Recent content by Jimmy Riot

My mistake, yes they are. I'm still digging the 12". I have a 1x12 combo amp for small things. It's great but doesn't get used much. That Vox cab now has 2 (12") Basslites & the V2 cab has 4 (12")Deltalites, the V4 cab has 4 (12") Deltalites I think. Out of these three the one I'm...

IVAN I'm sympathetic. I'm very interested in this pickup / preamp discussion for the BB-N5A, because this bass has become my #1 5-string over my vintage ('92) NYC Sadowsky simply because of the playability. I don't dig the BBN5A electronics/preamp/tone though, as popular as it seems to be. To...

With 2ohms you can't go any lower... You can't wire it for 4 ohms, but if you did 8ohms then if you paired up with another 8ohm cab you could set your V4 switch to 4ohms. John_K likes to put a switch on his cabs so he can go from 2 to 8.

Hi Blast, probably too late for my response, sorry, but To me the V4 4x12 just sounded smaller. However, I never had 4 of the same speaker in there; I had 2 Basslites and two 2512. Now I have 2 basslites and two of the original Eminence squaremags. I padded the cab well but it didn't have the...

BLAST: I actually lean towards the Basslites. I only have two 2512's but 6 2012's. Much cheaper than the Deltalites too. I finally DID get a V4 cab but I'm not digging it as much as John K & some of the other guys on here. I like my V2, SVT 810 & the Vox cabs better. The V4 looks awesome...

Hi Chiller, I have some experience on what you're asking. I don't have a straightback 8x10, but I have a towelbar from the 70s & an 810E from the 90s, and a 70s V4 cab. I also have a V2 4x12 cab, which is not sealed, but not traditionally ported either. I've tried different speakers in all of...

I haven't put new strings on my Mustang yet, but I plan to get REGULAR / LONG SCALE strings because of the thru-body routing of the string. Now, if I had a Musicmaster, where the string ends at the end of the bridge, I'd get short scale strings, but with the Mustang there's another inch or...

Hi CIRE yes this stuff can be confusing. I noticed you keep referring to what the head can handle, but most folks think first what the speaker cab can handle. I say it gets confusing because some folks say that a 400w cab with a 500w amp is fine, but logic tells me I might blow a speaker...

I got in to 12"'s about a year ago and I'm still in love with them. Ampeg V4 4x12 cabs are great for bass, and there's a lot of threads here at TB about folks swapping out the speakers (often with some kind of Eminence Neos), and adding insulation / padding. My favorite 12 cab is the Ampeg...

You can add a brass pickguard and/or a brass backplate on the underside of your headstock to add weight & sustain. Adam Dorn added the headstock thing to his Sadowsky & liked it, although I found it a bit top-heavy with a strap.

Make sure your brakes still behave with that added weight!:)

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Joe says:

Wicked sweet for you :hyper: For your roadie, not so much:bawl:

I have an embarrassing confession to make: I ran my SWR SM900 wrong for YEARS and I'm glad / lucky that nothing bad happened. On these heads if you want to run mono you must use the banana plug spkr out in the middle, with the switch set to "mono". Otherwise if you use the 1/4inch outs you...