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08-19-2008, 03:05 PM
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I found this pic of my old 1979 Cerwin Vega rig...this was the dogs bits then. Bg250 amp with B118 and b36mf cabs.  |
08-19-2008, 03:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mississippi | | DUDE that is freakin sahweet!!!
So cool man  |
08-19-2008, 03:22 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Central Illinois, USA | | | Man!!
I remebmer reading about the B36MF in my Warehouse Sound Company (anyone remember them?) catalogs. I freind of mine used one for a while in the early '80 with this black Music Man StingRay. It sounded great, but then Delbert sounded great pretty much no matter what he played.
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08-19-2008, 03:27 PM
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08-19-2008, 03:34 PM
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08-19-2008, 03:37 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Grass Valley, CA | | | I used one of those B36MF's for years. It sounded great and really projected well. I just recently gave it away to a fellow TB'r. |
08-19-2008, 11:32 PM
| | | | I just picked up a BG 250 for a good price. I had walked into a club along time ago and even before I saw what the bassist was plugged into I knew I must someday own whatever it was because the bass sounded PERFECT. That day finally came. The only other time I've had that kind of experience was when I heard my first Walter Wood head. Got one of those now too! |
08-20-2008, 11:52 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Northern California | | | Its funny that you should post this today. I was just thinking about that very amp. I did a show back in 1982 and the bassist in the opening act had that very amp. He played a custom Hamer Jack Blades bass through it and the sound was HUGE!! I offered to trade him my Musicman HD150 head and RH115 cabinets for it, but he declined. I never saw another one until your post. What a GREAT amp that was/is. |
08-20-2008, 12:02 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Chicago | | Quote:
Originally Posted by JTE  ..Warehouse Sound Company (anyone remember them?) catalogs. ... | San Luis Obispo, CA right?
Back in High School, I carried around a Freeport Music catalog (NYC, iirc). Not that I needed it though as I had all the guitar, bass, amp prices memorized.
/OT
Cool rig!!!
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08-21-2008, 06:22 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sacramento CA | | | Bofee is, most certainly, the MAN
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Originally Posted by Bofee I used one of those B36MF's for years. It sounded great and really projected well. I just recently gave it away to a fellow TB'r. | I'm the VERY lucky recepient of this cab from Bofee, and it's hands-down the best cab I've ever played through. I've paired it with an SWR 4004 head, and the clarity of the mids and highs is pretty remarkable given that it's a single 18 without the 12" front-loaded speaker (I installed a new one and immediately removed it, as it really only served as a monitor). I had it paired with a 2-10 for a bit (with a peavey mark VI to push the 2ohm load), but now prefer it as a stand-alone. Not ideal for smaller or intimate gigs, but the low end...I'd step over my grandmother for it.
Thanks again, Bofee! 
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03-08-2011, 09:05 PM
| | | | I"ve had a BG-250 paired with the B-48 cab since the mid-80's. The B-48 is like the B-36 except it folds on top and bottom. I pulled it out of storage last night and set it up in my apartment. I've probably played it about 5 times in the last 15 years but I decided it was time to dust it off and start getting some use out of it. It still sounds as smooth as can be and super beefy with my Stingrays. |
03-08-2011, 09:31 PM
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Theres one on ebay thats been relisted a few times but in non working order... Anyone care to comment on sound quality? Ease of maintenance?
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05-27-2011, 09:15 PM
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I've owned one of these for several years, it's paired with a Sunn 215BH cab, loaded with 2 Genz-Benz 15s. I play a Jazz Bass, P Bass, an '87 Gibson Bass IV, and a Soundgear 305dx through it, and it has an amazing sound!! My guitar player has commented on the tone several times, and the first time I ever had the cops tell us to quiet down was with it. I highly recommend it! |
05-27-2011, 09:46 PM
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Originally Posted by JTE Man!!
I remebmer reading about the B36MF in my Warehouse Sound Company (anyone remember them?) catalogs.
jte | Wow, a blast from the past. I ran one of their service departments in about 1978-79.
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05-28-2011, 08:00 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Moscow Scotland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by agedhorse Wow, a blast from the past. I ran one of their service departments in about 1978-79. | and I now use a Shuttle 9.....I think it's a bit better 
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05-28-2011, 08:09 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Ohio | | | Really cool rig! This is some of the deepest low bass response you can get. |
05-28-2011, 10:25 AM
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Endorsing Artist: Spector Basses/Genz Benz Amplification | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Dallas, TX | | | I also used a B36MF and a Sunn Concert head together for years...cool old rig...wish I still had both... |
05-28-2011, 06:13 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Moscow Scotland | | Quote:
Originally Posted by fishtx I also used a B36MF and a Sunn Concert head together for years...cool old rig...wish I still had both... | I had the Sunn concert bass head as well, before I got the bg250. I think I liked the Sunn better.....used a 12 band mxr graphc with it....like you I wish I still had it.....or is that just nostalgia 
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12-09-2011, 04:05 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | | | in 1985, had my GK RB 800 blow right bfore a gig
had to scramble for a loaner, the guitarist got one of his buddies to loan me a Cerwin Vega BG 250 for the night
what a great head, blew my GK out of the water (sorry to say)
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