Bass equipment was always a good 10-15 years behind guitar equipment until the 70's. There were great guitar amps in the late 40's and 50's, but bass amps always sucked until 1961 and the B-15. Then they were just way underpowered for the ever increasing venue sizes. Coming up in the mid-70's, I thought we bass players had it pretty good over the previous generation, but compared to now, we might as well had come up in the stone age. To run a 1000w rig required so many speaker boxes that they took up half the stage (and I knew a couple guys who did). Now you can run 1000w in a 410.I see your point and also agree that it's very interesting that they were able to get by with such rudimentary equipment.
You kids are spoiled! You have no idea how good you have it! You should be ashamed with your decadence!
