Recent content by fredolele

I'm sitting here working and listening to Spotify and the Eddie Hazel (guitarist for P-Funk) version of I Want You (She's so Heavy) came on. It's not funky in a P-Funk kind of way, but it's killer and I'm loving the bass on it. It's a great reinterpretation of the original with some killer...

Wait, basses have 20 frets? What the hell am I going to do all the way up there?

I just picked up a Blackstar U700 and am really loving it. I played a U500 combo about a year ago in a shop and was really blown away. I found a great deal on a U700 recently and jumped on it. I'm really happy with it so far. Loud (playing through an older Hartke 410), clean and flexible...

Rip, thank you for the thoughtful response. I'm generally familiar with these comments, but you did a really great job of explaining it all. I particularly appreciate the explanation of how wattage gets divided. I hadn't heard that before. I'm new to the TB community, but I really appreciate...

The U700 is: 700W at 2.67 ohms 500W at 4 ohms 250W at 8 ohms Check out p 12 of the manual: https://www.blackstaramps.com/pdf/handbooks/u700h-elite-handbook.pdf I wanted to make sure of this before I picked one up (which I did yesterday). I'm currently playing through an older Hartke 4x10...

To me, the real answer is to know both your gear and how resistance works. As others have said, this amp is rated 500W at 4 ohms (rather than 500W at 8 ohms as you said). Next, here’s a really good article on the topic. It does a great job of explaining not just what, but why! How to Hook...