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All the amps and guitars/basses and Drums, used in the Dick Dale
show are Dicks property. 2 showman heads and 2 cabinets for Guitar
and Bass. I should Know I've loaded them up after shows many times.
Helping Dicks Roadies.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
--- In , Richard <errant_jedi@y...>
wrote:
> I think the last show pics I saw had Sam using a
> Showman head, which I imagine he'd have to have dimed
> to keep up with Dick. Fortunately bass amplification
> has come a long way since the 60's. I think that as
> long as you can get a pretty decent vintage-y bass
> sound out of it pretty much any amp will work. You'll
> always have more volume and cut than the lowenders did
> in the old days. I personally found a used Mesa
> Boogie Buster head (now discontinued) which is
> basically a Bassman clone loaded with 6L6's. At 200
> watts it's a beast.
>
> Richard
>
> --- Brian Neal <bgneal@g...> wrote:
>
> > When I saw DD 2 years ago Sam was playing through a
> > Showman head. I
> > don't remember what he had a few months back, but
> > I'd be surprised if
> > it was anything but a Showman with DD.
> >
> > Great bass article, DP, thanks for the link.
> >
> > BN
> >
> >
> >
>
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Thanks for the info, Jeff...maybe I saw a picture of Sam
playing with Slacktone and a Gallien-Kruger amp...
-dp
--- Jeff <> wrote:
> All the amps and guitars/basses and Drums, used in the
> Dick Dale
> show are Dicks property. 2 showman heads and 2
> cabinets for Guitar
> and Bass. I should Know I've loaded them up after
> shows many times.
> Helping Dicks Roadies.
> Jeff(bigtikidude)
>
>
>
> --- In , Richard
> <errant_jedi@y...>
> wrote:
> > I think the last show pics I saw had Sam using a
> > Showman head, which I imagine he'd have to have dimed
> > to keep up with Dick. Fortunately bass amplification
> > has come a long way since the 60's. I think that as
> > long as you can get a pretty decent vintage-y bass
> > sound out of it pretty much any amp will work. You'll
> > always have more volume and cut than the lowenders did
> > in the old days. I personally found a used Mesa
> > Boogie Buster head (now discontinued) which is
> > basically a Bassman clone loaded with 6L6's. At 200
> > watts it's a beast.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > --- Brian Neal <bgneal@g...> wrote:
> >
> > > When I saw DD 2 years ago Sam was playing through a
> > > Showman head. I
> > > don't remember what he had a few months back, but
> > > I'd be surprised if
> > > it was anything but a Showman with DD.
> > >
> > > Great bass article, DP, thanks for the link.
> > >
> > > BN
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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Sam now ues a Showman head with a SWR 6X10 cab. with
Slacktone. When we first tried it, I immediately liked
it because for the first time I could actually tell
which notes he was playing. Always make final
judgements about sound in within the the context of
how it sounds against the band. By itself, you may
think a sound to be to distorted, but power amp
clipping {not Master Volume/ Pre amp distortion}can
really sound good against a band sound. By the way,
that SWR 6x10 cab was
designed with the guy from Pearl Jam, and is quite a
bit better sound than any other SWR cab.
-dave
--- Jeff <> wrote:
> All the amps and guitars/basses and Drums, used in
> the Dick Dale
> show are Dicks property. 2 showman heads and 2
> cabinets for Guitar
> and Bass. I should Know I've loaded them up after
> shows many times.
> Helping Dicks Roadies.
> Jeff(bigtikidude)
>
>
>
> --- In , Richard
> <errant_jedi@y...>
> wrote:
> > I think the last show pics I saw had Sam using a
> > Showman head, which I imagine he'd have to have
> dimed
> > to keep up with Dick. Fortunately bass
> amplification
> > has come a long way since the 60's. I think that
> as
> > long as you can get a pretty decent vintage-y bass
> > sound out of it pretty much any amp will work.
