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Mmm, nice

Well, my B2RE just arrived this morning, looking forward to pumping it through my 4ohm cab at a full 450w. First gig at the weekend - ill post back on my thoughts if you like? I used to use a Trace head and cabs as well.

[quote name='bumnote' post='376251' date='Jan 10 2009, 04:44 PM']Ah but hes smart and provided good service. He has assesed he cant sell you what you want cos hes hasnt got it. He has told you where you can, but he has also left you with a good impression of of his shop, and his service. Where is going to be high up your list next time you go bass shopping?[/quote] +1 to that. I always remember my sales experiences when it involves things that cost a lot of money. The guys at my local PMT have been great to me over the years, so I go there rather than anywhere else for sundries, and give them first go at trying to beat an internet price or such for anything expensive.

Cliff was one of the reasons why I took up twanging the 4-string ("you mean that's NOT a guitar making that sound?" - to quote me at a much younger age) so ill have to go with him. Plus he swung his hair around in circles. And wore flares.

Actually no I WONT be getting one from that particular firm, as they called me to say they had run out, and then instantly put the price up to £549!!!

Just ordered one from soundslive (who have some good reviews on here) for £350.99. Seems a very very good price indeed for Ampeg stufff...!

+10000000 Top man to deal with, some trouble my end with my amp at exactly the same time the item I bought from J confused matters... anyway to cut a long story short the cab he sold me was in great nick and sounds awesome, you just dont want your head to conk out at the exact same time it arrives (odd as it worked the week before). Very understanding chap to deal with considering the confusion surrounding the issue, buy from this man with great confidence, top comms and even offered to pay back the shipping on the cab when I originally thought he'd sold me a duffer. Which he hadnt. I still feel rather silly about that, ahem. Cheers J :-)

High praise indeed Wayne... ill see what little cash I have left after Chrimbo and see... ...funnily enough you also appear to have the same Trace head as me

All Ampeg stories welcome... :-) Seriously considering the B2-RE as a viable option as it appears my Trace has "issues".

Ive been considering the B2RE as an accompaniment to my B-410HLF... can you post on how it sounds (and critically, how load it is?)

[quote name='steve-soar' post='340920' date='Nov 30 2008, 09:00 AM']Is pretty bass, you leave money in bag under bench in park I see you get bass later[/quote] lol - love you long time... That's about as bent as a nine-bob note. Strange to go for Wal rather than the usual "I haves 1973 Fennderr and it eees nice please geeve me your credddit carrd"

one to watch with interest I feel... i mean, the story checks out... good luck if you bid!

I also fancied buying a Gibbo LP a few years ago. Tried it out, very nice, finish was a bit iffy though.... tried the Epi copy of exactly the same thing and bought that for less than half the price. No major difference in sound or playability...

you've missed Rock/Prog guy with a Rick sometimes with two necks

Ive never really been able to "get" DC. It doesnt help that the track of their we cover in the band does not require the use of the fretting hand throughout the entirety of the song (Hell Aint A Bad Place To Be), so I use it to drink a pint with during the song.

so, three cabs in that set up? Bloody hell... thats impressive. Was chatting with Dood earlier (he's quite the electrician) about the whole subject and answered a few more of my queries so ill bother you guys a little less! Dont you have to have some form of special cabling to run in series though?

This thread is bizarrely missing input from Mr Veall... so far!

That is an attractive bottom. I dont care about distortion anymore.

If only the Ampeg had been 8ohm I would be pushing one hell of a lot of air at my next gig - very very loud indeed, deaf audience, 5 x10's and a 15 ! lol ! Although from what you have been saying and what ive been reading, I should a hefty sound at 4ohms from the 4x10 on its own anyway, no power going anywhere else but into one cab... look forward to it.

...and thanks for your help Protium, you've explained something quite foreign to me that I might just remember now!

I doubt ill have issues to be honest, that 300w will get heard pretty clearly out of an Ampeg 4x10 400w cab, probably better than out of my poor old custom built 2x10 and 80's Trace cab - just would have liked to have the whole caboodle all together to look proper raaawwwk! Hehe. At least the missus will be happy because ill only be carting one big cab around with me now... ...still a b*gger about 4ohms tho innit? Seems odd to make them like that if you could make them all at 8ohm and everyone would be as happy as Larry. Does give an excuse to blow some serious dosh an an SVT 2ohm head at some point though - lol

hmmm... starting to think I shouldnt have invested in a 4ohm cab then, as it renders my other cab pretty useless... unless I get a 2 ohm head in the future. Oh well... shame I got confused with all the maths

me again... So, basically, I can only ever use one 4ohm cab with my amp? Thats a bit sh*te! Why arent all cabs made at 8ohm? Second thing... if I wired them in series (Is that basically daisy chaining?) would that be OK as per [url="http://www.tunemybass.com/bass_amps/how_to_hook_up_heads_and_cabinets.html"]http://www.tunemybass.com/bass_amps/how_to...d_cabinets.html[/url] , because the load would be 12ohm rather than 2.67ohm (if I wired in parallel using both outs on the amp) ? Im such a noooob! haha!

Ummm - in plain English then, should I just be using one cab, or two? The thread at the top of the forum refers to [url="http://www.duncanamps.com/technical/impedance.html"]http://www.duncanamps.com/technical/impedance.html[/url] - ive had a shufty at that, and that infers that id be doing 12ohms total impedance, so ummm..... oh I dont know! And if I cant just use the head and the Ampeg alone- why not? They are both rated at 4ohm... so that would be ok? Sorry to sound daft, but, i am when it comes to this! Basically - both together, or not? Cheers peoples EDIT - is it just daisy chaining that is the issue... could I run each cab from separate outs on the amp? EDIT 2 - so, basically, according to [url="http://www.about-guitar-amps.com/speaker_ohms_calculator.html"]http://www.about-guitar-amps.com/speaker_o...calculator.html[/url], I cant really ever really use any combination of 4ohm cabs at all with my amp, because it's min load is 4ohm? EDIT 3 - sorry, will stop editing soon. Sooo... [url="http://www.britishaudioservice.com/inst/SMC.PDF"]http://www.britishaudioservice.com/inst/SMC.PDF[/url] is my amp. Now that has REALLY confused me - the pic of the backplate states (as I said before) - "Min load 4ohms" but the Tech Specs page has completely befuddled me as there are about 6 difference impedance values. Hellllllpppppp!!!! (lol)

That Ben Folds one is quite interesting... thats kind of the sound im looking at, a driven fuzz sound but not so OTT that it rules the whole song. Their sound guy was on the money for that one. My question again isnt really where it "should be"... some times I can "feel" where it would suit but then the other little voice in my head says "noooo... the band wouldnt like it". Or is that just me?