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I think I need a different cab for my Super Bassman

DeepSouth

DeepSouth

Aug 6, 2008
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I've had my super bassman a few months now and been gigging with it.
I got the 610 neo cab with it.
Bass wise I tend to run a P-bass with flatwounds and usually play in blues or country settings.

I've got LOTS of low end. And its not very focused. One gig I got fed up and pulled out a thin guitar pick as my finger tone was so boomy and making the mix sound like mud.

I am far from a cabinet expert so pardon my ignorance if I'm off base on some of this.

Being this was my first tube head I was not aware that from reading other posts you really want a closed cab for tube heads. Ported cabs work best with solid state gear.

This Bums me out as that Neo 610 cost $1300. I sold dam near all my extra gear to get the had and cab /sigh.

So I'm open to suggestions. Weight is a consideration as I'm just turning 48 and have a beer drinkers body!
 
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Barefaced Four10? I've had a Four10 paired with a Super Bassman, never had any problems with boominess, always got a nice, tight sound. They're also lighter than the equivalent Fender Neo cabs. Price may be a concern though, they're UK-based and I'm not sure how expensive they'd be in the US. Quite a few American users on here seem to use them though, and they seem pretty popular.
 
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jastacey said:
You might want to aquire a High Pass Filter, it will help with the tone, by filtering out the offending frequencies
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Yup. Try a Broughton HPF for a crisp Benjamin instead of throwing more cash at different cabs. I run a similar setup as yours, P-bass w/ flats into a Super Bassman and a fearful 15/6. It can get real boomy in some rooms, but so does my Fender Rumble 100. I always run a HPF and it cleans that up real nice.
 
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I should add, I also have a Super Bassman, and use a Berg HS410, which is ported, and I use the fdeck3 HPF, and I paid $110 for it, best $$$, I spent ... IMHO
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DeepSouth said:
I've had my super bassman a few months now and been gigging with it.
I got the 610 neo cab with it.
Bass wise I tend to run a P-bass with flatwounds and usually play in blues or country settings.

I've got LOTS of low end. And its not very focused. One gig I got fed up and pulled out a thin guitar pick as my finger tone was so boomy and making the mix sound like mud.

I am far from a cabinet expert so pardon my ignorance if I'm off base on some of this.

Being this was my first tube head I was not aware that from reading other posts you really want a closed cab for tube heads. Ported cabs work best with solid state gear.

This Bums me out as that Neo 610 cost $1300. I sold dam near all my extra gear to get the had and cab /sigh.

So I'm open to suggestions. Weight is a consideration as I'm just turning 48 and have a beer drinkers body!
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How do you have your eq set? The SB300 puts out a huge amount of low end, but I've always found it remarkably defined.
I use my Barefaced Four10 with it, on the "distortion" channel, bass cut a bit and high mids boosted. I get a huge sound , but every note is clearly audible and focused, down to the low B.

As far as weight, the Barefaced cabs are probably one of the best for volume per pound. Both my Big Twin and the Four10 weight around 50 pounds, and can drown out most drummers with ease.
 
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DeepSouth said:
I've been running 2 8 2 on the clean channel. Read in the big bassman thread that was its flat eq setting.
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For me, flat is still too bassy. Try the distortion channel, with the distortion blend all the way off. It's active eq, so you can get more midrange and less bass. You can actually get a screamingly bright and present tone if you want - the sweepable mid control is very powerful. It's not quite as warm as the clean channel but you won't notice it in the mix.
 
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smeet said:
How do you have your eq set? The SB300 puts out a huge amount of low end, but I've always found it remarkably defined.
I use my Barefaced Four10 with it, on the "distortion" channel, bass cut a bit and high mids boosted. I get a huge sound , but every note is clearly audible and focused, down to the low B.

As far as weight, the Barefaced cabs are probably one of the best for volume per pound. Both my Big Twin and the Four10 weight around 50 pounds, and can drown out most drummers with ease.
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Smeet has nailed it here. The trick with the Super Bassman when faced with issues such as this is to use the overdrive channel as an active eq, just don't dial in any overdrive and use it clean (unless you want distortion). It is way more versatile tonally when used in this fashion.
 
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I run a 400 watt tube amp into a NV610, sealed cab. I have run into many boomy stages and the best thing I have done for my sound in years, is to pick up a HPF. Boom and mud are thing of the past. I picked up the Broughton with the adjustable frequency range and simply play at volume for a few moments, dial out the stage mud and am ready to rock!
Op, you won't regret the purchase.
Fishheadjoe
 
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Tim1 said:
Smeet has nailed it here. The trick with the Super Bassman when faced with issues such as this is to use the overdrive channel as an active eq, just don't dial in any overdrive and use it clean (unless you want distortion). It is way more versatile tonally when used in this fashion.
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This is the unspoken part of owning a newer Bassman, the clean channel can do many things, you just have to spend time with it, me, I like a somewhat clean tone and hardly ever use the distortion feature, the EQing of the active channel, does take some time to figure out how the mid control works, in getting your tone
 
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