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[quote name='alexclaber' post='504874' date='Jun 3 2009, 05:23 PM']If I may say so I thought my advice was rather good! Alex[/quote] We don’t really know what the problem is here, do we? All Sam says is that he can’t get the right tone in a practice situation with his band. I’m not really sure what that means but you assume that his cabinet isn't powerful enough – even you don’t even know what kind of a band he’s playing in. What if the cabinet is mistuned? You just advised him to build another mistuned cabinet and patted yourself on the back for doing so.

The advice being dished out in this section of the forum has always been a bit iffy, but is now becoming increasingly pointless because nobody bothers to read the questions properly. You need to understand what the problem is before you can give sensible advice.

[quote name='fatgoogle' post='503385' date='Jun 1 2009, 10:48 PM']but ive been struggling to get a useabl;e tone at band practise with, it, its grand at home.[/quote] Could you be more specific about the problem?

[quote name='mathewsanchez' post='504011' date='Jun 2 2009, 05:19 PM']I'll take either or both if dannybuoy or stevie don't take them. Just PM if that's the case, but no worries if they're gone.[/quote] I'm not after them - I was just commenting on the generosity of the offer.

[quote name='warwickhunt' post='503294' date='Jun 1 2009, 08:50 PM']Cover the postage and they are yours.[/quote] That's a nice thought.

[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='463054' date='Apr 15 2009, 03:07 PM']Not heard of these before and I can't find much info on it. How good is it, how much do they cost, and where might I be able to get one from? [/quote] The logo reminds me of the Amptown amps they used to make in Hamburg. According to the German bass chatters list, they are not very well known in Germany either.

[quote name='lewisS' post='502494' date='May 31 2009, 07:24 PM']hey im in need of a band in dorchester(dorset) area for metal/scremo genre[/quote] What about these guys? [url="http://www.joinmyband.co.uk/classifieds/ad.php?t=41507"]http://www.joinmyband.co.uk/classifieds/ad.php?t=41507[/url]. Check out their myspace. They sound pretty good.

Interesting. Thanks, Foxen.

[quote name='rmorris' post='502220' date='May 31 2009, 12:38 PM']But as long as you use cable with a decent amount of copper the power loss on the cable will be insignificant.[/quote] The resistance of 30m of your recommended 6-amp cable is nearly 1 ohm.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='502194' date='May 31 2009, 12:18 PM']I did mine to learn how all the different parts sounded.[/quote] How would you sum up what you learned from doing this?

[quote name='joshua' post='501510' date='May 30 2009, 11:34 AM']thanks for the replies, the longest of the cables is 10m, this one: [url="http://www.disco-world.co.uk/cables/10m-speakon-to-speakon-speaker-cable/prod_63.html"]http://www.disco-world.co.uk/cables/10m-sp...le/prod_63.html[/url] unfortunately it doesnt have much other info such as the gauge[/quote] In which case, you should definitely shorten it. 10m is much too long.

[quote name='joshua' post='501166' date='May 29 2009, 06:42 PM']Im just wondering if the cable length has any effect on power? Basically, I have a head, then a VERY long speakon cable connecting a cab, then a much shorter speakon cable connecting another cab to the previous cab. Am I losing a lot of wattage by having a long speakon cable? And am I doing any damage by having two very different lengths?[/quote] Yes, you are. How much depends on how long the cable is and how thick it is. You are not doing any harm, but why not cut the cable to the length you need and reconnect the Speakon? You just need some wire strippers and the appropriate Allen key. No soldering needed.

[quote name='Jean-Luc Pickguard' post='500868' date='May 29 2009, 01:11 PM']This looks like it'll go cheap anyone near Poole fancy it?[/quote] It went for £125. Yesterday a really nice Ashdown ABM 15" cab went for £50. I think you need to be really careful putting stuff on eBay at the moment, especially when you insist on collection only.

[quote name='jonthebass' post='500676' date='May 29 2009, 11:00 AM']I would highly recommend the SD Classic/Hot Stacks for Jazz to go in your bass with your P pickup. They are really good sounding units and are humbucking p'ups.[/quote] Never tried the Jazz versions of those (I'd like to) but I do know that the Quarter Pounder in the bridge position is quite a good match for a standard output P-bass pickup as far as output is concerned.

Have you considered a Musicman pickup at the bridge? I'm not convinced of the value of a Jazz pickup at the bridge, but if you do go down that route, consider using a hottish Jazz pickup that will give you a similar output to the P-Bass. I don't see any problem with going active (by which I understand having active tone controls on the bass). There will probably be large differences in tone between the three pickups - so you might actually need it. As far as pickup brands are concerned, I think you need to take the advice of your luthier. You're going to get the usual suspects on here pointing you in the direction of their boutique solutions, but you could end up forking out hundreds for a lot of hype.

[quote name='EBS_freak' post='499206' date='May 27 2009, 07:27 PM']But seriously... does it make any audible difference?[/quote] There was a thread about this a month or so ago, where opinions were mixed. As a result, I bought a Gotoh from Spree on the list to see for myself. I found that it gave my bass more 'thump', more attack. I didn't notice any change in frequency balance, but my strings were pretty dead at the time. However, as our memory about such matters is highly unreliable, the only way of knowing for sure would be to record a 'before' and 'after' on the same bass and then to compare the two recordings one after another. That shouldn't be too difficult for someone to set up. I remember reading some research that showed our perception of 'sound quality' becomes unreliable when sound clips are auditioned more than 15 seconds apart.

Moving your cab backwards or forwards a bit is unlikely to do much for a standing wave that is as low as you describe (although you never know with these things). Try turning the cab so that it is not at right angles to the back or front wall. As the others have already mentioned, I'd certainly try dropping the 60-80Hz slider on my graphic, or parametric if I had one.

[quote name='greyparrot' post='494364' date='May 21 2009, 03:36 PM']Fair play but in that case he only paid like $25 dollers for it! i dont think anyone would expect a mark bass etc for that, but it is a funny review all the same.[/quote] Indeed. Some nice one-liners in there. Made me laugh.

We need more reviews like that. Unfortunately, people believe that if they have bought something, it must be good.

What Chris said. You've been shafted. Don't stand for it.