I’d wholeheartedly agree with you, Count. What truly excites me is that you’re already into thinking about summer gigging. Way to look ahead in such a positive way too. It’s never too early, is it CB?
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I’d wholeheartedly agree with you, Count. What truly excites me is that you’re already into thinking about summer gigging. Way to look ahead in such a positive way too. It’s never too early, is it CB?
Thanks, You can count me in!
Yesterday I just post a Thread ''Gallien Krueger Combo vs MarkBass Combo'' since a lot of my friends are using a MarkBass recently.
Gallien Krueger Combo vs MarkBass Combo
After all the consideration, they will need the Jedi's power to persuade me to switch
Before heading to bed, I wanted to let everyone know we have a brand new member of the club. Please welcome Obrad Lacarac, our 184th associate to making this entity the best it can be. Thanks for signing up with us, Obrad, we're glad to have you aboard!
Always a desirable goal.St
Cool rig!
I suggest stacking the combo and 2x10 vertically. Put the Trace head on the ground or behind.
+bajillion for the compressor and hpf.
Should be great! They'll probably ask you to turn down.
The outdoor reggae gigs have put me through a lot of changes for gear. This'll be a relatively minimal pile, but after getting to know what I've got, I feel pretty good about it.I’d wholeheartedly agree with you, Count. What truly excites me is that you’re already into thinking about summer gigging. Way to look ahead in such a positive way too. It’s never too early, is it CB?
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Would be brutal to ship to Australia. But worth hearing the tale.
The last time it was outta the house, other than for pics in front of the garage door, was in 2015. Coincidentally, the last time our band went FOH with sound guys(hired by the venue). Also, been ~2 years since we went FOH in our own PA. It simply isn't needed in the size joints where we play.
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Just for my own edification, why stack the combo and 210 vertically and put the Trace head on the ground? I pretty much always put the head on top of my cabs. What am I missing?I suggest stacking the combo and 2x10 vertically. Put the Trace head on the ground or behind.
Should be great! They'll probably ask you to turn down.
We seem to have similar goals. A bit of recording, made easy as possible, and low cost is a plus.
Music styles? Hmm, I would say my tastes are pretty broad, but certainly not covering everything. Michael Hedges, Tom Waits, KISS, Earl Klugh, Tom Petty, Frank Allison, Stevie Ray Vaughn, the Beatles, Counting Crows, the Accidentals, Johnny Cash, Cheap Trick, Michael Manring, Norah Jones, Galactic, Ozzy Ozborn, Ani DiFranco, Stray Cats, Van Halen, Elise Legrow, Esperanza Spalding, etc. It's a jumble. Old country, old blues, old rock, newer rock, newer blues, folk, bluegrass, jazz, and others. I like really simple arrangements, and I like trashy garage band arrangements. Not a fan of electronic music, nor of most modern country.
Gregorian waltz sounds like a hard-to-dance-to sort of music. I do have a Gregorian chant album, and I'll be happy to listen to any Gregorian waltz you want to record!
Lately, I've been jamming on Gloria as recorded by Van Morrison way back when. My short scale P-bass with Pyramid flats sounds so right on that tune! Simple and fun!
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We seem to have similar goals. A bit of recording, made easy as possible, and low cost is a plus.
Music styles? Hmm, I would say my tastes are pretty broad, but certainly not covering everything. Michael Hedges, Tom Waits, KISS, Earl Klugh, Tom Petty, Frank Allison, Stevie Ray Vaughn, the Beatles, Counting Crows, the Accidentals, Johnny Cash, Cheap Trick, Michael Manring, Norah Jones, Galactic, Ozzy Ozborn, Ani DiFranco, Stray Cats, Van Halen, Elise Legrow, Esperanza Spalding, etc. It's a jumble. Old country, old blues, old rock, newer rock, newer blues, folk, bluegrass, jazz, and others. I like really simple arrangements, and I like trashy garage band arrangements. Not a fan of electronic music, nor of most modern country.
Gregorian waltz sounds like a hard-to-dance-to sort of music. I do have a Gregorian chant album, and I'll be happy to listen to any Gregorian waltz you want to record!
Lately, I've been jamming on Gloria as recorded by Van Morrison way back when. My short scale P-bass with Pyramid flats sounds so right on that tune! Simple and fun!
Looking for what all those groups you named have in common and the only answer I come up with is @RodRy
My experience is just like it sounds like a bass line in a recording I like should be simple, that's rarely the case. Sure the changes may be simple (or very not simple) but what happens inside those changes is an entirely different story. Which is like a Bingo Card Square for why headphone practice and recording can be so brutal ...