> You'll
> > always have more volume and cut than the lowenders
> did
> > in the old days. I personally found a used Mesa
> > Boogie Buster head (now discontinued) which is
> > basically a Bassman clone loaded with 6L6's. At
> 200
> > watts it's a beast.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > --- Brian Neal <bgneal@g...> wrote:
> >
> > > When I saw DD 2 years ago Sam was playing
> through a
> > > Showman head. I
> > > don't remember what he had a few months back,
> but
> > > I'd be surprised if
> > > it was anything but a Showman with DD.
> > >
> > > Great bass article, DP, thanks for the link.
> > >
> > > BN
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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>
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> > Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy
> Football
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My SWR cabs are admittedly bottom of the line.
They're the regular Workingman T series. I have
played three different cabs with 10" speakers in them
and have just never liked any of them over a 15". I
think that what I'm going to do soon is try to unload
my pair of SWR cabs to get a single, higher-quality
15".
Richard
--- dave wronski <> wrote:
By the way,
> that SWR 6x10 cab was
> designed with the guy from Pearl Jam, and is quite a
> bit better sound than any other SWR cab.
> -dave
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I didn't know that about the guy from Pearl Jam. Jeff Ament is his
name for the curious. Pearl Jam recorded a surf song with lyrics but
pure instrumental surf rock as a backing. It is called Gremmie Out of
Control. I think a lot of the surfers here would get a kick out of
that song.
--- In , dave wronski <stickmandw@y...>
wrote:
> Sam now ues a Showman head with a SWR 6X10 cab. with
> Slacktone. When we first tried it, I immediately liked
> it because for the first time I could actually tell
> which notes he was playing. Always make final
> judgements about sound in within the the context of
> how it sounds against the band. By itself, you may
> think a sound to be to distorted, but power amp
> clipping {not Master Volume/ Pre amp distortion}can
> really sound good against a band sound. By the way,
> that SWR 6x10 cab was
> designed with the guy from Pearl Jam, and is quite a
> bit better sound than any other SWR cab.
> -dave
>
> --- Jeff <bigtikidude@y...> wrote:
>
> > All the amps and guitars/basses and Drums, used in
> > the Dick Dale
> > show are Dicks property. 2 showman heads and 2
> > cabinets for Guitar
> > and Bass. I should Know I've loaded them up after
> > shows many times.
> > Helping Dicks Roadies.
> > Jeff(bigtikidude)
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In , Richard
> > <errant_jedi@y...>
> > wrote:
> > > I think the last show pics I saw had Sam using a
> > > Showman head, which I imagine he'd have to have
> > dimed
> > > to keep up with Dick. Fortunately bass
> > amplification
> > > has come a long way since the 60's. I think that
> > as
> > > long as you can get a pretty decent vintage-y bass
> > > sound out of it pretty much any amp will work.
> > You'll
> > > always have more volume and cut than the lowenders
> > did
> > > in the old days. I personally found a used Mesa
> > > Boogie Buster head (now discontinued) which is
> > > basically a Bassman clone loaded with 6L6's. At
> > 200
> > > watts it's a beast.
> > >
> > > Richard
> > >
> > > --- Brian Neal <bgneal@g...> wrote:
> > >
> > > > When I saw DD 2 years ago Sam was playing
> > through a
> > > > Showman head. I
> > > > don't remember what he had a few months back,
> > but
> > > > I'd be surprised if
> > > > it was anything but a Showman with DD.
> > > >
> > > > Great bass article, DP, thanks for the link.
> > > >
> > > > BN
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > ____________________________________________________
> >
> > > Yahoo! Sports
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> > Football
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> > for archived messages, bookmarks, files, polls, etc.
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> >
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
> >
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--- In , Richard <errant_jedi@y...>
wrote:
I
> think that what I'm going to do soon is try to unload
> my pair of SWR cabs to get a single, higher-quality
> 15".
>
> Richard
Richard
you could try to score an empty cab and buy a speaker seperatly.
My bassplayer recently bought a new speaker for bass to put in an
existing cab - a 15" by eminence. Just the one speaker, we had a
thread about it here, maybe you remember.
he uses a bassman 100, and we both thought that the eminence sounded
way better then my two D14F's (in the bassrig!), which we also tried.
if you want, I can look up for you what speaker it exactly is.
just a thought
WR
