Best All Tube Amp Head WITHOUT A Fan

[Stephen]

Would love to have a list of the best All tube amp heads without fans. Vintage and newer.

This is for those of us who want to enjoy that great tube sound at lower volumes in our living rooms or quite venues.

I had been jonesing for a Ampeg V4 and just got to try one in a store here but the fan noise rules it out.

Thanks in advance for contributing to the list.

For starters, I just tried the:
EBS Classic T90 All Tube Bass Head at Bass NW.
VERY nice head. Full tube sound but fairly un-colored.

 

[KramerBassFan]

My Ampeg V4 doesn't have a Fan.

Neither does my Superbass.

Nor my Univox 50w project i am slowly working on..

 

[hdracer]

It would be easer to ask "What all tube amps have a fan"

 

[Loel]

Traynor yba 1 has no fan,great amp!

 

[Bryan Swift]

SUNN Spectrum II?

 

[Gwardar]

That would be my Ampeg after the fan broke and before I replaced it

 

[mpdd]

sunn 2000s

 

[TheGrizz]

The older V4s don't have fans. You could try finding one of those. I love mine to death.

 

[MakiSupaStar]

I recently picked up an SWR Redface 350 that has a switch to turn the fan on/off. I like this feature.

 

[lowphatbass]

Sunn 200S(little brother to the 2000S).

Rated at 60w, sounds MUCH bigger through the right cab.

 

[dhsierra1]

I like my Fender Showman ('65) w/a 15" or 2-10" cabinet. Works well for URB or bass guitar. It's 85 watts so it's loud enough for a lot of different settings and has a nice warm low end that's good for a lot of different styles, though not first choice for metal or dub, obviously.

 

[anderbass]

I had been jonesing for a Ampeg V4 and just got to try one in a store here but the fan noise rules it out.

Yeah like the others said, The Ampeg V4 and V4B never had fans. These models were only made in the 1970's.

 

[Stephen]

Yeah like the others said, The Ampeg V4 and V4B never had fans. These models were only made in the 1970's.

Ahh....so someone modded the one I tried

 

[T-Bird]

Hi.

Regardless of whether the amp is SS or tube, a more silent (=expensive) fan or a variable speed controller for the existing one is IME way better option than limiting the selection by ruling the fan out alltogether.

Unless someone is dumb enough to design a tube amp that has the passive components enclosed above the tubes, tube amps equipped with regular MI tubes don't require any fans.
Virtually all of the rack units excluded of course (well my 100W 2003 rack-Marshall doesn't have a fan either).

In this particular case, if the amp in question was modded to have a fan, just un-mod it. If the tone of that amp pleases You that is .

Regards
Sam

 

[OldogNewTrick]

No annoying fan in my '75 Fender Dual Showman, makes for an excellent bassment amp. 'spose will also work in living rooms
Neither would there be one in a 100W Bassman from the same era.

 

[zachoff]

I don't remember my Bassman 135 having a fan and that thing was awesome. Still wish I had it, actually.

 

[mikeswals]

The Mesa Boogie 400/400+ fan can be switched off.

The Ampeg B-15 reissue I recently sold didn't have a fan, and yeah, great living room amp.

 

[Energy]

HIWATT amps don't have fans. Neither does the Marshall Super Bass.

 

[jastacey]

The Fender Bassman 300 Pro has no fan

 

[Jonyak]

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