Recent content by Carlsefni

I have thought about a 1x15, but they seem very thin on the ground, locally! I did find a place with an Ampeg 1x15, I think -- from their light(er) weight Venture line -- but I think it costs more than the Orange 1x12, and I'm not sure it necessarily offers me advantages (other than being a...

Thanks everyone for all the various replies. I think the simplest and most practical solution for is to get an Orange 1x12. There are locally available 1x12s or 2x12s locally from Fender and Ampeg, too -- but I've always liked Orange stuff, so I may just go that way. I should re-emphasize that...

Yeah, my new 50w Super-Bass-style amp will indeed have an MV control (unlike the original 1986 Super Basses, mine will actually be a two-channel amp with 50w Super Bass specs in one preamp channel and the power amp section, but 50w 2204 specs in the other channel). And a stock Orange OBC112 is...

I really can't use a 4x12 with my 50w Super Bass amp -- it would be way too loud for home use! I have an 80w guitar amp with a 2x12, and I have to keep that waaay down at home! 😅 With my new 50w Super Bass amp, the real goal is to just get the smallest cab that's practical -- just so that, if I...

After many years of not having a real bass amp, a local amp builder (I'm in S. America) is making me a head based on the Marshall 1986 50w Super Bass circuit. (Yes, I love '70s-style Super Bass tones! :cool:) It will probably be mostly for use at home, and I might record mostly with a mix of DI...

The EMGs seem fairly readily available, though I guess I am biased (unfairly or not!) against active pickups. I've only really considered passives. And although I probably wouldn't have specifically chosen a bass with an onboard active preamp (or ceramic pickups -- though this may, again, be...

Yes, will do. I have read in various forums that the preamp in the Pro 4/5 can be weirdly noisy and sometimes (it ha been said) has odd wiring. I'm no electronics expert :unsure: but I'll let my luthier loose on it. I don't particularly want to gut it if there's no need -- but, especially given...

Put me down as another person considering changing things out in their Epi T-Bird Pro IV. I recently got this bass second-hand (having been looking for a T-Bird for a while, though they are relatively scarce in my part of the world), and it plays great, and I can get cool tones out of it -- but...

Hello from the town of Chía, Colombia in South America (just outside the capital, Bogotá). I'm actually from the US/UK, and I think I had an old account on TalkBass when I was living in the UK about 15 years ago, but I would have been inactive for quite a while and I couldn't find any old...