I've used gaffer's tape to make a mechanical filter that covers a tweeter. It helps smooth out spikey high end.
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I've used gaffer's tape to make a mechanical filter that covers a tweeter. It helps smooth out spikey high end.
Yeah, I knew he had those two basses (in addition to others) from the last time I saw Sleep.
Next best thing to disconnecting the tweeter entirely
I don't think it matters much. The older SVT's would require you to daisy chain the cabs, but newer ones have an impedance switch instead of relying on the transformer itself, so I think it's about the same either way you go.
Necro-post.
Good deal, yeah?
That ain't no V9 but I'll take it.
About half an hour with a screwdriver, razor knife, staple gun, and $20 of correct blue/silver grille fabric for Fliptops oughta sort out the outside.
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Ya gotta have that many, or the kid down the block with his 1000 watt bass amp will think you're goofy for having so little power in your rig.
There's not even a speck of outwardly apparent corrosion on it.
I had to. I snatched that up like I was stealing it.
It should be here on Tuesday. I'm planning to leave it with a reputable local tech to look it over on Thursday. New, correct grill cloth coming from FlipTops.
The thing is that SVT's with their 810 cabs are louder than most 1000 watt heads with the fashionable tiny cabs being used today. This is my very unscientific opinion.
The thing is that SVT's with their 810 cabs are louder than most 1000 watt heads with the fashionable tiny cabs being used today. This is my very unscientific opinion.
The tiny cabs being made today will go “loud”, but the rolloff in the low end (that’s what you typically lose with a small cabinet) means they are very inefficient at low frequencies. Your opinion may not be based in science, but mine is, and I agree with you. A big part of the desire for more power is to dig some low end out of those tiny cabs.
If you make the speakers big enough, you don’t need nearly as much power, and the rig will last longer as a result.
Acmes are the only cabs I know of that actually do justice to the fundamentals of a low E. They are less efficient at mid and high frequencies, but at 40 Hz, they are just as efficient as anyone else’s cabs. As a result, they don’t take as much extra power as you’d think.
That's funny because those are the ones I was thinking of, I'll have to take your word for it as I've never tried one.
