Ontopic String's and Adi's gear & pedal thread

[OOD]

After much experience I am of the opinion that cabinets are not the place to skimp, cut out all the fucking around & get the good ones

I believe this to be true. But also at some point you are paying more for not much of an increase in quality.

 

[wetwillie]

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Well hell, that would have been worth the money just for the "ACCORDION" jack. But he was buying a fucking Bassman 100 head. Oh, and 2 vintage Bassman V4 cabs with the 12s mounted on sort of a inverted pyramid of plywood. I actually like that cab, had 2 back in the day.

 

[Darth Handsome]

Get some Hartke's damnit, save you back. *Get the Hydrive/hybrid ones, the all aluminum ones are a tad shrill. *Personal testimony, I have Hydrive stack.

nope

 

[Darth Handsome]

I believe this to be true. But also at some point you are paying more for not much of an increase in quality.

in this case you are

 

[HipHugHer]

Well hell, that would have been worth the money just for the "ACCORDION" jack. But he was buying a fucking Bassman 100 head. Oh, and 2 vintage Bassman V4 cabs with the 12s mounted on sort of a inverted pyramid of plywood. I actually like that cab, had 2 back in the day.

That exact setup is what turned me on to Bassmans.

 

[OOD]

nope

You don't like Hartke?

 

[Darth Handsome]

You don't like Hartke?

its no Mesa

 

[OOD]

its no Mesa

Would you ever settle for anything else?

 

[nukes]

Would you ever settle for anything else?

My Mesa Boogie bass 400 + fellates me on a regular basis.

 

[wetwillie]

That exact setup is what turned me on to Bassmans.

I had PEavy head on them, then I switched to a Crate. The early Crate stuff wasn't bad, then it quickly seemed to decline. Oy Vay. * I used those bassman cabs horizontal, stacked. "Wall of Doom" shit for the era.

 

[OOD]

My Mesa Boogie bass 400 + fellates me on a regular basis.

What does that even mean? How? I need to see that on video.

 

[HipHugHer]

I had PEavy head on them, then I switched to a Crate. The early Crate stuff wasn't bad, then it quickly seemed to decline. Oy Vay. * I used those bassman cabs horizontal, stacked. "Wall of Doom" shit for the era.

For a while Crate and Ampeg were both owned by St. Louis Music and shared quite a few components.

Don't tell that to an Ampeg snob though, they'll never believe it.

 

[Darth Handsome]

Would you ever settle for anything else?

What for? Arent you listening? I learned my lesson.

 

[OOD]

What for? Arent you listening? I learned my lesson.

Do you use a solid state head or tube?

 

[Darth Handsome]

Do you use a solid state head or tube?

hybrid, spending extra money for tubes IS unnecessary

 

[OOD]

The fender baseman neo cabs look good for the price.

 

[nukes]

The fender baseman neo cabs look good for the price.

Pros: cheap, light, sound good.
Con: one, absolutely one baked in sound.

 

[wetwillie]

Pros: cheap, light, sound good.
Con: one, absolutely one baked in sound.

It's the neos imo. My theory: fucking magnetic gauss(field) is so tight & strong with those magnets, the speakers don't have the same bounce. Hard to get an old-school "fart" out of them. Unless they are carefully engineered to get similar qualities to alnico mags. Not something Fender is likely to do. They've totally sold out to making a buck at any quality reduction.

 

[HipHugHer]

Oh dear

 

[nukes]

It's the neos imo. My theory: fucking magnetic gauss(field) is so tight & strong with those magnets, the speakers don't have the same bounce. Hard to get an old-school "fart" out of them. Unless they are carefully engineered to get similar qualities to alnico mags. Not something Fender is likely to do. They've totally sold out to making a buck at any quality reduction.

You're certainly on to something there. My interpretation isn't the magnets, it's the baffles and all the other things which forces the sound in a certain way to always sound like it's never anything passed 1972. Really good Lowe's, a little bit of highs, zero mids at all..
zero.