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  1. Fyarf

    New Mace Elliot Engineering stack question

    I just got all the parts and pieces together to build my first stack after using combos for 20 years. A Mesa Subway D-800+, Mesa Subway 15" cab, and Trace Elliot 2x8 cab. Both cabs are rated at 8 ohms and 400 watts, head is able to go down to 2 ohm, but will put out 800 at 4 ohm. My question is...
  2. gnonymous

    DG Microtubes 500/900 speaker load?

    Hey everyone, I’ve been looking into lightweight rigs to skip the cabs and run directly to FOH. I was looking at Darkglass preamps and DI’s and noticed that their heads have a note in the FAQ that they can be run directly out without a speaker load. Has anyone tried or verified this? I would...
  3. G

    Two cabs/cabinets parallel vs Series

    Two cabs, each 8ohm. Connecting parallel maths is easy: 2x8ohm=4ohm. Does anyone know how to calculate load when connecting series (I understand it's also called daisy chain?).
    • grisa
    • Thread
    • 16ohm 2ohm 4ohm 8ohm cabs impedance load ohm parallel series
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Amps and Cabs [BG]
  4. matzingerz

    Speaker Testing

    Hey TB, I have a cab sitting in our rehearsal room that a guy told me it should work, but it had an XLR input and 2 of the 3 pins were bypassed on the inside so it really had only 2. because normal mic XLR cables aren't meant for that purpose e.g. beeing used from amp to cab, (and it also did...
  5. Isotonic

    Anyone using rolling hydraulic lift carts to load your heavy gear?

    I must confess that I love the sound of heavy old cabs and EV and JBL K drivers. I know that there are lightweight options that sound very good, but they are all pretty pricey. I am getting older and my bones and joints are starting to give me warnings. Today I discovered this. I could get one...
  6. Red Planet

    Ever had a passive DI load a pedal/signal?

    Was moving some stuff around on my pedal board and ran across an odd problem. I had a passive DI I decided to stick at the end in case I have a need for straight in situation but the passive DI does not play well with the signal on my Diamond BCP-1 compressor even if I put another pedal between...
  7. M

    What's the OHM load on 70s and 80s Bandmaster cabs?

    What's the OHM load on Fender 70s and 80s 2x12 Bandmaster cabs?
  8. eyvindwa

    Can I do this (safely) with my Ampeg PF-20T?

    I own an Ampeg PF-20T amplifier that I use for home practice. Typically I play with headphones, and connect the amp to my Presonus Audiobox 22 VSL through the amp's "transformer balanced line out" output. I currently do not have a speaker connected. What I would like to do, is to have a...
  9. Clemouze

    Is adding a 250k pot master AFTER a V/V/T jazz config reducing treble ?

    Salut all ! I did this on my geddy lee bass (Crazy Modded Geddy Lee Jazz bass ( SMB-4D + OBP-1 ) ) : I add a master volume pot (250k) after the classic V (250) /V (250) /T (250) system Why ? 1) I needed a volume pot for my new MM style pickup 2) I needed a master volume just to reduce the...
  10. Waksfly

    Flatwound string, Top load or String Thru the body

    I just bought a Fender American Pro PBass and I’m planning to put TI jazz flats on her. I wonder which one is better, top load it thru the bridge or string it thru the body? My concern is the break angle. Stringing it thru the body might be too much of angle for the E string? Please help it’s my...
    • Waksfly
    • Thread
    • body flatwound load string string through top
    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Strings [BG]
  11. khutch

    What Happens To A Tube Amp With No Load?

    I'm an engineer and I am building a tube amp. I don't need to build a tube amp, I don't need to have a tube amp, I am doing it simply because I want to. But I believe in building things as bulletproof as possible. So I would like to know, in extreme detail, what happens inside a tube amp when...
  12. GrooveCaptain

    Brightest sound from a passive bass- 1M pots or no load tone pot?

