Well.... if by jazz you mean creative use of blues & pentatonic scales & very rhythmic double stops thumpin' away under the lengthy solo sections... [b][i]nice![/i][/b] ...he had a better sound back then too... more bass in it... The cover of that album blew me away!... as a young teenager!

+1 to what warwickhunt said.... I'm finding the 2 1x12 bergs have all the bottom end I could want.... but it's different, it's more focused.... which I'm getting used to... I need the Genz Benz head (this week hopefully) ...coz the peavey T-max was thinner sounding in comparison, when I had 'em standing next to each other with the EQ flat on both... I'm having to boost the bottom end quite a bit with the peavey & duck the hi-mids... The Bergs are ported at the back, which also makes a difference.... where I put 'em on stage, closeness to walls etc... Compared to the Trace cabs..... carrying the bergs is a real treat!... sound is such a subjective, personal thing.... you will have to try stuff for yourself to know if it suits you.. & even then it may not be immediate.. What sounds terrific on it's own, may not work in a band situation with everyone elses frequencies swallowing up your own!

Looking forward to that!.... Mr Rock 'n' f***ing Roll! What Lemmy did on the Hawkwind album, 'Space Ritual' made me wanna start playing!

[b]I'm also in the process of changing my rig[/b].... it seems to be working out a bit like moving house!..... stressful & eating into the rest of my life..... I just want it over so I can settle into my new sound!.... I have been using a Peavey T-Max head & originally had the Peavey 4x10 & 1x15 cabs... real back breakers indeed!.. but swopped them for Trace Elliot 2x10H & 1x15 cabs & used that set up for many years... & it has served me well.. I've eventually got pissed off with the weight of the TE cabs too & after borrowing a mates SWR Goliath Jr III 2x10 (coz it seemed lighter & smaller than my TE 2x10) it became apparent that I wanted to take a look at my sound as well! ... the SWR cab was so much more focused & had a clarity that meant I could hear myself much better, particularly in gigs with sh*te acoustics... So the journey started! 1st off, I sourced a SWR 1x15 son of bertha to try with the Goliath 2x10... sound - a definite improvement.... but the bertha was pretty bulky, in fact it was more difficult to shift about than the trace stuff... so I started looking at the option of neo speakers... I ended up at Bass Direct to try the Bergantino AE cabs... Mark at Bass direct is an absolute star! ...the most helpful & educational shopping experience I have ever had when buying music gear!... So after a couple of hours, I drive away with 2 Bergantino AE 112's ... very portable, a monster sound (punchy, fat & warm with a clarity I hadn't experienced before...) & classy looking to boot!.... I still have to wait for the Genz Benz neo-pak head that complimented the cabs so well.... (should be with me next week!) So I've been between worlds, tweaking the T-Max to get the best out of it through the bergs ... trying to sell my old cabs (...still got the 2x10!) & I'm not wanting to get too used to the sound I'm getting now, coz it will all change again when the neo-pak arrives (for the better ....I'm sure... !?!) I've got about 3 more gigs before I can start working my Genz Benz/Bergantino rig........

I've just bought two AE112's... & am amazed at how much sound comes out of such small & lightweight boxes! up to now I've been a 2x10 + 1x15 kind of guy... but the bergs deliver as much punch as I could wish for & a phatt warm bottom! with such clarity.... very impressed indeed! These seem very 'articulate' cabs... they reproduce exactly what you put through 'em & I have had to fiddle about quite a bit to get what I want to hear from my Peavey T-max head..... (soon to be replaced with a Genz Benz neo-pak 3.5) portability had become an issue for me & Genz Benz + Bergantino neo's seems the ideal solution... I guess with any drastic change in sound.... I will be tweaking about for a while before settling in with it....

wow!.... who would Adam & Eve it!? .....they be some pretty big speakers in there! & [i]interesting[/i] graphic setting! Top geezer!

another plus for Meshell Ndegeocello ..... she da man (!?! )

well tried the BA300 1x15 out yesterday.... didn't seem like 300watts to me... quite a nice tone to it... the sound 'style' switch suited me best in position 1 or 2, the rest were too lightweight & middley .... maybe I thump a bit hard at times but a limiter was cutting in & I didn't like that..... not gunna hold me breath about that one!... think I will look for separates, gone off the combo idea... may need a trip to Exeter or Poole to try the Mark Bass.....