Your Bass Amp

[SGMan88]

What kind of amp are you playing your bass through as of right now?

 

[mro]

Ampeg B2R thru an Ampeg 4x10 cab Classic

 

[Aussie Mark]

My main gig rig is SWR SM400 thru Goliath Jnr 2x10 and Son of Bertha 1x15. I also have a Blue Tube pre with Yamaha P4500 power amp rack for larger gigs, and an Ampeg SVT-100T 2x8 for living room practice.

 

[skabassist13]

ampeg ba-210sp.

 

[spectorbassguy]

Main Rig:
Mesa Boogie 400+
+ Mesa 4x10 & Mesa 1x15

Practice Rig as of next Tuesday:
Ashdown Mag 300 1x15 combo

 

[oldbluebassman]

I'm all Ashdown.

ABM-500EVO Head plus two 4x8 cabs.

and it all fits in the boot(trunk) of my car with no need to fold the rear seats down (you all know how small European cars are)

 

[Evil_Ernie_Ball]

Ernie Ball MusicMan Audiophile HD-500 head
Ernie Ball MusicMan HD-410 Custom Dave Larue Cab (700W)
Hughes & Kettner 4X10" cab (300W)

Almost all EB MM eh ?!

 

[RothSR5]

Ashdown ABM500 EVO II
+ Eden D210XLT cab.

Ampeg B2R as a backup, but it hasn't seen any action in almost a year now.

 

[bovinehost]

1 Sunn 1200S

1 Ampeg 4-10

1 Ampeg 1-15

Then also hanging around I have:

1 Peavey SessionBass head

1 MM Audiophile 2-12 cabinet

1 Ampeg B-50R

I'm sure there's more around here somewhere.

 

[Aragorn35016]

SWR Super Redhead
SWR Goliath III Cab (4ohm)

For me. Pain in the butt to fit in a car but it just sounds so good!!

 

[Kennyhoe]

Yorkville 400B Head
Yorkville 210B cab

 

[midopa]

An inferior Behringer BX600.

 

[Mantaray]

For the moment I have a Trace Elliot. My next "serious" amp will definitely be the EBS Fafner, for me the "big daddy" of all amps.
In the short run(and due to economic restrictions) I'm planning to buy a preamp. I'll need some advice here. I'm considering
a)The new SVPCL Ampeg
b)The SVP-PRO Ampeg
c)The BBE BMAX


Tell me what you think if any of you have used them.

 

[Psychicpet]

Avalon U5

Crown XLS 402

Yorkville 1x10" for practice and berating

as for cabinets....

1 traynor 215

and still looking for that special cabinet that's gonna make me happy... possibly an Eden 210XST but not banking on it....

 

[Mantaray]

Avalon U5

Crown XLS 402

Let me guess......
Are you using a clean/direct signal? The U5 is a COOL DI but I doubt if I would just rest on my natural signal. Some preamp muscle never hurt anyone....

When concerning Avalon products I used the VVT 737 SP channel strip as a preamp. Now sold it but I will get one again some time....

 

[Disquieter]

Mesa M2000 simulstate head.
Aguilar GS212

thats it.

joel D.

 

[Psychicpet]

ya, I've run into a little bit of that but I really am digging just a nice clean signal and for the gigs that are in big venues, I'm usually using in ears and I love the sound of the SR5 through the U5.... although the Quest pre-amp from Epifani looks intriguing but I'm diggin' the clean at this point.
Also, regardless of pre's, FOH is always going to have to eq and I figure if the U5 has done me well in the studio, I like it's sound and I know that FOH is gonna like it too so everyone's happy

 

[Mantaray]

Cool. I want desperately to buy a U5!! Every time I see it somewhere evil thoughts come to mind.........

 

[LeftyLB]

As of Friday lunchtime, my new rig (well a mini rig actually) is the recently released Gallien Krueger Mark IV 400RB head into a GK RBS 2x10 cabinet.

As we gigged three times over the weekend, I really got a good opportunity to try it out in very different surroundings.

Everyone commented on the punch and richness of the sound.

The in-house engineer last night was really impressed with the quality of the bass sound coming from my Stingray through this new rig.

Hopefully this has been a good investment.

Liam

 

[rhfactor4]

SWR-750x head
Goliath III 4x10 4ohm
sounds really crappy with my fender