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    @ dingobass Pretty cool bass amp there, heard lots of good things about Hartke amps, I have a Bass amp but it's only an old 80's Peavey TKO 80 (the one without the graphic EQ).

    Bass amps need to be pretty substantial since the human ear isn't as sensitive to bass frequencies as it is to midrange frequencies, hence the reason why you see a lot of 500W and 1000W Bass amps.

    Wouldn't mind owning a good Ampeg SVT rig though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrNomis_44 View Post
    @ dingobass Pretty cool bass amp there, heard lots of good things about Hartke amps, I have a Bass amp but it's only an old 80's Peavey TKO 80 (the one without the graphic EQ).

    Bass amps need to be pretty substantial since the human ear isn't as sensitive to bass frequencies as it is to midrange frequencies, hence the reason why you see a lot of 500W and 1000W Bass amps.

    Wouldn't mind owning a good Ampeg SVT rig though.
    My very first amp was a Peavey... Cant remember the model but from memory it was a 60? Watt.
    Had a line out jack so I could plug it into the school PA...
    Ahhhhhh, the 80's..... Good old days when we could make as much noise at lunch time without the mood police bringing the vibe down.....

    Right on the money about the ear not hearing Bassy goodness, bigger amp output needed so you can feel the groove
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    There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....

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    Quote Originally Posted by dingobass View Post
    My very first amp was a Peavey... Cant remember the model but from memory it was a 60? Watt.
    Had a line out jack so I could plug it into the school PA...
    Ahhhhhh, the 80's..... Good old days when we could make as much noise at lunch time without the mood police bringing the vibe down.....

    Right on the money about the ear not hearing Bassy goodness, bigger amp output needed so you can feel the groove

    My TKO 80 amp has a preamp-out socket on the front panel but it's wired up so that when you plug a lead in it disconnects the pre-amp signal from the power amp, I had a look at the schematic and realized that it only needs a very minor mod so that you can feed the signal out to a DI Box and still have the sound coming through the amp's speaker, might do the mod when I get the amp back from uni.


    The live music scene up here in Darwin is a bit dead due to the Council cracking down on loud live music.


    I've also got a Peavey Backstage Plus that a friend gave me, the original speaker didn't work so I replaced it with a new Jensen C10Q which worked really well with the amp, the Backstage Plus is the loudest 35 Watt amp I'd ever heard, I even made a footswitch for it too.

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