Laney Digbeth 500 head
GK 115MBE cabinet
Would like to find a matching cabinet as these are easy for me to move.
GK 115MBE cabinet
Would like to find a matching cabinet as these are easy for me to move.
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- Feb 16, 2008
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- John K Custom Basses
i've really scaled back but here's what i have now..............
1. '68 Fender bassman w/212 cab (eminence 2512's)
2. '67 Fender Showman w/1-15 JBL K130 tone ring cab
3. Fender super twin head with Fender 2/15 cab (Faital 15PR400's)
4. Fender Rumble 100 V3
5. GK 1001 RB with Vox Beatle 215 w/trolley (x JBL k140's) or Vox Buckingham 212 cab w/trolly (Eminence 2512's)
6. Ampeg SVT7-Pro head with Ampeg 215 cab (Eminence 3015's)
6. Genz Benz Streamliner 900 head w/2 Hartke 210 cabs (2510's) or use any of the cabs above
7. Yamaha BBT 500H head
8. Silvertone Bass 150 head (for nostalgia's sake)
9. Heathkit TA-38 (also for nostalgia's sake)
10. Ampeg PF-500
11. Acoustic 370 head
12. Acoustic 150B head
13. Ampeg 210AV cab with Eminence 2510's
14. Vintage Vox T60 cab with Eminence 2512 & FaitalPro 15PR400 speakers
1. '68 Fender bassman w/212 cab (eminence 2512's)
2. '67 Fender Showman w/1-15 JBL K130 tone ring cab
3. Fender super twin head with Fender 2/15 cab (Faital 15PR400's)
4. Fender Rumble 100 V3
5. GK 1001 RB with Vox Beatle 215 w/trolley (x JBL k140's) or Vox Buckingham 212 cab w/trolly (Eminence 2512's)
6. Ampeg SVT7-Pro head with Ampeg 215 cab (Eminence 3015's)
6. Genz Benz Streamliner 900 head w/2 Hartke 210 cabs (2510's) or use any of the cabs above
7. Yamaha BBT 500H head
8. Silvertone Bass 150 head (for nostalgia's sake)
9. Heathkit TA-38 (also for nostalgia's sake)
10. Ampeg PF-500
11. Acoustic 370 head
12. Acoustic 150B head
13. Ampeg 210AV cab with Eminence 2510's
14. Vintage Vox T60 cab with Eminence 2512 & FaitalPro 15PR400 speakers
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Currently I own just the one, a PJB Cub Pro (BG120) with a C2 ext cab that boosts it up to 240w. (~Which, since it's only heard in my place by me and the occasional acoustic guitarist is easily about 5 times the oomph I really need...)
I like to experiment so I've had many many amps and combos, but usually just one at a time. However I did once have an Ampeg PF-20T (tube) and also Ampeg's PF350 (class D) in order to compare their sound. The tube purists will prolly hate me for saying this but I could discern little (if any?) difference between the two, so I sold the more expensive PF-20T and kept that great sounding little PF350. (~Until it ^&%$$#% failed!)
But the PJB BG120 has been very dependable, is indeed built like a tank, and makes good sounds with my BG's and my EUB, so I've been staying with it alone for several years now. (-A record amount of time for this experimenter!)
That's not to say that I'm not still curious to hear what every other small amp or combo in the world sounds like? ~No, I still gas over all of them! ~But now I'm also just as happy to not be going thru all that business of selling (and mailing) and buying new gear again!
~Maturity? Maybe... -Prolly more just tired of fussin' I guess..... ~
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I like to experiment so I've had many many amps and combos, but usually just one at a time. However I did once have an Ampeg PF-20T (tube) and also Ampeg's PF350 (class D) in order to compare their sound. The tube purists will prolly hate me for saying this but I could discern little (if any?) difference between the two, so I sold the more expensive PF-20T and kept that great sounding little PF350. (~Until it ^&%$$#% failed!)
But the PJB BG120 has been very dependable, is indeed built like a tank, and makes good sounds with my BG's and my EUB, so I've been staying with it alone for several years now. (-A record amount of time for this experimenter!)
That's not to say that I'm not still curious to hear what every other small amp or combo in the world sounds like? ~No, I still gas over all of them! ~But now I'm also just as happy to not be going thru all that business of selling (and mailing) and buying new gear again!
