Festivals have big PAs to accommodate large audiences. Without a semi and huge road crew, your rig might be overkill. How loud does your band play, anyway?
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Running Three SVT's w/Three 8x10 cabs together
- Thread starter Steve Bernal
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A friend of mines band used to run (in the 70s-80s) 4- 8x10s ,3 on their side 1 upright with two heads on it. wall of power.
1 master , 1 slaved.
1 master , 1 slaved.
Indeed, possibly overkill. But, it's not so much the volume I'm going for, more importantly a massive tone. Most of my playing on this gig is very simple, so it's about expansive low end for me. Kinda like a Reggae bass situation, but Rock band. Plus, I just kinda "fell in" to having access to this gear, and wanna have some fun with it. Will probably also be running a set of Moog Tairus III pedals soon, so there's that.
Did anyone mention Rick'O sound. I would run two into the rear pickup and one in the neck pickup.
I'd try something that Derek Smalls would undoubtedly approve of. Run two with the Ric-O-Sound. Tune the remaining basses chromatically, so that all notes have a chance to feedback, and run them all into the third. You'll need a junction box to allow multiple inputs, but that's easy enough. Make sure the sympathetic basses are set with similar volume and tone. Do something phenomenal.
The idea of 1 SVT & 2 'Fridges is popular, gives you an added 3dBs.
But 2 SVTs & 2 'Fridges is another 3dB more for a total of 6dB more than 1 SVT & 1 'Fridge.
The third SVT & 'Fridge will add the least and may not be worth the hassle. That gain will only be approx 3dB more than 2 SVTs & 2 'Fridges.
But 2 SVTs & 2 'Fridges is another 3dB more for a total of 6dB more than 1 SVT & 1 'Fridge.
The third SVT & 'Fridge will add the least and may not be worth the hassle. That gain will only be approx 3dB more than 2 SVTs & 2 'Fridges.
I see 3 cabs and 3 amps in the picture. I see 4 basses. You obviously need to bring one more amp and cab. Must be fair and equal 
Damn, I thought I'd set the bar for lunacy for doing a gig back in the day in Berkeley with two SVTs. I used a Boss stereo effects pedal of some sort, effects off, ran each output to the amp inputs. That worked well. Not sure how to do three. You're going to be VERY happy with your tone, and you may be surprised at how quiet you'll run each head - because you're gonna get heard anyway!
Please point that in the general direction of Boston, MA. and play. You won't have to tell me when you do because I'm sure I can hear you from here.
Nice......
Nice......
Bicycle clips will keep you safe. Otherwise you could do yourself harm.
If I had all that to play with, I would. 
This looks like an excuse to repeat More's law;
If some is good
more is better,
therefor,
too much should be just right.
This looks like an excuse to repeat More's law;
If some is good
more is better,
therefor,
too much should be just right.
the way I've chained amps together last summer was like this:
bass=> tuner
tuner out1 => amp1
tuner out2 => chorus pedal
chorus wet out => amp2
chorus dry out => amp3
It worked great for me last year. I wasn't using SVT's, but 3 amps of different manufacurers, and it worked great.
Good luck!
bass=> tuner
tuner out1 => amp1
tuner out2 => chorus pedal
chorus wet out => amp2
chorus dry out => amp3
It worked great for me last year. I wasn't using SVT's, but 3 amps of different manufacurers, and it worked great.
Good luck!
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With this signal routing, I would certainly recommend verifying proper polarity, especially as chorus is switched in and out. I would be surprised if all the outputs were in phase.
