Driving 4 Bass Amps?

[The 0x]

Makes perfect sense ... he just wants to be able to hear himself over the guitars and drums. Get some old Sunn stuff.

I love my Sunn stuff. It's loud as hell and sounds great. Better than any modern day Ampeg stuff anyways.

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Makes perfect sense ... he just wants to be able to hear himself over the guitars and drums. Get some old Sunn stuff.

Never heard any, but ill take your word for it sounding better, but will it be louder than 1200 all tube watts!!

 

[Ken FenderJazz]

Headroom - we're all in the quest for headroom, in one way or another....

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Bombs away
But wer're OK

 

[TheChariot]

Headroom - we're all in the quest for headroom, in one way or another....

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Bombs away
But wer're OK

Not me....



I'm gonan record an entire album where the bass just sends a constant clipped signal in every song.






And then sell it on eBay....





... because some idiot there will pay thousands for it.

 

[Psycho Bass Guy]

That's called techno and Trent Reznor beat you to it over a decade ago.

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

That's called techno and Trent Reznor beat you to it over a decade ago.

* Zing *

 

[violatedppl]

This guy eather has roadies, is young and dumb, or mommy and daddy will write a check for anything and because of that he always wants more. BuT THE MAIN QUESTION IS why and gig you can play that has enough stage room to hold all of this plus the rest of your band must have a bad ass pa and thats all you need

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

This guy eather has roadies, is young and dumb, or mommy and daddy will write a check for anything and because of that he always wants more. BuT THE MAIN QUESTION IS why and gig you can play that has enough stage room to hold all of this plus the rest of your band must have a bad ass pa and thats all you need

nah, i recon he plays in a fairly quiet jazz quartet, hehe

 

[chunky]

I saw a local act recently and the bass player had a 8x10 and a 2x15 with 500 tube watts total. The g****rist had three 140 watt tube amps, each with a cowwesponding 4x12. When they cranked it all there were times when the drums and vocals were almost completely drowned out. Small club. I had a blast.

C'mon... complaining about this stuff or requiring proof of ownership of the original 8x10s is just silly and close minded.

 

[metron]

If I were going to set up a rig with 4 810s and 4 heads but in stereo then I would just feed signal to the two amp sides via an AB switch of some sort and then slave the first amp on each side to the second amp. I dont see any need to feed a different signal to each head unless you want to effect each differently or have different gain settings. It wouldnt be stereo then anyway.

I dont think its so outrageous. Gigging musicians or those folks who make their livelyhood will scoff at such a set up for obvious reasons but others like myself play just for fun. I carry around heavy gear because I love what I have and it happens to be heavy. If I had 4 810s, 4 heads, and a place to peel the paint I would most certainly be doing so!

 

[bassturtle]

While I'm reading this thread, I noticed the "Less is More" Schroeder Cab advert. I love this forum.