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got the bass yesterday, just as described and plays/sounds great. much more of everything than the J Bass with rounds i've been working with (except for string noise). thanks!

A lot of my band's songs involve fairly fast, repetitive bass lines (often single note). Minimalist jammy space rock stuff, often calling for a pick (at least with my finger skill level)... sounds sort of like this: My problem is that the bass often sounds pretty muddy, the notes kind of...

Is that cream-colored material the transformer is made of going to crack or break if it gets tapped a little hard? Trying to play it safe... won't go Neanderthal, but sometimes you're twisting and you slip and I'm paranoid about amp internals.

Felt something jiggling in my SVT-3 a tiny bit, took off the top and noticed that the transformer jiggles ever so slightly when the amp's moved a lot. The nut on top could be on tighter, but I'm worried that putting a needle nose or socket on there and wrenching at it could lead to me...

And that would be 275 W, right? One concern is that since I'm running keys (Nord Electro 3) bass, I want to be able to get loud cleans.

New to bass. Thinking of pairing an Ampeg SVT-3 Pro (rated 4 ohms I think) with an Avatar B410 Neo Bass Cab (8 ohm, 1200w, Celestion BN10-300 Neo speakers, Foster Compression horn tweeter). Would this be considered an “inefficient” setup due to the ohm mismatch? I would be running...