How many amps (heads) do you have?

[Jaycephas]

I have too many! And I like them all for different reasons.

Top of the list is:

Mesa TT-800
Fender TBP-1/Peavey IPR2000

 

[lowdownbp5]

Genz Benz Shuttle 6.0
Genz Benz Streamliner 600
Acoustic 100 tilt back combo

 

[logdrum]

Integrated Heads
AI Focus 2R Series III (1000 watt)
AI Clarus Series 4+ (650 watt)
Mesa Boogie 400 All Tube

PowerAmp only:

Peavey 50/50 All Tube - Mono Mode is 100 watts
Fryette All Tube reactive Power Amplifier Power Station 2 50 watt
Jay Ganz Straight Ahead Amplifier (bass specific)

Instrument Preamps that can drive above

Demeter All Tube preamp Early VTBP-201S
Frenzel Rocker All tube preamp
Sushi Box Particle Accelerator
Source Audio ZIO
Avalon u5
There may be others

 

[LiptonJigglers]

2
Labsystems VP600HP
Labsystems 600SS
Both 4ohm 600 watts.
I did have the 800b biamp and the VP600S versions but they biamp was just way to heavy and unnecessary and the VP600S was a brighter sounding version of the HP.
Both sat there for years taking up space and not being used.
I've tried many class D products and have never managed to gel with them like the Labsystems amps.

 

[Don Hergert]

The human body produces around 100 watts at rest, up to around 400 watts during heavy work or exercise. The cells in an average human body could potentially produce around 6000 amps, but given each cell's natural resistance, probably would only clear a total of about 600 picoamps.

Oh, did you mean amplifiers???

 

[BigStringBender]

Peavey T-Max, Peavey KiloBass, Genz Benz Streamliner 900, Fender Bassman 150. The T-Max will handle 2Ω, but thuds pretty well at 4 so I've never pushed it, is a switchable /combinable two channel SS/tube, but is quite heavy compared to modern heads. The Genz Benz does everything I need, and weighs less than a gallon of milk. The KiloBass is a bi-amp head and mostly just my home window rattler. The Fender is a handy little SS I use for dragging to practice and impromptu jams.

 

[dusterdan70]

My 80’s Randall RBA-500 goes down to 2ohms, and has never had headroom issues it’s reeediculously loud IMO

 

[SemiDriven]

3 heads (gigs):

D-800+
WD-800
D-350 (generally as a backup)

Do I want more heads?

Perhaps.

Don't get me started on preamps!

Edit: Oops forgot about my Shuttle 9.2 amp at rehearsal space!

 

[Relsom]

Mesa D800
Kustom KXB500
Ashdown CTM30
Ashdown ABM500 EVOIII
Shuttle 3.0
Shuttle 6.2 x3
Shuttle 9.2 x2

 

[NG51]

AI Coda S4 Plus
Eich T500

 

[Lowbrow]

I have a GK 400RB, a Mesa Walkabout and two Yamaha BBT 500H. The Yamahas do 2 ohms and I bought one just last week for $179.

 

[spiritbass]

Two. I play a Reeves Custom 225 in the sanctuary and a WD-800 in my living room.

 

[ChrisAlan]

I still have my biamp Randall RB-2000 from way back in 1990 but only gig with modeling preamps+power amps+cabs for many years now.

 

[B String]

Older GK 800 that has had extensive upgrades by one of the local "experts". It kills Markbass F500 - My little workhorse
Magellan 800 - mainly used as a power amp for my Nordstrand Starlifter. Killer combo. (Starlifter works for live and studio)
Acoustic Image Focus R2 - Mainly for doubling.
Eden Wt400 - tone monster!
If anyone knows who stole my high power, two channel Walter Woods, please let me know. (loved that amp)

 

[Al Kraft]

If I may ask : from your Mesa heads, which one is your favorite and why ?

My oldest and longest running favorites are the original Walkabouts. Then Andy developed the WD and it replaced them as my favorite...it's essentially a WA with all the quirks gone and ton of nice new features.

And then Andy came up with this crazy dual channel TT-800 idea that I was 100% sure wasn't going to be for me. Bad guess there, that Boogie channel had me hooked from the first note. The notes have a depth and texture that seem very 3 dimensional. I like the feel of the notes as I'm playing and how harmonically rich they sound. I also appreciate the power in a very simple set of controls to shape my tone and the option to set up two channels to use on sets with varied types of songs (the SW channel offers variety to the the Boogie channel sound). So today the TT is my most often used head for gigs...I guess a favorite among the Mesa heads for me.

For living room jams and rehearsals, I really enjoy the D-350. It is just a fun little head that can do anything from acoustic coffee house stuff to full on restaurant/bar or outdoor gigs with the right cab(s).

 

[Clark Westfield]

Two, I don’t need anything more with these guys:

 

[Rfan]

1 Ampegb2r. Made in USA
seems to be a universally loathed amp. I never thought it was bad other than a noisy fan. It has not been turned on since 2011.

 

[craigb]

I'm up to 5 these days:

Carvin BX250 - gets the most use these days (smallest/lightest BX tone)
Carvin BX500 - gotta unplug/replug all the ribbon cables every couple of years
Carvin BX700 - bought from Carvin shutdown sale when BX500 was giving me fits, almost unused as I don't play loud these days

Kustom KXB500 - my home headphone amp (aux in, headphone out), gotta clean the effects loop every couple of years

TC Electronics BAM200 - plenty loud for my needs, tiny, sounds fine to me

You can tell the Carvin BX tone is my favorite and I tried a lot of the usual suspects when my BX500 was giving me fits, before I figured out that I just had to unplug/replug the ribbon cables when it started doing that, and went for the BX700 from the clearance sale because nothing else made me happy tone-wise. I did have a BX1500 for while (paired it with a couple of Carvin LS1503s -- absolutely loved how that rig sounded, hated schlepping it around) but my days of excess are over, at least in some ways.

The KXB500 could pretty much sub in for the whole Carvin lineup and I occasionally think about getting a second one and letting the Carvins go, but why bother? I could actually live happily with the BAM200 for what I do these days.

And I still want a Traynor SB200H . . .

I really only use the BX250 & BAM200 for anything away from home and the KXB500 as my headphone amp. The BX500 and BX700 are just collecting dust, but are ready if I ever do a louder gig again.

 

[smogg]

Mesa D800+
Carvin BX500

Both will do 2 Ohms

 

[lbbc]

Genz Benz 6.0 12T
Genz Benz 6.0 210T
Vox 50 watt combo
TC Electronics BG250