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The tone I get on bass from the little Lavey valve amp are very pleasing, no issues there, it's just the speaker. If you're playing loud then vibration might become an issue in a combo.
It is a head, I have a 12" Eminence Alpha speaker in an old open backed cab that I hope to use.
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We have a gig coming up and I would like to spread the bass sound 'a bit'. Both sides of the drumkit...
I am not sure of the spec of the PA system. If it is good I could send the DI output to the PA, which would solve the volume and spread question.
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Personally, I'd want to see a 100w speaker on a 50w valve amp to feel comfortable (with bass). And keep it clean.
Specs here: http://www.eminence.com/pdf/Alpha_12A.pdf
Plug in and play.
Yes. There won't be a sharp cut-off at the low end, and a (standard 4-string) bass goes down to 41Hz, where the response is only about 3dB down, so you'll still easily hear the lowest frequency it can produce.
The Alpha 12A is described as a mid-bass driver to distinguish it from true bass/sub bass drivers - it will be fine for bass guitar, in fact better than a true bass driver which are more useful in multi-way PA systems and normally sound too dull for bass guitar.
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Far more efficient to go upwards in an array format instead. Increases the spread for better.
So stick one on top of the other instead. Everyone will hear it including you as it will be closer to your ears.
Just don't over do it on the guitar amp with the bass EQ and maybe even cut it a bit and let the MB do the lows properly.
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd
If you're using the Nolan to drive the second cab it doesn't matter - if you set the amp correctly for the cab of course.
This also throws up another possible problem though - phase. It's not impossible that the Nolan inverts the phase - quite a few amps do. If so the two speakers will then be out of phase which will cause major problems with loss of low-end. It's easy to fix if you can swap the speaker connections, or use a phase-reversing speaker cable, but it would be wise to check this out beforehand...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Stand by for deep pedantry!!
The 'column' or 'line source' speaker system only has the HORIZONTAL dispersion of a single speaker, no better. The VERTICAL dispersion is however restricted and it is this that give them their acoustical advantage, they do not spray sound at the ceiling or floor and the radiation can be concentrated on the largely non-reflective audience.
The V restriction also gives them a directional 'gain' over a single unit (Google 'Yagi' aerial) and so a column speaker is more sensitive than the individual drive units that make it up.
But, these advantages are frequency/size dependant. To get any benefit even at speech frequencies you need a 5-6foot column.
They say "there is nothing new under the sun"? Dunno but it is interesting that after years of seeing grotty sounding 12 and 15" 'tubs' with glass cutting tweeters in them either side of stages, the line source seems to have been re-invented?
Dave.
Thanks.
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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Get a *&%%g! test meter! (not you IC!) An 8 Ohm 'hi-fi' woofer would have a DC resistance of about 6 Ohms. Some guitar speakers have a DC R close to their nominal impedance but an 8'er will be under 8 Ohms. (BTW headphones usually have a DC R very close to stated impedance)
Dave.