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Squier/Doom Bassquiers 49: Squiers The Beef?

#202
JoeVictim said:
My Carvin is cheaper than the USA Fender Custom Shop equivalent. It resembles a Jazz Bass. Is my Carvin squiered? lol.


This song brought a big grin to my face. Love Dozer.
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Hmm, that is like the what came first chicken or egg question. I was thinking it would have to be a lower line made overseas like Squier and Epiphone, but then again Fenders Jazzes and Ps have been Squiered all over the place, hmmm
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#205
Ok so Hogan Davison got me cracking up remember how good those guys int he shop were at busting balls. I had a Harley Sportster at the time, and there was this one guy in the shop who always wore dew rags(spelling?), you know the cheeesy skull caps with eagles, American Flags, POW stuff. Well he says Joe you ride to you anywhere online I can find dew rags. Well I had no answer really mostly in shock he would want more, and this other mechanic says yes, go to
white trash dot com
Priceless burn, man that dug was stung so bad, I actually felt bad for the guy but couldn't hold the laughter inside. Man I miss those rotten bastards sometimes....
 
#209
Lazarus.Bird said:
Well, when I had my SVT-3 Pro I would dime the master and the gain and I'd still get lost in the mix. While that amp sounds good, I thought the overall output coming from it was underwhelming. I was also using an SVT-610HLF at the time, which to this day is the worst cabinet I've ever owned, so there's that too...
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Toastfuzz said:
I've always had my eyes open for the Deep Peavey 2x15, the shallower ones pop up with some regularity but I've yet to see a 215D.

I used to use a SVT3 Pro, I dont want to be condescending at all, but you do know that the clipping light is like fully constant red at normal playing volume? I dont know why Ampeg even put it in there, it just scares people from turning their amp up thinking they'll overheat it... I was like that for awhile until enough people told me an SVT3Pro can play happily with everything dimed (even though it'd sound like crap.)

So to coax the most juice out of that sucker that I could, I wouldn't use the graphical EQ, I'd put the Master volume at maximum and control the actual volume with the Gain knob. Usually Master would be maxed and Gain turned up to around 3/4. Turn the "tube drive"/"compression" or whatever mostly clockwise to get more clarity and cut, this is more clean/solid state tone but you won't mush out as easily. Don't engage Ultra High or Ultra Low or the Input Pad or Bass Boost or any of that crap... just crank your low mids like you are now. Any effect that amplifies your input volume will help get you some more headroom too, the SVT3 pre can take alot of juice it seems without clipping out.

Also, you would not believe the difference between a single 2x15 and two 2x15s. When my guitarist was using a halfstack, I could "get by" on a single 2x15. Now that he has the fullstack, I always run a 2x15 with another big 4 ohm load next to it... but you'd have to bump up from the SVT3 if you want to get down to 2 ohms.

Laz spent awhile coaxing more volume out of a 3Pro, may give you some tips. I think he rocked the graphic EQ and maxed the sliders or something.
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Yeah, I'm not scared of the little red light. I think the thing is we could hear me but it was as a formless wall of bass. You could hear that I was playing but not what I was playing. Volume wasn't the answer. Diming the eq started to fix it. I guess I really am a 10s guy? Idk, just not used to tweaking the eq so much. Maybe the vb2 will get me sounding the way I want to be sounding. I really do love the way it sounds by itself.
 
#214
Samsquanch1972 said:
The Genz Benz LS410T
Same as this except my tweeter is attenuable. I don't play out so might be a volume issue.
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Might have something to do with how close it is to a wall too. Do you keep 6-8 inches from the wall with this cab?

My suggestion is to take your amp and bass out and try every single cab you can. When when speaks to you, get enough of them for the volume you need.
 
#215
Samsquanch1972 said:
It is definitely punch and has clarity but not the deep old school bass in my head, regardless of Equing. Might just be in my head though.
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115 will be buried by your 410, it won't make any difference if you add one. either get the same 410 or sell it and get another 410, 215, 810 etc.


Kawai-chang said:
fixed that for ya.
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hahaha :bassist:
 
#218
CL400Peavey said:
Might have something to do with how close it is to a wall too. Do you keep 6-8 inches from the wall with this cab?

My suggestion is to take your amp and bass out and try every single cab you can. When when speaks to you, get enough of them for the volume you need.
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Probably only about 4 or 5 inches off the wall, I will move it out farther. Yeah I need to spend the time with cabs like I do with guitars and basses at GC and other music shops.
 

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