SUNN: Reunited and it feel so good.

[faceinbass]

I just traded a 4x10 for this 215BH.
The Concert Bass is really happy to have a new friend.

[iridiumrocks]

My first amp was a Sunn Concert Lead and a 115BH. I bought the Sunn rig around 1978. I still use it with a 4x10 like the Sunn/Crate hybrid rig in this pic. I like using both the 1x15 and 4x10 in a bigger venue.

[KramerBassFan]

Yummy!



Don't worry, its since been cleaned up.

[rllefebv]

Originally Posted by iridiumrocks

My first amp was a Sunn Concert Lead and a 115BH. I bought the Sunn rig around 1978. I still use it with a 4x10 like the Sunn/Crate hybrid rig in this pic. I like using both the 1x15 and 4x10 in a bigger venue.

Amazing!! At one time, I also used a Concert Lead with a 115BH/115RH stack! You almost never see the 115 cabs... Thanks for the walk down memory lane

-robert

O.P... By the way, nice 215!

[faceinbass]

I am loving the replies in this thread.

I REALLY want to try a Coliseum Bass amp soon!

[Din Of Win]

Originally Posted by faceinbass

I am loving the replies in this thread.

I REALLY want to try a Coliseum Bass amp soon!

That's the head i had!

My first non-combo amp!


However, my FIRST tour... FIRST night... our van got broken into and it was stolen

[iridiumrocks]

Originally Posted by rllefebv

Amazing!! At one time, I also used a Concert Lead with a 115BH/115RH stack! You almost never see the 115 cabs... Thanks for the walk down memory lane

-robert

O.P... By the way, nice 215!

I like the 115BH and the original speaker lived until about 4 years ago. I cooked it by pushing it too hard at an outdoor festival show I bought the Sunn rig when I was a noob and the sales guy convinced me to buy the Concert Lead instead of the Concert Bass head. The Lead head had built-in reverb and distortion with a foot switch. I'm not sure whatever happened to the foot switch, because I never really used it.

[Edword]

Originally Posted by faceinbass

I REALLY want to try a Coliseum Bass amp soon!

I wouldn't mind having mine back again

[faceinbass]

Originally Posted by Edword

I wouldn't mind having mine back again

yup, that's the one I want.

[laklandplayer]

Sunn amps were great, well made and very reliable... here's proof.

[nysbob]

I used that 215 BH loaded with JBL K145s for a number of years. It rocked, but I HATED moving it.

[faceinbass]

Originally Posted by laklandplayer

Sunn amps were great, well made and very reliable... here's proof.

I agree.. but I just fried a resistor in my amp. LOL!

Originally Posted by nysbob

I used that 215 BH loaded with JBL K145s for a number of years. It rocked, but I HATED moving it.

I kind of like the idea of lugging this thing through a club..
Showing up with a cab as big or bigger than the mains = awesome.

[BogeyBass]

Originally Posted by faceinbass

I just traded a 4x10 for this 215BH.
The Concert Bass is really happy to have a new friend.

My usually rule is anything that fits in a hatchback is a practice amp and should stay at home.

Otherwise if you say no less than 5 cus words while loading/unloading
your rig is almost the right size

If it takes two people to load and setup your rig, its just about right

[faceinbass]

Originally Posted by BogeyBass

My usually rule is anything that fits in a hatchback is a practice amp and should stay at home.

Otherwise if you say no less than 5 cus words while loading/unloading
your rig is almost the right size

If it takes two people to load and setup your rig, its just about right

3 rules to live by.

Mine is that I should be able to feel the bass vibrations on stage.
I don't want to destroy eardrums.. I want to shake asses.

[somegeezer]

Originally Posted by BogeyBass

My usually rule is anything that fits in a hatchback is a practice amp and should stay at home.

Otherwise if you say no less than 5 cus words while loading/unloading
your rig is almost the right size

If it takes two people to load and setup your rig, its just about right

My rig takes a Range Rover to cart around and the whole band to help me set up. [But that's mostly out of laziness]. These Sunn rigs still make mine look like an ant though.

[iridiumrocks]

Originally Posted by somegeezer

My rig takes a Range Rover to cart around and the whole band to help me set up. [But that's mostly out of laziness]. These Sunn rigs still make mine look like an ant though.

I've seen some old Who videos where Entwistle had a whole wall of Sunn cabs. Check out this link for some info on the Sunn "rig of doom".

http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/bass/bass7485.html

[iamdenialNJ]

Originally Posted by BogeyBass

My usually rule is anything that fits in a hatchback is a practice amp and should stay at home.

Otherwise if you say no less than 5 cus words while loading/unloading
your rig is almost the right size

If it takes two people to load and setup your rig, its just about right

hahaha sig worthy

[Edword]

Originally Posted by iridiumrocks

I've seen some old Who videos where Entwistle had a whole wall of Sunn cabs. Check out this link for some info on the Sunn "rig of doom".

http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/bass/bass7485.html

I sold my Sunn rig shown in posts 8 & 9 to a local guy who does the Entwistle pile-of-cabs thing..

http://www.youtube.com/user/livethew.../0/rjFvgtK78VY

[Nashrakh]

Originally Posted by iridiumrocks

I've seen some old Who videos where Entwistle had a whole wall of Sunn cabs. Check out this link for some info on the Sunn "rig of doom".

http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/bass/bass7485.html

This is... overkill, in an awesome way.

[Gizmot]

Back in the 70's that Sunn gear was as fine as you could get. The amps were beefy, the cabinets solid and well-made. The sound was pretty good, although not quite up to today's standards.