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boutique 1x8" combo round-up?

i thought those little marks were pretty cool, but $500 for an 8" cube is a little steep for what you get


good lawrd! thread over -

that's a 12, NOT AN 8 :confused::rage:

we need that picture of the train going off its bridge/tracks
Its a 12" but its only 19x16.5x16.5 and a combo.....Probably the smallest package of this quality out there.....My 8" Roland Cube 30 was the best 8" combo I have ever played but its for the bedroom only!!

BEST AMP IN CLASS...Epifani AL 112 Combo Amp Review
 
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how did:



turn into this?
easy :bored:. i want to see what's out there at every price point so that i can make the best decision for me... it's not what you thought. this thread is not a post the most technically expensive 8" combo you can find on google. do i really have to qualify every thing i even think by saying "for me", or "to me", or, "I, I, I,"? and to be honest, if you're interested in more about how i think, i woundnt even want that 8" mark just because it has yellow on it :sorry:
 
That Demo MAS26 is the ticket, I'm tellin' ya. Tryin' to clue you in. Oh, & I have zero relation to them. If I did, I wouldn't mention the discounted Demo box. It'd be strictly full-fare, baby :laugh: . 210 (real nice, top-end, quality 210) performance in a tiny, (& right now, at this time) discounted package.
 
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im looking for amps like the 50's fender champion 600, but 8" bass specific...
fender_champion-600.jpg

ideally in some sort of stained and polished cherry hardwood
 
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I'll play :hyper:


If by combo you mean the combination of speaker and power amp , I have an L'Acoustic 108-P wich I'm profoundly in love with.
And since you say money is no object, it will fit nicely here.

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Ah, so it's a retro visual thing, O.K.

And here I was thinking' it was about top-notch tone/volume in a very small package. I'm so silly sometimes :roflmao: .
haha. funny post. it's NOT just visual. haha. im looking to record the speaker character from an 8" in a combo, with as few knobs as possible (prefer 1). i really just wanted a round-up of all the (yes, cute) little 8"ers out there that are more advanced than a beginner amps. heck, an authentic champion 600, does just about fit my bill, except, i continue to wonder if there is something bass specific that i don't know about because i've never heard of one... if any of that makes sense.
 
Some are more guitar oriented
yep, this notion of the right amp here, is from what if seen over the years, probably going to be, for what im looking for, a lot of options in the guitar side of the planet. just wondering if there is anything low powered 8" combo (i hope for tubes even). VHT has some pretty cool little new ones out, but again, on the guitar side - not that there's anything wrong with that :woot: i dont suppose it would be very cool to have guitar amp thread on here.
 
haha. funny post. it's NOT just visual. haha. im looking to record the speaker character from an 8" in a combo, with as few knobs as possible (prefer 1). i really just wanted a round-up of all the (yes, cute) little 8"ers out there that are more advanced than a beginner amps. heck, an authentic champion 600, does just about fit my bill, except, i continue to wonder if there is something bass specific that i don't know about because i've never heard of one... if any of that makes sense.
I'm not clear on "speaker character from an 8" in a combo." Do you mean you want to record the character of the 8" speaker that just so happens to be in the combo that you like the looks of best? I think this is likely your meaning. Because it seems the main (if not only) other option is that you're looking for that "classic 8" tone" in a cabinet that's also visually appealing.
 
I'm not clear on "speaker character from an 8" in a combo." Do you mean you want to record the character of the 8" speaker that just so happens to be in the combo that you like the looks of best? I think this is likely your meaning. Because it seems the main (if not only) other option is that you're looking for that "classic 8" tone" in a cabinet that's also visually appealing.

^if this were a true positive, would there be anything wrong with it? just wondering. im not saying that you're close, or even warm;). this thread got so personal, so fast:confused:o_O. i kinda just wanted to start a thread to "round-'em-up". less so; a what is dash going to buy on this whim? :D
 
wow, it seems to me like this thread got bumped out of it's orbit a little.
i pretty much covered it all the first time. i feel like im down a rabbit hole on this one.
here's my original post again to show how far we've come in two pages:! :eek::banghead:

"hey fellers an gals

what are sum boutique bass specific 1x8" combos that are good for you know what?
any price, it doesnt matter. all i know is my little amp gas meter says it's time to buy or build. the rarest and most meticulously built will be my hope for the amazing info to follow... in other words; GO!

i guess i already know about the 1x8"s you can get from the big box stores, im kinda interested if there is anythin being 'custom' done in 1x8" BASS combo land (???) :help::thumbsup::cool: _dash"

lol, yea!:crying:
 
wow, it seems to me like this thread got bumped out of it's orbit a little.
i pretty much covered it all the first time. i feel like im down a rabbit hole on this one. here's my original post again to show how far we've come in two pages:! :eek::banghead:

"hey fellers an gals

what are sum boutique bass specific 1x8" combos that are good for you know what?
any price, it doesnt matter. all i know is my little amp gas meter says it's time to buy or build. the rarest and most meticulously built will be my hope for the amazing info to follow... in other words; GO!

i guess i already know about the 1x8"s you can get from the big box stores, im kinda interested if there is anythin being 'custom' done in 1x8" BASS combo land (???) :help::thumbsup::cool: _dash"

lol, yea!:crying:
Covered it? Covered what? That's my question. I just don't know. I asked what your meaning of "1x8 combos that are good for you know what" was/is, but there was no clarification from you. Not that I saw anyway. Did you reply & I missed it? Because it seems to me that I wasn't the only one unclear. Based on everyone else's responses/suggestions, I don't think they understood, either. Anyone else who responded, did you know what the OP was getting at?
 
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