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Does anyone use a kick back style Amp?

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stubewan

Aug 20, 2013
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Calhoun, GA
#1
Hi I am new to the forum, but a long time player. I have just started playing again after a very long break. (10 years). I sold most all of my equipment and now find myself playing again.

I am playing Modern Country, think Jason Aldean, Brantley Gilbert, Jake Owen, Blake Shelton, ect. Any how I need an amp for small - medium venues. 50 - 300 that will also be put through the pa.

Currently I am practicing with a loner from a friend, it is a Ibanez 100 kickback. The tone is ok at best, any suggestions? Oh, I playing a Sterling Sub 4

Thank you Stu
 
#2
I have played my Fender Bassman 150 kickback at a few gigs. Great tone, IMO, but it's good only for the smallest gigs, for me. I need much more than a 112 with only 150w for most of my stuff.

Markbass makes a 300w 210 combo that kicks back.
 
#4
I've had varying degrees of success with kick backs. Sometimes it's good to have the speaker pointed at my head (but the biggest component of sound I seem to get is more high end.)

Sometimes I prefer to have it pointed at my knees, and use the the coupling effect with the stage to get more low end, and floor vibration.

If one way doesn't seem to work very well in a given venue the other way round is always far superior IMO.

I like to have the option I guess.
 
#5
Funny story: one night while packing up I couldn't find my gig bag for the life of me. Then, after some time looking for it, I suddenly remembered---I had but it under my cab to kick it back. Duh.:hiding:

I agree with Phalex. Sometimes kicking it back helps, but sometimes I just like it straight forward. I'm playing flats for a dark old school sound anyway, so I don't miss the highs much.
 
#6
I completely understand. My ol' rig was a Hartke 4000 head and a Hartke 4 x 10 xl cabinet that sounded pretty nice together.

My thoughts were, if there were an amp out there that was a kickback design and both capable and not so expensive, it may be the way to go since the bass will be routed through the pa any how. But I couldn't find much with any real power. (more than 100 - 20 watts).

I build guitar cabs all the time and could possibly build a nice 4 x 10. Do any of you guys or gals know if there is any such thing as a slant 2 x 10 or 2 x 12?

Thanks Stu
 
#8
I had a kickback Behringer 1800 for quite some time. It was a decent amp. I used it for practice. It had headphone jacks and RCA inputs for am MP3 player. I packed it as a backup amp for gigs, but I always ended up using it as a monitor. While it was a mediocre amplifier, it was a great monitor.
 
#9
carvin makes some kickback style combos with the bx500 built in. 500watts into either a 1x15 or 2x10 combo. i have never played one of the combos, but i have a bx500 and enjoy it.

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i own a hartke kickback 10 and it gets by for practice and sounds pretty good (the DI out is nice also). but it sounds like youre going for something a little heavier than a 1x10
 
#10
I have an Ampeg BA108 and BA110 that kick back. I love it. Allows you to actually hear the amp as it really sounds instead of it blowing all the highs and mids to your ankles. Even with a non-tilting small amp, I tilt it back.
 
#12
Clinton, Jimmy and Sahe

I also use an Ampeg Ba112. I've had that amp for 13 years. It is a great amp. I use it mainly for home practice and acoustic gigs. I went through the Carvin site. It looks great! They have a few pieces that look like they would fit the bill. But I really like to try before I buy...lol

Have any of you thought any more about a slanted cab? I think that it would solve some issues for me, but I don't remember ever having seen one.

Stu
 
#14
I had a Mesa Boogie Buster 200 2x10 combo. All tube. Loudest 2x10 I've ever heard. The dolly handle/wheel arrangement was dangerous. Also, at 100+ pounds not convenient to move. If I had a proper studio I might have another one if I didn't have to move it.
 
#15
Markbass CMD 102P some of the time, 1965 Fender Bassman on a 2x12 tiltback cab is in front of me in my home studio, but in all cases these days my amp serves as a personal monitor to augment another foldback system.

When live, my preference is to listen to house and sidefills and use a small amp for a little more "me" when I want it. I'll put in ears if I have to.
 
#16
stubewan said:
I completely understand. My ol' rig was a Hartke 4000 head and a Hartke 4 x 10 xl cabinet that sounded pretty nice together.

My thoughts were, if there were an amp out there that was a kickback design and both capable and not so expensive, it may be the way to go since the bass will be routed through the pa any how. But I couldn't find much with any real power. (more than 100 - 20 watts).

I build guitar cabs all the time and could possibly build a nice 4 x 10. Do any of you guys or gals know if there is any such thing as a slant 2 x 10 or 2 x 12?

Thanks Stu
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I think Markbass makes a kickback 2x10 combo.
 
#17
stubewan said:
Clinton, Jimmy and Sahe

I also use an Ampeg Ba112. I've had that amp for 13 years. It is a great amp. I use it mainly for home practice and acoustic gigs.
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Not that I'm against you getting a new rig if you want, especially if you consider your fine family at Ampeg ;) but have you tried the BA112 on this new gig yet? With PA, I see no reason why it wouldn't work to use as a monitor in your situation. Doesn't sound like you're trying to kill babies with volume, and that BA112 is a really good sounding little combo. Heck, I get away with a BA110 and don't even run bass into the PA on some gigs. Of course, they're quite small gigs in a bar atop a small gambling ship, but still...
 
#20
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Here's my current rig:

- Traynor 300T (2 x 8" combo)

Sitting on top of:

- Traynor 2 x 10" NEO speaker cab
 

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