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11-22-2011, 11:52 AM
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I'm a 4th year bassist and gonna start doing gigs with a band and i need a bigger better louder amp. |
11-22-2011, 11:54 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Atlanta, Ga. | | | The best doesn't exist.... Only different flavors..... what kind of sound are you going for? Aerosmith?
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11-22-2011, 11:59 AM
| | | | Yeah man. I love that 70's aerosmith sound |
11-22-2011, 12:07 PM
|  | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | | Just an amp, or amp and cab? |
11-22-2011, 12:11 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Atlanta, Ga. | | | he often used a Music Man bass, a Fender Precision Bass, a Fender Jazz Bass, or a Gibson Thunderbird..... I think he use a Hartke back in the 80's... not sure what he uses now....
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11-22-2011, 12:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Bowling Green KY | | | G-K Backline 600 and GLX 4-10 cabinet works great for me. I think I paid around $700 for it. |
11-22-2011, 02:10 PM
| | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by tdub0199  he often used a Music Man bass, a Fender Precision Bass, a Fender Jazz Bass, or a Gibson Thunderbird..... I think he use a Hartke back in the 80's... not sure what he uses now.... | A couple of years ago, Tom Hamilton was using a custom all-tube Ampeg rig... 
He has used LOTS of different basses, and (if I recall correctly) has a huge personal collection.
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11-22-2011, 02:17 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Portland, OR | | Quote:
Originally Posted by EricF A couple of years ago, Tom Hamilton was using a custom all-tube Ampeg rig... | Now, mind you, those rigs on the left and right are dummies (i.e., only the middle cabs actually work), and the heads are actually rack-mounted Ampegs you can't see in this photo...
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11-22-2011, 02:41 PM
| | | | Yeah I have a p bass and just need an amp right now. I don't have enough money for rigs and stuff. |
11-23-2011, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Aerosmithfreak I'm a 4th year bassist and gonna start doing gigs with a band and i need a bigger better louder amp. | with the 15"....and get a 15" extension cab...
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11-23-2011, 11:46 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: White Plains | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Aerosmithfreak Yeah I have a p bass and just need an amp right now. I don't have enough money for rigs and stuff. | 
An amp is a rig...
Are you looking for a head and cabinet, just a head (do you already have a cab?), or a combo amp?
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11-23-2011, 11:49 AM
|  | Supporting Member | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: SATX by way of NOLA | | | There has been some used TC Electronic RH450 heads for under $500 which is a steal. You can mate that with any cab or cabs you like and have a powerful, lightweight and flexible rig.
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11-23-2011, 11:50 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: WI | | if you do some hard digging on ebay and other sites you can get an Ashdown Little Bastard and an Ashdown 212 for about $900...this the best rig I've ever owned and I've owned SWR/Ampeg/tech 21/GK/TC Electronic Ashdown Engineering | Bass Amplification Ashdown Engineering | Bass Amplification
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11-23-2011, 12:36 PM
|  | Registered User | | | | | I think the Ampeg SVT 7 PRO or PF500.. easy, sounds good with no EQ.. |
11-23-2011, 12:43 PM
| | | | I think the best rig for $800 is an SVT with two 8-10 cabs. Who you would get it from, for $800, I don't know... |
11-23-2011, 01:12 PM
| | The older I get, the better I was. | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Pasadena, CA | | | Used GK RB-series or Ampeg SVT3-Pro head + Avatar 410 or 212 cab.
Or...
Search your local craigslist for "bass amp". When you find something that catches your eye, come back to TB and do a seach for that amp to see what people are saying about it. |
11-23-2011, 01:12 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: West Hollywood, CA | | this is easy...
GK 700rb-ii - $400 used
SWR Goliath (I,II or III...depending on what tone you like) - no more than $400 used
highly versatile, tough/long lasting, and any bassist who saw you playing thru this would respect you 
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