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The "real thing".
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Pretty real.
Marshall model 1992 Super Bass 100w
Through ampeg portabass 1×10s with 250w Eminence speakers. Home or stage.
1970 precision body with added jazz pu and 1966 jazz neck.
Marshall model 1992 Super Bass 100w
Through ampeg portabass 1×10s with 250w Eminence speakers. Home or stage.
1970 precision body with added jazz pu and 1966 jazz neck.
James Demeter preamp with his 800 watt power amp installed so weighs about 5 pounds through a Tecamp 4x10 cab does it for me
Being the at home player that I am these days. I get my jollies with this. Broughton HPF/LPF, DG-B7Ku, GK700rbII, Bergantino HT322.
This rig ☺
Both channels patched together with the master volume at about half
Both channels patched together with the master volume at about half
I typically only need to use 2. They're 16 ohms each, so 2 in parallel is 8 ohms. When I use 4, all in parallel they present a 4 ohm load, just like the 810e.
Very cool. How about a couple close ups and details on the head?
Ain't nothing like the "real" thing ...
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No matter what I have plugged it into... a couple twists of the knobs and......
I just listened to a demo of that pedal on Youtube and got more proof of why I dislike these bass OD/ distortion pedals. In addition I found a way to articulate WHY I dislike them. So far all of them for the most part leave the original bass sound intact but the add a fizzy layer on top of the original sound; pretty much like 2 separate signals. And that to me sounds "inorganic", artificial and just plain bad.
Just one bassist's opinion. I know there are many opposite ones out there.
OMG, a Sunn 200S in beautiful condition! drooldrooldrooldrooldrool
Yeah and totally gone through, the head from a Memphis pawn shop and the cab shipped from somewhere in Michigan. Only the output tubes have been replaced but the original Tung Sols were still good but a little weak, the speakers are Altecs my amp guy says there coded OEM.
My 1970 telecaster bass and acoustic 360 - for me, the perfect sound and gut punch experience. Have not found a better sounding combo since then. Here I am at a festival in upstate NY (yes, 1970) using that setup. It’s beautiful.
Any good sound starts at the pickups. ... I'm heading for the less is more path by staying modern and getting away from antiguated tone controls. Tone controls change the tone and boost the signal. ... Notch filters just vary the tone leaving the volume alone. ... Avalon U5 is a great start now I'm searching out a small D-class 500 watt power amp to pair it inbetween Aguliar 12" cabs. Till then I'll use my Aguliar or TC Classic into the loop.
That’s gotta be one of the coolest rigs I’ve ever seen!
This has always been my favorite rig of all time - Ampeg SVT-IIP preamp, into an Ampeg AP3550 power amp.
Don't ask me why, but I even prefer it to my SVT-CL.. I know, right?
That must sound brutal. I had a 1971 Tele running through an ARB head and sound city 18" folded horn cab. Sure angered the neighbors.
Yeah, it was brutal - in the nicest possible way. A reverse 18" as far as I can remember. It weighed a ton but sounded awesome. It almost felt like you didn't need a drummer - it was that punchy. All the bands on that particular gig wanted to use it - that include procol harum, the burrito brothers and Van morrisons back up band at the time.
Below is a closer shot. Basically it's a weird old tube head that Guild made in the 60's that was loved by bassists and guitarists alike. There were a bunch of different versions, but mine is from 1968 and runs on two 8417 power tubes. These are unfortunately no longer in production (as far as I know) and are usually pretty pricey when you do come across them. Alas, the heads themselves can be found for pretty cheap, so I feel like this off-sets the cost of the tubes and in the long run, it's probably still cheaper than a lot of the other vintage tube amps out there. In any case, I recently had mine professionally restored, including a grounded power supply, thorough cleaning, and all filter caps replaced. Before this though, I'm pretty sure it was all original. The first channel is kind of a standard bass guitar voiced channel with defined mids that can be shifted by way of the three position slider switch. The second channel has a very scooped sound, but the character can also be tweaked via its own three position switch. The real magic happens when you patch the two channels together and blend them via the gain/volume controls. The back end is still controlled by the master volume so it's easy to dial in your tone and then adjust the amount of overall volume or power-tube overdrive you want via the master. It's a surprisingly loud and wonderfully versatile amp. Volume wise it puts out almost as much as any 100watt tube head I've played around with, which is plenty for me.
The cab you see in the original picture was handbuilt by my cousin years ago. He was a bit of an engineer and put together some great stuff. I optimized it for my purposes by putting in an Eminence Legend speaker and it gets along beautifully with the Thunderbass.
