Finally...almost have the basement functional

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My plan when I bought this house was to have a jamroom in the basement. Other projects took president and when I joined my current band the need for a jamroom diminished. But there are amps down there I miss playing especially my beloved Fender Quad so I almost....finally have the basement in order.

 

[Chris Pile]

Nice selection of amps. That Washburn bass is OLD.

 

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Nice selection of amps. That Washburn bass is OLD.

Love that bass I got it at the annual warehouse sale for our local music chain for $80. All I had to do was replace one tuner. It plays and sounds fantastic. If I croak it goes to Jolly, he has always wanted one of those bad boys.

 

[Mincer]

Bringing that Quad up the stairs must be fun! I bet it is easier going down.

 

[Securb]

Bringing that Quad up the stairs must be fun! I bet it is easier going down.

I have a walk-out basement on the lower level and a wheelchair ramp on the top level. However, there is a two-flight long staircase if I bring any amp to the practice space. That being said the Quad has been retired for about 15 years. After decades of gigging, I restored it and put it in mothballs.

 

[Demanic]

Mothballs?
No saddder statement ever could have been said.

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[maug2122]

Love the basement.
I hope you don't live anywhere it floods

 

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Love the basement.
I hope you don't live anywhere it floods

When we first looked at houses, the first house we looked at had flood damage in the basement, so we passed. This house seems pretty safe from flooding.

 

[Securb]

Mothballs?
No saddder statement ever could have been said.

Maybe I should have said retired, not mothballs. It still gets played, but I no longer drag it out for gigs. Too heavy and too fragile to be practical for any gig I do these days.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Super Reverb? Awesome amp...but heavy.

 

[Demanic]

Super Reverb? Awesome amp...but heavy.

Heavy? What, like 70-80lbs?
Work up to it.

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[Markk]

Heavy? What, like 70-80lbs?
Work up to it.

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Remember, lift with the knees, lol

 

[jeremy]

quad reverb. super is 4x10 and 45w, quad is 4x12 and 100w. youll wish you were only movin a super lol

 

[Mincer]

Yeah, Quads are pretty rare, for obvious reasons. They are like furniture...put them somewhere and leave them there. I don't think they were designed to be moved.

 

[GuitarStv]

Looks like a nice space! Are you building some bass traps for the room? When I finished my basement music room it always sounded boomy until I built a few big corner panel absorbers.

 

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Yeah, Quads are pretty rare, for obvious reasons. They are like furniture...put them somewhere and leave them there. I don't think they were designed to be moved.

When I first bought that amp I was 15 years old and didn't have a license. Me and my best friend pushed that amp from the music store three miles to our drummer's house on its casters. This included pushing it up the biggest hill in town. After that, I gigged with that amp for years. Seeing it wasn't heavy enough I paired it with a 4x12 Ampeg V4. The open back/closed back combo was not by design but it sounded great and loud as heck. Lots of bloom from the Fender and plenty of thump from the V4.

 

[Securb]

Looks like a nice space! Are you building some bass traps for the room? When I finished my basement music room it always sounded boomy until I built a few big corner panel absorbers.

There is acoustic tile throughout the basement and carpet on the floors. It sounds pretty good down there.

 

[NegativeEase]

Bruce, if you decide to sweeten or mitigate (for the Greek Princess) the sound where you're rocking down there -glad to give guidance..... it's part of my jerb

 

[GuitarDoc]

Heavy? What, like 70-80lbs?
Work up to it.

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Actually, I'm working DOWN. When I was young and strong I had a Fender 400PS head (435 watt tube amp, 135 watts per channel, 3 transformers, 3 spkr outlets) and 3 lg very solid (and heavy) spkr cabs each with 2 JBL 15" D130's. The head and the cabs weighed about 70 lbs each. I carried one in each hand for balance. I'll never forget one gig I did at an old college with no elevators...I carried that rig up two stories to the third floor via a very narrow zig-zaggy staircase. Now, it's pushing a 2x12 cab on a moving dolly to the elevator...that's enough for me (Supers or AC30s are out of the question).

 

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Bruce, if you decide to sweeten or mitigate (for the Greek Princess) the sound where you're rocking down there -glad to give guidance..... it's part of my jerb

I appreciate it. That area is more for casual jamming and practicing so I don't need to do too much down there. My girlfriend loves to listen to me play so I can crank all day long, and she enjoys it. I guess I am lucky in that regard. And as big as those amps are I rarely push them full tilt in the house. Most of my in-house jamming is the 13-watt Fender Excelsior or my Peavey Classic 20 on the 5-watt setting.