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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

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Well, we had first practice after a month of weddings, vacations and whatnot. Wow, we sucked :D
The good thing, Fernandes P sounded awesome. I played through an SVT3PRO amd a 410 classic. The tone was perfect.
I'm seriously considering selling my Orange Terror 500 and buying an Ampeg head now.
My guitarist went to tonal heaven today too. He was trying out an Orange Rockverb 50 combo that was in the practice space and it was OK. Then he switched to a Marshall JCM800 with a 412 cab. If only we weren't so sloppy :D
 
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Had a weird weekend, went up to okc and went to the Crowbar show at a little barely air-conditioned dive bar. Which was awesome, he was working the merch booth with his wife. They played an awesome set. Moshed and sweat and got bruised up. Then come home at 3 am and found out both my dog and my aunt had died that day. Kind of got emotional whiplash.
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askrere said:
Ah not looking for the glitchy glitch. OC-2 I guess unless I can get an OC-3 stays. Prefer that second octave on the kayboard so far.
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Let me know if you find one, I want another OC-2. I can't even find clone PCBs really. I'll keep a lookout for an OC3 and maybe we can trade?

Pelham Bleu said:
I might've missed the beginning of your thought for context, but are you looking to replace the OC-2? If so, why? It's the best-sounding (to me) octave I've heard, but you gotta play to the pedal a bit. It sounds amazing with fuzz afterward.
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Agreed and yes.. It sure does sound sweet with fuzz.

I only sold my OC2 because it was an easy sale and I figured I had Octave down covered with my whammy. Well, I do, but the OC2 sounds better than the whammy. Regret is immense.

Jolagh said:
Had a weird weekend, went up to okc and went to the Crowbar show at a little barely air-conditioned dive bar. Which was awesome, he was working the merch booth with his wife. They played an awesome set. Moshed and sweat and got bruised up. Then come home at 3 am and found out both my dog and my aunt had died that day. Kind of got emotional whiplash.
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Damn. I'm sorry to hear that. Not sure what I'd do if my dog died at this moment in my life.

Stay strong brother.
 
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Turkeypills said:
Let me know if you find one, I want another OC-2. I can't even find clone PCBs really. I'll keep a lookout for an OC3 and maybe we can trade?



Agreed and yes.. It sure does sound sweet with fuzz.

I only sold my OC2 because it was an easy sale and I figured I had Octave down covered with my whammy. Well, I do, but the OC2 sounds better than the whammy. Regret is immense.



Damn. I'm sorry to hear that. Not sure what I'd do if my dog died at this moment in my life.

Stay strong brother.
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My blue bass whammy does a nice digital octave down, maybe 85% as good as the OC-2, vut nothing beats that analog, slightly gitchy tone.
 
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CL400Peavey said:
Honestly if they spent a little time on their 115, or brought out a 215, they could be leading the industry on commercial cabs. For that matter, Peavey could too, they actually have in house drivers that are amazing.
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Yeah, it's really too bad. They could improve their 1x15 (like maybe not using 1" plywood; that's ****ing insane) and make a 2x15 version.

Does Peavey have a 2x15 out right now?
 
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Korladis said:
Yeah, it's really too bad. They could improve their 1x15 (like maybe not using 1" plywood; that's ****ing insane) and make a 2x15 version.

Does Peavey have a 2x15 out right now?
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No they do not. They had the VB215 for a while, and by all accounts it was a pretty killer cab (not lightweight, but sounded great). They were slated to release a new version of the 1516 (by some other handle) but I have not heard any status updates on it. If I found my self needed a tour rig that someone else was going to buy from a major manufacturer, it would be a pair of those and a minimega.
 
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CL400Peavey said:
No they do not. They had the VB215 for a while, and by all accounts it was a pretty killer cab (not lightweight, but sounded great). They were slated to release a new version of the 1516 (by some other handle) but I have not heard any status updates on it. If I found my self needed a tour rig that someone else was going to buy from a major manufacturer, it would be a pair of those and a minimega.
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No VB215? But cabs with dual 15" drivers are like... I dunno, kinda Peavey's thing, in my mind. I guess I just mentally associate them with cabs having really big (15" or 18") Black Widow drivers.
 
