Sir_Psycho_Sexy Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 how much would it cost to make a bass amp about 3ftx3ftx3ft and make it sound really clean, that being all it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 It would depend on the specifications of the electronics ie power, what speakers you want to use etc.. I don't think you will get away with less than about 200 USD. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Psycho_Sexy Posted June 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 would i be able to take the wirings out of a crappy hartke and but it in a much larger wooden cabinet? Would that make the sound cleaner or would i have to edit the wiring? My amp is 10 volts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithHowell Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 My amp is 10 volts 10 Volts ? I presume you mean 10 Watts! It seems to me that what you want to do is redesign your speaker cabinet for your amp. I'm not an acoustic engineer but what you need to do is research the type of drivers you have in the cabinet and then design an appropriate cabinet. The dimensions, whether it is open backed closed backed etc all make a difference. It should also be remembered that electric guitar amps are designed to distort, ( technically they are driven in the non-linear portion of their response curve) whereas acoustic, bass, PA etc are designed to be as clean as possible (one of the reasons tubes are used for guitar and solid state for most everything else) so if you have a guitar amp it might not really fit what you want to do without having to mess with the actual electronics in the amp. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir_Psycho_Sexy Posted June 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 Its really cool. I have a crappy bass amp which i use for guitar and bass. With guitar, it sounds as clean as some $400 amps 3 times its size but with bass it sounds like crap. Slapping doesnt sound good at all. I saw in one album that jack white made his own cabinet. It was just a wooden thing with an open back and a cone. Is that good? Itransfer all my bass amp parts into a wooden cabinet? WHere can i get information on this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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