Graham Posted May 16, 2009 Report Share Posted May 16, 2009 try a blues driver to get a bit of grit, i tried it recently and was suprised that it let all or most of the low end of the bass still through.Gave me that top end grit as well which is nice.sounds good! i'll give that a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John. Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Yeah, it's an Ampeg SVT-4 pro I play."Best bass heads" is a mis-leading title, as if you play what could be considered as a top end head like my one, through a terrible cab, you'll still get a poor sound.Also, such things as drivers and pre-amps can define and upgrade the tone of almost any head.Especially in a solid-state head in which you lack the 'warmth' you get from tube amp heads.But following on from what Dan was saying, playing great gear gives you a boost of confidence on stage if you have confidence in your sound, and are happy with the bands sound overall.But in some cases, if one or two members have great gear and one player plays through mince, you can only really sound as good as your worst guitar sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted May 24, 2009 Report Share Posted May 24, 2009 so......AMPEG = Yas!svt classic or VR thx. EASY EASY EASY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbroken Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 i vote you get the orange.or a second hand svt2 pro, or second hand mesa 400+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huw Posted May 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 i vote you get the orange.or a second hand svt2 pro, or second hand mesa 400+the first two are the ones i'm looking at. i'm going down wales and passing by somewhere on the way to try one out (nowhere in Scotland seems to stock them). Gonna go down the moorings and try and catch the svt 2 in action too.If I could find a Mesafor sale in this country I'd snap it up, but they are a rare beast!The SVT VR looks sweet but it's like 1800 bucks! they are meant to be like vintage SVT tone though.Out of interest, what are aguilar bass heads like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbroken Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 the first two are the ones i'm looking at. i'm going down wales and passing by somewhere on the way to try one out (nowhere in Scotland seems to stock them). Gonna go down the moorings and try and catch the svt 2 in action too.If I could find a Mesafor sale in this country I'd snap it up, but they are a rare beast!The SVT VR looks sweet but it's like 1800 bucks! they are meant to be like vintage SVT tone though.Out of interest, what are aguilar bass heads like?The SVT-VR heads are meant to be great, but I have heard a few shit stories about them. They are designed to look like the the original blueline SVT's but they don't sound anything like them, probably something to do with the fact that the vintage ones had Mullard valves in them.They also have this stupid "tube protection circuit" which means that you turn the amp on and it automatically clicks off standby for you, but there were A LOT of people in the states having problems with theirs as it wouldn't come off of standby AT ALL. But in saying that, apparently, its really easy just to wire passed that part of the circuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran_imray Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Out of interest, what are aguilar bass heads like?Never heard one myself but loads of people over on the Talk Bass forums use and rave about them. EBS are also well worth a look. I've got an Ampeg SVT Classic and wouldn't swap it for anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbroken Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Never heard one myself but loads of people over on the Talk Bass forums use and rave about them. EBS are also well worth a look. I've got an Ampeg SVT Classic and wouldn't swap it for anything.EBS are meant to be great. I have heard one in action and tbh, I wasn't blown away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huw Posted May 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 Never heard one myself but loads of people over on the Talk Bass forums use and rave about them. EBS are also well worth a look. I've got an Ampeg SVT Classic and wouldn't swap it for anything.yeah, totally. what i find with people on these forums and on you tube etc. is they all seem to be finger players or slap bass fanatics and somethings might sound dead good with that style, but for a player like me (pretty crap technique using a pick) it may just be of NO use.you got any recordings or anything using that svt CL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran_imray Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 I have some really, really, really shit quality live ones with my band. Literally a wee digital recording box with an inbuilt mic in the middle of our practice space. Alternatively, I loaned my amp to my mates in Rise to record with about a month ago, so if you go here Rise on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads , then you will be able to hear it. I believe the bass used was an Ibanez SR200 with the bass player using fingers. The ones of me with my band are about 50/50 fingers and pick and using a Fender American Standard Jazz Bass. If you want those PM me with your email an I will send them over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest droid Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 yeah, totally. what i find with people on these forums and on you tube etc. is they all seem to be finger players or slap bass fanatics and somethings might sound dead good with that style, but for a player like me (pretty crap technique using a pick) it may just be of NO use.you got any recordings or anything using that svt CL?Not true dude,i play all styles of music through my EBS rig and find it very versatile!Check this dude out http://www.peter-sonntag.com/.......EBS pick player.I can get an ampeg sound from my EBS,but you will never get an EBS sound from an ampeg.....lolz 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran_imray Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 I have heard one in action and tbh, I wasn't blown away.Is that referring to EBS or Aguilar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted May 25, 2009 Report Share Posted May 25, 2009 If I could find a Mesafor sale in this country I'd snap it up, but they are a rare beast!You could try this guy The Boogie Board • View topic - Mesa Boogie Bass 400+ For Sale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbroken Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 Is that referring to EBS or Aguilar?EBS, sorry, should have been clearer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbroken Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 You could try this guy The Boogie Board • View topic - Mesa Boogie Bass 400+ For Salesomeone should buy that, seriously, the 400+ is the fucking bollocks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 someone should buy that, seriously, the 400+ is the fucking bollocks.Last night I dreamt someone gave me one of those for free. It somehow transformed into an AD200 halfway through the dream though (not that I was bothered). It was glorious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted May 26, 2009 Report Share Posted May 26, 2009 someone should buy that, seriously, the 400+ is the fucking bollocks.if i had a 1000 to spare i would guessing these bad boys are hard to come by? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbroken Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 if i had a 1000 to spare i would guessing these bad boys are hard to come by?they pop up every now and then on the web. Not as rare as a Sunn 300t. Only seen one of those for sale in a whole year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 the 400+ is a cracking amplifier. its a whole lot of man. too much of a man for me (and too much of a fiddle with the graphic eq).My technique and knowledge sucks, plus I ain't a bass player as such. Hence SVT CL - easy street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbroken Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 once you get your head around how the pre amp section works, it becomes your best friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuartmaxwell Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 indeed. I was like a distant uncle with that amp. thankfully it moved from living in a shanty town to a loving family Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbroken Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 indeed. I was like a distant uncle with that amp. thankfully it moved from living in a shanty town to a loving family hahahahaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RF Scott Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 the 400+ is a cracking amplifier. Its a whole lot of man. Too much of a man for me (and too much of a fiddle with the graphic eq).My technique and knowledge sucks, plus i ain't a bass player as such. Hence svt cl - easy street. svt cl ftw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huw Posted June 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 You could try this guy The Boogie Board • View topic - Mesa Boogie Bass 400+ For Salesomeone should buy that, seriously, the 400+ is the fucking bollocks.done. nice chap too. well excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodyRATM Posted June 15, 2009 Report Share Posted June 15, 2009 done. nice chap too. well excited.You bought the 400+?! haha nice one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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