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07-16-2012, 05:08 PM
| | | | What Amp Combo do you own?
I read a lot of threads talking about what is the best amp combo, or giving opinion about a singular amp combo, or telling what amp combo would be good for different kind of music, or asking which amp combo suggest, etc... But I didn't see any thread where everybody shares what amp combo onws (well, the search didn't show me anything in the first 3 pages).
I would like to keep this thread about just amp combos (no heads, or cabinets, etc..)
Well, this is my question and maybe some of you would you like to share this with us.
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07-16-2012, 05:12 PM
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Endorsing: J Worrell Bass | | Join Date: May 2008 Location: Dayton OH | | | The only ones I own are an Ampeg '67 B-15N and '67-'68 B-12XTC. |
07-16-2012, 05:32 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Santa Rosa, CA USA | | I like Gallien Krueger. Checkout the new GK MB combo amps. http://www.gallien-krueger.com/products/combos/ Loud, good looking, awesome tone, compact, lightweight, and affordable. |
07-16-2012, 05:38 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Mini of Apolis........ | | | GK 700RB/112
GK 1001RB/210 |
07-16-2012, 05:43 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Kansas City | | | Ampeg B 50-R, I think, a little rocket bass combo 50 watts
Ampeg B3158, 150 watts bi-amped into a 15 and an 8
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07-16-2012, 05:43 PM
| | | | gk mb212. seek tone and eq. I love it |
07-16-2012, 05:51 PM
|  | Dr. Jim | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Denton TX, Kailua HI, New York | | My favorite was the Acoustic 136. Loud, heavy, lots of punch lows mids and bottom. Heavy, even on wheels. 
I hated the swr WM12, and pretty much hated the swr WM15. Kinda liked the GK150s, don't get me started on vintage or fender combos, though...
I think you are way way better off with a good light cabinet and a micro head. Buy used, and you are giving yourself a 60% rebate on quality gear.
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07-16-2012, 05:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Kansas | | | Carvin BRX212
Our band hosted a "jam session" a few weeks ago. I had 3 different bassists play through this amp. All 3 wanted to know what that amp was after they finished playing through it. They all were shocked and amazed at the volume and sound produced by this "little" amp. One was another carvin user and the other 2 were SVT users.
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07-16-2012, 05:54 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | Two:
Genz-Benz Shuttle 6.0/12T combo. That's my go-to and gig amp. 
And an 80's Fender Bassman 120 with a single 15" speaker. (Bottom one, with an old blackface Bassman on top.) That's for practice. 
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07-16-2012, 06:02 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Virginia Beach, VA | | | I have a Fender Bassman 400 210. I've had nothing but issues with it. Already replaced the motherboard once. I think the same issue has reared its ugly head. When it works, it does alright. I use it primarily as a guitar amp, so it doesn't get much usage. It's 11 years old with easily less than 50 hours powered up. I'm contemplating breaking it down and swapping out all of the electronics. Had I known then what I know now, I never would have bought it.
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07-16-2012, 06:15 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: SoMD (Mechanicsville) | | | I've got a 20th anniversary SWR Redhead that was my gigging amp for a couple years till I started going direct. Absolutely love the tone and volume that 210 Combo and produce. Solid state/tube hybrid's are a win/win!
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07-16-2012, 06:18 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Melnibone | | | Ampeg B100R, best sounding combo I've ever heard.
Ampeg BA112, this one sounds good too.
Fender B-Dec, fun little amp. |
07-16-2012, 06:18 PM
| | | | GK mb115 man. I play death and thrash metal, and its fantastic for both. also very light and somewhat cheaper than most bass combos of its quality |
07-16-2012, 06:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Aurora, Indiana | | 1983 Fender Bassman 20
18 watt tube combo with a single 15. 
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07-16-2012, 07:11 PM
|  | Walter Woods or Aguilar to LDS - the best! | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: NE Ohio | | | Markbass Minimark.
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07-16-2012, 07:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Phoenix, Az | | | TC Electronics BG250 - super light and super warm. |
07-16-2012, 07:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Davenport, IA | | | Pre Fender SWR Super Redhead. It sounds great with my corvette. |
07-16-2012, 07:26 PM
| | | | GKMB115. Love it! |
07-16-2012, 07:30 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Seattle WA | | I'm really happy with my Acoustic B200 combo. I don't have a ton of experience with amps, but I plugged into almost everything GC had that was under $500, & it was the only one without tubes that sounded good to me + had headroom to spare. On sale for $200, it blew away combos that were over twice the price. SCORE!!!
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07-16-2012, 07:33 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Flint, MI (USA) | | We play a GK MB210 (the top unit in this photo): 
The combo amp is 350w at 8 ohms, 500w at 4 ohms. It can drive another 8 ohm cabinet, and that's a GK 115MBE on the bottom. The MB210 is plenty loud just by itself. You'll read that some TB members find it to be boomy, but you can EQ it nicely in just about any room. My son and I have done tons of gigs with it, and you can't beat it for lugging to auditions and practice--it weighs 33 lbs!
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