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I agree JRA. Guitar and bass cabs are two different creatures. I know a lot of guys have had custom cabs built, built their own cabs and there are people here that design amps for a living. I'm looking for some sleep grill cloth and want to know if this stuff is a no go?

Yeah! That's what I'm talking about. I do find it interesting that orange doesn't offer any of their traditional grill cloths on their bass cabs.

I'm building a custom cab with Orange like cosmetics. I've always saw the Orange bass amps, the grill cloth is black. I never thought too much about it, but I've always preferred the tan weave colored "cane" grill cloth on the guitar amps. I want to use this grill cloth: [Invalid or Expired...

I have all sorts of big cabs, but a current project requires something smaller. I'm deciding between an Ashdown Rootmaster 212T or a Rootmaster 410. Obvious advantages and disadvantages. 212 is lighter and 410 pushes more air. Although this band isn't as loud as previous projects, I'm playing...

I've been told to use contact cement. My dad owns an ATA case company and uses contact cement to adhere the ABS, fiberglass, metal or vinyl to the plywood. I find contact cement to be messy and I used 3m super 77 when I retolexed my head. I ended up deciding the funky color looked stupid and a...

I haven't looked in a while, but it seems like slim pickings out there on any major sites. Ashdown is hard to find, Genz Benz is gone, and I've been burnt too many times by Ampeg to go back. I was looking into the Fender Rumbles, but they kind of look cheap. I also like the new Oranges coming...

I've been a user of the Genz Benz Focus 410 cab, which was recently stolen. First thing I saw when I was searching for a replacement was the new Fender Rumble 410. I never took the fender Rumble series serious before for two reasons: The Name. Rumble sounds like an amp Crate would make. Second...

I usually keep my passive DI box on my board, right after my vt bass pedal. It has always worked. I've been playing quite a bit more gigs and a few times, the soundguy asked me to put my DI box near my rig. Doesn't bother me. On my board, 3 inches of cable separate the VT bass from the DI...

So I recently bought a Behringer Eurorack UB502 to play along with some recorded tunes. What I'm finding is when I plug my ipod into the mixer and then listen to my headphones, songs that have have a different track being played through each headphone side, aren't coming through. Only one...

I've always used whatever DI the soundman gave me, but I'm looking to invest into my own. I'm thinking about using my VT bass Pedal into a Radial JDI for the board. So I have control over the tone. (Obviously I know not to mess with eq settings during the gig going into the board). My...

I've been happily gigging my SVT 810 and my NV 610's for a while now. Other cabs have come and gone, but these two are never going.... I do find myself in need of a smaller cab, for the smaller gigs. The Ampeg 410 HE seems to fit the bill for my small cab needs, but it's just too heavy. I...

I haven't used a Di in quite a while, since I haven't been gigging much. I plan on start gigging again, and I have a MarkBass Super Pro DI Box that I used to use with my active basses. I'm hoping the VT and the Super Pro DI Box will be a good fit. I would prefer not to buy another piece of gear...

I know the general unwritten rule for di's is passive bass>active DI, active bass>passive DI. I play only passive P basses, but I run a VT Bass pedal in my signal on 99.9% of the time. Since the VT Bass makes the signal a bit hotter (I would assume), which kind of DI would work best?

I found 2 contenders for cabs that meet my size, weight and price range in my local used market. 1. Two of these: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] 2. One of these ...

I'm well aware that set flat, Berg's and Schroeders are completely different beasts. But I'm looking for a rig for smallers gigs that can still get loud, and is easy to move around. I'm looking at the Schroeder 1212L. Like I said, I'm not looking top duplicate the Berg's tone, but I'm looking...