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    Default Oh dear!

    I arrived home with my new/old Bassman on Tuesday. Oh dear, at 4 from 10 volume the windows were in danger of fragmenting and I daren't take it any further than that. I live in a 17th Century farmhouse and I worry about it being reduced to rubble and timbers if I crank it up any further. My dream machine, and partner for my Jazz, at last; what a beast.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kegs View Post

    what a beast.
    I said the same thing about Roy after the Improv You Play It exercise.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elmeaux View Post
    I said the same thing about Roy after the Improv You Play It exercise.
    So did I, it took me two days to learn that and another to polish it.

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    Default Shaking the Rafters

    Our research teams are developing a Structure Preservation Kit to sell along with TMBG. Mind the neighbors!
    Ed.

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    Kegs:

    As home and hearth have obviously survived the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, stress testing trusses and timbers may be a good thing...say once every 400 to 500 years or so.

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    What model of the Bassman do you have? A new version, or an oldie.

    I have an all tube, 1972 Silverface Bassman 10 (410). Cool old school thump but doesn't handle a B string very well.
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    Greg: In a short 30 years, 'this old house', cue song, will be 400 years old. If I continue to play bass in here it'll never make it's birthday party; and nor will I for that matter. I should get on to that stress testing right away and give myself a shot while I'm at it.

    ED: That structure preservation kit, please be sure to let me know when the development reaches final stages. I live on a farm so, fortunately, no neighbours but the beasts of burden and they tell me they don't mind a bit.

    TobiasMan: It's a 1964 Blackface Piggyback. I just put a couple of pics of it in my album. What sort of problem are you having with the B string? When you play a Bb does it sound weird, kind of out of tune? If it does, I think I know what your problem is.
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    I guess I'm used to the response of my Eden 410XST which has very solid, low lows. The Bassman (which I keep at home for practice) just doesn't have the same low end power or clarity. Could be that I need to refresh the tubes, its been a while.

    It still has the original speakers and I'm not certain that they have the range that more modern ones do.
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    If you play the Bb on the A string and it sounds all over the place, it's probably the filter caps that are shot as opposed to the tubes.

    Good luck................Kegs.

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