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Attic find gods smile on me again!
- Thread starter Tim Rinkerman
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The only thing in my attic is insulation. 
Sweet. I had a 360 and an Acoustic 412 too. Those will be really loud in the house. But that's OK. Turn up and enjoy!
My favorite amp - here I am in1970 with 
mine and my Fender. Best sounding combination I ever used.
mine and my Fender. Best sounding combination I ever used.
Ahh the 360 and the kerchunk it makes when you rock the on switch. played thru 2 bottoms / one head years back. No need for a DI playing large outdoor gigs ! Still makes me smile to see one of these. Thanks<
Sweet. I would would LOVE to been there when those are powered up. Congrats.
back in the early 70's I had a 360 head...played it through a sunn 4x12 that was supposed to have been owned and played by JH himself..
Awesome! My main rig in the bad old “no-PA ear splitting backline” days in the mid-70s although in the spirit of prudent restraint (and lack of funds) I only rocked a single stack.
Unique sound all their own. Get them checked out by a competent tech, buy yourself some additional medical insurance to cover back injuries if necessary, and rock them for all they’re worth.
Unique sound all their own. Get them checked out by a competent tech, buy yourself some additional medical insurance to cover back injuries if necessary, and rock them for all they’re worth.
Here’s mine! With one of my favorite basses
Terrific. I was thinking someone would have to find an old grill or knob and clone new ones !
These were (along with the SVT and the rare PS300 Fender) the first big bass amps, and ruled their world in their day, they were big medicine. Folded 18, power amp down in the cabinet and the head was actually the preamp for it (for the benefit of our younger readers . . . . .). Back in the day, things this size and weight were the only choices we had. My first rig in the mid 70's was the Mk 2 Peavey Bass head (with the built in fuzz !) and a 215 cabinet. Rigs ALWAYS weighed between a 100 and 200, 250 lbs. Back then, if you didn't have a van or pickup, a lot of us had those big 60's or 70's cars what would actually fit the cabs across the back seats.
These were the 'OG' Acoustics, from the Acoustic Control Corporation. The 'Acoustic' brand that Guitar Center sells is simply someone buying the name rights and have nothing, ZERO to do with that era of amps. Almost a cruel joke, really . . . . . .
Before these amps, you'd show up on a gig and a guitar player with a 50-watt single 12 amp would bury you; God help you if he had a Twin Reverb, Super Reverb, an Orange or Marshall stack, you were toast. When those amps came in, we evened the odds. And ruined our backs !
For those of us that bought and used these amps new back in the day and carried them everywhere we had to play, that's why things like Andy's Subway cabs and W/WD amps are like some impossible dream come true: Far louder, lighter, and easy to move, it seems like someone MUST have re-invented physics.
Now all you need is one of those rack mount blue-faced MXR Digital Delays and a fretless Jazz . . . . . .
These were (along with the SVT and the rare PS300 Fender) the first big bass amps, and ruled their world in their day, they were big medicine. Folded 18, power amp down in the cabinet and the head was actually the preamp for it (for the benefit of our younger readers . . . . .). Back in the day, things this size and weight were the only choices we had. My first rig in the mid 70's was the Mk 2 Peavey Bass head (with the built in fuzz !) and a 215 cabinet. Rigs ALWAYS weighed between a 100 and 200, 250 lbs. Back then, if you didn't have a van or pickup, a lot of us had those big 60's or 70's cars what would actually fit the cabs across the back seats.
These were the 'OG' Acoustics, from the Acoustic Control Corporation. The 'Acoustic' brand that Guitar Center sells is simply someone buying the name rights and have nothing, ZERO to do with that era of amps. Almost a cruel joke, really . . . . . .
Before these amps, you'd show up on a gig and a guitar player with a 50-watt single 12 amp would bury you; God help you if he had a Twin Reverb, Super Reverb, an Orange or Marshall stack, you were toast. When those amps came in, we evened the odds. And ruined our backs !
For those of us that bought and used these amps new back in the day and carried them everywhere we had to play, that's why things like Andy's Subway cabs and W/WD amps are like some impossible dream come true: Far louder, lighter, and easy to move, it seems like someone MUST have re-invented physics.
Now all you need is one of those rack mount blue-faced MXR Digital Delays and a fretless Jazz . . . . . .
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Ha, a few posts before there’s a picture of me with same amp and the same bass (sort of). Post #26Here’s mine! With one of my favorite basses
Wow, how awesome is that.
When I see two huge cabs like that taking up the whole image, this is what runs through my head:
When I see two huge cabs like that taking up the whole image, this is what runs through my head:
I saw that! That’s why I put up my picture. I am way into early P-Basses and single-coil telecaster basses
I remember when I first saw/heard one in 1969 thinking how compact it was compared to a Kustom400 with two cabinets with three fifteens or even Sunn 2000s or 200s with two cabinets. The 360 with one powered cabinet could match these in loudness although I thought the Sunn cabinets (200s or 2000s) with D140s sounded better.