    So I've been digging through old threads :bookworm: and have found some ideas for the p bass I've been modding the last couple months. I routed out the body and installed a Seymour duncan ceramic basslines mm humbucker to go along with a dimarzio will power P pickup. I wired the pickups to a...
  13. kkaarrll

    list of basses front mounted output jacks

    'surface mounted' output socket? can we start one?
  14. U

    WTH am I looking for? Dummy Load???

    I am having brain flatulence. I can't remember what the name of the thing I'm looking for. I want to get my head down to a 4-ohm load without adding a cabinet, because it sounds better that way. All of my searches lead me to attenuators, which I do not want. Someone help jog my memory...
  15. TinyE

    Resolved delayed load on the top ad on TB

    I am beginning to curse every time I go to TB now. If we could get the ad moved from the top then maybe it wouldn't affect our clicks. Am I the only one this is driving nuts?!?!
  16. Rat valve amp speaker dummy load box
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    For sale Rat valve amp speaker dummy load box

    This box is awesome if you’ve got a low watt all tube amp and you want to do some silent recording or use the headphone output on it for practicing. It’s listed at 50 watts but i was informed you can go over 50 watts just make sure it doesn’t get hot if you’re really cranking. I used it all the...
    $60.00
  17. Hubriser

    No longer available Rat valve amp speaker dummy load box

    This box is awesome if you’ve got a low watt all tube amp and you want to do some silent recording or use the headphone output on it for practicing. It’s listed at 50 watts but i was informed you can go over 50 watts just make sure it doesn’t get hot if you’re really cranking. I used it all the...
  18. R

    Running a head without a speaker load

    I just got a Markbass Little Mark Tube 500. Markbass say all their amps can be run without a speaker load. I'm a bit surprised by that, cos although it's a Class D amp it has a tube preamp. I don't doubt Markbass's advice but I'm curious to know why some heads need a load and others don't...
  19. donnyrocker

    210 Cab: what to load it with?

    A friend of mine acquired an Ampeg 210 cabinet—looks like a Portabass IIRC—rated 400 watts from a pawn shop, but discovered it was loaded with car stereo speakers. He made an offer of $50 just for the cab, but is wondering what to load it with (we're in our 50s, gig). I told him I'd ask here ;)...
  20. G

    Under driving your cab with too much headroom?

    I'm using a solid state 800w/4ohms amp head and a 8x10 2000w/4ohms speaker cabinet. Is this okay for the cab and head? My head also says it runs 450w at 8ohms on the master dial. Is this okay to run on my cab or should I keep the master at 800w at 4ohms (max) and keep the volume down. Thanks in...
  21. sharpx13

    Is this tuning machine off center? (Side load issue)

    hello all, Forgive my ignorance if I’m massively overthinking this...but I was getting very close to pulling the trigger on an American standard jazz from 2015 when I noticed the e string past the nut is not entirely straight to the tuning machine. From what I understand this could cause side...
  22. FenderB

    Load?

    While reading another post about a problem a member was having with his amp it was brought up not to turn the amp on or off without a load on it. Does that simply mean having your bass plugged into the amp or is there more to it? Thanks, Jack
  23. KF2B

    Epifani UL 502 power rating 450w rms OR 600rms min load 4 ohm???

    What´s going on with this thing - there seems to be both?!?! :wideyed: Different power modules?
  24. craigie

    powering a 4 ohm load. how much power required?

    Just a general question here. Say i hot an amp that can supply 350 watts at 8 ohms program. I hook up an 8 ohm speaker that's rated for 350 watts, that's a pretty good match (although more amp headroom would be better). Now say an amp can supply 500W program at 4 ohms and I hook up two 8 ohm...
  25. MrBassman17

    Just Want To Check...

    I have a Crown Power Base 1 power amp and will be running it in 'parallel mono' mode into two 8 ohm speakers, wired in series. The specs on the amp say that it is good in that mode from 4 to 2 ohms, so I think I'm good. First time using this mode and want to know if the speakers in series will...
  26. BassFishingInAmerica

    Recording Direct Out with No Speaker Load

    This may be a simple question, but I keep getting conflicting info from the Internet. I have been recording from the direct out jack on a GK 400RB without any speakers connected, and just monitoring through headphones. The sound is exactly what I want, but am I possibly damaging the amp with no...
  27. Marley's Ghost

    Account profile won't load after login on Andriod app

    I recently found my account logged out on the mobile app and upon logging back in my profile is blank. I tried uninstall/reinstall to no avail. Platform - LG V20 Version 7.0
  28. Jibber

    10" neos for an Eden 4X10 XLT.

