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Thanks for the great thread. Check it! Cool and funny pictures. Mash up of sorts. [Invalid or Expired Link Removed]

Anyone had an issue of the mounting posts having the wrong thread spacing for the bushings in the body? I have a '78 Gibson RD standard. Got my bridge on Saturday and as I tried to install it, the posts would only go so far and, as I know from doing multiple jobs, when the screw stops, don't...

Or more speakers I guess. Haha.

Proper? I did. Wattage specs are blurry. Determining what amp a speaker can handle at full force without blowing up is tough. Super under powered amp can't hurt a speaker that is rated for much much higher power. I have learned things but the variables still skew a lot of the practcality behind...

But isn't speaker efficiency also measured with a couple or even a single frequency? I have rather efficient speakers and get way too much volume if I crank it and I like that because it creates a safeguard for me and my amp cabinet combo. I typically play out with an Ampeg SVT-4 Pro and now...

Soooo confused. I understand that big numbers move units but why is there not a more simplistic way to rate amplifiers and speakers? Why not use white noise or pink noise with standardized filters that emulate typical full frequency ranges of a specific source (such as guitar or bass)? It's just...

so there's really no way to determine whether or not an amp can blow a speaker without dramatically underpowering based on the given ratings.

I don't want to hijack this thread. Sorry sorry. I just thought I had a solid grasp on it. Companies just need to make ratings a more universal language and the simple understanding of how these things work together more operator friendly. It is a very confusing thing.

So I do understand that ratings can be measured an number of ways as well so saying that you have an amp rated at 500 watts matched with a speaker rated at 500 watts might really be more like a 700 watt total power amp into a roughly 500 watt speaker? Speakers must also be roughly rated as well...

@agedhorse & @Bob Lee (QSC) Would you guys mind chiming in and finishing my scolding for my understanding of how clipping damages speakers. i believe what I am referring to is over powering a speaker due to clipping an amp. Over powering in general is bad but an amp with a 500 watt rating can...

When the power section of an amp goes into hard clipping it will be putting out as close to true square waves as possible (not the scientific idea of a square wave but the physical. It won't be a perfect square wave) the amp will suddenly be spitting a lot more power out and the square waves...

The problem isn't under powering in and of itself. It's clipping. Square waves don't allow a speaker's voice coil to cool as it sends twice the max wattage and voltage to it. So, in essence, a low powered amp doesn't blow speakers, a clipping amp blows speakers.

You right. You right. I brain farted. Typed too many words.

Under powering only hurts if it doesn't give you the volume you want before clipping. Under powering and needing more volume is dangerous. It sounds like you have some super efficient speakers. That's why I mentioned that. Efficient speakers will give you more volume with less wattage. There is...

I want to throw this out. Even if your amp is rated at 400w @ 4ohms and your cab is rated 400w rms and is 4 ohms (most of that is irrelevant just equal power out to input ratings) the same problem is still there. The issue is if you get a solid state amp and drive it so hard as to clip the power...

Thanks, guys! Gonna have 2 SVT's with matching cabs and an American B15R plus an SVT-4Pro, an old SVT-410HEN (that was a 50th anniversary cab that has some other product's serial number and an Ampeg rep had no idea what I was talking about when I had a question about it) and a BXT-115HL8. Not to...

That is as I thought. Why, then are the blue lined ones so revered?

I didn't make this a message because someone may have a similar question and you have the answers.

@JimmyM hey man. Always enjoy your postings on Ampeg stuff and the like and would like to ask you a question regarding 70's SVT's. I am in a position to pick up a '75 SVT. I don't know a lot about the era aside from SVT's always sound killer to me. I have a very very nice '78 with matching cab...

I don't think "your sound" has to fit the project at all. I think if you are a specific sounding bassist then either the projects you are asked to play on will complement and/or be complimented by your sound...otherwise, you won't get that particular call and if you do, do your thing and let it...

The Faital Pro speakers are seriously a thing of wonder but always be careful what box you are loading it into as you can cramp a speaker's style real quick. As far as recording and saving space goes, you don't really need a massive rig for huge recorded bass tone. A single 12" or 15" full range...

Got my '77 Gibson RD Standard in today. Certainly needs a setup and wish me luck on that. Hopefully all things are go for a good and easy setup with no dumb issues of the neck. It is fretting out pretty bad on the open E and a bit all over so hopefully a little relief will solve that issue...

Hey thanks!!

So...how do I get in on this exactly?? I need this.

Thanks! I just had the board and a 412 neo cabinet built by the same guy. Next project, head case to match the cab! Woohoo! Took me all of November and December to get all the pedals worked out. Had to replace a few rusty ones and grab a couple of space savers plus that darned oversized Sub-lime...

How about it? Am I big enough for a number? Har har har.

Well what is that thing?!?!! But no, it's an RD.

Yup, I'm waiting as well on an RD Standard from Moscow...sigh. Waiting sucks.

I know the bassist for that particular band and he has absolutely no sense of time.

Not to be terribly vain here but I'm having fun and have knocked out a whole bunch of bass tracks over the past couple of days with this set up at my studioso. Thought someone might appreciate a shot.

I apologize as well, I'd still like all of them in mixed in stem form but if that's too much trouble, I completely understand. I do have good drive and Dropbox though if it is in any way an option.

I do like guitars topped and bound more than basses but if I had my way, even with binding, I would just have the whole body be cut out of some good looking wood to begin with and help it look great upon finishing. Not a big fan of the super duper modern look but oiled black koruna is killer and...

I feel like a dunce but I can't figure out what NBD means when people post new basses. New bass delivery, day, dread, drop, dude, dimples, Duff, dork, digs, dad, drool, dirt?? Maybe I'm just slow?

Dunno if you still have all this stuff but I'd love to have stems from all theses tracks. That's awesome.

I just want to name a band Four Skin now. Geeze.

Yeah! Thanks! When I get to the painting the Jag part, I'll throw a photo up!

Got me a '77 Rd! Working on my new cases pedal board and a head case to match my custom built 412 cab. Monsterous!!!

Thanks. I was thinking Warmoth... ...also, I definitely want a number.

Yes! I am really digging the Big Al and may have to throw a call to Atlanta to see if anyone has one in stock somewhere. I'm even a fan of the body shape as odd as that may be. It's a strange one.

very cool! And as I look at it with the knowledge that it has a passive mode, I feel like I just know it wouldn't have much beef. I know they really aren't so known for it anyway. I bet this thing would record like a dream (which is the only real reason that I'd want one anyway) and it looks...