~Maturity? Maybe... -Prolly more just tired of fussin' I guess..... ~
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I guess I should include a pic of most of them. (Ashdown cab is in the master bedroom, proudly serving as a table and chair. There's a old Gibson GSS cabinet in storage I need to get. Gotta close out that storage expense!)
I have got to get a new family picture together, but I have 7 head/speaker "stacks" that I use to gig with and I have 4 combo's that I keep at home to noodle around with or tune my basses. So 11 total. I guess that either puts me in the Crazy Cat lady category or Other.. Not sure...
One no-name 12 watt dumpster amp a friend literally found in a dumpster.
A Samick 15 watt amp I found in an alley.
An Ampeg V4B I got in 1978.
Roland Cube 60 I got in 1987.
A Garnet 15-watt Guitar amp.
Traynor SB 500 Class D amp I got two years ago.
One early 1970s Ampeg B25B cab.
Home-made cab with 12-inch speaker.
A Samick 15 watt amp I found in an alley.
An Ampeg V4B I got in 1978.
Roland Cube 60 I got in 1987.
A Garnet 15-watt Guitar amp.
Traynor SB 500 Class D amp I got two years ago.
One early 1970s Ampeg B25B cab.
Home-made cab with 12-inch speaker.
Here is the last photo of the amp/speaker rigs. I no longer have the TC Electronics/Seismic stack. It has been replaced with a Genzler Magellan 350/PBJ Cab-27/PBJ Cab-47 stack. And the second is my main at home combo. A 1973 Acoustic 136 (was the very first amp I ever owned) and my 1982 Peavey T-20FL (the first new bass I ever owned)
Does your state's highway department hire you to do seismic safety testing?
I plead the 5th. Wait! Is this a yes or no question?
That one? Someone left it here.
I was just testing it.
The sign said SS only so I put the Tube ones over there. I was playing through them so they didn’t get lonely.
Oh! Amps! Not cabs!
This week?
Oh those aren’t new. They are very very old. Like Vintage.
These keep those away from the wall.
That one? Someone left it here.
I was just testing it.
The sign said SS only so I put the Tube ones over there. I was playing through them so they didn’t get lonely.
Oh! Amps! Not cabs!
This week?
Oh those aren’t new. They are very very old. Like Vintage.
These keep those away from the wall.
Here are most of them, at least the only ones I play with any regularity.
By the by, someone made off with the GK 800RB that used to sit on that Epifani stack, so if you have a decent one for sale, let me know. I'd love to replace it. The 400RB just does not cut it.
By the by, someone made off with the GK 800RB that used to sit on that Epifani stack, so if you have a decent one for sale, let me know. I'd love to replace it. The 400RB just does not cut it.
Ampeg PF-50T
Mesa Boogie D-350
Phil Jones Bass D4
Mesa Boogie D-350
Phil Jones Bass D4
Two heads: Markbass LM 250, Genz-Benz Shuttle 6.0
Two cabs: Revsound RS 210, GK Neo III 2x12
I bring both heads to most gigs, especially if there are no other bands that have a bass player. They both fit in a large briefcase. The cabinets can't really be run together because the Revsound is 4 ohm. The 2x12 is all the cab I'd really need, because it's extremely loud and efficient, but the 2x10 is easier to carry and it's red. It's yet to appear at a gig because my last couple of gigs were plugging a head into a backline cab.
Two cabs: Revsound RS 210, GK Neo III 2x12
I bring both heads to most gigs, especially if there are no other bands that have a bass player. They both fit in a large briefcase. The cabinets can't really be run together because the Revsound is 4 ohm. The 2x12 is all the cab I'd really need, because it's extremely loud and efficient, but the 2x10 is easier to carry and it's red. It's yet to appear at a gig because my last couple of gigs were plugging a head into a backline cab.
My Amps (in order by purchase).
AMPEG SVT 3 PRO
MARKBASS LITTLE MARK III
MESA SUBWAY D-800
ORANGE LITTLE BASS THING
2 Cabinets: GENZ BENZ 410 & MESA BOOGIE 610 Powerhouse
AMPEG SVT 3 PRO
MARKBASS LITTLE MARK III
MESA SUBWAY D-800
ORANGE LITTLE BASS THING
2 Cabinets: GENZ BENZ 410 & MESA BOOGIE 610 Powerhouse
Cabs - Ampeg 810... I had a 410HLF but sold it and got an SVTAV-212 which I like much better.
And finally added my holy grail amp... '62 B-15N
