Official Barefaced Bass Cab Club

[wyrtti]

Anyone here use a BB2 with a 100 Watt Ampeg V4BH or similar? Is it loud enough? I currently use the V4BH with a 15" cab which has a sensitivity of 98dB, so it should be close. I play 5-string and the amp has been enough for me, even when playing with 2 100W guitar half-stacks.

 

[chris_b]

I'd use 2 or the Big Twin 2.

I use 2 Super Compacts with 99% of my bands.

2 of anything just sounds better to me.

 

[alexclaber]

2 of anything just sounds better to me.

Even bassists?

 

[monsterthompson]

Even bassists?

Or screaming babies?

 

[Pbassmanca]

Or screaming babies?

Science has shown one's ratio of basses to babies to be exactly inversely proportional.......

 

[chris_b]

Even bassists?

Well. . . . they make 2 bassists work very well in Dumpsterfunk.

 

[socialleper]

Even bassists?

SMV = Three bassists. Heck yeah!

 

[The Deep End]

Well. . . . they make 2 bassists work very well in Dumpsterfunk.

As with any important matter in life, I ask "What would Spinal Tap do"? How many guys on bass in Big Bottoms? Three? Four? If it worked for Spinal Tap, it works for me.

 

[anton72]

I need a Club advice, guys.... I still can not dial in "my tone" with Aguilar TH500 and One10 stack. It kinda lack definition and to me it sounds sort of muddy. I still can not figure out what is the main reason for it, TH or One10? So I'm now thinking of either selling TH to buy smth cleaner sounding amp OR selling One10 (at least one of them) and buy SM to have a flat responce cab. BTW I also paired One10 stack with GK MB200, it sounds cleaner than TH but still not the way I am expecting. What do you think?

 

[monsterthompson]

I need a Club advice, guys.... I still can not dial in "my tone" with Aguilar TH500 and One10 stack. It kinda lack definition and to me it sounds sort of muddy. I still can not figure out what is the main reason for it, TH or One10? So I'm now thinking of either selling TH to buy smth cleaner sounding amp OR selling One10 (at least one of them) and buy SM to have a flat responce cab. BTW I also paired One10 stack with GK MB200, it sounds cleaner than TH but still not the way I am expecting. What do you think?

Having owned a TH pre and a One10, my thought is that you've got too much of a good thing. The thick, chewey TH sound might better fit with a 12" driver BF offering. I think you probably need to flip one or the other, but it'd be a tough choice which one.

 

[jthisdell]

I need a Club advice, guys.... I still can not dial in "my tone" with Aguilar TH500 and One10 stack. It kinda lack definition and to me it sounds sort of muddy. I still can not figure out what is the main reason for it, TH or One10? So I'm now thinking of either selling TH to buy smth cleaner sounding amp OR selling One10 (at least one of them) and buy SM to have a flat responce cab. BTW I also paired One10 stack with GK MB200, it sounds cleaner than TH but still not the way I am expecting. What do you think?

I like my TH and One 10, the key to the TH is of course the Drive control, which rolls off the highs and the very lows. How are you using the Drive? Seeing that the One 10 does not had a tweeter, running the Drive up really high may take off too much of the high end. I tend to run it around 9:00 - 10:00 with the Gain off for a clean tone.

So if you don't like the TH with the Drive off then you may like the GK MB series as they are way brighter than anything you will get out of a TH.

 

[monsterthompson]

...there is the new Aguilar head coming out...

Supposedly much different voicing than the TH.

 

[tombowlus]

...there is the new Aguilar head coming out...

Supposedly much different voicing than the TH.

Yes, much more clear and clean. Reminds me of the clean channel on my AG500, but even more pure/quick/fast.

 

[anton72]

...there is the new Aguilar head coming out...

Supposedly much different voicing than the TH.

I tested this new head at NAMM and liked it better than TH, it is opposite voiced. But the price tag for it would be $849

 

[anton72]

I actually tried to play through it (AG700) at Aguilar booth with my Spector bass and I think I'd buy it one day.

 

[anton72]

I like my TH and One 10, the key to the TH is of course the Drive control, which rolls off the highs and the very lows. How are you using the Drive? Seeing that the One 10 does not had a tweeter, running the Drive up really high may take off too much of the high end. I tend to run it around 9:00 - 10:00 with the Gain off for a clean tone.

So if you don't like the TH with the Drive off then you may like the GK MB series as they are way brighter than anything you will get out of a TH.

I tried to play with the Drive knob not long ago and my impression is that it makes tone a bit "wet" which I like but I can not hear any highs roll off with it fully clock wise with the gain off. My actual setting is drive at 3, gain at 9 and master at 12.

 

[monsterthompson]

I tested this new head at NAMM and liked it better than TH, it is opposite voiced. But the price tag for it would be $849

$849 is the price of a SM. Sounds like a push, to me. Either flip the amp or the cab, or keep fiddling with the TH EQ.

 

[JxBass]

I need a Club advice, guys.... I still can not dial in "my tone" with Aguilar TH500 and One10 stack. It kinda lack definition and to me it sounds sort of muddy. I still can not figure out what is the main reason for it, TH or One10? So I'm now thinking of either selling TH to buy smth cleaner sounding amp OR selling One10 (at least one of them) and buy SM to have a flat responce cab. BTW I also paired One10 stack with GK MB200, it sounds cleaner than TH but still not the way I am expecting. What do you think?

I tried the Aguilar TH with both my One10 and Super Midget. I didn't care for it with either and got rid of the TH. My Demeter and Ampeg PF-50T amps both sounded great through my One10 and SM, though I preferred the tube tone through the One10. As a result, I sold the SM and added a second One10, similar to your setup. Very satisfied.

 

[anton72]

I tried the Aguilar TH with both my One10 and Super Midget. I didn't care for it with either and got rid of the TH. My Demeter and Ampeg PF-50T amps both sounded great through my One10 and SM, though I preferred the tube tone through the One10. As a result, I sold the SM and added a second One10, similar to your setup. Very satisfied.

This IS very interesting...keeps me thinking what to unload and what to keep. Interesting that I once tried One10 with all-tube Orange amp and this combo just slayed.

 

[anton72]

$849 is the price of a SM. Sounds like a push, to me. Either flip the amp or the cab, or keep fiddling with the TH EQ.

Yeah I'd like to see how this AG700 will pair with One10s.