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05-12-2011, 05:00 AM
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Hello all,
Im currently in the process of down sizing my rig and came across Selmer amp heads. As far as I know these are guitar heads but i wanted to ask maybe a silly question.
Would I be able to use it as a bass head through a bass cab? How would it sound? Would I break it?
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Simon Martin |
05-12-2011, 06:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Cincinnati OH | | With a pair of a EL 34s, you can expect performance similar to a 50W Marshall or Ampeg B25. It would work fine for bass through an efficient cab and probably sound very nice.
I've been wanting to get my paws on a selmer amp for quite a while. 
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05-12-2011, 08:10 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North Carolina | | | It won't get very loud, but it will work and sound quite nice if you ask me.
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05-12-2011, 09:53 AM
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05-12-2011, 10:49 AM
| | | | Brilliant! now im excited. Im paying 310 for it with new valves, is that a good price?
Also i was thinking of getting a Ampeg SVT210AV for the cab but I am open to your wise suggestions as to what I should be looking for?
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Simon Martin |
05-12-2011, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Simon Martin  Brilliant! now im excited. Im paying 310 for it with new valves, is that a good price?
Also i was thinking of getting a Ampeg SVT210AV for the cab but I am open to your wise suggestions as to what I should be looking for? | not a bad choice. i like mine quite well. light, takes a goodly amount of power, requires a bit of a bass boost to get the low end cooking but once you do that, it sounds amazingly like a small 810e and mics up excellently.
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05-12-2011, 02:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Cincinnati OH | | You'll get the most sound out of it with one or two 15"s. 
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05-12-2011, 05:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Aloha, Oregon | | | I think that price is a steal. They are HIGHLY collectable. I have only seen one twice in the last 5 yrs on CL and both times they were $800-1000. They are revered as guitar amps.
At that price I would FLY over to pick it up.
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05-12-2011, 05:38 PM
| | | | Thanks for all your replies been a massive help!
Im picking it up next monday, cannot wait!
Just found a fender bassman cab that i think might compliment it very well.
Thanks again all.
Best wishes,
Simon Martin |
05-13-2011, 06:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Cincinnati OH | | Let us know how it all works out, Simon. 
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05-13-2011, 04:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Toronto Ontario Canada | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Simon Martin Just found a fender bassman cab that i think might compliment it very well. | Simon, the Fender Bassman 2x12 cabinet will not complement anything. It's about the worst cabinet I ever had the misfortune to own. I had the whole Blonde Blackface rig. It looked great but sounded terrible. It was new BTW. I returned it after a weekend.
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05-14-2011, 11:34 AM
| | | | Cheers Paul, after my excitment I typed Fender Bassman in and found a list of NOs for it so ive steered clear of it now. Trying to find something in the £100 pound range thats worth paying for.
Regards,
Simon Martin
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05-14-2011, 01:01 PM
|  | No need to ask, he's a smooth... Moderator | | Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: West Midlands UK | | | I had one of these 35 years ago! Well, it was actually my step-brother's, but I took my first bass baby steps playing his Fender P through it. Sounded great to me at the time and I'm guessing it still would. Why not?
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05-14-2011, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Simon Martin Cheers Paul, after my excitment I typed Fender Bassman in and found a list of NOs for it so ive steered clear of it now. Trying to find something in the £100 pound range thats worth paying for.
Regards,
Simon Martin
P.S. will do bob | That's something I can't help you with. I lost touch with what's available over there when I left in '73. I just remember the huge price differentials on one of my visits back.
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05-17-2011, 02:53 AM
| | | | Hello all,
Another question im afraid, and one that i think might be hard to answer.
Ive found out some info about converting a combo into a cab?
I have a Trace Elliot Commando tahts asking to be converted but im worried about its power handling capabilities.
Will it blow up? and is it safe in the first place for me to be playing about with combos?
Best wishes,
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