60's, 70's, 80's Old fender bassman's, Sun's, Marshall, and lots I can't remember then found heaven in my SVT's
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How much experience do you have...?
- Thread starter Mark Olson
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Only one gig, on a borrowed Mesa 400+ through an ancient 1x18 (I think it was Mesa too, not sure, it was not an SWR Big Ben) plus my Eden D112XLT. It was AWESOME. So much presence and punch, with a great touch-sensitive feel based on how hard I dug in.
local music store. they were cheap and did a decent enough job for small gigs, but no, they weren't the greatest
More than a handful, less than hundreds. Guild Thunderbass, Fender Bassman, Fender PS 300, Marshall 100W Superbass, Marshall Major.
I used (and still have) a Traynor Bass Master II tube head exclusively for about 3 or 4 years in the late 80's to early 90's. I changed the tubes initially when purchased and again right before I stopped using it in 91 or so. I'd estimate about 225 to 250 shows. Rated at 90W and heavy as a mofo.
Tube amplifiers in general, or only bass instrument amplifiers, or any tube amp used for bass amplification, or?
I've built about a dozen tube amps of various types and sizes. Some home audio, some bass or guitar amplifiers.
I've designed and built 3 bass amps, a couple preamps, and a couple home audio amps (tubes - dozens more if you count solid state).
The amps I've worked on/designed have ranged all the way from a 5 watt single-ended all tube B-15 tone stack clone with line in for a practice amp, all the way up to 120W 4xKT88 home audio monoblocks.
When it comes to playing - I've played B-15s, B-18s, B-25s, SVTs, Peavey Classic 400s, Trace V8... and a whole bunch of junky 60's/70's tube heads from folks like Montgomery Wards.
thank you, smurfy! we had to have those cinderblocks because there wasn't room on the stage (flatbed) for the monitors and the flashpots.
It's a pretty short step from there to milk crates, man!
Trapezoid? FONKAY!
Roy Vogt
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funny you mention that, roy...from 1978:
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used to really like that amp...until i got this rig:
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actually, i just wanted an excuse to prove to folks that i did actually have hair at one time. yes, it was bad hair, but at least i had it
Ah, the days when Men were Men and you could judge how cool you were by how tall your amp stack was!
that hurt, dude. real bad.
Ah, Jimmy. It's only 'coz ah knows you da man, an' ah knows you kin take it, brotha.
Keep it real, hermano
Ah, the days when Men were Men and you could judge how cool you were by how tall your amp stack was!
And real rock drummers didn't need no sissy bottom heads.
Well, I clicked "hundreds," but I suspect that from 1971 to 1985, I might have only done a hundred or so. Silver face Bassman, Brown face Bassman, Sunn Model T in that time.
About 1985'ish, I was playing in mostly jazz and pit band situations, and went to a Roland Cube for a while, then on to various Eden, Hartke etc hybrids and Alembic rack rigs, with a GK MBE150 thrown in. Acoustic 360, etc etc...More lately a bunch of gigs on a Trace Hexavalve mixed in with GB Shuttles and a Nemesis NC410. I don't know, it's been a real mish mash.
Guess I would just say I've mostly gotten decent tone out each and every one of them for what it was for.
What was the point of this thread?
About 1985'ish, I was playing in mostly jazz and pit band situations, and went to a Roland Cube for a while, then on to various Eden, Hartke etc hybrids and Alembic rack rigs, with a GK MBE150 thrown in. Acoustic 360, etc etc...More lately a bunch of gigs on a Trace Hexavalve mixed in with GB Shuttles and a Nemesis NC410. I don't know, it's been a real mish mash.
Guess I would just say I've mostly gotten decent tone out each and every one of them for what it was for.
What was the point of this thread?
I like this statement...
I think opinion is fine enough, but I have to say that once in a while the clips I hear on TB let the cat out of the bag. You listen to what someone has to say, then they make some clips, and you're thinking "how the hell did I take advice from THIS guy?" I mean some of them are really horrible and you're thinking "there's no way this guy has ever been out of his bedroom with his bass"
I'm not a flashy player - I just fit in the mix. I've heard my own tracks soloed and it really sounds different - I wish I had the time or inclination to contribute here with clips but have a hard enough time practicing like I should. Mark's clips are totally legit, and I'm interested in what might come out of the poll.
Personally I'm between handful and dozens... First half my playing career was all-tube and now just back the past six months. I'm digging it, I had really been missing the touch sensitivity.
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I've done hundreds but it was from 1968 till 1980 so I really don't know how they sounded that much . Most were with a 73 SVT but before that a Fender Bandmaster , Bassman and then a Bassman 100 . I did one gig with a borrowed 50 watt Ampeg head and 215 cab that just sold me on Ampegs . The last tube amp I owned in 1980 was an orange 100 watt Marshall head .
In 1998 I did a gig with a Sunn Model T head and that was kind of grindy but I made it work and kind of dug it . About 7 years ago I did my first gig with the band I'm still in with a Musicman HD65 head and a Peavey 115 cab in a small bar . That worked way better than I thought it would and had pretty decent volume .
I kind of wish I could post pictures of me with my hair past my shoulders and still skinny with my SVT but I don't have a scanner . After seeing Jimmys pictures I guess I'm kind of glad .
In 1998 I did a gig with a Sunn Model T head and that was kind of grindy but I made it work and kind of dug it . About 7 years ago I did my first gig with the band I'm still in with a Musicman HD65 head and a Peavey 115 cab in a small bar . That worked way better than I thought it would and had pretty decent volume .
I kind of wish I could post pictures of me with my hair past my shoulders and still skinny with my SVT but I don't have a scanner . After seeing Jimmys pictures I guess I'm kind of glad .
you bastard! hey, it was a windy day! 3 seconds later and my hair was perfect again!Now we know where the idea for the Devo Power Dome came from.
damn, it does look like an energy dome. good thing it fell out, huh?
I have used A Musicman bass head (HD 110?) (preamp tube and power section, I know it is short a tube or two for 'all tube') forget which model from ,92 to '93. An SVT (1971) B15N and V4B from 1993 to 1999.
I believe all of my Musicman amps were modded in the powertube section (I forget which tubes were used, and I had like 4 Musicman amps, the other 3 were guitar amps all with preamp tubes) The V4B may have had a mod too, I know I added a robust fan to it. Probably over a thousand bass gigs on tube amps.
I've used SS since.
I believe all of my Musicman amps were modded in the powertube section (I forget which tubes were used, and I had like 4 Musicman amps, the other 3 were guitar amps all with preamp tubes) The V4B may have had a mod too, I know I added a robust fan to it. Probably over a thousand bass gigs on tube amps.
I've used SS since.
Started with a Jansen Bassman 525 end of '64, then Bassman75, brief flirtation with solid state in the early 90s, back to Mesa Boogie and Sunn 300T, both of which I still have.
A "Handful" of gigs with all-tube amps. I've used - Guild Thunderbass, Mesa Boogie 400, Ampeg SVT (house rig).
