Phil Jones Bass Owners' Club

[LowBstring]

PJB is clearly pushing the new speakers. Which may only mean they are more profitable. I'd like to see a side by side frequency response chart of both speakers.

[superdick2112]

Originally Posted by LowBstring

I've also wondered how the newer "neo" speakers compares with the older Piranha speakers....

The Neo speakers only handle 50w each, while the Piranhas handle 100w each. The midrange response of the Neo speaker is slightly colored by the neo magnets, but I believe the biggest difference in tone comes not from the speakers, but from the Neo cabs, which use lighter & thinner wood in their construction - not a bad thing, as my one & only complaint about my 8T/16B Piranha cabs is their ungodly weight.
Both speakers sound great & are very well made, but I prefer the older Piranha speakers - they are PJB's original design for a no-compromise driver, and their sound still floors me every time I crank up my Spectors through my PJB rig.

[dharmashawn]

I know this is way small stuff in the big picture, but I just dropped $350 on a Bass Buddy and played it for 5 minutes and boxed it up to return. Man this this can HISS! I wouldn't mind a little or if the unit wasn't $350. I grabbed this for the Sound Quality and convenience factor of blending in another signal, but again, I can't justify 3 bills and not be satisfied.

Question: With Headphones is there any noise with the Bass Cub??

Thanks Much
Shawn

[marchone]

I have had a Bass Buddy for two+ years and I love the little thing. Any hiss I have gotten came from bad input cables. You should have called PJB before shipping it back. Phil Jones himself often answers the phone.

[dharmashawn]

I still have it. I used a short monster cable. Then ran the same cable / bass set up through my MarkBass/Avatar and nothing.

[marchone]

I recall that Phil specifically states not to use Monster Cables with his equipment. Hope this helps.

[dharmashawn]

Let me go grab one of the 6 or so other cables laying around

[dharmashawn]

Originally Posted by marchone

I recall that Phil specifically states not to use Monster Cables with his equipment. Hope this helps.

ummmm, yup!!! And I am by NO means a cable/MONSTER snob.

I actually prefer Lava, Bullet, pretty much anything else. But of course that (monster) is what was laying next to my amp. This thing is pretty Clean sounding. I wonder if the other reviews I read that mentioned the hiss were caused by the dreaded MONSTER.

and Thank You kind sir

[marchone]

Glad it worked out for you. Cheers.

[rollerberg2000]

I guess I missed the bulletin from Phil on monster cables. I have one but it doesn't get used because I don't like the "stiffness" of it.

What is the reasoning behind not using them? I use zaolla cables in every link of my signal chain, but I'm by no means a cable snob. The no name local music shop cables I have had for over 20 years work fine every week as well for rehearsal.

[dharmashawn]

I found this on Harmony Central (from 2005)

Warning! - Do not use Monster Cable
on PJB amplifiers.

“We have found an incompatibility issue with all Monster cables and PJB amplifiers. If you have a PJB amp you should not use it with any Monster cable with it as it can destroy the jack sockets on your amp. Repairs done to amps damaged by Monster cables are not covered by PJB’s warrantee.”

This refers more to the jack size not impedance/shielding

[marchone]

I recall his warning was in the Operations Manual for the Bass Buddy. I have no idea why. I can't find it now.

[dharmashawn]

It just says " We have found compatibility issues with their jack plugs and our input sockets"

[dharmashawn]

So I guess with my monster cable the connection is bad and maybe not grounded = noisy/hiss?

[bottomzone]

Kudos to Phil for really knowing his products and caring about his customers!

A Groove is a Terrible Thing to Waste!

[Thurisarz]

Does anybody have any priceinfo on the new B-200? A photo on the back of it is also appreciated!

[countrybass007]

Glad I use only PJB cables with my rig, I didn't know about the Monster incompatability with PJB amps. I'm thinking that's only into/out of the amp and from a pedal to the bass would make no difference. I always use a PJB cable from my BG800 to my PB300 too.

[countrybass007]

I had both a PJB rig with Piranhas and one with Neos, I couldn't hear any noticable difference. Great tone from both, just one weighed alot less.

[don21480]

just received my Bass Cub and wow do I like it! I play 4 string electric basses and my PJ with flats sounds great thru this little combo. I envision using it for trios with me, and a couple of acoustic guitars - really deep, clean, round sound - well worth the investment IMHO

[KJung]

Originally Posted by dharmashawn

So I guess with my monster cable the connection is bad and maybe not grounded = noisy/hiss?

I believe this is an issue that has been resolved (and had nothing to do with noise/hiss, etc.). In the early years of Monster cable, they used slightly larger male plugs (slightly larger than 1/4" spec). I guess their logic was that would result in a tighter connection (i.e., that it would be a positive). What happened was that, in some cases, it would result in input jacks eventually failing at worst, or at best, not working correctly with standard 1/4 plugs.

I'm pretty sure this practice was stopped many years ago, and there are no longer any special issues with Monster cables, as far as I know. Of course, many still don't appreciate their rather extreme marketing (i.e., having a different cable for every instrument), but that would be a different issue.