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#241
greenboy said:
Is that needed for that particular rig?
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haha, haven't figured that out yet. i didn't realize it was there until i looked at the photo, but thought it was amusing.

and about the 118; i'm not sure what the make is, the person i bought it off of thinks it's a peavey black widow 18" speaker, but he got it used, too. it may have been a combo amp at one point, but i just put a tuner, effects, etc, in the rack space. it makes a convenient little shelf. this stack is about 6'5". ... i'm about 5'6"
 
#242
loganbouchard said:
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traynor yba-200 driving a 410 with aluminum cones for the high end, and a massive 118 for low end, and that loose vintage roar. sometimes i use the amp on top (behringer bx4500h) to power one of the cabs. (stereo, and yes, it sounds really heavy.)

i dig.

note the fire extinguisher.
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Very nice! What is that a Peavey cab in the background?
 
#246
I don't have any pics (yet), but I do run a Carvin BX1200 head into a 1 x 18" and a 4 x 10". I usually just use the 18" by itself, because, with 4-ohm impedance, I get the full 1200 watts from the amp while bridged, and I love the way the response of the speaker warms the living crap out of my sound. I hate the harshness of the amp through the 4 x 10".

So... Am I worthy? :D
 
#247
I have a pretty standard Ampeg 8x10 with sufficiently screwed up tolex.

I recently bought an SWR 4x10 and 1x15 to use when I am not feeling so strong or the club has too many stairs, but I haven't really used them much yet.

My old band used to overdo it with amps... 2 8x10s for the bass and two full stacks per guitarist.
 
#248
RomancintheTone said:
I don't have any pics (yet), but I do run a Carvin BX1200 head into a 1 x 18" and a 4 x 10". I usually just use the 18" by itself, because, with 4-ohm impedance, I get the full 1200 watts from the amp while bridged, and I love the way the response of the speaker warms the living crap out of my sound. I hate the harshness of the amp through the 4 x 10".

So... Am I worthy? :D
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Oh yeah! :cool: I know what you mean about the watts, I run my main power amp bridged for 1500 watts into my 2 18's and even at low volumes they sound very warm, compared to running the amp in stereo at 550 watts. At the same volume the bridging of the amp makes a drastic improvement in sound, which I would never have guessed...

ScotAloha said:
I have a pretty standard Ampeg 8x10 with sufficiently screwed up tolex.

I recently bought an SWR 4x10 and 1x15 to use when I am not feeling so strong or the club has too many stairs, but I haven't really used them much yet.

My old band used to overdo it with amps... 2 8x10s for the bass and two full stacks per guitarist.
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Wow that's a lot of amperage there...:bassist:

#79 - RomancintheTone
#80 - ScotAloha
 
#257
UncleFluffy said:
It sounds good, but feels awesome :)

(To all those people who say you don't need the low B fundamental because the human brain can reconstruct it ... yes, you're right, as long as you're talking about just listening to the bass)
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I agree, my two 18" are supposedly in too small of enclosures in my big cab, but when I bridge my amp for 1500 going to them (I biamp), they have punch that feels like a punch in the chest! And this may all be harmonics and no fundamental, but it sure sounds and feels like it!
 
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