SOLD 1994 SWR Baby Blue II Reference Bass Combo

**NOW $375!!**

I have for sale my constant companion since I ordered it new in late 1993 and took delivery in early 1994. I used it on countless gigs on upright and electric over the years. It's a perfect doubler's amp. The YouTube link below is an album I cut with it in 2003 coming straight out of the preamp. Everything that's been said about the preamp is true. It is something special.



It has moved across the country with me several times, always babied, always meticulously maintained. I wore out the original drivers in 1998 and had my technician replace them with Celestions. I've rolled many tubes through the preamp. It now has a new gold JJ 12AX7 installed.

There is some normal wear on the covering and the handle. After some years in storage it is now making a low-level hum that is the telltale sign of old caps. It sounds great other than that. It will need a re-cap which should be an easy job for a competent tech. I just haven't had the time to have it done so I've lowered the price to reflect that.

The Baby Blue Studio Reference Bass System was developed for the discerning professional bass player in need of a superior small bass rig for studio applications and smaller venues. The Baby Blue II is a self contained system that delivers 160 Watts into two 8 inch speakers and a 5 inch cone tweeter. The speaker system in the Baby Blue was patterned along the lines of studio reference monitors and is quite unique to the musical instrument field.

Features
• Full-voltage tube preamplifier
• 160 watt power amplifier
• 2 x Celestion 8" woofers
• 1 x Bag End 5" tweeter
• 8 ohm cabinet impedance

Front panel:
Power switch
2 inputs (for Passive and Active instruments)
Gain and Master Volume (each w/ clip indicator LED)
3-band semi-parametric EQ
Aural Enhancer Effects
Blend knob

Rear panel:
Speaker out jack
Extension speaker jack
Headphone out
Effects Send/Receive
Tuner Out/In
XLR balanced output (w/ Line/Direct selector)
XLR pad/Ground Lift

Size: 14.5"W x 24.5"H x 12.5"D
Weight: 45 lbs.
SN: 236 1725

Local Bay Area pickup only

Cash, USPS Money Order, PayPal, Venmo, Zelle accepted

 

I was hoping to make it easy and keep it local but if you're interested I'm happy to figure out proper shipping for it. It's going to need to be double-boxed so I'd estimate around US$100 for materials, freight and insurance in the Lower 48. I can generate a quote if you're serious.

 

Thank you! That is Brian Baggett on guitar and Luke Stone on drums and engineering.

 

Hi Mike,

Wow, thanks for buying all of those! I only played on the first one but my friends who played on the later records are great players as well. I agree, Luke is so talented. He and I definitely inspired eachother to pursue multi-instrumentalism to a high level. He is also a very gifted on guitar, bass and keys. Quite a few of his albums feature him on every instrument.

I had been working in studios on both sides of the glass and did live sound a lot in addition to gigs on bass and guitar and we definitely learned a lot from eachother on the engineering side. He had the luxury of an entire house to track drums in and all the time in the world to get it exactly the way he wanted it. We still keep in touch and I've actually reached out to them to see about doing some recordings together at our respective studios.

On the topic of music playback, I have a RAID 5 array that stores all my music, ripped at FLAC, ALAC, or AIFF at 16/44 or above. If one of the four drives fails, I just get another and replace it, and it rebuilds itself. I just don't have room to store CDs. I use that space to store records.

I use Audirvana Plus as my playback software which also ports Tidal so I have HQ streaming capability in the dedicated player that prioritizes music playback and offers better SQ.

Let me know about the amp. I'm sure we can come to some agreement if you're on the fence about the price.

 

**Now listed at $375**

As mentioned in the edited listing, the combo has developed a low-level hum that is a telltale sign of the need for new capacitors. Price lowered to reflect the cost of this routine servicing.

 

Thanks Mike. Glad you're liking the music!

The combo sold today to a local buyer.