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How many amps do you guys own?

How many amps (including combos) do you currently own

  • One and done

    Votes: 147 12.8%
  • 2 to 3 for options and backups

    Votes: 531 46.4%
  • 4 to 6 because I can

    Votes: 330 28.8%
  • I am the crazy cat lady of amps, I don't really know anymore.

    Votes: 97 8.5%
  • Ampless!!

    Votes: 14 1.2%
  • Other (explain below)

    Votes: 25 2.2%

  • Total voters
    1,144
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I only need 2 amps. They're identical, and one is a spare. I carry a spare amp because in 4 decades of playing, my only gear failures have been amps and cables. Amp failures have been due to mechanical problems such as connectors and switches, but still, a dead amp is a dead amp.

Amp #3 lives in my basement factory, for testing preamps, so it's really part of my gear business, not my bass playing business.

Amp #4 is obsolete, but not worth trying to sell.
 
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There are a dozen threads asking how many basses people here currently have. I am curious to know how many amps people currently have. I am going to allow the inclusion of combos since not everyone needs a dedicated head.
This excludes cabs. That would be another topic for another day.
Current ownership only, please. Not a laundry list of every amp you have ever owned.

Ampeg V-4B
Fender Rumble 800
Trace Elliot ELF
Blackstar U250 (combo)
Marshall CODE 50 (combo)
Ampeg Micro VR (still have it, but it is dead)
 
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I have over 100 bass amps. I didn't plan for this to happen. Many many years ago, I restored a Supro Thunderbolt bass amp.The whole process of taking it apart and cleaning the cabinet and grill cloth was so relaxing to me that when I got through, I started looking around for another amp to restore. Somewhere along the line I got more amps than I could ever restore. Then again, I also bought a lot of them because I wanted to change up my sound. Another3 univox.jpg amps 1.jpg bxl 1.jpg bxl 2.jpg cabinets.jpg stage 1.jpg univox 4.jpg univox 5.jpg univox pile 1.jpg thor 1.jpg problem I have is that it is hard for me to sell them. I bet of all the amps I have bought, I have sold less than 50. They hold memories for me and are hard to let go of. Just typing this out is depressing. Here are some photos that I have posted before. A lot of people might think I got these off Google or something but no... I took these around the house.
 
I have over 100 bass amps. I didn't plan for this to happen. Many many years ago, I restored a Supro Thunderbolt bass amp.The whole process of taking it apart and cleaning the cabinet and grill cloth was so relaxing to me that when I got through, I started looking around for another amp to restore. Somewhere along the line I got more amps than I could ever restore. Then again, I also bought a lot of them because I wanted to change up my sound. AnotherView attachment 3481330 View attachment 3481331 View attachment 3481332 View attachment 3481333 View attachment 3481334 View attachment 3481335 View attachment 3481337 View attachment 3481338 View attachment 3481340 View attachment 3481341 problem I have is that it is hard for me to sell them. I bet of all the amps I have bought, I have sold less than 50. They hold memories for me and are hard to let go of. Just typing this out is depressing. Here are some photos that I have posted before. A lot of people might think I got these off Google or something but no... I took these around the house.
You're alot like Me, with basses. Instead of buying gear (effects, etc...), and "modding" instruments to make "this bass sound like that bass"... I just got THAT bass. UGH!!!
 
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I have over 100 bass amps. I didn't plan for this to happen. Many many years ago, I restored a Supro Thunderbolt bass amp.The whole process of taking it apart and cleaning the cabinet and grill cloth was so relaxing to me that when I got through, I started looking around for another amp to restore. Somewhere along the line I got more amps than I could ever restore. Then again, I also bought a lot of them because I wanted to change up my sound. AnotherView attachment 3481330 View attachment 3481331 View attachment 3481332 View attachment 3481333 View attachment 3481334 View attachment 3481335 View attachment 3481337 View attachment 3481338 View attachment 3481340 View attachment 3481341 problem I have is that it is hard for me to sell them. I bet of all the amps I have bought, I have sold less than 50. They hold memories for me and are hard to let go of. Just typing this out is depressing. Here are some photos that I have posted before. A lot of people might think I got these off Google or something but no... I took these around the house.

Awesome!!
 
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