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What are the deepest bass amps?

#42
Along the same lines guys on low bottom end please somebody tell me there experience if any on using an svt classic 300 all tube bass amp head ontop of a basson b810b bass cab its an 810. is 1500 watts min at 4ohms just to run this beast possible with this all tube amp at 3oo watts?
i have a chance to get this cab i have this amp and cant find info about it one way or another. I did get a reply from gumby somebody who was selling a basson b810b locally who claimed his svt av was what he used. thanks. marksrick.
 
#46
icecycle66 said:
I think ampeg sounds like crap. I hate the way ampegs sound. I feel as though they dictate the sound to you instead of you dictating the sound to them.

Yeah, I'm not too sure about the Behringer thing.

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Some amps have so much color that they have a greater influence on ones tone than other amps.

Besides that, are you trolling or do you just have limited experience?
 
#48
marksrick said:
Along the same lines guys on low bottom end please somebody tell me there experience if any on using an svt classic 300 all tube bass amp head ontop of a basson b810b bass cab its an 810.
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Basson does not work well with tube amps. Not only are they too inefficient, their impedance characteristics can fry output transformers.
 
#49
P-Bass > 250k Tone Knob all the way down > Flats > Fingers > Cut the Treble of the Amp > loads of speakers (810s, 2x15s or 18s).

I'd imagine it will sound like crap though. Undefined boomy vibrations is all you'll get imo.
 
#52
4StringShooter said:
You want to be taken seriously with a statement like " ampeg sounds like crap"???:hiding:

Then, you come out with a gem like " I like the Behringer sound "?:eyebrow:
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Last week my nephew ran his little Behringer mixer into his Behringer power amp and plugged that into an old, huge Peavey 4X12 guitar cab (looks like enormous slot ports on the top and bottom) which is loaded with Carvin bass speakers. Played an (80's?) Japanese Fender Jazz through it. The whole rig, bass included, cost under $500. Sounded completely awesome. No joke.
 
#53
If you want to build a speaker to do the job, it should not be too hard. You need to know the following:

1) How loud do you need to go

2) How deep do you need to go

Once you have the answer to the above, you can work out how big or how many speakers you need to do the job. modern drivers are efficient and for sub frequencies, the sensitivity rating is meaningless. You want low resonant frequency and a relatively large surface area and X max.

Forget horns - they would be massive for sub bass - ok for pro touring but no good in a pub. Also, large reflex boxes tend to react slower (group delay) if this is important to you and is often responsible for people thinking that sub bass is waffly. It is only because the transient response of the cab and driver is too slow (ie bad cab not designed to reproduce proper lows).

If you want full volume fundamentals down to 31 Hz (low B) you need at least a 12 (I would say at least 2 of them as well) or at least 1 purpose built 15. even consider 18s as they are much better than they used to be - something like the Precision devices neo 18s sound fast and great for a 90 liter box. It will shake the roof down with the right design.
 
#54
remember that amplifiers only reproduce what the bass guitar sends to them, and then filters certain frequencies.
If you truly want only "deep sounds", you need a bass that only produces "deep sounds". After all, the amp cannot reproduce sounds that dont exist. Therefore I recomend you try a Gibson EB0, EB1, et c., those original pups didnt produce any high frequencies whatsoever. Pare that with a 118 or 215 cabinet, and you will be in "Felix tone" heaven in no time.
 

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