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Topic: Twin as Bass Amp? |
Jeremy Steele
From:
Princeton, NJ USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2010 12:54 pm |
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| My Hartke 3500 is down for the count and I have a bass gig coming up. Any reason I can't use my 135 watt Ultralinear Twin head (into appropriate speakers, of course)? |
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 20 Jan 2010 2:40 pm
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I used to use a Showman head for bass. As I recall, it worked great. I'd keep the head off of the speaker cabinet, to minimize vibrations to the tubes.
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Peter Freiberger
From:
California, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2010 5:14 pm
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| I used a Showman head and a Sunn bottom with two JBL D140's for years of club gigs. Sounded great. Recently in a pinch I used the same Showman head to drive a more modern 4x10 bottom. You can increase the range of clean power by replacing the 6L6's with 6550's but you MUST run a fan. |
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Johnny Thomasson
From:
Texas, USA
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Posted 20 Jan 2010 6:25 pm
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I've used my 85 watt '65 Twin to drive a cab with 2-15" JBLs many times. It sounded better than most bass heads I've used. As long as your cab is 4 ohm, you'll be fine, and pleasantly surprised I think.
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Tom Wolverton
From:
Carpinteria, CA
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Posted 21 Jan 2010 8:44 am showman for bass
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Yes, it is a nice warm sound. Just don't drive it too hard.
Great dog-pilot photo, by the way. : )
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Ulric Utsi-Åhlin
From:
Sweden
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Posted 21 Jan 2010 8:56 am
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The basic difference between traditional guitar
& bass cirquits is typically a few resistor values.
McUtsi |
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Matthew Dawson
From:
Portland Oregon, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2010 11:52 am
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| I recently got an old Showman head for steel and and was surprised to get the best bass tone of my life through it. I don't think it will work for particularly loud situations though. |
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Marc Jenkins
From:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Posted 22 Jan 2010 12:47 am
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| Worked for that bloke in Yes. |
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Papa Joe Pollick
From:
Swanton, Ohio
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Posted 22 Jan 2010 7:07 am
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| My experience was just the oppisite.I used mine,with a 15" Black Widow BASS speaker, one week end and it sounded terrible.Monday morning I had a bass amp. |
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