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Korladis said:
Well, 2x15 cabs have long been a big thing for them, too.

Honestly, I don't get it. 2x15s are great. I don't get why everyone seems to make a single 15" cab, but making a cab that's essentially two of them is such a rarity.
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I think it is because they are seen as a "big cab". In yesteryear they were needlessly large and heavy, so they were tossed in to the same pool as 810. Until recently, if you were going that big/heavy the 810 was the louder option. It is a different story now. A 215 that weighs less than 60 pounds, and has the output of an 810 is totally possible. Hell, my first Peavey 410 was over 100 pounds, and while it sounded good, wasnt as loud. All that history is hard to over come.
 
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CL400Peavey said:
I think it is because they are seen as a "big cab". In yesteryear they were needlessly large and heavy, so they were tossed in to the same pool as 810. Until recently, if you were going that big/heavy the 810 was the louder option. It is a different story now. A 215 that weighs less than 60 pounds, and has the output of an 810 is totally possible. Hell, my first Peavey 410 was over 100 pounds, and while it sounded good, wasnt as loud. All that history is hard to over come.
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True, on both counts. They get seen as a big, heavy, less loud alternative to an 810 and there's really no reason for it at this point. I still have my 810 and my Dually because they have different tones (in general, but also sealed vs ported), but they are essentially the same volume. It would be cool to see Peavey come out with a loud, lightweight 215, but then again lightweight has never really been there thing and I'm not sure there's a huge demand for that from them.
 
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Corey Y said:
True, on both counts. They get seen as a big, heavy, less loud alternative to an 810 and there's really no reason for it at this point. I still have my 810 and my Dually because they have different tones (in general, but also sealed vs ported), but they are essentially the same volume. It would be cool to see Peavey come out with a loud, lightweight 215, but then again lightweight has never really been there thing and I'm not sure there's a huge demand for that from them.
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If they did, they would be the only lightweight 215 with that kind of distribution. Not sure what the real demand would be, but they have no competitors. If they could hit a price point that was "Peavey", say $800 brand new, then they would have some traction I bet. The big deal breaker is that they are not using neo speakers as far as I know. In house drivers is a big expense saver.
 
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CL400Peavey said:
If they did, they would be the only lightweight 215 with that kind of distribution. Not sure what the real demand would be, but they have no competitors. If they could hit a price point that was "Peavey", say $800 brand new, then they would have some traction I bet. The big deal breaker is that they are not using neo speakers as far as I know. In house drivers is a big expense saver.
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I think if they just had a well designed 215 cab, even if it was heavy, that was very loud they'd probably sell. The people at Peavey know better than us though. I have zero clue what kind of sales numbers there are nationally on new bass cabs. There's a lot of used Ampeg 810 and Mesa Road Ready cabs out there. I still see used Peavey 215 cabs from time to time too, they're popular enough that people buy them when they pop up, but part of that is probably because they're usually under $500, maybe way under.
 
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Corey Y said:
I think if they just had a well designed 215 cab, even if it was heavy, that was very loud they'd probably sell. The people at Peavey know better than us though. I have zero clue what kind of sales numbers there are nationally on new bass cabs. There's a lot of used Ampeg 810 and Mesa Road Ready cabs out there. I still see used Peavey 215 cabs from time to time too, they're popular enough that people buy them when they pop up, but part of that is probably because they're usually under $500, maybe way under.
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Well just recently they had the VB215, but I have never seen one in the wild. Not enough demand for a brand new, heavy 215.
 
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D.M.N. said:
Holy crap. As someone who exclusively uses 15s, and pretty much just 2x15s, that's a weird revelation.
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I'd venture to say that 215 bass cabs are currently mostly the purview of boutique builders. Either newer design super cabs or custom recreations of classic cabs, when they're not readily available in good shape. I know I had looked into building or buying a custom build of some vintage 215 and 415 cabs in the past decade. It can seem silly when some people can find those vintage cabs for cheap, but in some areas they just never pop up and having them shipped by a private seller would cost the same as a custom build.
 
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