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    SVT Re-cone, or Trash

    I have a 410 built from the remnants of an old Ampeg SVT 810. I bought it only knowing that the cab was freaking great, even though it had the label of a lesser company on it (which will remain nameless). After rocking it hard for 15 year I tore the first cone. When replacing it we discovered...
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    Cabinet Wattage

    Should you buy a cabinet with a power rating that exceeds the wattage you would be putting in it. Heres the deal my Sm400s puts out 500 watts at 4 ohms. The cab I am looking at is rated at 500 watts. Am I going to be at risk of blowing it out, or should I be looking at a cab that it rated at...
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    Double Bass Just got a chance to get some pics of my basses up

    Epiphone B4 my intro into DB Slappin' my 1950 Kay C-1 Upton Hawkes with Bridge Placement Tape Upton Hawkes Lami in action I really don't do that much slapping, however it seems my wife likes to take pictures when I do.
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    Double Bass Lami Question?

    I will start off by saying that I am the owner of 2 Lami's. My first is a 1950 Kay C-1, and my newest is an Upton Hawkes. The reason I stick with ply basses is because living in Florida, and playing the types of gigs I play, a carved, or evan a hybrid made little sense. I ended up buying my...
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    Double Bass Help Please!!! I need Tailpiece Advice!

    Guys and Girls, I have a Laminate Bass that Ordered from a reputible Bass Shop that was supposed to have an Ebony Tailpiece with Tail Gut, but instead arrived with the Wittner composite tailpiece with the Wittner TailCable. I know this is not a "plastic" tailpiece, but I am unsure of how well...
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    Double Bass Wittner Tailpiece

    So I am considering a composite tailpiece. I hear that with a less dense tailpiece comes more volume, and an overall better sound. Is this true, or am I being sold a bag of goods? My choice is this "space age" composite tailpiece with the nice coated tailpiece gut, or a real ebony tailpiece with...