What kind of amp do you guys play out of?

[Albert Smith]

Alright its officially happened I sold all of my Ampeg gear and bought all David Eden gear. I now own a very mobile and light Eden rig, I have the

Eden WT550 Bass Amp matched with a Eden 410 XLT David Series Cabinet.

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Albert Smith

Alright its officially happened I sold all of my Ampeg gear and bought all David Eden gear. I now own a very mobile and light Eden rig, I have the

Eden WT550 Bass Amp matched with a Eden 410 XLT David Series Cabinet.

Al, you are going to LOVE this set-up! I guaroantee.

You won't need to adjust the amp EQ much as it has all the tonal head-room you'll need. You'll be able to set the amp and your Smith virtually flat and find it will only take slight adjustments to Amp EQ, Bass, and Treble; with a touch of the Enhance (around 11:00 should do) to accentuate any EQ adjustment you make at the amp. Another really nice feature with this amp is that you have an XLR Out of the back with a Level Adj. to send to the house.

Gret rig Al. Congrats!!!

And later.....if you decide to add another Eden 4-Ohm 410XST, 410XLT, or 210XST (because you can).......oh my!!!

[Ronson Hall]

Originally Posted by Albert Smith

Alright its officially happened I sold all of my Ampeg gear and bought all David Eden gear. I now own a very mobile and light Eden rig, I have the

Eden WT550 Bass Amp matched with a Eden 410 XLT David Series Cabinet.

Congrat to you, buddy! I'm in the process of selling some SWR gear to complete my Eden equipment.

[Willie Williams]

I owned some Eden gear about 10 years ago. Has much changed since they were sold?

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Willie Williams

I owned some Eden gear about 10 years ago. Has much changed since they were sold?

I would recommend going to the Eden Web Site. All the answers are there for you. By the way, David Nordschow is still a critical part of Eden's continued success under USMC.

[Albert Smith]

Originally Posted by Ronson Hall

Congrat to you, buddy! I'm in the process of selling some SWR gear to complete my Eden equipment.

Ronson, that great news I think in order to really move up to the next level the player, bass and rig need to be in sync with each other. For the longest time my Ampeg rig provided that sound that I have always searched for, but after studying with my previous teacher Antar Goodwin out of NJ and listening to his Fodera coming through his rig, a new sound passed through me and I found the means to provide the sound with the help of our good friend Tim Bishop with my current Eden rig. So I encourage you to experiment with different set-ups until you acquire the means to produce the type of sound that you've always search for.

[Albert Smith]

Well here it is my new rig set-up, after talking with Dennis and Tim I sold all of my Ampeg gear purchased David Eden's equipment starting with the WT550 Bass Head supported by a 410XLT and 115XLT cabinet both cabs are 8 ohms but parallel linked together my impedance is 4 ohms.

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Albert Smith

Well here it is my new rig set-up, after talking with Dennis and Tim I sold all of my Ampeg gear purchased David Eden's equipment starting with the WT550 Bass Head supported by a 410XLT and 115XLT cabinet both cabs are 8 ohms but parallel linked together my impedance is 4 ohms.

Yeah, baby!

Still waitin on that report Al!

[Albert Smith]

Originally Posted by Tim Bishop

Yeah, baby!

Still waitin on that report Al!

Tim as usual you are "The Man" the suggestions you gave were right on the money!!! I love the sound I'm creating with barely any adjustments what so ever. It like listening to a brand new Smith. When your right your right I loved my Ampeg rig, but honestly my new rig brings my sound to a new level.

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Albert Smith

Tim as usual you are "The Man" the suggestions you gave were right on the money!!! I love the sound I'm creating with barely any adjustments what so ever. It like listening to a brand new Smith. When your right your right I loved my Ampeg rig, but honestly my new rig brings my sound to a new level.

Well, that is exactly what I expected to hear from you. Congrats and enjoy! Remember, you can take the load down to 2-Ohms and get an add'l output of 250W !!! You may not need it, but you can.

Also, when you don't need to use the cab's, you'll have to try using the 550 as a DI sometime. The soundman will love you!

[Christopher Rhodes]

Tim & Al - is it possbile for you to record a few sound clips what your bass sounds like - with the DE setup. Some ideas are:

DE with the front pickup
DE with the back pickup
DE with both pickups
DE with your favoriite tone
DE for Fingerstyle
DE for Thumping (or slapping as it is called now)

That would really make this thread - exciting to say the least

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Christopher Rhodes

Tim & Al - is it possbile for you to record a few sound clips what your bass sounds like - with the DE setup. Some ideas are:

DE with the front pickup
DE with the back pickup
DE with both pickups
DE with your favoriite tone
DE for Fingerstyle
DE for Thumping (or slapping as it is called now)

That would really make this thread - exciting to say the least

Chris,

With Mike Smith's help, I started a thread about 5 months ago under "Music [BG]" : "Member Bass Clips". There is an upload filesize limitation (for obvious reasons) of, I believe, 5MB. I chose a short 30 sec. clip for this reason.

My clip is just a flat recording of my Smith Cocobolo 5EG. The link below will take you to the thread and my clip (as well as others).

http://www.smithbassforums.com/showthread.php?t=367

I am assuming that "DE" means David Eden. As far as getting a mix from my Eden Set-up??? Maybe some day when I have more time.

Realistically, trying to provide a sample sound clip of a DE set-up compressed down to an .mp3 would not be the best representation of the DE sound. If you really want to hear a DE set-up: Listen to it in a live situation. That way you can REALLY hear how good these rigs sound and I am sure you won't be disappointed. Especially with a properly set-up Smith Bass.