Getting spoiled / New rig day

blendermassacre · #1 07-15-2010, 11:51 PM

So for a while, I was operating pretty light heads. My peavey alpha bass head was about 35lbs, and then I got a Shuttle 6.0, which I didn't like, but weight ~4 lbs. I got a sweet deal on a peavey firebass 700 and 4x12 cab ($350 total). I brought that baby home and made a 6x12 stack with my 2x12 frankencab. I went put the firebass up on top of the two cabs, and dang that thing is heavy (~ 50Lbs). The good news is that the thing sounds awesome, and will sound better once I can decide on whether to get a VT Bass or Tech 21 Oxford character series (both?). My EB3 copy is dangerous. Standing directly in front of it makes my stomach churn, in the best way possible. Pics will come tomorrow..

Tylerrr51 · #2 07-15-2010, 11:53 PM

nice score man

JimmyM · #3 07-15-2010, 11:57 PM

i want to see a pic of a hot chick rubbing her naked body against it.

blendermassacre · #4 07-16-2010, 12:47 AM

That would be all well and good, jimmy, until I turned it on and played an open e. She would end up in the next county...

also I can fit everything (plus a passenger and more) in my prius!

the firebass 700 is the "anti" this is why I love SS head. It's heavy as hell, but worth every pound in tone and power. 700w coming out of 6 12's is a force to be reckoned with, even if the whole rig weighs almost 200 lbs...

JimmyM · #5 07-16-2010, 12:53 AM

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Originally Posted by blendermassacre

That would be all well and good, jimmy, until I turned it on and played an open e. She would end up in the next county...

who wants you involved at all? nobody's looking for you to play while she's rubbing against it. turn the damn thing off and take the picture!

blendermassacre · #6 07-16-2010, 12:54 AM

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Originally Posted by JimmyM

who wants you involved at all? nobody's looking for you to play while she's rubbing against it. turn the damn thing off and take the picture!

my wife usually frowns on me taking hot chicks to my basement (besides her) but I'll see what I can do....

JimmyM · #7 07-16-2010, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by blendermassacre

my wife usually frowns on me taking hot chicks to my basement (besides her) but I'll see what I can do....

see, that's my problem as well. plus i don't have a basement. hell, i've had pretty girls over to record stuff for business and she flips out!

Energy · #8 07-16-2010, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by blendermassacre

the firebass 700 is the "anti" this is why I love SS head. It's heavy as hell, but worth every pound in tone and power. 700w coming out of 6 12's is a force to be reckoned with, even if the whole rig weighs almost 200 lbs...

There is something about amps with real transformers in them that those digital amps can not deliver. Sure, the diggies are loud somehow, but that extra portion of heavy iron in a conventional amp contrubutes to a more fundamental sound.

rbonner · #9 07-16-2010, 01:24 AM

You guys are just funnen with me again.

When I was operating my wife's outcall exotic dancer service, I took a lot of nakid pics on my living room couch... Man those were the days, now six years ago...

BOB

JimmyM · #10 07-16-2010, 01:30 AM

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Originally Posted by rbonner

You guys are just funnen with me again.

When I was operating my wife's outcall exotic dancer service, I took a lot of nakid pics on my living room couch... Man those were the days, now six years ago...

BOB

you are way more of a man than any of us will ever be.

blendermassacre · #11 07-16-2010, 01:32 AM

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you are way more of a man than any of us will ever be.

old news...

rbonner · #12 07-16-2010, 01:37 AM

I suppose can't live in the past.

But did go and looked through the files again. HA

Looking forward to your rig pics.

blendermassacre · #13 07-16-2010, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by rbonner

I suppose can't live in the past.

I thought that was the point of all tube heads and innumerable 8x10 cabs..

blendermassacre · #14 07-16-2010, 01:39 AM

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Originally Posted by rbonner

But did go and looked through the files again. HA

surely there can be a pm of this....

JimmyM · #15 07-16-2010, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by blendermassacre

surely there can be a pm of this....

bob, i believe you already have my email address

blendermassacre · #16 07-16-2010, 08:40 AM

here's the evidence. It's pretty messy in my basement, but that thing was not going up a flight of stairs just for a picture or two outside

christw · #17 07-16-2010, 08:44 AM

That Alphabass is a breath of fresh air for me. My 75 lb SVT-II is like putting my girlfriend on top of my 810 every time we move somewhere. The tone is worth it, but just barely. My VT-Bass does a whole lot of the tone shaping so the big rig might get taken down...

By the way, blender, I think you still have a pending feedback for that or something? I keep seeing the unconfirmed PM receipt message in my inbox.

blendermassacre · #18 07-16-2010, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by christw

That Alphabass is a breath of fresh air for me. My 75 lb SVT-II is like putting my girlfriend on top of my 810 every time we move somewhere. The tone is worth it, but just barely. My VT-Bass does a whole lot of the tone shaping so the big rig might get taken down...

By the way, blender, I think you still have a pending feedback for that or something? I keep seeing the unconfirmed PM receipt message in my inbox.

Just left you feedback..sorry it took so long.

I'm glad you like the alphabass. I think, optimally, I will keep the 412 and get a bass terror and be done with it, although that will be a while. that will be like setting a beer ontop of a cab...

christw · #19 07-16-2010, 08:53 AM

No worries! It's nice to be able to carry my amp over 100 feet without discomfort.

But, in an effort to top you, when I move to my new apartment in a month or so, I'll put my two rigs together and run a stereo setup.

SVT-II -> 810 clean
Alphabass -> GB 610 dirty

I won't be able to hear ever again.