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This weekend I picked up an Ampeg b50r Rocket solid state amp. I get it back to my apartment after a 2 hour train ride and realize........The grounding prong on the plug is missing. I took photos of it before bringing it home and realized that it was missing the prongs then, too. It was such a...

I'm very quickly outgrowing my old Rogue 50 watt and I'm looking to upgrade to a higher quality combo. I learned that someone I know is selling an Ampeg B-50R for dirt cheap, and as an Ampeg fan I'm interested. Have any of you played through one before? What're your thoughts? Some background on...

So far I've been lucky in my time as a bass player - Every practice space and almost every gig I've played has had some kind of bass amp, usually an Ampeg 8x10 with something like a Hartke or GK head. But there have been a few gigs I've played where I needed to bring my own amp, which is a...

I have a 15w practice amp I use in my bedroom, and lately the low end has been cutting out. Here's a video showing the problem: [Invalid or Expired Link Removed] If you notice, the low end kicks in if I push the tip of the cable down, but as soon as I let it up the lower frequency boom...

As you may know, I'm a big Ampeg fan and I'm looking to get a better rig for live settings. I was in a local vintage music shop and they had a B-25B from 1972 there for only about $200. I thought that's a damn good deal for an Ampeg. I watched some videos online of people playing it and it...

I play in a hard rock/metal band and we're playing a club gig next month. The only problem is money is tight and the only amp I have is a 50 watt combo. It's loud enough so that I can be heard in the mix with the guitarists' amps and it works well for practices and the basement show we just...

So my band is playing a last-minute show tomorrow and I got an extra pack of Ernie Ball Super Slinky strings in case I break one. I've never broken a bass string before and I'm not worried about it, but there is a slight possibility it could happen. The strings I have on are about a year old...

We all know that the instrument and the amp need one another in order to make sound. But which part of the equation do you put more stock in for making the instrument really sing? I ask because I was recently doing some research on the bass I play in my band. It was given to me by a friend and...

For years my ideal amp has been an Ampeg 8x10. I started going to a lot of punk and hardcore shows in college and it seemed like almost every bass player had one, and I loved the sound coming out of them. About a year ago I switched from guitar to bass in a band and I've had to settle for a...

I'm trying to show a bass model to a friend and I'm drawing a blank. A while ago I found a video of a guy playing a new age-y bass solo on this 36-fret bass that looked like a modern art sculpture. During the song he'd reach a free hand up to the headstock and flip a switch, which would tune...

I started out my musical journey as a guitarist, but I recently joined a glam metal/hard rock band as a bassist. I've always loved the bass and had wanted to play it in a band, so of course I leapt at the chance. Because I've always wanted to play bass I've been taking a lot of care to work on...

I've been playing guitar for almost 15 years now and the way I play bass is pretty much just a continuation of that (I realize that bass is a different instrument and not all guitar techniques are appropriate for it). I joined a hard rock/metal band on bass and we have a song that utilizes...

So here's a bit of background on me - I've been playing guitar for over 13 years now but recently decided to join a band on bass. We play metal and hard rock and the guitarists' tone is just a wall of distortion. I'd like to be able to cut through it with a good solid treble-y tone (Otherwise...