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Amp in the $1k range for church

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Wgtroutman

Sep 9, 2011
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Hey all, I need advice.

Our church needs a bass amp, and our budget is around $1000. We play a wide variety of genres, from typical worship sounding stuff, more overdriven stuff, and about twice per month we do an acoustic set. Our church is affiliated with the sojourn network, and we use a lot of their music, if you're familiar.

We rotate bassists, and everything from p basses to more modern, neck-through/active pickup basses will be played through it.

In your opinion, what amps should we be looking at?

Thanks in advance.
 
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beans-on-toast said:
You should first ask what size constraints you have to conform to. Some people do not want to see a large speaker cabinet.
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cchorney said:
This just for monitoring with the pa carrying the load, or is this for the room (and what size is the room)?
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These^^

You've got plenty of budget, but without some details, you'll get suggestions ranging from small combos to 810's.
 
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I'd also imagine you'll have people using this thing that may range from seasoned pro's down to beginners who are pretty much clueless about electronics.

Something fairly simple/user friendly with a bit of built in margin for error to keep from blowing things up, while still being able to get nice volume and tone would be legitimate concerns.

That means don't hook an 800 watt amp up to a single speaker.
 
#9
I didn't want to drag my personal gig gear back and forth to church, nor did I want the young pups diming my gear to see what 'insanely loud' is really like, so I went with this.

A hair over your budget.

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will33 said:
I'd also imagine you'll have people using this thing that may range from seasoned pro's down to beginners who are pretty much clueless about electronics.

Something fairly simple/user friendly with a bit of built in margin for error to keep from blowing things up, while still being able to get nice volume and tone would be legitimate concerns.

That means don't hook an 800 watt amp up to a single speaker.
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Exactly what led me to the rig above !

Not my personal dream tone, but perfectly serviceable from beginner to pro. Also has a satisfactory DI with a 40 db pad if you run FoH.
 
#12
I settled on a single DB112 (in tweed) that lives at the church and I tote my Shuttle 6.0 back and forth.
I wanted to avoid a complete amp/cab or combo to reduce the likelihood of folks fiddling around with the rig as there is no way to secure it during the week.
I have a bass onsite that is locked up and the case also has all the necessary cables that I need to play so all that I need to bring is the Shuttle.
For more ooomph, I can add a second cab.
This has worked great for me for a couple years now.
Our other bassist brings a Berg AE112 and an old F1 head and stacks it on top of the DB112. Since he plays infrequently, he always brings his gear with him.
Both of these rigs work well in our small church.

We also DI to the PA.

With your budget, you should be able to get a nice rig.
 
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9mmMike said:
I settled on a single DB112 (in tweed) that lives at the church and I tote my Shuttle 6.0 back and forth.
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I had a bass playing pastor crease the cones of both drivers in an Acme for me. I asked him to split the cost of replacement with me. He didn't (he will be answering for this at the throne of judgement). After that, I parked an Avatar 212 there and the amp left when I did. After replacing the horn with a mid driver it sounded better:

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spiritbass said:
I had a bass playing pastor crease the cones of both drivers in an Acme for me. I asked him to split the cost of replacement with me. He didn't (he will be answering for this at the throne of judgement). After that, I parked an Avatar 212 there and the amp left when I did. After replacing the horn with a mid driver it sounded better:

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Something like that coupled with a modest powered amp along the lines of a 400Rb or Pf350 should result in a decent balance of volume, tone and bulletproofness.

Also not being out too much money if some goofball does hurt it.
 
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jeff7bass said:
I would jump on this NOW. A fellow TB'er bought one here and it's legit. He bought the 210 version for the same price. Great combo, 300w and 500w with extension speaker. Four hundred bucks delivered.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-GENZ-BE...aultDomain_0&hash=item5af74975c6#ht_576wt_880

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Pretty hard to go wrong with something like that. I assume one could still get support through Fender if need be?

Too bad OP hasn't chimed in with any real output/space/PA support/aesthetic needs.
 
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will33 said:
Pretty hard to go wrong with something like that. I assume one could still get support through Fender if need be?

Too bad OP hasn't chimed in with any real output/space/PA support/aesthetic needs.
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The topic about this combo has the posters saying it gets REAL loud and with an 15" extension, is club gig material. I like the contours of it, gets the sound up.
Since it falls way under the OP's original costs of 1K, a good extension could be had for still less! It's a church band though, can't see needing more than a solid 300w combo. That's my guess.

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