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Re: Psycho: check this out

8/11/1999 5:22 AM
Psycho Bass Guy	Re: Psycho: check this out Now that everyone thinks, I'm either deaf or insane, I think that I should have better explained what I was looking for. Yes, I want a louder tube bass amp than my SVT alone, but I was looking for specific tube amps that actually were manufactured in the past to modify. And as for the volume, I play in very, very loud hard rock/punk band.(Sort of a sick cross between Motorhead and the Ramones) I compete with a Marshall 100 watt stack, and a Peavey Duel(120 watts) coupled with a Classic 50. My main gigging amp however is not my '69 SVT, but the 450 watt solid state SVTIII Pro. I refuse to waste two hundred dollars worth of tubes on the gigs we play right now. I like to mod old tube stuff with a friend of mine. Right now, I am rebuilding two Bogen 200 hifi amps, and thought just for shits and giggles if I could find and old RCA theater amp. Just for all of your collective piece of mind, I am taking the modular concept to heart and getting another SVT-type head. I am thinking of pairing it with a Nemesis 8x10 cab because they sound better than an SVT cab to me. They're lighter too! Anyway, all of your suggestions were well received( except for the gas powered amp, I also lift weights. If I build it, I WILL move it on my own). I didn't really expect to touch such a nerve, but then again, I am pretty opinionated, too. My band's music is just tad bit extreme and I get carried away trying to match volume and attitude. My thoughts on sound guys stand, because I stopped being one to play. It's simply too political and rarely does actual quality come into play. I could share volumes on rooms, reflections, phase anomolies, dead spots, blending, bass buildup, and perceived volume as opposed to actual volume(just one of the areas of psycoacoustics- hence Psycho Bass Guy)but I got tired of all the bullshit and just wanted something that would be undeniably mine. Our crowds love us, and I think part of that is because of our basic approach. The money sucks, our band all has day jobs, and none of us get laid as often as we'd like, but we play. We do it for the love. We do it for the music, but most important, we do it because we want to.

8/11/1999 5:22 AM

Psycho Bass Guy

Re: Psycho: check this out

Now that everyone thinks, I'm either deaf or insane, I think that I should have better explained what I was looking for. Yes, I want a louder tube bass amp than my SVT alone, but I was looking for specific tube amps that actually were manufactured in the past to modify.

And as for the volume, I play in very, very loud hard rock/punk band.(Sort of a sick cross between Motorhead and the Ramones) I compete with a Marshall 100 watt stack, and a Peavey Duel(120 watts) coupled with a Classic 50. My main gigging amp however is not my '69 SVT, but the 450 watt solid state SVTIII Pro. I refuse to waste two hundred dollars worth of tubes on the gigs we play right now. I like to mod old tube stuff with a friend of mine. Right now, I am rebuilding two Bogen 200 hifi amps, and thought just for shits and giggles if I could find and old RCA theater amp.

Just for all of your collective piece of mind, I am taking the modular concept to heart and getting another SVT-type head. I am thinking of pairing it with a Nemesis 8x10 cab because they sound better than an SVT cab to me. They're lighter too!

Anyway, all of your suggestions were well received( except for the gas powered amp, I also lift weights. If I build it, I WILL move it on my own). I didn't really expect to touch such a nerve, but then again, I am pretty opinionated, too. My band's music is just tad bit extreme and I get carried away trying to match volume and attitude. My thoughts on sound guys stand, because I stopped being one to play. It's simply too political and rarely does actual quality come into play. I could share volumes on rooms, reflections, phase anomolies, dead spots, blending, bass buildup, and perceived volume as opposed to actual volume(just one of the areas of psycoacoustics- hence Psycho Bass Guy)but I got tired of all the bullshit and just wanted something that would be undeniably mine. Our crowds love us, and I think part of that is because of our basic approach. The money sucks, our band all has day jobs, and none of us get laid as often as we'd like, but we play. We do it for the love. We do it for the music, but most important, we do it because we want to.

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MBSetzer Hey Psych:At least ... -- 8/11/1999 3:46 PM