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-Brian,
For the Band that I was in for 2 gigs,I played my Bass thru my
guitar players showman. His Reverb had taken a dump,and My bass amp
is probably a guitar amp because it has reverb built in. Huge tank
about Foot 1/2 long. So I was a little worried about playing bass
thru a guitar showman. But it held up pretty well. And Man the first
time I really thumped the Low E. Boom!! a huge wall of air moved the
hair on my legs. It freaked me out, because this had never happened
standing infront of my piece of shit amp. It's loud, but no low end
umph at all. If you can find one and have the money,get the Showman
or Dual.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
-- In SurfGuitar101@y..., "Brian Neal" <bneal@z...> wrote:
> That was some interesting discussion there, but Jeff nailed my
question
> exactly. I was just asking if the only major difference in tone is
because
> of the speaker cabinets being open or closed back. I would probably
get a
> Twin Reverb too, they are more readily available. It would take
some time
> hunting on E-bay or something to get a Showman. Still I am dreaming
a bit,
> what would a dope like me do with that much of an amp! My wife
thinks I play
> too loud as it is.
>
> Anyone else care to describe the experience of playing through a
cranked
> Dual/Single Showman? Dano? Ivan? Do you feel the air move past with
2 15"
> speakers??!!!
>
> Thanks,
>
> BN
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bigtikidude [mailto:bigtikidude@y...]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 10:14 PM
> > To: SurfGuitar101@y...
> > Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Sound of Twin Reverb vs. Showman
> >
> >
> > I think it was brian asking this.
> > I don't play guitar(that well anyway), But I believe I can say by
> > seeing probably close to 100 surf bands that a twin kicks ass and
> > is a great amp, But does not have the Low end umph of a show man.
> > The 2x12 open back vs. a 2x15 of a seald enclosure makes all the
> > difference. In home speakers the better ones are usually seald
with
> > no port or hole. The note/notes are more pure,where as a open
cabnite
> > might be a little louder, You loose all the control of the sound
> > waves. They come bouncing out of the Back and cause weird side
> > effects. But saying that, If i ever got a Fender amp to fiddle
around
> > with, I'd probably get something like a twin. Unless I came
across
> > a deal like my friend did, where he got a showman head and 2x15
cab
> > for like $200. What a steal, all he had to do was re-cover the
thing
> > with tolex and new front grill cloth.
> > Hope that kinda helps,
> > Jeff(bigtikidude) Dual Showman for Bass for sure!!
