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Yeah, but at 100 watts, is that enough for the bass to keep up?
Phil
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> From: "bigtikidude" <>
> Reply-To:
> Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 02:39:07 -0000
> To:
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: Sound of Twin Reverb vs. Showman
>
> -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!!
>
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