benderissimo wrote:I like the SFT suggestion. Great sounding pedal.
Is playing a bass through your 8-watt Carr a good idea? Will it hurt the delicate wee thing? Bet it sounds awesome though.
He isn't running it that loud so I think it's safe, the amp will be fine it's just the speaker. Sounds REALLY nice. I also remember plugging it into my 8x10 a few years ago and being blown away by the goodness.
Mark, you can borrow my SFT any time you like if you want to give it a hoon.
What Timi said. The amp doesn't go loud enough for it to damage the speaker either. Have you damaged a guitar amp running bass through it before or something?
Oh cool man yeah I might give it a go. Love the tone through the Carr though, was just wondering what the actual bass specific equivilents are though. Sounds like bass players in general are more into modern style gear when compared with lots of guitarists.
Oh true... Personally if I thought a speaker cab maybe couldn't handle the bass I'd start quiet and increase volume slowly and you'd be able to hear if it's not going well without breaking anything. I'd be more cautious with solid state stuff though just because from what I understand they'll just keep getting louder without tastey compression which will save your speakers.
Keep in mind for a low volume amp your still gonna need higher wattage than you would a guitar amp to get the same volume. Sorry if you know this already. I wouldn't be surprised if a 50W bass amp was the same volume as a 5-10W guitar amp, at least to human ears.
Ok I got rid of my Foal quote, but I found a new one.
foal30 wrote:some 80's metal makes me want to dress up like a woman, just like they did back in the day.
is this sort of what you mean?
Don't low wattage amps clip faster for bass? I remember hearing someone play a 20W amp on bass, then a 100 or 200W. The difference was ungodly -- hugely expanded on the bigger amp. It was like hearing Sinatra sing, versus Sinatra singing with Rocky Balboa's fist around his throat.
Capt. Black wrote:Call me if you're looking for the sound of a sows ear made from a silk purse with a side of hot bitches and alcohol
So just to point out, I don't think Mark is looking to play bass with a band, he just wants some badass tone at home for fun and songwriting/recording.
I remember a guy who wanted to get a single 15" cab to go under his 4x10" cab ... he bought and then came back 6 months later because he didn't like the sound. A customer walking past suggested he take the back off it. So he tried it, and we never saw him back again.
It wasn't designed to be open back so I don't know what he did with the jack input, but that's fairly simple to move I guess.
Yup - that's me and my pal Steve or little stevie vai as I like to call him. In Auckland airport when I was 26. I'm not 26 anymore.
obnoxiously loud. i was the only one in the room and i didnt even want to go above 2. 