Either I'm settling into the Low Tension Flats or they are to me. No fried chicken have been harmed. They are holding tune like no string I can recall. With rounds and tapes (my only experience up until now) I always tune at least a little at the start of a bass day. Maybe just a couple cents, but, yeah. These LTFs are bang spot on tune first thing in the day. And they seem to stay in tune for a couple days at a shot. Weird.
Oh, crap! Now I gots to find a set for my Ibby. The D'Ad. tapes are starting to go.
The Trace head could be on a table or something. If it's on top of the 2 vertically stacked cabs, yer gonna have bit of a reach to adjust it.
I'm still having a hard time visualizing all this the way it's being described. Of course, my stack is an 18" cab, a 410, and the amp on top of all that. Not that I've been allowed to play with that rig in well over a decade...
The GK 212 is 26" tall, and I would expect the 210 to be about 15", so that would put the Trace head just at ideal height of about 41".
Wait, you're not talking about stacking the 210 sideways on top of the GK? Then, the instability of the tower would make sense to put the head on the ground. But I'd not want a 210 sitting on it's dainty side if it was my gear.
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There seem to be numerous school of thought on this subject that I've never satisfactorily resolved
- Point your speakers at your ears
- Raise your speakers to ear height
- Choose a rig with speakers at/near ear height
- Couple the cab to the floor
- Couple one cab to the floor and point the other at your ears
- Put your rig behind the drummer
- You can't hear yourself in house properly anyway
- Just don't turn up even if you can't hear yourself and your bandmates will turn down for you
We seem to have similar goals. A bit of recording, made easy as possible, and low cost is a plus.
Music styles? Hmm, I would say my tastes are pretty broad, but certainly not covering everything. Michael Hedges, Tom Waits, KISS, Earl Klugh, Tom Petty, Frank Allison, Stevie Ray Vaughn, the Beatles, Counting Crows, the Accidentals, Johnny Cash, Cheap Trick, Michael Manring, Norah Jones, Galactic, Ozzy Ozborn, Ani DiFranco, Stray Cats, Van Halen, Elise Legrow, Esperanza Spalding, etc. It's a jumble. Old country, old blues, old rock, newer rock, newer blues, folk, bluegrass, jazz, and others. I like really simple arrangements, and I like trashy garage band arrangements. Not a fan of electronic music, nor of most modern country.
Gregorian waltz sounds like a hard-to-dance-to sort of music. I do have a Gregorian chant album, and I'll be happy to listen to any Gregorian waltz you want to record!
Lately, I've been jamming on Gloria as recorded by Van Morrison way back when. My short scale P-bass with Pyramid flats sounds so right on that tune! Simple and fun!
Very eclectic listening tastes, RR. You’re right, we have more in common than not. I’m an old fan of British blues and metal, but have been listening to a lot of Stone Temple Pilots on YT.
My moods change daily though and modern technology has been a godsend. Whatever tune pips in my head I’m usually listening to it within seconds, even the old stuff!
I’m really going to try to get something recorded this weekend. I’ll show you my setup, limited as it is. Fender Jazz straight through the PJB, no effects or tone controls involved. Should be fun!
Question: Ampeg BA 115 v2 or Hartke 1415 combo. Can't compare them side by side. Preferences?
Thanks!
Thanks!
I’ll start, being I’m in between snoozes. I’m more of an Ampeg man in general, though I have no experience with Hartke in this particular comparison.
I did a quick look at the numbers of the two and see their power is comparable. The biggest difference I found was the weight. Whoa! The Hartke is twice the poundage than the ‘Peg. Maybe it doesn’t matter to you, Jmartz, but it have me thinking twice if I planned on regularly gigging with my new combo.
Let’s see if someone can shed some light on the Hartke. Generally, it’s got a distinctively clean, open tone that cuts through the mix. I believe their build-quality is well-respected as well.
Ampeg has a baked-in traditional bass tone that gives you a fatter bottom end with mellowed highs. I fell in love with the 100-watt v1 combo many years ago, and while I hear this newer amp has more SVT lineage in it then its predecessor, it still sounds great. I owned the 210 v2 a couple of years ago and liked it very much.
Anyone with additional info are welcome to jump in and help out Jmartz with his query. I’m curious to know old the 1415o is, sensing that it’s not in the current 2020 lineup, or is it?
Let us know what you decide and when you do, post a pic of your purchase and I’ll give you a membership number. Good hunting!
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