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02-06-2013, 05:22 PM
| | | | No Hartke Love? Well, all my bass amp experience has been with my Hartke vx3500, and I'm quite happy!
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02-06-2013, 05:30 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Fender Basses, Ampeg, Curt Mangan Strings | | Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South Shore, Massachusetts | | | Brands are a matter of personal opinion. Everyone will have a different answer for me:
Ampeg, Eden, EBS and GK are great but each have their own unique tone.
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02-06-2013, 05:46 PM
|  | I love effects. | | Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: MN | | | I feel alone in my TC Electronic love nest
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02-06-2013, 06:16 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: North Ridgeville Ohio | | Quote:
Originally Posted by I am Soma  I feel alone in my TC Electronic love nest | I haven't tried a TC bass amp yet but I plan on it. I have some other TC electronics and they are spectacular, top notch. I do not doubt their bass gear is awesome too.
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02-06-2013, 06:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: North Ridgeville Ohio | | Quote:
Originally Posted by mogpipe No Hartke Love? Well, all my bass amp experience has been with my Hartke vx3500, and I'm quite happy! | I was thinking the same thing. I have a hartke HA5500 and the 4.5xl cab. I've been thinking of getting a different rig but thats because this thing is so hard to move out of my rehearsal space not becasue I don't like the way it sounds. |
02-06-2013, 06:21 PM
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HPF Technology: Protecting the Pocket since 2007 | | Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Madison WI | | Quote:
Originally Posted by cjp3044 Oh, the Heritage is great, just not as valuable or desirable as an original, and no, I couldn't imagine taking a vintage and somewhat rare amp like that to a bar gig with questionable power, drunk assholes, etc. Just like I don't take my expensive basses to the worst dive bars either. Now maybe to a real stage show where I have a bit more control, then I'd probably do it. | Jimmy's bass in that picture could easily be worth more than a vintage amp. |
02-06-2013, 06:25 PM
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02-06-2013, 08:40 PM
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02-06-2013, 08:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2009 Location: Inland Empire/ So Cal | | | I just plug into a old pair of pumas and I'm up and running.
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02-06-2013, 10:10 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fdeck Jimmy's bass in that picture could easily be worth more than a vintage amp. | Not that particular amp, though...it was restored by Jess Oliver, so the price went way up 
That's an Upton Hawkes, BTW...I got one when it was still relatively inexpensive ($1500), then Upton exploded a few months later and the price went way up within a matter of two years. Now they don't make it anymore. LOVE that bass! Best playing and sounding plywood bass I ever used.
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02-06-2013, 11:59 PM
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Independent Contractor to Bass San Diego | | Join Date: May 2000 Location: Groom Lake, NV | | Quote:
Originally Posted by echoSE7EN 1. CRATE
2. Kustom
3. Bugera
Work your way down from these three. | You left out Ampeg.
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02-07-2013, 12:05 AM
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02-07-2013, 06:27 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oregon, USA | | | Gigging bassist joke:
Q: what's the best bass amp?
A: the one that's already at the venue.
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02-07-2013, 06:29 AM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM There are very few truly bad bass amps these days. Mostly it's a matter of taste, although I would recommend staying away from the bottom of the barrel budget cabs since most of them suck out loud. | JimmyM nailed it! There's your answer.
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02-07-2013, 06:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Lowbrow Gigging bassist joke:
Q: what's the best bass amp?
A: the one that's already at the venue. | True though  .
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02-07-2013, 10:02 AM
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02-13-2013, 12:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: North Ridgeville Ohio | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Waynebass Aguilar db 751,hands down best bass amp ever made | And I have gone into debt buying gear before!
Why not do it again!
I can wail on that $2000 bass amp with my Hondo II bass guitar and my Pyle bass cab! WooHoo! |
02-13-2013, 01:45 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Ash Jazz And I have gone into debt buying gear before!
Why not do it again!
I can wail on that $2000 bass amp with my Hondo II bass guitar and my Pyle bass cab! WooHoo! | Well what do you want? You asked people their opinion and they're giving it to you. If you can't afford it, you should have specified a price range.
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02-13-2013, 01:51 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Tampa, Fl USA | | | Lmao do you want best, or within budget?
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02-13-2013, 01:53 PM
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Part time guitar and amp tech at the Tone Shop | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Clovis, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JimmyM Not that particular amp, though...it was restored by Jess Oliver, so the price went way up
That's an Upton Hawkes, BTW...I got one when it was still relatively inexpensive ($1500), then Upton exploded a few months later and the price went way up within a matter of two years. Now they don't make it anymore. LOVE that bass! Best playing and sounding plywood bass I ever used. | It's beautiful
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