Guest binalongtime Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Guys. I need a little advice about whether to get an amp head or a combo for my bass guitar. I'm new to this game, having been a drummer all my life, so you'll have to excuse any dumb questions.At the moment, I'm just rehearsing every weak with the band. We decided that the drummer has to set the volume level, cos he can't turn down. So we all try to set our guitar levels at about his volume. I've tried a 100w Ashdown amp and a Laney 130w. Apart from nearly breaking my back lugging them around, they just don't compete with the whole band for volume. I'm thinking of getting a Behringer Ultrabass BX4500 head and plugging that into the studio PA, which is powered by a 900w amp. Is that gonna work, dya think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundian Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Guys. I need a little advice about whether to get an amp head or a combo for my bass guitar. I'm new to this game' date=' having been a drummer all my life, so you'll have to excuse any dumb questions.At the moment, I'm just rehearsing every weak with the band. We decided that the drummer has to set the volume level, cos he can't turn down. So we all try to set our guitar levels at about his volume. I've tried a 100w Ashdown amp and a Laney 130w. Apart from nearly breaking my back lugging them around, they just don't compete with the whole band for volume. I'm thinking of getting a Behringer Ultrabass BX4500 head and plugging that into the studio PA, which is powered by a 900w amp. Is that gonna work, dya think?[/quote'] There's no way you can feed the output of the bass amp through the PA amp. You could plug your bass through a mixer into the PA amp, but I'd spend the money you'll probably have to shell out to replace the speakers on a decent amp. If you can hear it, you'll be fine in most venues, cos the bass will be DI'ed into the mixing desk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted February 23, 2006 Report Share Posted February 23, 2006 Drummers can be loud buggers, can I ask, have you tried elevating the combo in an attempt to hear it? as Ian rightly pointed out raw power isnt required at gigs as you can be di'd.G... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest binalongtime Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Thanks guys. So you think I should think about a decent head amp and speaker cab or a combo, then?Plus I'll try that elevation trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GraemeC Posted February 24, 2006 Report Share Posted February 24, 2006 Thanks guys. So you think I should think about a decent head amp and speaker cab or a combo' date=' then?Plus I'll try that elevation trick.[/quote']I think I would go for the head and cab, or in fact a decent combo and an extension cab, that a very versatile setup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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