Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Roobubba on August 28, 2008, 08:24:12 PM
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But not for me... for our bassist!
HELP!
he's only gone and got himself one of THESE (http://www.mesaboogie.com/Product_Info/Out_of%20_Production/Bass_400_/bass_400_.html)
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500W of tube power...
On the plus side, there's only one guitar and the bass, and we're pretty well separated by EQ (perhaps surprising, given our tuning), so it's definitely only a good thing. Just means I lose bragging rights for being the loudest by a LONG way!
Roo
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500W is a reasonable amount of power for a bass rig, but nothing extreme.
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My bass player has 500w ss (Mark Bass). I still have him beat by a long way with less than 18w.
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This has 12 6550 power tubes in it...
My 5150-II only has 4 6L6s!
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When he is as loud as Adam Boulton from U2 you could have some problems as he registered on the richter scale during a gig in L.A years ago.
500w for a valve powered bass rig sounds normal to me but it is a lot of power compared to guitar amps.
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bass and guitar power amp wattage's do not have comparable volumes... a bass amp needs a lot more power to get to the same volume as a guitar amp.
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When he is as loud as Adam Boulton from U2 you could have some problems as he registered on the richter scale during a gig in L.A years ago.
500w for a valve powered bass rig sounds normal to me but it is a lot of power compared to guitar amps.
do you mean Adam Clayton? or has he been secretly replaced?
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I am (or was) mostly a bass player, and to be honest, I doubt you'll have much trouble keeping up.
From experience, I'd say the difference between valve and SS isn't like what we experience here on guitars, because on bass we're not distorting our amps (usually) and on bass the frequencies are far lower and need more power?
I'd be more frightened if he got a decent 8x10 with very very efficient speakers, and that's where the guy with the mark bass is probably going wrong... one thing I've noticed with bass players is, most of them wouldn't go inside their cab and think about changing those speakers inside, completely different breed. Even changing pick-up's seem a little alien!
And hey, don't you have EVH's signature on your amp somewhere? I'd say that's bragging rights, right there.
Adam Clayton uses Ashdown gear, a 500+500 stereo power amp, solid state... with a hybrid pre-amp, and a sub-harmonic generator... which is just immense.
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bet that Boogie bass amp is BADASS, should growl nicely.
as stated above, you'll have no problem keeping up using your 5150 since bass frequencies require more amplification than mid/treble in guitars.