NAD: Ampeg B100R

[thisSNsucks]

Just sharing my score from today. I was looking for a small combo for bedroom practicing and I didn't want to spend a whole lot.

Found this on Guitar Center's used site and turned out it was at my local GC.

$189.99 for this. Made in USA. No rips in the tolex, and still had the clear plastic protective film on the control panel.

I'm loving this little thing!



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[RCCollins]

Wow, great price on that, there are fewer and fewer in such nice condition...

[lpdeluxe]

I gigged with mine for several years. Great sounding amp. I traded mine off when I got a Mesa/Boogie Walkabout.

I set mine on a tilt-back stand so the drummer and I could hear it, and ran the DI out into the PA (we had robust subs, so no problems). Excellent price on yours, too.

[thisSNsucks]

Thanks guys. Goes great with a vintage P-Bass and flats!

[crlujan]

I love mine. Best little combo I've ever owned. Mine still has the plastic on the control plate as well. Precision bass with flats and that amp is where it's at.

[RC52]

This is an awesome amp!!!!!


It's the closest I will ever get to a 60's B15!

Fat , smoothe tube sound , with my '68 P bass !

[BFunk]

I have one of these too. An awesome small amp. Great sound and vibe.

[bassman64]

Originally Posted by thisSNsucks

Just sharing my score from today. I was looking for a small combo for bedroom practicing and I didn't want to spend a whole lot.

Found this on Guitar Center's used site and turned out it was at my local GC.

$189.99 for this. Made in USA. No rips in the tolex, and still had the clear plastic protective film on the control panel.

I'm loving this little thing!



http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y24...C1D1BBD8B3.jpg

Dude, nice score.

was that the one in the Larchmont store?

I was in there a week or so ago and urged my friend to buy that amp but he didnt. I already have a USA B100R I bought brand new 11 years ago.

I told him next time he went it there it would be gone...LOL

how is it ?

[JimmyM]

Awesome price! That's a great little amp. Still a little sad it got discontinued, but I guess more people bought the BA115.

[thisSNsucks]

Originally Posted by bassman64

Dude, nice score.

was that the one in the Larchmont store?

I was in there a week or so ago and urged my friend to buy that amp but he didnt. I already have a USA B100R I bought brand new 11 years ago.

I told him next time he went it there it would be gone...LOL

how is it ?

Thanks man, yup it was the one in Larchmont.

Its a nice little amp. I have to say I dug it in the shop but wasn't floored by it (it had to compete with few kids wanking on guitars behind me and its a big room) but when I brought it home and played it it was like a whole new amp.

I really like this thing.

[lpdeluxe]

Originally Posted by thisSNsucks

Thanks guys. Goes great with a vintage P-Bass and flats!

I plugged a Classic '50s P with a Quarter Pound and TI Jazz Flats into mine. It brought tears to the dancers' eyes.

[ToadWarrior]

Nice, I paid more than that for the 50 watt version, but I don't regret it, awesome little amp, great vintage sounds and takes fuzz and other effect pedals like a champ.
The perfect practice amp IMO.

[Turock]

For $189, even though I already have one, I would have bought it on the spot. That's a great deal on a great amp.

[thisSNsucks]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

Awesome price! That's a great little amp. Still a little sad it got discontinued, but I guess more people bought the BA115.

Yeah it's a shame they dont make them anymore, they definitely have a really cool vibe to them.

This is the first amp in a long time that I plugged into and didn't really have to tweak any EQ. It sounds warm and fat with everything set to noon, gotta love that!

Originally Posted by lpdeluxe

I plugged a Classic '50s P with a Quarter Pound and TI Jazz Flats into mine. It brought tears to the dancers' eyes.

haha yeah its great with a P, but it equally loves my Jazz, Rick, StingRay and Thunderbird.

Now just to try it with some of my more modern basses.

[bassman64]

Originally Posted by thisSNsucks

Thanks man, yup it was the one in Larchmont.

Its a nice little amp. I have to say I dug it in the shop but wasn't floored by it (it had to compete with few kids wanking on guitars behind me and its a big room) but when I brought it home and played it it was like a whole new amp.

I really like this thing.

cool

yeah, its a great little amp. I will never get rid of mine.

I just got a new GK MB 112 so I put the B100R in my kids room and he uses it with an old Roland Synthesizer. when he leaves , the amp stays...lol

good luck with it

[bassman64]

Originally Posted by thisSNsucks

Yeah it's a shame they dont make them anymore, they definitely have a really cool vibe to them.

This is the first amp in a long time that I plugged into and didn't really have to tweak any EQ. It sounds warm and fat with everything set to noon, gotta love that!



haha yeah its great with a P, but it equally loves my Jazz, Rick, StingRay and Thunderbird.

Now just to try it with some of my more modern basses.

I have a Ric, a Gibson Explorer (with Tbird P/u's) and a Steinberger. all sound great through the B100R.

want to really take that amp to another tone level....get yourself a Mark Bass Super booster. the two filters are imo what make Mark Bass amps worth a damn....Plug that thing in to the Ampeg and

[P Town]

I bought one of these used for not a lot, (don't remember). USA made. Sounds good.

[BoomBoomOGTL]

i've got one of the older models as well. Great amp but i haven't been playing it much since I brough my stage rig home for a while.

I found you can run a clean boost in front of it and get much higher (clean) volume out of it.

[Edward G.]

Ridiculous buy. Congrats!

[stiles72]

$189. USA, and with the protective plastic on the chrome? Excellent score! I love my B100R - probably my best sounding Ampeg next to my '63 B15