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Prog Rock Amps

#61
dukeorock said:
The Streamliner is a pretty great 'all around' amp, IMO
Ampeg PF500 gets a lot of love as well

A 'hi-fi' cab would typically be a 2-3 way design, vertical array, with one or two really strong woofers, a dedicated mid driver and a horn. Extremely full range and clarity for days :)
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Oh so like Greg Lakes massive touring rig for the Brain Salad Surgery/Cal Jam( btw, my dad likes to torture me with bis stories of Cal Jam and the magical spinning pianist that is Keith Emerson)? Does this me I'd have to buy separate speaker units or is there someone who makes these hifi cabs in an all-in-one design(I'm assuming that the single units would require a crossover frequency device?)
 
#62
dukeorock said:
The Streamliner is a pretty great 'all around' amp, IMO
Ampeg PF500 gets a lot of love as well

A 'hi-fi' cab would typically be a 2-3 way design, vertical array, with one or two really strong woofers, a dedicated mid driver and a horn. Extremely full range and clarity for days :)
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+1

I got to spend two days with the cab pictured below, just about perfection. The Portaflex has a ton of tonal versatility through the fEARless F112. The only thing better than this would a a PF-800 through a F115.

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#63
CL400Peavey said:
+1

I got to spend two days with the cab pictured below, just about perfection. The Portaflex has a ton of tonal versatility through the fEARless F112. The only thing better than this would a a PF-800 through a F115.

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Perfect small gig rig right there. The F112 is sharp. Is it a 4 ohm version?
Two of those rigs, with an effects pedal splitting your signal into stereo, would be Prog City!!
:hyper:
 
#66
I find, at least when I'm recording, that the DI from my Sansamp RPM + either my Jazz or Rick + lots of tube compression via a plugin in my DAW does the trick, both for proggy and more traditional sounds.

Of course, it sounds like you're going more for a live setting, so my advice would be to use something similar to what I'm currently using: Bass > Sansamp > Crown power amp > Old Ampeg V4 cab. Sounds phenomenal. When I'm using my Rick, I use the stereo output and send the bridge pup through the Sansamp > Crown> V4 rig, and the neck pup through my GK MB200 into my 1x15 GK cab. Also sounds phenomenal.
 
#69
While I agree that attempting to define progressive music is an affront to progressive music, the OP was keeping things in a certain ballpark and there were an unusual number of bassists going for a similar vibe, tone-wise.

This has made me go down memory lane and listen to some old stuff I really loved at the time

Henry Cow
PFM
Le Orme
King Crimson
Happy The Man
Cartoon
Universe Zero
Gentle Giant
UK

Great stuff for sure...John Wetton was a massive early influence.

As a teenager all of my money went into gear, but I didn't exactly have a ton of money. Tried Rics because so many of my heroes played em, but just couldn't get along with them. My favorite grindy aggressive bass was the Gibson G3, set in the middle 'buck and a half' position. Also had a Ripper, Grabber and a G&L L1000. My first amp was a Sunn 200s...wish I still had it! Also had an Ampeg V4B that I loved. My favorite was a Marshall Super Bass. I've blown amps before, but that was the only one I saw literally go up in flames. Wishing I'd learned about ohms sooner :crying:

Earliest cabs were Sunn, Acoustic, Ampeg, etc. My favorite at the time was two 115 Legend cabs loaded with EV's. Super punchy and full sounding.

I still have an '83 Peavey T-40...yes they're heavy, BUT, it's got an odd cross between a Ric and a Ripper thing I just love. Like a Ric with low end! Mine is black on black with a rosewood fingerboard and I still say it's one of the most underrated basses of all time :)
 
#71
CL400Peavey said:
So what has changed? :hiding:
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Hah! Well, for one, the Dutchess o' rock makes me allocate some funds for stupid stuff like our mortgage, car insurance, etc.

I don't have a ton of gear these days and most of my bass guitars were obtained thru endorsements or were just silly cheap.

Basses-

Blast Cult One4Five upright
1948 Epiphone B4 upright
1951 Kay upright
AM STD Pbass
83 Peavey T-40
Fernandes fretless
Dano short scale
First Act custom shop Dehlia
Peavey Palaedium

Amps-

Genz ShuttleMax 9.2 and 12.0
QSC GX7 Poweramp
Aggie TH pre
ART Pro Channel2 pre
MXR pre/DI
Floor Pod pre
DTAR Solstice piezo pre
BNA Audio 'Hi-Lo Jr.' piezo pre.
fDeck HPF
various dirt boxes and such

Cabs-

Fearless, F112, F115, F215, greenboy Bassic12U3, Bassic15.

Ok, I guess I do have a decent amount of gear :rollno:
 
#77
Jeff Scott said:
I guess you have no sense of humor, too, huh? :rollno:

Did you read my earlier post? Most likely NOT! :scowl:
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If there's one thing I cannot and WILL NOT abide...it's humor :D

Wasn't really speaking to anyone in particular, brother...it's just the way so many threads go these days...some folks just can't seem to wait to tell someone else how superior they think they are and was hoping that this was not headed in that direction.

Shoot me a PM, Jeff, I wanna pick your brain about the best bass for klezmer :hmm:
 
#79
I guess what I was trying to say was to use nuances with the pick or your fingers to make the bass sound a certain way and let the amp be the bell of your horn. Obviously treble and midrange knobs are going to help, but the way the string is attacked and the note is fingered is going to be the real "sound."
 

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