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Analog modeling on a bass amp?

Strett0

Strett0

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I have a Behringer GM108. Yes, I know that it's a guitar amp, and I've been looking to upgrade to a bass amp, but the one I've got has true analog modeling and that, coupled with my Boss Distortion DS1 pedal, makes a great tone that's hard to describe.

I want a bass amp that has analog modeling, but I can't find one anywhere.

Any suggestions?
 
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Dave W said:
Analog modeling?
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Well, here's a pic of analog modeling. That might help.
 
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A combination of all of them.

I wasn't joking when I said it was a ripoff of the GT-2, which is a great distortion pedal made by Tech 21. The "speaker" and "amp" switches are likely different EQ points and the "mode" is likely distortion and compression. Go read the manual on Tech 21's site. It might tell you more about it.

The GT-2 loses quite a bit of low end on bass. It works well with a blender though, but now we're getting into effects and not amps.
 
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If it does a decent job coping a gt2 I can see why you like it. Because I love my gt2. I use mine for the dirty pre in my clean and dirty setup.

I run sans amp RBI for my main bass tone. XLR goes to foh and I monitor it with a crown xls1500 and ampeg classic cab. The gt2 gets its signal from the dry out of the RBI so I'm not using an aby pedal. Instead the gt2 is always on and it runs back out to my pedal board to a boss odb-3 that I use as a ghetto killswitch (knobs all turned all the way down) so I can bring the dirt in and out. then it goes to a DI which goes to foh and a powered peavey pa cab so I can hear it. No microphones are used. And really the RBI with the aMPEG cab sounds good with a mic but the gt-2 has a built in speaker sim which is why I like it direct and with a pa cab instead of a bass amp. Running the gt2 through a bass rig doesn't work as well imo.
 
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Btw here's what the gt2 looks like
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and yes it simulates guitar aMps and speakers while still being 100% analog. The speaker sims for example are simply eq presets sans amp being the more tradition sans amp DI sound, off axis cuts some highs boosts lows, on axis cuts some lows and boosts highs. I use the middle switch on hi gain. Hot wired sounds cool also. But I keep the 3rd switch on california. The tweed can be used as a more normal clean bass sound, the British can be used for more of fuzz type of sound, I like it on california because to me it sounds more like a real overdriven tube guitar amp which is what I go for with it.
 
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That sounds great. But the gt2 is like $100+ and a decent bass amp is also $100+ I was hoping that kind of setup would come in one package.

Does such an amp exist?
Or am I asking for too much?
 
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Guitar players are lucky. They can use tiny low wattage amps and still be relatively loud. Bass amps at that low price range don't usually hang too well with rock bands, plus they tend not to have a lot of features or they're digital and suck. But bass players generally don't want a lot of features like that, and those who do usually use pedals or more expensive amps, so the marketplace reflects it. But being a good endorser ;) I'll mention that Ampeg now has analog overdrive on their little BA series practice amps. Pretty decent overdrive, too. Don't expect to have much luck keeping up with a hard rock band using the smaller ones, but they do sound good and the larger ones can hang in louder situations.
 
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Your probs right. But I'm just a beginner who plays an inexpensive bass, who found a sweet sound and wants to keep it when he switches to a better amp.

I don't really have the money or the right roommates to buy loud equipment

(As much as I would like to make everyone's bones disintegrate.)

Could I get a guitar head that has analog modeling and run it to a bass cabinet?
 
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You could in some cases, but not in others. A lot of your more inexpensive guitar amps don't have good response for bass, but most of your better ones do. Why the analog modeling is important to you? What are you looking to get out of it? Bass players do use a lot more pedals and more different sounds nowadays, but by and large we tend to look at stuff like analog modeling built into amps as sort of a gimmick. However, if we know specifically what it is that you like about it, maybe there could be some sort of substitute that would work for you.
 

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