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*AHEM* Bass Players take notice.

Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
edited July 2004 in Musicians and Gearheads
http://news.harmony-central.com/Newp/2004/Earthquake-810.html


This brings feeling it to a new level. 2000 watts.
My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
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  • cltaylor12cltaylor12 Posts: 125
    Yeah baby!
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    lol.
    pacoma,
    did you happen to notice in the Riot Act recording .pdf that Jeff used a 30 WATT amp ... STRAIGHT THROUGH.

    lol.
    jeff felt it with a measely motherfucking 30 watts.
    hail, hail to the chief!
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    Originally posted by DriftingByTheStorm
    lol.
    pacoma,
    did you happen to notice in the Riot Act recording .pdf that Jeff used a 30 WATT amp ... STRAIGHT THROUGH.

    lol.
    jeff felt it with a measely motherfucking 30 watts.
    hail, hail to the chief!

    Was that the Ampeg Portaflex? The B-15?

    What a legendary amp... the bass player's equivalent of the Fender Champ.
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Originally posted by DriftingByTheStorm
    lol.
    pacoma,
    did you happen to notice in the Riot Act recording .pdf that Jeff used a 30 WATT amp ... STRAIGHT THROUGH.

    lol.
    jeff felt it with a measely motherfucking 30 watts.
    hail, hail to the chief!




    Big difference when you're playing to a live audience.. Obviously that's what this is for.

    30 watts lets the engineer control the levels on the album while not killing the people in the studio.

    Check out the wattage his stage rig is using into the 6 SWR 8x10 cabs. yeah. slightly more than 30. lol.


    This is the first really nice new 8x10 cab I've seen in a while and you can crank the power to it, thus achieve power and clarity in the bottom end. Not that many rock bands that play electric guitars tour with a portabass. But yeah, that's a sweet amp too.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    yeah ... i realize jeff doesn't rock out ON STAGE with a 30 watter ... although that might make for an interesting night, of sorts ...

    anyways ...
    where are the stage diagrams hiding these days?
    are they still on synergy somewhere?

    i'd like to review stone's fx chain again,
    maybe look at some of jeff's stuff.

    i'm definately buying a '62 reissue p-bass ...
    if for no other reason, simply because Kim Deal uses hers almost exclusively for the pixies, with the exception of a MM Stingray she picks up on some tracks ... but that is WAY out of my price range ...

    i think ms. deal has the best bass sound ever.
    :)
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • Pacomc79Pacomc79 Posts: 9,404
    Originally posted by DriftingByTheStorm
    yeah ... i realize jeff doesn't rock out ON STAGE with a 30 watter ... although that might make for an interesting night, of sorts ...

    anyways ...
    where are the stage diagrams hiding these days?
    are they still on synergy somewhere?

    i'd like to review stone's fx chain again,
    maybe look at some of jeff's stuff.

    i'm definately buying a '62 reissue p-bass ...
    if for no other reason, simply because Kim Deal uses hers almost exclusively for the pixies, with the exception of a MM Stingray she picks up on some tracks ... but that is WAY out of my price range ...

    i think ms. deal has the best bass sound ever.
    :)


    Probably the most current stuff is at http://www.giventowail.com

    but I'm with you on Kim Deal. I love that tone. I liked it with the breeders too. You might check out the new medium priced stingrays ($650) or so. You can't go wrong with the fender basses though. I like that P-bass too.
    My Girlfriend said to me..."How many guitars do you need?" and I replied...."How many pairs of shoes do you need?" She got really quiet.
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    ps - i highly recommend checkin out the bootlegs from the current '04 pixies tour ...

    nothing is lost.
    i dunno who that poor sap was who said they saw them at Coachella and they sucked was ...
    but the voicings and the instruments are FLAWLESS ...
    its like it was '89 all over again,
    except the recordings aren't analog shit.
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • mccreadyisgodmccreadyisgod Posts: 6,395
    Originally posted by Pacomc79
    Check out the wattage his stage rig is using into the 6 SWR 8x10 cabs. yeah. slightly more than 30. lol.

    Jeff is using 4 - 6x10" SWR cabs.

    With a selection of vintage Ampeg SVT amps and an Ashdown.

    With a full PA, though, he could easily play through a Portaflex.

    Here's Jeff's signal diagram from 1998...

    http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/PearlJam/gear/images/sfja1098.gif
    ...and if you don't like it, you can suck on an egg.
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