Bassman Rich

[quote name='Bassman Rich' timestamp='1264006534' post='719250'] Bought a Fulltone bass drive from Alex today, and his service is exemplary, from paypalling the money at 7pm Sunday night, he had it boxed in fantastic packaging (brown packing paper/strong cardboard box/polystyrene filler/original fulltone box/bubble wrap/pedal)!!!! It was then posted the next day, email sent with full tracking link and details, and arrived as I requested 48 hours later, well in time for rehearsal and gig this week. I haven't had any better service from any retailer, and would obviously recommend him. [/quote] And forgot to mention, he's a top bloke to deal with and chat to too.

I bought a cab off Ed yesterday, great prompt communications, descriptions, photos and price all good, and above all a really nice friendly guy to deal with and talk to. I arrived half an hour early, just to make sure I was not going to be delayed by traffic etc, and guess what, so did he!!, we then chatted for ages so I was still only just on time for my band rehearsal later in the evening. Thanks Ed, top bloke.

Hi everyone. Well, after people on here were so helpful suggesting a replacement speaker for my Ashdown 1 x 15 cab (Eminence 3015) which is now absolutely fantastic sounding, I thought I'd consult the oracle and ask for suitable 10s replacements. The original Marshall 4 x 10 is internally 58.5cm x 58.5 cm x approx 29cm, and has a 10.5cm circular front port (porthole??!!), the speakers are celestions, 100 watt rating, 8 ohms. I was hoping to keep the same 8 ohms, but up the rating so my Ashdown ABM 500 doesnt blow it again, when used on its own, sometimes we play places with no PA support for the bass, so have to run pretty much near full on before amp distortion (probably around half way or just over, 12 o clock on the dial). Any suggestions? It sounds great using a 1x15 with the 4 x 10, but I'd rather not have to lug 2 cabs about, maybe buying 4 new speakers is throwing good money after bad, and I should just get a different cab altogether?? Confused of Yorkshire... Ps I play classic dirty rock n roll, think mainly a warm fuzzy bottom end with a thick low down punch, punchy mids and a bit of top just to cut through now and then.

I used to have 2 of the HH BL215's, the ones with the small ports at the side (they stood up, one driver above the other) and had a clip on front wooden cover. They originally had some really naff sounding 30 watt (prob the bees knees at the time) celestion drivers in, which I swapped out for some of unknown make (probably Fane) 100 watters from DC Boulton, just off maningham lane in Bradford around 1985, I thought they sounded great, never had any difficulty keeping up with loud drummers and marshall stacks, using only a 50 watt Marshall valve amp

These days, I have more problems following through than cutting through..

Well, aint that strange, maybe Ive got a loud abm, or a quiet orange? The abm easy keeps up with a drummer, volume on about half through an old marshall 4 x 10, guitarist thru a fender de ville, but all these things are pretty subjective, however, in all the years i've been playing, I've never heard it said 'that bassists a bit quiet, isnt he?'

I must disagree, I think the Ashdown ABM 500 is louder, more 'expensive sounding', with more variable tone, and just nicer all round, but mine is a series 1, I think its an early one as there is no serial number on it, or maybe they just had a forgetful friday. The orange is great as an easy to carry, lightweight thing, and sure nails 'that' tone, but the eq is pretty weak if you prefer something even slightly different from the flat stock tone. That said, unless someone makes me a silly offer for the terror, i'm keeping both. BTW, I have done a bit of bass recording for a mate who has a pro studio for film scores, ads, pc games etc, and he really likes a usa P, through the abm 500, and then di'd into the desk!! Maybe its all in the fingers, or just that I come very cheap...

Hi I recently (about 9 months ago) left my last band [url="http://www.myspace.com/idlemaestro"]http://www.myspace.com/idlemaestro[/url], due to them being 19/27 and wanting to go for it 2/3 days a week, wheras i'm in my 40s and just really looking for once a week, twice at a push every now and then. Check out some songs, its me on the basslines from the studio recordings. We played dirty rockin blues tunes, bit like White Stripes or Black Keys with a bass, your stuff sounds just the ticket, are you after the whole dressing up Johnny Thunders waysted look, or just a bit of a chubby 40 year old bloke who plays solid, hard steady but dancable rocking basslines? I'm def the second!!! [email protected]

Job Done I fitted 2 new electro harmonics 5751 gold valves, and things are now much better, deeper bass, slightly less distorted (still grinds and drives like a gravelly bastard if required). And putting the 1 x 15 cab on the floor increased the bass response too So thanks for all replies Rich

I did this very thing, Ashdown sold me a sleeve for £75 I think, make sure you specify the dimensions, as there are a few different size sleeves available, also ask for 4 plugs to cover the screw holes up. As has been said before, fitting is easy, just the 4 screws. The speaker outs are one speakon, one 1/4 inch jack (on my series1), so no real issues there. For what its worth, Ashdown were really helpful and pleasant to deal with, and its not often you can say that about major companies these days.

[quote name='geoffbyrne' post='806709' date='Apr 14 2010, 11:29 PM']You could try a 5751 in V1, but you'd lose a little volume.... G.[/quote] Thats a good call, theres certainly no lack of gain or volume, I might give that a go when I get the time. Ps I tried it through Retromans Ampeg 6 x 10, and the bass response was pretty much the same as through my own cabs, he turned it down for him, I turned it up for me