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amps designed for sub bass?
- Thread starter Loxodrome
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There are some amps that have subharmonic synthesizers built into them but these are just pure amplifiers - they do not have an instrument pre-amp. Is this what you are asking about ?
I think you'll be looking more at the speaker end of thing for sub bass, most amps will go lower than you want
Mr. Foxen
Commercial User
If it is marketed for bass guitar, its going to be pretty far from the ultimate design or current technology.
The Bag End subs are still made. They are accurate to 8hz as long as you use their crossover.
If you get the powered model make sure you order the amp with the cross over installed (they'll probably do this anyway).
And if you're really want to move some air, get the 24" speaker. At NAMM they'll loan these to a couple of builders that specialize in making "SubBass" guitars because it's pretty much the only thing that can reproduce the low strings.
If you get the powered model make sure you order the amp with the cross over installed (they'll probably do this anyway).
And if you're really want to move some air, get the 24" speaker. At NAMM they'll loan these to a couple of builders that specialize in making "SubBass" guitars because it's pretty much the only thing that can reproduce the low strings.
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Here's the Knuckle/CircleK fEARful 15/6 in action in the studio, being used by Matt Youngblood of Seattle's The Saints Of Damnation, who's playing one of those awesome longneck Quakes.
Here's the Knuckle/CircleK fEARful 15/6 in action in the studio, being used by Matt Youngblood of Seattle's The Saints Of Damnation, who's playing one of those awesome longneck Quakes.
The above rig (1001 + 410 neo) is mediocre at best. Have been provided this as backline occasionsally. No real lows, cardboardy mids and not much SPL. Far from fEarful etc.
IDK Boss OC-2 (1oct down by itself)+ that rig is fantastic for sub bass (goes to 30Hz). You don't know what you are talking about. I've owned that amp/cab for years, you used it as a backline. What amp do you normally play? The whole rig can be had used for $800 or lower depending on the deal.
Doesn't matter what the amp can deliver if the speaker can't produce it. Actually the amp is the easy part.
