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a very small backup/jam amp and cab?

Discussion in 'Amps and Cabs [BG]' started by [email protected], Dec 4, 2005.

  1. Dec 4, 2005 #1
    heat@500Hz

    [email protected] Guest

    Jun 11, 2005
    Lago Blanco de la Roca
    hi fellows...i play an older svtII thru an 810 and that's the sound for me--but it's a large, heavy sound! i'm looking for a very small, maybe even micro-sized, amp and lightweight cab(s) with as close of an approximation of the ampeg sound as i can get :) --if that's remotely possible, hehe--i'm not really up on the current offerings...but i'd like a warm sound from the amp with my jazz basses--something not too different in character from what i have now


    i'd be using this mainly as something to carry along when i head across state to visit old friends for casual weekend jams...i've considered a DI box, but i don't always have a PA or powered speaker to run thru

    as i've had a recent herniated disc, i'm looking for light and small, so as not to have to wrestle bulky equipment from the car trunk :)


    any ideas?
     
  2. Dec 4, 2005 #2
    winston

    winston Supporting Member

    May 2, 2000
    East Bay, CA
    If you're looking for a warm-sounding light/little cab that really rocks, I'd recommend the Euphonic Audio Wizzy 112. It's an efficient (102 dB) 4 ohm cab so it can put out quite a bit of sound with a small head. I power mine with a GK 400RB, and it gets very loud. Tone-wise it's right in between old-school and hifi--fat but detailed. Weighs 29 pounds, costs ~$500 new. A used Eden WT-400 or Mesa Walkabout head can be found used for under $600.

    To get that Ampeg kinda tone you might want to pick up a SansAmp Bass Driver DI. I have very good luck using a SansAmp to warm up the tone of my clean-sounding SWR Workingman's 12 combo.

    Also, the Ampeg B-50 (50 watts, 12" speaker, discontinued model) and B-100 (100 watts, 15", still made) really get a good fat vintage tone. The B-50 weighs about 50 #, the B-100 is a little over 60# but has casters. I think these amps sound a lot better than Ampeg's BA series combos.
     
  3. Dec 4, 2005 #3
    LowNote

    LowNote

    Jan 31, 2002
    Edinburgh, Scotland
    Gallien Krueger MB150E. Light, old school, can get loud if it has too. Add their matching MB150 EX extension speaker--only weighs 11 pounds--and you have a 150-watt amp thru 2-12's with a total weight of about 35 pounds. These are also available used fairly frequently.
     
  4. Dec 4, 2005 #4
    tombowlus

    tombowlus If it sounds good, it is good Gold Supporting Member

    Apr 3, 2003
    North central Ohio
    Editor-in-Chief, Bass Gear Magazine
    Beat me to it! :D