aguilar?

tylerbass19 · #1 08-11-2010, 12:49 AM

So i've always been interested in Aguilar amps. can anyone give me some feed on them?

humpy thumb · #2 08-11-2010, 12:53 AM

Yep.
They're good.

GeneralElectric · #3 08-11-2010, 01:13 AM

I've had bad luck with mine. 3rd repair since I've owned it (first time damaged in shipping, then to fix a dirty fx loop, and now to replace the input jack)

tylerbass19 · #4 08-11-2010, 01:15 AM

oh ok thanks, ive seen gary willis play on one so i figured they were pretty good

Munjibunga · #5 08-11-2010, 01:17 AM

They're pretty good.

Mike Shevlin · #6 08-11-2010, 01:26 AM

I played through one of their cabs~ a 4x10~ it was good. I also, on a different occasion, played through their DB750 head~ it was good. It was also really loud. It was loud AND good.

thisSNsucks · #7 08-11-2010, 06:11 AM

I love my aguilar stuff!

PSPookie · #8 08-11-2010, 06:13 AM

Aguilar has a lot of fans around here (myself included). A search of the amps forum should reveal tons of info.

naturalkinds · #9 08-11-2010, 07:01 AM

A lot of us like them. Little more warmth and woolliness than many of the current contemporary amp offerings, for better and for worse.

I liked mine for the couple years that I had it. Don't miss it on a daily basis, but I sure wouldn't say no if I had the chance to grab one for a good price.

They are relatively heavy in weight. No micro offerings... yet.

T. Alan Smith · #10 08-11-2010, 07:04 AM

What I've played of Aggie gear, I love. If I were playing in a non-looping situation, I'd play Aggie in a heartbeat.

BurningSkies · #11 08-11-2010, 07:04 AM

Never heard of them. I wonder if a search would turn up any threads about the company...

T. Alan Smith · #12 08-11-2010, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by BurningSkies

Never heard of them. I wonder if a search would turn up any threads about the company...

Here? Not here.

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Sufenta · #13 08-11-2010, 07:23 AM

Ever wonder what that occasional low harmonic rumble is you hear over there in N.O.? That's me playing through my DB750/NV610 out here in So. Cal. with the master at 1/3.

christoph h. · #14 08-11-2010, 07:37 AM

Well, my conservatory has them, so I used them almost everyday for about two years.
They always sounded great with little or no EQing (AG500) and seemed to work especially well with my Suhr Jazz Bass.

Queg · #15 08-11-2010, 08:57 AM

Dont know abiut their other offerings, but based on the DB750 they make great amps. I can say that I came back to bass last year and was not familiar with the brand either. After reading in this site and reviews elsewhere, I bought a DB750. It's incredibly powerful and loud. By powerful I mean that it delivers a deep fundamental solidity with each note that I didn't hear with previous amps (such as GK). The downside (for some) is that the preamp section is relatively basic and will not provide a wide variety of tones. I was concerned about this at first but it no longer bothers me as what it does do, it does very well. Some have also said that it sounds a bit slow, or pillowy. This can be tweaked with a tube roll. They seem well-built and can take some knocks (but gotta be racked).

daflores · #16 08-11-2010, 09:15 AM

Great stuff.

Munjibunga · #17 08-11-2010, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BurningSkies

Never heard of them. I wonder if a search would turn up any threads about the company...

Nyuk nyuk nyuk.

Munjibunga · #18 08-11-2010, 10:08 AM

OK, OK. I have a DB750 and an AG500-112C. Also a GS410 and a GS112NT. They're all great gear. The two amps are significantly different in character, with DB750 having a "woolier" tube-like sound while the AG500, being all solid state, is tighter. It's popular to roll various tubes into the DB750's preamp, particularly V1, to tighten up the sound.

I prefer the GS cabs over DB cabs. DB cabs are more "old-school" vintage sounding with accentuated low mids, while the GS have more of a modern full-range sound.

Anyway, Aguilar is top-quality high-end gear. If you like the way it sounds, you won't go wrong by acquiring some.

ElMon · #19 08-11-2010, 10:14 AM

I spent years straying from my Number One Lady: the DB750. Other chicks we're easier to carry in and out, provided more flexibility, and we're certainly a cheaper date, but yet I have returned again to her pillowy warmth. Sure, she's a little big-boned, but she's thick in all the RIGHT places. Baby, I won't stray again!!! Everytime your blue eyes flash at me with that 'i'm ready to bury the drummer AND the guitar player if you want me to' look and I pluck the first note, I quickly forget how much you weigh.

JTUK · #20 08-11-2010, 10:35 AM

I run GS112's with an SWR SM400.

I rate the cabs highly and swapped my Goliath and SoB for the GS's and I consider than a better move for me.

I would like to get hold of a DB750 or 751 to see if the amps are as good as the cabs. I suspect they will be but at this level of kit, you aren't so much talking about good or bad kit, more what you really like down to fine detail.

I would not get rid of the SWR SM tho..