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HELP!! need help on picking a new bass amp!

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gabezylo

Mar 16, 2010
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Hi everyone, so ive finally got the finances to buy a new bass amp, yay! :bassist:
I'm primarily looking for a good/large bass combo that will be able to play medium gigs, but also give a nice, warm tone.
Boutique amps would be nice, but if anyone has any suggestions for what i should get, that would be amazing.
Please help!
Thanks,
-Gabe
 
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Redheads are great when they are in perfect functioning order. I have seen a lot of brand new Redheads that had major problems out of the box. This one fella I used to share a space with went thru 3 before he got one where all the speakers were hooked up and it could achieve decent volume. If you find a solid used one, that can go loud, jump on it.
OTOH they are kind of old tech. You can pick up a GK or GB ultralight amp for pretty cheap these days.
I'd rather schlep a light head and kinda light cab than a heavy combo.
 
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Calaverasgrande said:
Redheads are great when they are in perfect functioning order. I have seen a lot of brand new Redheads that had major problems out of the box. This one fella I used to share a space with went thru 3 before he got one where all the speakers were hooked up and it could achieve decent volume. If you find a solid used one, that can go loud, jump on it.
OTOH they are kind of old tech. You can pick up a GK or GB ultralight amp for pretty cheap these days.
I'd rather schlep a light head and kinda light cab than a heavy combo.
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yeah i was just talking to a guy whose selling a Goliath Jr. II with 2 brand new Celestion BN10-200X Neodymium speakers, and a SWR SM400 bass amp together for 400 dollars.
He says everythings working fine and im gonna go over to play it.
How does that sound as a deal?
 
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gabezylo said:
yeah i was just talking to a guy whose selling a Goliath Jr. II with 2 brand new Celestion BN10-200X Neodymium speakers, and a SWR SM400 bass amp together for 400 dollars.
He says everythings working fine and im gonna go over to play it.
How does that sound as a deal?
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Those are about Celestions best 10" drivers for bass guitar. Depending on how it's wired it'll either be a 4 or 16 ohm cab, check that, you're gonna want to be able to add another one in the future.
 
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OOPS forgot the pic
 

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OP- Are you really set on the combo thing?There's some really cood power amp/preamp/cab combos out there that might get you even farther in the direction you want to go for the same price.

gabezylo said:
yeah i was just talking to a guy whose selling a Goliath Jr. II with 2 brand new Celestion BN10-200X Neodymium speakers, and a SWR SM400 bass amp together for 400 dollars.
He says everythings working fine and im gonna go over to play it.
How does that sound as a deal?
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The whole "recently replaced all the drivers in the cab" thing tends to turn me off... brand new is only cool if it's really brand new.


whanbury said:
Behringer BX4210A ULTRABASS Bass Guitar Amp Combo
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