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jps wrote:Consider an Aguilar Tone Hammer 500. Mine makes my Ricks, and other basses sound glorious.

+1. Works very well with uprights too, and easier on the back than my old AC50.

rickenbastard wrote:I got a new head. Custom Matamp GT-150. This thing is amazing. Had them tweak the mids on it to dial in vintage Marshall like Lemmy. Sounds like a mix of Sleep and Motorhead tones. It's perfect.

This is a monster's setup. Any audio you can share, to please my ears?

Nop wrote:
This is a monster's setup. Any audio you can share, to please my ears?

Gladly, I'll make a good video at band practice tomorrow

antipodean wrote:

jps wrote:...easier on the back than my old AC50.

Did you ever try the AC50 for upright? Some good sounds in there!

Kiddwad57 wrote:

antipodean wrote:

jps wrote:...easier on the back than my old AC50.

Did you ever try the AC50 for upright? Some good sounds in there!

I will have to give it a try. I guess if I'm going to break my back with the upright, the AC50 won't do much more damage!

My general feel is that the AC50 has a particular signature sound, whilst the Aguilar has a vast range which includes the ability to be transparent - a big advantage for swing, which is my main gig and the reason for taking up the upright. On the other hand, I have just been given a chance to do some more roots based music with another act - blues and alt-folk/alt-country, and that warm Vox sound may be just the ticket....

Absolutely the modern amp will be more versatile, etc., and to be honest I haven't gigged with my AC50 in years. But still, it did sound good with the string bass. Ages ago I had the opportunity to play a Paul Winter Consort gig and you wouldn't have believed the artistic director's expression when I came into the rehearsal with a Vox amp! Anyway, I used to strap the brilliant and normal channels together, using the volume knobs like active tone controls.

antipodean wrote:...My general feel is that the AC50 has a particular signature sound, whilst the Aguilar has a vast range which includes the ability to be transparent - a big advantage for swing, which is my main gig and the reason for taking up the upright. On the other hand, I have just been given a chance to do some more roots based music with another act - blues and alt-folk/alt-country, and that warm Vox sound may be just the ticket....

Don't count the Tone Hammer 500 out for that kind of music.

rickenbastard wrote:

byoung wrote:I'm using an Orange OB1-300 with a single 15 cabinet usually with a tech 21 VT bass di, sounds fantastic in my opinion.

Rickenbacker bass + 15" speakers is magic.

+1!

I'm using an Ampeg B-15R with an EV-15B, which is a huge improvement over the factory mud speaker.

Kiddwad57 wrote:Absolutely the modern amp will be more versatile, etc., and to be honest I haven't gigged with my AC50 in years. But still, it did sound good with the string bass. Ages ago I had the opportunity to play a Paul Winter Consort gig and you wouldn't have believed the artistic director's expression when I came into the rehearsal with a Vox amp! Anyway, I used to strap the brilliant and normal channels together, using the volume knobs like active tone controls.

What was the expression? Was he thrilled? Shocked? Appalled?

More like disbelief. All was fine when the music started. I used the Vox at the rehearsal because it was lighter than the SVT head and Energy 1x15 used for the actual performance. But you can forget all that and bring on the 600 watt micro heads!

SVT 7 PRO over a SVT 410 HLF. Currently using a Ric 4001s with TI flats.

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If I ever start gigging again, I may go this route.

I put casters on the speaker cabinet. Makes life easy.!

Fred Mertz wrote:I put casters on the speaker cabinet. Makes life easy.!

How's that work out carrying the 410HLF up and down stairs?

The casters can be pulled out if need be.