Ampeg Isovent - Jack Plate Circuit Board.

[Redbrangus]

OP says he's got good cabs...just a strange obsession with making this weird old bird fly.

 

[NKBassman]

OP says he's got good cabs...just a strange obsession with making this weird old bird fly.

I think more generally it’s a conscious effort to buck conventional trends (/wisdom), and a contrarian attitude to all of us telling him he’s wasting his time.

 

[Fuzzonaut]

You know this question is coming:
DO YOU GET THE F BOMB?

NO, I DON'T GET ANY KIND OF BOMB!

Seriously, I used this cab with different basses, different amps, full range and bi-amped, in different rooms, on wheels or on the floor, without any problems.

I have no clue what causes this specific F bomb thing.

 

[agedhorse]

OP says he's got good cabs...just a strange obsession with making this weird old bird fly.

He's trying to make a boat fly

 

[thetragichero]

Have I got a cab for you.
Click> Bass Cabinets Archives - Genzler Amplification
These ARE MADE for BASS. Available in a single 10, 12, 15, two 10's or four 10's all with the Linearray taking care of the mids and highs while the woofer booms the bass. These will keep your sound on axis almost anywhere.
Use a single box or stack them. Makes a neat arc when stacked.

i gassed over these for awhile, until i realized I'm not a modern bass sound guy and while a super neat idea, these would do a disservice to the kind of mid-focused tone i dig. so i took a deep dive into 70s acoustic control corp stuff

but man are these cool....

 

[Jeff Scott]

View attachment 3679682 This looks like a really cool bass cab to take to a gig.

A "more modern" approach.

.................

Oh and by the way, some of the so called Real Bass Cabs I find Boring ..... I think this Isovent is an UnUsual Design and I am having fun with it.

Ah, I get it now - Function follows form.

This thread highlights the difference between fact and opinion.

Darn! As I was reading this I was expecting "This thread highlights the difference between fact and fiction".

He's trying to make a boat fly

So, kind of like a reverse Sproose Goose?

 

[DJ Bebop]

@Nicholas Orick
Due to the Commercial User Policy, @agedhorse is probably not allowed to toot his own horn, but beyond the experience that he's already shared in this thread, he's also designed amps and cabs with Mesa Boogie and Genz Benz just to name a few. I'm thankful every day for the knowledge and expertise he tirelessly shares here, for free. He's an invaluable technical resource with decades of experience in exactly this field, and simply doesn't give bad advice. Period.

 

[seamonkey]

i gassed over these for awhile, until i realized I'm not a modern bass sound guy and while a super neat idea, these would do a disservice to the kind of mid-focused tone i dig. so i took a deep dive into 70s acoustic control corp stuff

but man are these cool....

Are you judging them by looks an driver config? Or by actual performance?

 

[thetragichero]

I'm not dogging their product. i love the concept
i generally play through guitar or organ speakers with a ton of fuzz and midrange. not something modern stuff shoots for

 

[DJ Bebop]

I'm not dogging their product. i love the concept
i generally play through guitar or organ speakers with a ton of fuzz and midrange. not something modern stuff shoots for

I dig.
I just sold one of these to a kid in an Art Noise band for his bass and synth. Not a modern cab
But works better IMHO than the isovent.

I had two of these, go figure!

 

[two fingers]

I didn't take the time to read a few hundred more posts. This guy get his new jacks yet?

 

[DJ Bebop]

I didn't take the time to read a few hundred more posts. This guy get his new jacks yet?

 

[BassmanPaul]

after reading this entire (often quite silly) thread, I don't know why the OP just does not go out and buy a real bass cab. Lots of options, both old and new, new and used, that are known good quantities and would work great for pretty much any player.

I suggested this way, way back!

 

[Jeff Scott]

...Sproose Goose...

Oops, a typo; oddly enough, it seems appropriate for this thread.

 

[Redbrangus]

This guy get his new jacks yet?

Nope...I think his jacks are still off.

 

[moley6knipe]

Hey everyone. Just to say: I’m not really here, I’m back on page 8, having only discovered this thread an hour ago.

Just wanted to congratulate this part of the internet - so juicy it’s warped reality. I’m in awe and I’m not even halfway through.

I’ll see you back here in a bit...

 

[DJ Bebop]

Hey everyone. Just to say: I’m not really here, I’m back on page 8, having only discovered this thread an hour ago.

Just wanted to congratulate this part of the internet - so juicy it’s warped reality. I’m in awe and I’m not even halfway through.

I’ll see you back here in a bit...

We'll be over here or up over there!

 

[DJ Bebop]

Nope...I think his jacks are still off.

 

[Nicholas Orick]

I didn't take the time to read a few hundred more posts. This guy get his new jacks yet?

Working on it.

Ordered stuff.

.

 

[Nicholas Orick]

I dig.
I just sold one of these to a kid in an Art Noise band for his bass and synth. Not a modern cab
But works better IMHO than the isovent.
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I had two of these, go figure!

NOT knocking Peavy but I'd take an Ampeg Isovent any day of the week.

This Peavy doesn't have half the power.