Trace Elliot and Ashdown (their practical successor) sound EXCELLENT with StingRays. The punch from the instrument really shines through with these designs, and they have some of the best EQ's on the market today. Trace gear is going for some excellent prices on ebay these days, but I think the market is starting to pick up as people realize how good they are, and that they last a long time too.
ampeg srt-4 and ampeg srt 8x10 cab ... but thats like the cab is 999 its self so maybe get a 4 or 2 x 10? so it will be in your price range and so its not huge?
I just got back from the jam and I took my MarkBass head with the Bergantino HT112, everybody sounded great thru it. I played a Sterling with some snappy bottom, it freckin cooked!
Went very good, Tom! I actually intended for the SR5 to get two songs and the Bongo get one. (We only recorded 3 songs if you haven't caught on. ) It was acutally vice versa. I can e-mail you the non EQed tracks with the final guitar and vocals yet to be layed down.
Thanks for all the advice, I was looking at the GK stuff too. What I really want is to accentuate the tone of the Stingray and bring some more fullness into the sound of it. What about some (if any) hybrid or fully tube amps out there for something round. And while I'm at it, what's the word on Ampegs, svt3pro?
Anyway I would have to second the Epifani. I will convert as soon as I can afford it. Otherwise, I would I have to stick with SWR or SWR/Ampeg setup. I am not really a fan of Ampeg's amps, just their cabinets. I prefer the SWR amps (I don't like SWR cabinets, I prefer the Ampeg bottom that comes from their cab). Pretty specific, eh?