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How many amps (heads) do you have?

Carvin B800 Head
Carvin PB-15 Combo
Carvin R600 Head
Carvin BX250 Mini Head

Preamp stuff to use with a Carvin DCM1000L Power Amp
Carvin RSP Preamp (notice a trend?)
Sansamp Bass Driver Programmable Preamp
Sansamp GED-2112 Preamp

The Carvin R600 and RSP are probably gonna go. Too modern and the Graphic EQ and compressor are things I just never use.
 
Cheap no name 20 w.
Yamaha YBA100
Fender Bassman Ten
Kustom 200
Ampeg B18
Ampeg V4B
Hiwatt DR103
Fender Showman
Ampeg V4B
Traynor YBA-3
Eden WT500
Gk 400RB
Gk 800RB
Fender Bassman 135 *
Traynor DNHB
Mesa MP600 *
Mesa BigBlock
Traynor 400H *
Mesa Walkabout *
Mesa Prodigy 4:88*
SWR 180*

* indicate the ones I still have. Some are regretted, some not.
 
Cheap no name 20 w.
Yamaha YBA100
Fender Bassman Ten
Kustom 200
Ampeg B18
Ampeg V4B
Hiwatt DR103
Fender Showman
Ampeg V4B
Traynor YBA-3
Eden WT500
Gk 400RB
Gk 800RB
Fender Bassman 135 *
Traynor DNHB
Mesa MP600 *
Mesa BigBlock
Traynor 400H *
Mesa Walkabout *
Mesa Prodigy 4:88*
SWR 180*
* indicate the ones I still have. Some are regretted, some not.

PHEWW..!!! Man that’s A LOT of bass heads… :oops:

*But, At least practically all of them are absolutely fantastic!! The Eden, GK, And SWR are the best bass amps ever designed IMHO..

My beat to hell, toured, dropped off van into into 4 lane highway traffic.. That’s literally rusting, Eden WT-800 Head & 410 XST Cab (that weighs about 1,000 pounds).. Remains my #1 amplifier and with fresh Electrolytics & 12ax7’s every decade continues on and works flawlessl!!!

I LOVE my cute SWR headlite & ReadHead 210 combo amp.. The Redhead and especially the Headlite doesn’t have the power of the fancy new amps. But sonically, every bit as good as the big $$ micro-mid size boutique heads like; GRBass, Bergantino, PJB, EiCH, MarkBass, usual 1k6+ dollar suspects.
I let go of my GK MB200 iPhone sized practice/rehearsal amp w/matching Neodymium's 2x10” cab and regret it. Wanting to maybe put the dough towards a build request down payment on an Fbass Bn-4…

REALIZATION-ALL the amps I just gushed about GK, Eden & SWR, all at least 20 yrs out of production and out of business!!! 😣
 
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Recently picked up the Elf , had wanted one for a while simply because so many raved about them , and then found a deal I couldn’t pass on a Darkglass Microtubes 200. And what a beauty that little thing is. So here’s the new group shot. My main gig amp is the Forte , I usually run a Monique tube pre with it. Beautiful combination. Main practice head is the Darkglass e500. I’ll probably be using the new M200 for rehearsals. The StreamLiner was reconditioned by agedhorse , it’s like a brand new amp.

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