The Jam Room Blog Thread.

[Corey Y]

Oh, is it for guitar? Don't do it then. Bass speakers won't make guitars sound deeper, they're not voiced the same. Basses put out lower notes, so they just don't cut the low end the strings or producing. They won't create anymore low end where it doesn't exist. The stuff I was discussing, I'm assuming it's a bass specific driver vs general/PA full range drivers for bass cab use.

I've gone through the whole "can I use bass speakers/cabs/heads/effects for guitar?" thing a hundred times with other people and tried every version of that myself. Sometimes they're generic enough to use, but nothing makes a guitar sound deeper because it's meant for bass. Kind of like putting giant guitars on a jeep won't make it drive like a monster truck.

if it's for an actual bass/amp, apply as directed.

[Jake]

That's the part I meant about ignoring advice. That's been discussed here ad infinitum. I really don't want to seem like I'm finger wagging, so that's the last I'll say on the subject.

Carry on.

[RacerX]

He doesn't need a stand-alone bass cab, he wants another cab to supplement his guitar cabs. So maybe PA type speakers would be fine. It's hard to say for sure.

Jeez, don't you get started on this shit, too.

He needs fucking guitar speakers. 

If I said the sky was blue, you'd wanna argue about that too. 

Well, it's not really blue...

[Metal and Beer]

I like Liquid, dude's cool, we've shot the shit over beers, his band's pretty darn good (DoooM !) but I too get weary reading the incessant questions when in my opinion he doesn't require anything more than what he had before (Matamp, then a Laney AOR) and a couple 4x12's with differently-voiced speaker array (mix V30's with What-Nots

Can he ask a zillion questions though? Fuckin' A right he can, it's the damn Jam Room. Seek ye tone as you shall sir !

/both sides o' the coin

[liquidsmoke]

Wow.

I'm looking into bass gear for my F# baritone for a new band idea, not for Orogen. Split signal- 'guitar' side, 'bass' side. Orogen started this way but I never had a loud bass side.

I'm simply curious as to the differences between speakers marketed as 'bass guitar' speakers and the full range drivers that are sometimes used in bass cabs. I'm not fretting about this whatsoever, I'm not agonizing over a decision. Also, I have no interest in subs. I should have used the term 'full range drivers' right away but I made the mistake of calling them PA speakers.

If anyone wants to argue that an F# baritone player wouldn't have a use for bass equipment in a 2 piece we can go there but I'm going to disagree. Got a low end used 4x10 for $150 last week and although it's nowhere near the volume of my guitar 'side' rig it's a good start before I invest in something louder. Very little of this is a mystery to me at this point. Low end volume requires enough speakers and enough power and if the cabs are properly designed that is a big help. I have a power amp that will do 800 watts 8 ohms bridged or 400x2 at 4 ohms per channel. This unit will probably do the job with the right cab or cabs.

Thank you M&B and thank you Corey for the details.

[liquidsmoke]

Maybe he just needs to refocus:

I am selling my Randall V2 Archetype

Sounds like it might be one of the rare times a company didn't skimp on the tube preamp for a hybrid head but that's a lot of money and I'm good with the pedal into Dual Showman deal.

[liquidsmoke]

Blog time.
Talking shit repeatedly about a bandmate on an internet forum your bandmate is aware of is pretty fucking stupid.

[VOLVO)))]

"my guitarist drives a Pontiac vibe, whata fag"   :-D :-D :-D

[Jor el]

It's not about wasting people's time as much as it is ignoring all the seasoned advice.

There is a Lawry's vs McCormick* joke in there somewhere, but it's too early in the morning.

Spice Rack Mount....yadda yadda yadda




*mr know-it-all should be around shortly

[RacerX]

"my guitarist drives a Pontiac vibe, whata fag"   :-D :-D :-D

"...and he runs a Fender Super Twin into four tiny, pink 1x8" extension cabinets loaded with neos..."

[RAGER]

Right on cue.

[VOLVO)))]

This is my new girlfriend.

I have to fix it. Waahhhh.

[RacerX]

Right on cue.

You're quite welcome!

You were late, so I stood in for ya.

[Corey Y]

I finally got a drummer locked down for a new band, plus got a practice space (hourly rehearsal, it'll do) and set a regular practice schedule. On to trying out guitarists now, hopefully one of the few I'm already talking to pans out. I'm in a new frame of mind for doing bands, seems to be paying off.

This is my new girlfriend.

I have to fix it. Waahhhh.

Ooooh, neato. What's wrong with it?

[VOLVO)))]

Dunno.

Shouldn't be hard to figure. Im gonna say tubes.

[Jor el]

Can I Have It ?™

[VOLVO)))]

I think i get it for a little while before it goes home, I'll cherish my time and make a video... And gunshots.

[Corey Y]

Dear Client,

    Amp burned up in freak lightning strike. Act of God, no refunds. Do not come looking for remains.

Signed,

   Jake (the guy who does not have your amp, stop asking)

[Jake]

I remember hearing about those Blue amps that were commissioned for Blue Man Group. They all died within something like a month of delivery.

[Pissy]

I thought the BMG had matamps. Not these true American wonders of sound. Modeled after a visionary's dream.


_buttpussy

[RacerX]

I remember hearing about those Blue amps that were commissioned for Blue Man Group. They all died within something like a month of delivery.

They had weak trannies, I believe.















No pun intended.

[Pissy]

Weak Xfmrs was a Matamp trait.  Lordfinesse went through the whole ordeal, only to replace it with a Mercury Magnetics. After that, the things been solid. Pretty sure the EA's already are/were equipped with MMs.

[Metal and Beer]

The Blew Man Groop amp saga was a pretty good chapter in the Joel Buttpussy Battle Book.

[VOLVO)))]

It's powder blue not blew man group blue.

Sure does look good.

[mutantcolors]

Dunno.

Shouldn't be hard to figure. Im gonna say tubes.

Maybe it BLUE a fuse.