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Everyone's downsizing these days..

#101
Yeah or rpsands and his wall o' fridges. :bassist:

To be fair, I tried the rig setup I posted in the picture above and it sounded like arse. The Marshall sounds great through the fridge on its own or the two GK cabs but all together, no coconut.

If I play a little place, I'm likely to use the GK 2x12 NEO and my GK 1001RB. That still goes waaay louder than sensible if I need it to and it's a 2 minute setup time.
The Marshall tube amp sounds great but only if you can push it at a big gig...and it won't do 8 ohms, so I can't just run one of the small cabs, it has to be both the GKs or the fridge and that gets very loud very easily - total overkill for many places.
I wonder if anybody could suggest a small, 4 ohm cab that could handle a 400watt tube amp without being stupidly loud? Do I hear Acme?

Now, I understand that a lower powered tube head would be the obvious choice but I've got this one and there isn't such a thing as a Marshall VBA 200 so...err...? :confused:
 
#104
Femto said:
Now, I understand that a lower powered tube head would be the obvious choice but I've got this one and there isn't such a thing as a Marshall VBA 200 so...err...? :confused:
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:D
You can find lower watt tube heads over here, but I don't know what you can get in England, stuff like Traynor, Old Sunns [like my 200s, it's only 60 watts] Sovtek [if you can find it]........ Wait! The Orange is 200 watts.....:)
 
#107
Well, I suppose I could sell the Marshall and get a smaller amp but I kinda like the big numb boat anchor.

If I was gonna go for a smaller tube amp, I'd go 18 miles down the road to Matamp and ask Jeff Lewis to build me one of these 200 watters:

matamp_bass_small.jpg


It's a bit of a crappy photo cos it was on my cellphone and it was a bit dark in the Matamp factory.
 
#111
Mudfuzz said:
:hiding: I know they exist and all and make great guitar amps, but you really never see their bass amps much, so when I think about tube bass amps they just arn't the first that come to mind...
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To be honest, you can use any Matamp amplifier for bass. They're very widely voiced and let all the lows through quite admirably. I used to have a Matamp V-14 which was a 160 watt head and that kicked out some weft. At the time, I was majorly short on cash and it went to a good home. One of my good mates now plays guitar through it in his prog stoner band. I still get to hear it which is good. :)
 
#114
I suppose if one plays heavy rock music, a huge rig is part of the deal. The "image." But I don't play that music and don't need a ton of gear. I play 50s music, so a huge rig would actually look stupid and be overkill. My "rig" is one of these, depending on the gig: Vox T60 or an Ampeg B100R or a Fender TV Ten combo. All are combos. They are 60 watts, 100 watts and 150 watts, and are plenty loud enough for what we do. As an older musician, I am glad to not have to carry around a bunch of cabs and heads. Also, sound people and club owners LOVE me when they see my rig!
 
#115
Rob Martinez said:
I suppose if one plays heavy rock music, a huge rig is part of the deal. The "image." But I don't play that music and don't need a ton of gear. I play 50s music, so a huge rig would actually look stupid and be overkill.
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Wow, here I thought I totally looked smart with my big rig in my 50's band ;)
Rob Martinez said:
My "rig" is one of these, depending on the gig: Vox T60 or an Ampeg B100R or a Fender TV Ten combo. All are combos. They are 60 watts, 100 watts and 150 watts, and are plenty loud enough for what we do. As an older musician, I am glad to not have to carry around a bunch of cabs and heads. Also, sound people and club owners LOVE me when they see my rig!
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You're not hurting in the looks department, are ya?
 

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