Recent content by Bassment Goblin

That's good to know. I already have a cable for that purpose (I used it this afternoon for the first time), so I will keep using that as my primary way of connecting my PA to my cab for now. The longer term plan will be to move to speakon for my cab (if possible, which it should be). I think...

Yeah... I might give this a miss. Thanks for all of the tips (no pun intended). I think I might just live my life on the stereo channel - 130W into a 400W cab is better than frying myself (also, there are small children in the house). Maybe modding my cab to speakon is a better option in the...

Would it be safe to say that I can get a normal 2 core NL4 to 1/4" TS cable and simply rewire the -1 to the +2 slot? (giving me +1 and +2 vs +1 and -1)

This is a probably n00b question... When running my 2ch PA in stereo mode (which I will do until I can find a 4 core speakon to TS cable so that I can use bridged mode), do I need to put a load (dummy or otherwise) on the channel that I am not using? The PA's manual gives a value for 'one...

Hi everyone! Some of you may have seen my post asking for help with finding a power amp solution. Thanks to all those who helped! Thought I'd introduce myself... I've been playing bass now for about a month, maybe two. Never even held one before - worried it might effect my IQ :p ;) Funny...

The outcome... I ended up buying a second hand power amp locally (I got lucky...). Just waiting on the speakon to TS cable to arrive to connect it. For about US$70 I got an Inter-M M500 (2x250W at 4 Ohms / 1x500W bridged at 8 Ohms). Korean, rack mountable, built like a tank, and in great...

Has anyone used the Crown XLi 1500 (450W @4 Ohm / 900W @ 8 Ohm bridged) for preamps? Are there any issues with this that I should know about? Or is it pretty much plug and play? I would be running this into my Hartke 410XL cab (4 x 10" and 400W RMS @ 8 Ohms)

Thanks for all of that. Yeah, I noticed that power amps for bass were as expensive as full amps. I guess scale/low demand make sense as to why that's the case. My stop-gap measure for now is/will be [preamp -> Badass return -> Hartke 4x10 cab] or [preamp -> crush] Thanks for the tip on PAs...

Hi everyone! I just started bass a month ago after having been a guitarist for quite a while. I wish I'd tried sooner! I picked up an inexpensive Yamaha bass (late 90s era) with both the straight pickup and an offset/split one (apologies for the lack of terminology on my part) in very good...