    Anyone replaced their original Eden 10" spkrs w/neos? I really need to lighten my load. (4 ohm cab)Thanx!
  29. Jeff Scott

    Get a load of this camera tripod...

    ...on the cover of this LP: Great music, too. :thumbsup:
  30. Rôckhewer

    Top load individual string anchor "ferrules"...?

    Does anyone know who makes these ferrule type string anchors ...? Yes, this is a Marleaux bass.... BUT I seem to recall seeing these on another brand as well, ... so I don't think they are proprietary. But I am not altogether certain.
  31. LongHairFreak

    HELP! My favorite string's winding is too long for top load bridge

    Just as said in title... My favorite strings are GHS Pressure Wound. Of late, I can only obtain the 'newer' (relative) product that has a 37.25" winding length. This puts the end of the winding halfway through the E post and I refuse to wind it up like that. I believe that 'winding' should...
  32. markoc

    The load out.

  33. Fun With Dirt

    QSC RMXa series amps ohm load per channel

    It's been a very long time since running a component rig and I'm a little fuzzy on this point. When the amps' output rating per channel is at 4 ohms, is that 4 ohm load per channel or the total of both channels? Thanks!
  34. A

    Load Box Question

    Hi, I would like to be able to to use the DI on my MESA amp without carting around a cab sometimes. I would like to be able to plug the power into a load box/power soak so not to hurt the amp while doing so. Does not need to be fancy, or even output anything. Just be a load for the amp. Any...
  35. S

    Resolved Pics really slow to load lately

    First, I'm not a super tech P.C. user and I'm sure I've caused this some how..... Never had this problem before till last week. Don't have internet available where I live so when I'm some where that does have it I always download T.B. threads to my H.P. P.C. to read later. Recently, the whole...
  36. F

    Load an old cab with a new fat speaker, or add an audere preamp??

    I have an old 15"inch dietz cab that's solid as a rock loaded with some crappy replacement. I'm currently running a 2003 mij Geddy lee jbass through a markbass 12inch combo>12" ny traveler cab. My concern is that I want a much fatter 'vintage' jbass/pbass tone with more low end. So should I...
  37. M

    Dummy Load for Ampeg SVT-CL

    Hey everyone, I am going into the studio soon and I want to record my Ampeg SVT-CL into the board without a cab. This means I have to get access to a dummy load. I know nothing about this and I have no idea where to begin. What are some decent brands? What is the usual price range? Help...
  38. Thumpinthenight

    Lightweight Amps that handle 2 ohm load??

    I occasionally run (2) 5.3 ohm cabs and need an amp that will handle it. Like most bass players, I'm always looking for a new sound. Currently I am using the Carvin BX 500, and like the sound, but lately am having some issues with dependability. Also stuffed in my rack in my awesome F500 for...
  39. dnp41

    Precision upgrade: SPB-1, no load tone pot, orange drop caps

    Guys, Yesterday I went to my local shop to pick up some stuff. I scored a SPB-1 (Seymour Duncan Vintage Pick Up), a CTS no load tone pot, and two orange drops caps, a .047uF and a .022uF one. I will change out the current stock pickups, tone pot and tone (greasebucket?) circuit on my 2015 MIM...
  40. KoolCharisma

    Ampeg SVT-6 Pro Run W/O Load?

    My SVT-6 Pro has 4 tubes in the power section, but it's also solid state. Do I need to load the amp to play or can I use it for DI purposes without a cab? Ampeg addressed the issue in their faq, but unfortunately didn't cover the 6 Pro. "Any Ampeg amplifier with a solid state output (SVT-4PRO...
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