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Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 09:59:53 -0500
From: The Bernadettes
Subject: Re: Spirit Harp Pro or RI Bassman?

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Dejon,
Well I could confuse you more and tell you what I would do but I won't.
But
something to consider, a lotta small amps can sound pretty big driving a big
extension
cab. I've used a tweed Harvard (a 1x10, 12 watt amp) with a 4x10 extension
cabinent,
this cab itself was a tweed Bassman cabinent without an amp chassis that had
been
re-wired to 8 ohms to match the 8 ohm output of the Harvard. For rehearsal,
recording,
and small gigs I'd use the Harvard. I'd bring both to big gigs and use the
Harvard as a
"head" to drive the 4x10 extension cab. It was pretty loud and big
sounding. A lotta
people get caught up in thinking wattage has something to do with getting
heard, it's
only a small part of the picture. It's projection, having many speakers,
and the
efficiency of these speakers that matters. On the same idea, once when I
was servicing
my Vibrolux (I had the chassis removed from the cab) I used my BF VibroChamp
as a head
to drive the 4 ohm, 2x10 cab since it is a perfect match to the 4 ohm output
of the
VibroChamp. You have no idea how great a Champ can sound when pushing a
bigger 2x10
cab, it's friggin loud! One thing to remember when using low wattage amps
with big cabs
is to make sure you are using low wattage, efficient speakers in the
extension cab and
that you have an unserstanding of the impedance matching issues involved.
OK, so I lied, I'll tell you what I'd do, get a SF Princeton Reverb,
service it and
modify it for harp, then get a 4x10 extension cab to use with the Princeton.

Good luck,
Don D.

Dejon Hamann wrote:

> I'm looking to invest in a new harp amp and I've narrowed it down to these
2
> choices. My question: which would you go with? I've got roughly 8 bills
> to spend (give or take). Would you take the "grab and go,"
> "out-of-the-box-tone," studio/recording friendly 1x10 OR the
ballsy-lowend,
> stage confident, "tried-and-true," 4x10? Personally, I'm totally and
> utterly split on the issue!!!!! On the one hand I've got a small,
> tone-laden amp that I can fly to jams and sit-ins at the local bars AND on
> the other hand I've got an amp that will hold it's own when my band plays
> out and has the potential (w/ point to point and other mods) to ascend to
a
> psuedo-4+grand amp.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Also, If I we're to go with the bassman where could I get it modded?
Point
> to point and all that jazz. And how much would that run?
>
> Thankx everyone,
> The Buffalo
>
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Dejon,

    Well I could confuse you more and tell you what
I would do but I won't.  But something to consider, a lotta small
amps can sound pretty big driving a big extension cab.  I've used
a tweed Harvard (a 1x10, 12 watt amp) with a 4x10 extension cabinent, this
cab itself was a tweed Bassman cabinent without an amp chassis that had
been re-wired to 8 ohms to match the 8 ohm output of the Harvard. 
For rehearsal, recording, and small gigs I'd use the Harvard. I'd bring
both to big gigs and use the Harvard as a "head" to drive the 4x10 extension
cab.  It was pretty loud and big sounding.  A lotta people get
caught up in thinking wattage has something to do with getting heard, it's
only a small part of the picture.  It's projection, having many
speakers,
and the efficiency of these speakers that matters.  On the same idea,
once when I was servicing my Vibrolux (I had the chassis removed from the
cab) I used my BF VibroChamp as a head to drive the 4 ohm, 2x10 cab since
it is a perfect match to the 4 ohm output of the VibroChamp.  You
have no idea how great a Champ can sound when pushing a bigger 2x10 cab,
it's friggin loud!  One thing to remember when using low wattage amps
with big cabs is to make sure you are using low wattage, efficient speakers
in the extension cab and that you have an unserstanding of the impedance
matching issues involved.

    OK, so I lied, I'll tell you what I'd do, get a
SF Princeton Reverb, service it and modify it for harp, then get a 4x10
extension cab to use with the Princeton.

Good luck,

Don D.

Dejon Hamann wrote:

I'm looking to invest in a new harp amp and I've
narrowed it down to these 2

choices.  My question:  which would you go with?  I've
got roughly 8 bills

to spend (give or take).  Would you take the "grab and go,"

"out-of-the-box-tone," studio/recording friendly 1x10 OR the
ballsy-lowend,

stage confident, "tried-and-true," 4x10?  Personally, I'm totally
and

utterly split on the issue!!!!!  On the one hand I've got a small,

tone-laden amp that I can fly to jams and sit-ins at the local bars
AND on

the other hand I've got an amp that will hold it's own when my band
plays

out and has the potential (w/ point to point and other mods) to ascend
to a

psuedo-4+grand amp.

What do you think?

Also, If I we're to go with the bassman where could I get it
modded? 
Point

to point and all that jazz.  And how much would that run?

Thankx everyone,

The Buffalo

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