Best amp you played through

[bassstrangler]

I love my SWR Workingman's 15 combo with an extension GK Goldline 2x10. Actually my Behringer BXD 3000H sounds pretty darn good through the same GK cab. I'm really happy either way. And for the sake of sharing my Peavey Vypyr VIP 3 sounds great for bass and guitar.

 

[JamasC]

Mesa D800 I had a peavey tour 700, behringer combo, orange combo, and a orange tiny terror. The mesa is so easy to use and you have to try and set it messed up to get a bad tone out of it.

 

[Qlanq]

Genz Benz Shuttle 9.2, perfect for me.

 

[Joebone]

Thunderfunk 750, upgraded to 800 spec. Don't take it out often enough, but love it deeply when I do.

 

[Clap Trap]

Mesa D800, the new king of compact D amps ;

 

[TOOL460002]

My bass teacher had a Glockenklang Bass Art head with a matching 4x10. However, my second amp ever was an Eden 4x10 with a Navigator through a Stewart solid state. Not too shabby, and a good upgrade from a 30watt fender combo. And then there's my current amp, which I'm quite happy with. Schroeder full stack, 1800watts, QSC amp, and, oddly, no preamp, just a DBX 160a I feed directly off my pedal board (so you could say my preamp is a Sansamp BDDI pedal). Hard to pick just one. They all sound fairly different. The Glockenklang just felt really elite and cool though. Didnt get much time with it though.

 

[chris_b]

Thunderfunk 750, upgraded to 800 spec. Don't take it out often enough, but love it deeply when I do.

I've got one of those. Love it too.

The best ever? Probably a Dynacord BS412 combo with an EV 15, back in the 80's. There was magic built into that combo.

 

[REV]

Awhile back I had a Marshall Major. It was awesome, but really heavy and at the time I had to climb stairs to get to my living space.

 

[Cap'n Redbeard]

1967 Ampeg B15, Sovtek Bassov Bluesboy MIG 100b through a Fender Bassman 215 (believe it or not, loved this rig), and currently digging my Markbass stuff. It's probably the best Solid State amp I've had

 

[grillman]

This beaten up bad boy. With 2 4x10 EBS cabs. Extremely powerful.

Ps : the previous band's bassist left his tequila shot on top of it. I wouldn't do that.

 

[ColonelZulu]

Best for which setting?
I have played through amps that sound a-may-zing in the bedroom, but would suck for stage. I've played outdoor gigs with backbone amps that sounded like farts but the same amp would be great in a smaller venue.

The best sounding amp for my ears in a music store test setting was either a Trace Elliot V-Type or a Warwick Quadrupplet with a Crest power amp.

 

[sgtpepper]

Hartke LH1000

 

[baileyboy]

... the BEST amp... ever played through...

Ampeg V-4B
Mesa Walkabout

 

[zisme]

mesa 400+

but i love my sunn concert bass

 

[maxschrek]

My 1973 Hiwatt DR103

 

[Third Stone From the Sun]

1974 Sound City Bass 150 Brittish Tube POWER

 

[40Hz]

A 1969 Ampeg B-15N with the original speaker 15" in its portaflex cab. Still own one. Still play it.

I currently own (and have previously owned) several other really good amps. But that little B-15 still reigns supreme as best sounding bass amp I've ever played through.

Next amp I'll probably consider is its new generation cousin: the PF-50T.

I'm an unapologetic Ampeg fan. For quieter gigs or the studio, there's just no beating a B-15 IMO. For everything else theres the Ampeg SVT or V4-B.

YMMV.

 

[cfsporn]

I like my 1001RB II and my Mesa Walkabout. Between them, I have every and any tone I could ever want.

 

[stevecaronna]

This is my current rig. Really enjoying it.
My best rig was back in the 70's I was playing my jazz bass through a Traynor 100w all tube amp and that through a sunn 2 x 15 with JBL K140's.

 

[Spirit of Ox]

besides the Hartke amps that I've been exclusive too throughout the years, I played a late 70's Acoustic 230 that sounded amazing. I also has a Marshall 3530 that was pretty amazing but not all that versatile or reliable.