First Bass Amp you ever had?

[Eric Swaim]

I am sure at some point this may have been discussed, if not here we go!!!!!!!!!!

My first Bass amp was a "Holmes" combo. I got it for Christmas in 1980 and I was very happy that my parents bought me an amp, it was 50 watts with a 15" speaker. I never heard it in a rehearsal because the drums were always louder. It spent most of that year getting repaired instead of being played. I kept blowing speakers that year. After I got a refund, I bought a Peavey Centurian 130 watts and a separate Peavey 15" speaker & cab. Tough as a tank and always worked. I never saw the brand "Holmes" again until I saw a used P.A. powered mixer at a local music store a few weeks ago. Needless to say, I wasn't about to buy it.

 

[MrVanimal]

Gorilla 30 watt. Had it for about 15 or so years I think. Just traded it in today actually for a new bass.

 

[Bassist Jay]

Gorilla 30 watt. Had it for about 15 or so years I think. Just traded it in today actually for a new bass.

Same thing. I had a little Gorilla amp that was given to me for free because it had a blown speaker. I think I was able to buy a new speaker for something like $30.00 or maybe even less and it worked fine until I got rid of it.

 

[wdinc01]

Fender Rumble 15. I use it pretty much every day. Its my practice amp.

 

[vinxbass]

Acoustic 360/361, paid $300 for it in 1975 and played it exclusively til 1981.

 

[Mike19]

1963 Ampeg B12 fliptop. Bought used in 1964 for $50 from a friend who got drafted.

 

[mtshark]

Mine was a Peavey MAX126. It still serves me daily as a guitar amp (basswise, its has been replaced by a GK MB115.)

 

[domdom759]

I had a peavey MarkIV ,bought new and made myself 2 cab 1x15 from my brother ampeg cab 2x15 no longer use in 1986.Still have the peavey.

 

[David1234]

Gorilla 15W.

 

[T. B. Player]

Got it around 1972. Still have it, still works, still sounds great - ESPECIALLY with a jazz guitar. Only use it for playing bass in "practice in the house" situations since the speaker is almost shot (after almost 40 years), and they're difficult if not impossible to recone.

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[Graham Monette]

Some Peavey 50watt 1x12 amp. Boring as hell tone.... sold it for what I paid for it. Good Riddance.

 

[darkstorm]

Vox bass head and a 15" cab. Got used in mid 70's.

 

[jmceachern36]

Some kind of Ampeg 80 watt solid state combo from the 1980's. Still use it everyday as a practice amp/seat. Sounds great.

 

[BioDriver]

The first bass amp I had was a little Fender Frontman 15B that I bought in 1998 and still have, although its age has finally caught up with it and I don't use it anymore on louder volumes. It's having some problems with cutting in and out while playing but is still a really solid practice amp.

The first "real" amp I had was a Carvin Pro Bass 200 that I used for gigs while in high school. I don't have that one anymore since it was part of the gear I lost in a fire a few years back.

 

[GregC]

Peavey TKO 80 12" combo. Sold it a couple years later when I was playing regularly (wasn't loud enough) and bought a Peavey TNT 130--I gigged that regularly for about 5 years.

 

[KrisH]

Lawrence modular amp. Heavy as all heck, tipped over when pushed, made of ABS plastic. "State of the art" solid state. I paid about $600 for it in 1973. Wasn't really worth it, though.

 

[Tim Skaggs]

Peavey TNT 100

 

[NecroticImbecil]

80's Peavey 15" combo, weighed 35 tons. Forget the model, but I sure remember how heavy it was. Had a parametric mid section that was actually pretty cool, had a good tone or two in it.

 

[billoetjen]

Ampeg BA110

Discontinued floor model from Daddy's in Vermont. I got it at a steal, and it easily would have been worth the full retail price. Volume to spare for practice/acoustic gigs. Something in the pathway crapped out and the volume started coming and going unpredictably. Left it with a tech in Brooklyn and may never see it again. Replaced by a used BA112 - CL steal.

 

[bigcatJC]

Got you all beat. Mine was a Sears combo, vintage 1984 (Vintage?!?). Wattage? Dunno, but it was very little. Speaker size? Dunno, definitely less than 10 inches. It was a piece of junk and I loved it, and I'm grateful my parents took a chance that Christmas.