Hey guys, just recently started playing bass for this new band, and picked up a Ampeg BA500 combo. It's in pretty good shape for being an '02, but after trying it out at practice for the first time, I'm really worried.
So in standard tuning, just playing an A on the E string sounds big and full, maybe a tiny bit of cabinet rattle, but going down to an open E, the volume is noticeably quieter in volume, and whats worse, when the amp is just at normal playing volume, and the bass EQ turned up (just trying to get a good sound to my ears), it gets horribly flubby like the one of the speakers is shredded. This is with the gain at maybe 4 and the master at 4.5, the bass EQ knob on 6, most everything else right in the middle except the EQ sliders very very slightly biased to have more bass and cut a little treble. I removed the grill and took the speaker out that I thought sounded like the culprit, but it looks fine, no holes or rips. It's like the speaker can't handle the frequency of just a low E, which I know doesn't make any sense, but that's the best way I can describe it. Any advice or anyone encountered this before? Thank you so much in advance! I have not tried a different bass, but I doubt that's the problem. I tried to attach a file of the pic of the speaker, let me know if it worked.
So in standard tuning, just playing an A on the E string sounds big and full, maybe a tiny bit of cabinet rattle, but going down to an open E, the volume is noticeably quieter in volume, and whats worse, when the amp is just at normal playing volume, and the bass EQ turned up (just trying to get a good sound to my ears), it gets horribly flubby like the one of the speakers is shredded. This is with the gain at maybe 4 and the master at 4.5, the bass EQ knob on 6, most everything else right in the middle except the EQ sliders very very slightly biased to have more bass and cut a little treble. I removed the grill and took the speaker out that I thought sounded like the culprit, but it looks fine, no holes or rips. It's like the speaker can't handle the frequency of just a low E, which I know doesn't make any sense, but that's the best way I can describe it. Any advice or anyone encountered this before? Thank you so much in advance! I have not tried a different bass, but I doubt that's the problem. I tried to attach a file of the pic of the speaker, let me know if it worked.
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