Best amp you played through

[Buzz E]

A Vanderkley Aurora. It was at Gelb Music in San Francisco a few years ago. It was amazing but since I couldn't afford it, I went with the next best thing...

 

[Passinwind]

In the spirit of the other thread where people listed their worst amps, I'd now like to switch gears and have everyone list the BEST amp they ever played through.

That would have to come down to "best for what." So carrots win again. Link Removed

 

[Growlmonkee]

Eden WT800, Trace AH600

 

[Up the dose]

Walter Woods.

 

[FourNotFive]

Mesa Buster! Bass 200.

 

[corndog]

Best tone?

Ampeg b200r

 

[woodyng2]

I got to Listen/ compare Markbass 800,Vt 500,Ashdown500,and a '70's Ampeg V4 (guitar!) heads through a 410 Bergantino cab a few weeks ago,the Ampeg was by far the best sounding head. If i had roadies,that's what I'd use!
Coming up soon,a chance to hear a Demeter 800w power head that a friend swears sounds even better than the Ampeg.

 

[floydman]

Walter woods...I showed up with my good amp at the time, ashdown ABM, to test out a cab and it turned out the guy had the high power WW - boy did it shine a light on bass tone for me. Made everything else I had ever played through sound cloudy and weak.

 

[Bassmaticmatt]

I've always played frankenstacks. My favorite was a Peavey nitrobass 450 pushing a genz Benz xd 410 and a swr working man. Combo wise I have to say my Peavey max 115 is nice.

 

[Pyrate]

In the spirit of the other thread where people listed their worst amps, I'd now like to switch gears and have everyone list the BEST amp they ever played through. If this thread gets over 10 pages, I'll again tabulate the results and post them up.

I'm going to throw my own vote in there for a TC Electronic BG250 combo. I have no complaints about the thing years after buying it.

GO!

My best all around had to be an SWR SM-400 head on top of a Marshall Silver Jubilee 1540 cabinet. Replaced it with a 500W Carvin setup while stationed in Germany. Had a Kustom 200 sitting on top of a Kustom 2x15" which worked great in the pubs there as well. Currently I'm really liking this Carvin BX1600 on top of a BRX10.2 and BRX15.3 cabinets. Working very well, very quiet, and a lot of room. Will say, comes with a price of weight.

 

[Marial]

Aguilar TH500

Eden WT800

Demeter VTBP-M800-D

 

[Salicete]

Blueline Ampeg SVT head with an Ampeg 8 x 10 cab, period, end of discussion. (Your results may vary, but I doubt it.)

 

[lfmn16]

There is no objective best, because there are so many variables but the Ampeg SVT and 8X10 sounds best to me.

 

[beans-on-toast]

Ampeg '63 B-15N, '74 V4B, or '71 SVT dependng on requirements.

If it was good enough for Mr. Jamerson, it's good enough for me.

 

[Anachronism]

Mesa Buster. There are many great amps I have yet to try, however.

 

[eban3]

Mesa Boogie

 

[Muttleybass]

Wound up at a jam with a Glockenklang Blue Soul with a 410 that was AMAZING. Then I asked the owner the price!

I'm totally in love with my rig at the moment. GK Fusion 550 through a Schroeder 1212L.

 

[Linnin]

 

[Milo's]

Mesa Bass 400+, using a Verellen Meatsmoke as the preamp fed into the effects return. Currently using an Ampeg 410HLF Classic, sounds pretty amazing. Would only add more speakers to the equation i.e. 6x10 or 8x10.

 

[DiMarco]

Really loving my Mesa Bass Prodigy at the moment.

Coming from a Trace Elliot RAH600SMX with built in compression I had to learn to play properly again though, the tube amp is much more responsive and I turned out to have become a lazy player.