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    [quote name='BigBeefChief' post='241622' date='Jul 17 2008, 11:53 AM']Same here. I miss the strings with a pick. I often prefer the pick sound, I just can't do it.[/quote] Me too, but I'm forcing myself to practice it more and more coz I love the sound. I'm getting there
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    [quote name='thebeat' post='240333' date='Jul 15 2008, 07:54 PM'] [/quote] Sexy
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    [quote name='RichardH' post='241642' date='Jul 17 2008, 12:14 PM']I'm going to build a 1x8" soon too, based round the Eminence Acoustinator NH2008. In a 0.8ft3 vented box it will go near enough flat down to 50Hz, but has a max useable power of 50W or so because of the x-max. Should be a nice practice cab though![/quote] Cool1 I haven't finished modelling the 1x8 yet (it's a Celestion thingummy), I can't decide between vented and sealed but the wood it kind in a box shape already for sealed so I think that's the way it'll stay! The 1x15 is going to be rear ported just like the combo, like I say I'm literally copying the combo exactly. It's by no means a perfect cab and nowhere near flat (nor indeed does it have any useful output below about 80Hz) but it sounds bloody great and I like it
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    I'm embarking on a compact 15" cab build very soon, bought all the bits from Blue Aran yesterday. It's an exact copy of the cab in my V-Type combo to make an identikit 2x15 rig First I've got to finish off Kev's 1x8" cab tho!
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    [quote name='Hamster' post='241016' date='Jul 16 2008, 04:13 PM']Oh, forgot to mention - it's also fancy dress [/quote] Maybe we should make it that you have to turn up looking like your avatar. I'm onto a winner there ( ), but I'd like to see you keep a small yellow bird on your head all day! EDIT: is it a duckling?
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    [quote name='alexclaber' post='240942' date='Jul 16 2008, 03:18 PM']Merton, I think my car is lighter than your 4x8" combo. That's the one where TE were still using the depleted uranium damping, right? Alex[/quote] I think the new Aircraft Carriers the British Navy has commisioned are lighter than my 4x8 combo! Yes, depleted uranium is one of its USPs
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    Ah you see, I said 4 flights TO Rhodes, I made no mention of the returns orignally! So yes, 4 flights to Rhodes, plus 4 back from Rhodes to Gatwick I still end up back in this lovely country!
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    [quote name='lowhand_mike' post='240784' date='Jul 16 2008, 12:34 PM'] wheres the bonus from work when you need one, and just round the m25 too.[/quote] I'm not in a huge rush so if you want it but need to wait a month or two it's yours
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    [quote name='MB1' post='240788' date='Jul 16 2008, 12:37 PM']MB1. 4 Flights?.....Buy one get one free? [/quote] No, I just fancied flying there 4 times for the hell of it. Why not eh?
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    [quote name='BassManKev' post='239104' date='Jul 14 2008, 01:02 PM']got a couple of strings though guys, nice one [/quote] Kev, I think I have a couple of spare B strings lurking round somewhere. If I find them I'll post them to you with the cab
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    Another free bump for a cracking bass at a cracking price. If I could I would. But I've just bought 4 flights to Rhodes and the good lady would murder me if another bass arrived!!
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    [quote name='niceguyhomer' post='240598' date='Jul 16 2008, 09:06 AM']Sheer bliss - we had a fantastic time thanks - looking forward to going back in October [/quote] Hooray! More holiday! I finally booked my first holiday for almost 2 years yeaterday, off to a villa in Rhodes at the beginning of October. It took almost 3 hours to book the flights because EVERY website had "technical difficulties" just as I came to pay. Think that meant the flights didn't actually exist but Thomson came to the rescue via First Choice...
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    [quote name='Rayman' post='240696' date='Jul 16 2008, 10:50 AM']...........and I see your EQ is set flat, I must take note . Bargain cab for that price. I'd have it myself, but I've already got one![/quote] Cheers, hope you get on better with your rig this Friday
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    [quote name='silverfoxnik' post='240632' date='Jul 16 2008, 09:38 AM']Was it this cab you used when I saw your gig at The Crow's Nest last month? Because if it was it sounding great! Good luck with the sale...[/quote] Certainly was - cheers! There is a part of me worried that the rig sounds great already so why change it, but getting a second cab identical to the first makes lots of sense after reading all the posts from Alex and Bill! [quote name='silverfoxnik' post='240632' date='Jul 16 2008, 09:38 AM']P.S. Nice bass! [/quote] Hehehe
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    [quote name='Chopthebass' post='239994' date='Jul 15 2008, 01:23 PM']Look at how light it is![/quote] It's lighter than my 4x8 combo
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    Bump. I'll accept reasonable offers
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    Welcome back! Hope the holiday was a cracker
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    Cracking head, really nice tone. I had one veyr briefly and would love another but it just ain't got enough poke for my needs.
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    Trace Elliot 1153 speaker cabinet for sale - SOLD pending the usual 200W, 8 ohms. Reasonable cosmetic condition, certainly not excellent coz the carpet is a little ragged in a few small places (might take a razor to it!) but structurally and sonically it's perfect It's the bottom cab: (er, did I say it's the bottom cab... ) As you can see it has had some castors fitted which is lovely but this is one the lighter end of the TE scale! Selling because I'm going to build a 1x15 cab to match the one in my V-Type combo at some point in the next month or so, now I've got access to a workshop where I can finish various projects I've started (yes Kev, that includes yours )! [i](EDIT): Shipping is extra, I estimate about £40 with insurance.[/i] I'm near Jct 8 of the M25 but could arrange to meet within reasonable distance if preferred.
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    [quote name='alexclaber' post='237396' date='Jul 11 2008, 03:42 PM']It really scares me that a man with such a large bunch of vegetables could be asking this question! You can use any power ouput amp with any power handling cab. If any of these combinations makes bad sounds then turn down and/or stop cranking the bass EQ excessively or damage may occur. Simple. Alex[/quote] [quote name='BOD2' post='237408' date='Jul 11 2008, 03:57 PM']Pity we can't have this printed at the top of the forum in BIG LETTERS. This is the simple answer to almost every amp/cab power handling question.[/quote] [quote name='bass_ferret' post='237430' date='Jul 11 2008, 04:26 PM']I share your pain[/quote] Why don't we change the Amps and Cabs forum name to [b]You can use any power ouput amp with any power handling cab. If any of these combinations makes bad sounds then turn down and/or stop cranking the bass EQ excessively or damage may occur. Simple.[/b]?
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    [quote name='C_Sometimes' post='229272' date='Jun 29 2008, 09:09 PM']Most excellent comeback there Noisedude. Charlotte www.myspace.com/severedheaven[/quote] Aha! The famous Charlotte! Hello from me and Hamster, who has just sort of sold you a bass
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    Top chap! Hamster sold my friend (vi me!) a 5 string Aria and it was all good and a pleasure! Cheers dude, see you on Sept 27th
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    [quote name='ped' post='235321' date='Jul 8 2008, 10:12 PM']I just KNOW that is a winning combination!!![/quote] Hell yeah
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    Show us your rig!

    Merton replied to ped's topic in Gear Gallery

    [quote name='mr pablo' post='232553' date='Jul 4 2008, 11:37 AM'] trace elliot 2103h cab with upgraded speakers (emminence beta 10's i think? Merton will know cause its his old cab ) so its 500w @8ohms. Rob[/quote] Certainly are Eminence Beta10s, much preferred them to the stock Celestion-made Trace speakers [quote name='JimH' post='235846' date='Jul 9 2008, 04:25 PM'][/quote] Love the rig and the basses
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