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Do you still have a combo?

millard

millard

Jul 27, 2004
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#1
Many of us have multiple cabinets and multiple pre-amps and probably multiple amps. With all that great gear, do you still have a "practice" combo or did you sell that long ago?

Note, this question does not apply to "gigging capable" combos.

I was just looking at my Backline 115 the other day and thought "Why are you still here?". It's not that much more trouble to grab my rack box and a 15" cab (and it sounds much better).

Millard
 
#3
I have three.

I have an SWR Basic Black at my rehearsal space.

A Peavey BAM210 at church.

And a Fender Bassman 25 in my bedroom.

For loud gigs, it is hard to beat my iAMP 800 and Schroeder 1210.

But the SWR works fine for rehearsal, the BAM works great for church, and anything other than the Fender would be overkill for my bedroom.
 
#5
My amp is pretty much overkill for my current situation (only really got bedroom practice atm :( ), but i do still have my first little combo amp

Its a Peavey Rage158 15 watt guitar amp (1x8" speaker), i got it when i first started playing guitar, and then used it for playing with my bass for just over a year before getting my peavey firebass and 410 cab, its still sitting here, and it still gets used now and then :)
 
#8
My situation fits in I think..

I got a fat Bag End 4.10" and Peavey T-Max Head - a hell of a combination btw- for giggin', but use the Ashdown After Eight at home. Plenty of power and really awesome sounding if you find out that it has cost NEW only 130 euro. If I turn up the stereo to play along with a cool tune or whatsoever it will be more an issue with the After Eight that I get complaints that it is too loud than hardly loud enough... I'd recommend it to anyone, that's for sure.

So a few hunderd Watts and a 4.10" for gigs.

And a few Watts through an 8" speaker at home. ;)
 
#9
I have 3--

GK MB150-- love it.... 26 lbs, sounds great, perfect for jamgrass gigs

Roland DB500 -- heavy, 56 lbs, 160 LOUD watts, good modelling, decent chorus and compression, never leaves the basement anymore, but will soon for the blues band

Hartke b200- piece o' crap, but it was only 75 bucks. Not sure why i still have it, actually...
 
#10
Nope. Unfortunately.

My amp is either, "On," or, "Off." Meaning, it goes from amplifying to the bass' natural acoustic levels to hear-it-throughout-the-house.

Having a small combo would be nice, but that's $100 that could be used better - I don't mind playing acoustic 90% of the time at home and it's actually more convenient.
 
#13
Yes, but it is gig-worthy. I have a SWR Baby Blue II (also have a Carvin PB 200-10 out on long term loan to a kid). I find that I use my big rig more (Glockenklang HeartCore into a Berg NV 610) for practice since it sounds soooo good. I will probably bite the bullet and sell it to buy a couple of Berg 12's.

Dan K.
 
#15
millard said:
Note, this question does not apply to "gigging capable" combos.
Millard
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well , my Carvin RC210 is my practice amp , but it also serves
as a decent amp for jam sessions and whatnot ...

i changed out the Carvin R600 head and installed a Hartke HA4000 head a few years ago ...
it pumps out some pretty serious thump . :D
 
#16
FWIW:

I do lots of pup swaps and occassionally messing with electronics so a small SS combo is great for testing. Make it one with decent sound and you've got a portable package that's useful for low volume situations (or no volume with headphone jack).

The down side of combo's is having the speaker and amp together and getting irritating extraneous noises and few small packages carry a full low end if you want it (I say few, I don't know of any but allowing leeway for an exception). The output can be worked around.
 
#17
My main rig is an Eden CXC-110(1x10 combo)+CX-110(1x10 cab). Very capable for the main gig: Church. I also have a Hartke Kickback 12 for practice/backup, but it's for sale; if I sell it I'll use my first-ever bass amp- an original Crate model 1B(30 watt 1x12 in an army-surplus ammo box, hence the name 'Crate'. Betcha didn't know that, eh?).
 
#18
illidian said:
Nope. Unfortunately.

My amp is either, "On," or, "Off." Meaning, it goes from amplifying to the bass' natural acoustic levels to hear-it-throughout-the-house.

Having a small combo would be nice, but that's $100 that could be used better - I don't mind playing acoustic 90% of the time at home and it's actually more convenient.
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I like playing accoustic too, but when i play amplified i can pick out mistakes more obviously, wavers in technique anyway
 

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