Recent content by retrorocket

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    Ibanez SR500

    it's a great bass, it was my first bass and still my current choise. I played a lot of basses and was on the fence, but when i plugged the sr500 in, i didn't even have to look at the price tag..... then when I did I couldn't believe how well priced it was. I'm sure you have it by now and love it!
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    questions about building a cab.

    thanks for the support, I'm just taking on a challange.... doing a little research and enjoying a hobby. The internet has a vast amount of information on such a topic. It may be hard to make a good sounding cab but not impossible.
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    questions about building a cab.

    no...building it by ones self would be stepping outside of the box. Thanks for posting your child hood pic tho!
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    questions about building a cab.

    where's you sense of adventure? great things will never happen if people don't step outside of the box.:bassist:
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    questions about building a cab.

    thanks for the reply's, I should have specified I have experience in electronics as it's my trade, unfortunately they don't teach bass cab wiring 101 in school, haha. So as an example, if I wired two 4 ohm speakers and series would the horn get wire in parallel (with cross over) with those to...
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    questions about building a cab.

    I'm building a cab to run with my Trace Elliot AH100. It's a 4ohm head and I wanna make a 2x10 cab with a horn. My biggest question is a about wiring. Does it make much difference if the drivers are wired series or paralle (given the total impedence is 4ohm)? And does the horn get wired in that...
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    hello from nova scotia

    hello all, new here and just wanted to write a noob post. Been playing music for the past 17 years and only the past three have i been playing bass, and have sense made it my main instrument. I play an Ibanez Axster ( 80's headless) and a Ibanez sound gear series SR-500 (which is a...
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    Amp or Sansamp?? Need advice!

    hey man, congrats on the EP! i'm a super noob on this forum (this is my first post) but I have done a bit of studio time. In my personal opinion i would use an amp....bottom line you get a more desireable sound. I have recorded with a DI and with an amp..... I found a got a better tone and...