First amp you ever played through.

[TerribleTim68]

Used it as a stage monitor and ran the pre-amp out to the board. It was all I could afford, but it served me well for probably 10 years. I remember it being heavy as all get out!

 

[packhowitzer]

all hail the mighty Matrix!

behold:

 

[jj4001]

First amp I ever played through was most likely Peavey components contained in a tupperware bucket. Getting too close would electrocute you. No idea what the speaker cab was. Probably a Peavey 1x15.

 

[Hawaii Islander]

Mid 60's Amp B15. My music instructor offered to sell it to me for $100 in 1973.

 

[Peteyboy]

all hail the mighty Matrix!

behold:
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[hbarcat]

Ampeg V4 into 2x15" cab with JBLs.

I was in high school and joined a band with 3 of my classmates and I was brand new on bass. I bought the amp and cab from the local music classifieds for $300. I knew nothing about amps and assumed it was some entry level gear because it was so cheap.

I played through it for about a year until some idiot borrowed it without my permission when I wasn't at our practice place and he blew it up.

He admitted to frying it by plugging the speaker output from a Marshall guitar amp into the input of my Ampeg. I don't know why he thought that would be a good idea.

He said he was "sorry", yet refused to reimburse me anything for it. To this day, I'm very protective of my gear and take precautions to keep others away from it.

 

[DennisM]

The first amp I ever played through was an Ibanez IBZ10B. Rather cheap and super small but it got the job done for a little while. I guess its still and ok practice amp
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[OogieWaWa]

An Eden combo, a DC210XLT Metro, at a jam night, the host band's bass player and my mentor. Man that was one impressive sounding amp!!! I ended up buying a Fender Bassman 250/115. Still have it as a practice amp. But that was only 14 years ago. I did have a very cheap 10W practice amp for a while at first, but it's best forgotten.

 

[DennisM]

It was a good amp,but,you won't believe it but I bought. Sears Silvertone blx amp 200watt with 2x15 2x12 cab and it totally kicked butt! Loud to the max. Solid state and I miss that amp to this day.

 

[Thegrandwazoo]

It was a 15-watt Peavey guitar combo with an 8" speaker, looked typical of late-80s vintage Peaveys, can't remember the model (probably the only one like it that they made at the time). The first I owned was an absolute hunk of garbage Rogue (Musician's Friend el generico house brand) 1-12" bass combo, probably 60 watts, complete waste of money. Then I had a 100W 1-15" Crate that did an okay job til I could buy a good rig, which was an awesome and million-pound Hartke affair.

 

[DennisM]

Here's a picture of that amp and the guitar that I used to put out the rockin' bass lines to the world.

 

[Rice]

Peavey TNT 130
Oh boy...

 

[voodoobassist]

Vox super beatle. Shared it with the guitarist. If that doesn’t date me, I’m not sure what will.

 

[Ellery]

Crate 10" combo

 

[HeavyJazz]

An 80's 200W Kustom 115 combo from school. Sounded awesome, weighed a ton but had wheels fortunately.

 

[ac100X]

It was a rental - a blue Supro 1 x 12 tube, with tremolo, I liked the tremolo on bass. I think bass amps should offer this and fuzz.
This is a picture from the internet of a new reissue.

 

[pappabass]

About 25 years ago a friend loaned me a Peavey TNT 300? I bet it weighed 100 lbs!! He actually still has it!! And it still works !!

 

[bcbassman]

Ampeg SB-12. !2" of bass magic and prob. 15 watts.

 

[ancjr]

Some 1970s combo intended for keyboard. Roared like a T-Rex. Literally loud enough to make your vision go blurry.

 

[Bassmike62]

Hartke 5500 head with a 215 vx cab. I played a 5 str back then. Drummer heard me fine.