List your 1st 3 amps.

[I-play-bass]

1. Traynor 1x15 combo, nice amp wish I still had it.
2. Ampeg SVT-3 pro and got a '73 flat back 8x10 with it
3. Ampeg SVT classic and a modern 8x10 both Vietnamese.

 

[primusfan1989]

1)Trace Elliot 1x10 practice combo (looking back at it, it was a pretty decent amp)
2)Univox SS 60 watt 1x15 Combo 196?, this thing was utter garbage for bass or at least at the volumes I was trying to achieve
3) 50 watt SG System (Standel/Gibson Norlin era amp) combo amp with 6x10. More of a guitar amp but it slung a ton of low end and was the first amp I had that could compete with a Marshall half stack. SS pre amp with Tube power section and built in Maestro Phase shifter

#4 was an Ampeg B2R head and 4x10 SVT series cab, and since then Ive been using much more adequate bass equipment haha but to be honest I miss that SG system

 

[Bolsyo]

1) Hartke B150. 15w with 6,5"... Why do they even make such crap.
2) Behringer BX600.
3) Fender Rumble 100 v3 (current amp).

 

[dave_p]

Gorilla B30
Peavey TNT 100
Peavey Mark IV 400 into a Cerwin Vega Horn Loaded PA cabinet

 

[mrcbass]

1. Fender Rumble 100 Combo- purchased new in 2015 with my first bass. Nice little amp at about 20 lbs.
2. Ampeg B210 Combo - Got a good price on a scratch and dent item (where's the scratch/dent?) Want to say it was December 2015. Paired with my second hand SRW 115 cab, it's giggable.
3. Fender Rumble 100 Combo (older version with the 115) - got it for a song when I bought my first fretless. Twice as heavy as it's newer cousin, but pretty decent little amp.
4. Just picked up a GK 500MB Head to use with my new drummer's cabs. Coming in at under 4lbs, nice for tossing in the my pieces-parts bag. (I know you only asked for 3, but since my one and three are the same thing, I thought I'd complete my lineup.)

 

[Az4stringer]

1. Peavey 250W amp from the early 80s. Don't recall the model.
2. GK 800RB
3. MarkBass Little Mark III Tube 800

 

[nilorius]

I can't, because i had only one TCelectronics combo bg250 112 and head Hartke tx600. On the other side, i wrote which are my 3 favourite amps.

1. Aguilar tonehammer 500
2. Hartke tx600
3. Markbass Marcus limited 500

 

[Charlzm]

There is a post on the "Bass Guitar" page asking us to list our 1st 3 basses, I thought list our 1st 3 amps might be fun. I started playing in 1969 so some of you may never have heard of these.

1) Challenger PA head with home made 2x15 cab. Got the Utah speakers at Lafayette Radio. My uncle and I had no idea how to build cabinets and it was huge and sounded terrible.
2) Silvertone 25 watt tube head with silvertone 6x10 cab loaded with Jensens.
3) Fender Bassman with 2x12 small cab. It sounded great as long as you didn't get too loud.

1. Fender Bassman 10. Was old when I got it in 1982. Utterly useless old 50 watt amp that fried on me during a rehearsal.
2. Laney Pro Bass head I got new in 1984-1985 paired with a Laney 410 cabinet. I think it was 150 watts. Also inadequate for rock bands without PA, but far better than the Fender.
3. Trace Elliot head (used) and Trace Elliot 1X18 cabinet (new) purchased in the early 90's. I don't remember the TE amp model number but it was at least 400 watts and had a blacklight and graphic EQ as well as some kind of compression built in. I ran both the Laney cab and Trace cab for a while. Never played any shows with this amp, sadly.

 

[40Hz]

First three?

Ampeg B-15N (still have)
Acoustic 360/361
Acoustic 370/301

 

[crucislancer]

1) Peavey MAX 800 - Massive power, massive weight. Got it plus a Bullfrog 4x10 and Carvin 1x18 cab for $700 total in 1989. I wasn't totally happy with the tone, but it did the job for a bit.
2) Hartke 3500 - Decent amp, but I was young, dumb, and still tone chasing. Paired up with the Bullfrog 4x10 and a Crate 4x10.
3) Ampeg SVT-3PRO - Paired this up with Ampeg 4x10 and 1x15 cabs. Thunderous. Sold the whole set up after about 4 years because I thought I wasn't going to need it anymore. I was going through a period where I didn't want to play in a band anymore and sold it all. That didn't last long.

 

[mikeswals]

My first three amps:
Peavey Century came with a PV 1516 cab.
Mesa Bass 400 came with a Mesa 1516.
Mesa D-180 came with a Mesa 215.

Over two and a half decades later, still have the Bass 400 and the 215.

 

[birminghambass]

1. Some 80s Peavey amp (50 watts) into a Kustom 4x10.
2. 70s Ampeg V4B into a Peavey 410.
3. Ampeg B248 combo with an Ampeg 15 underneath.

Currently (and since 2009): GK 700rb2 into various GK Neo cabs.

 

[DirtDog]

1. ancient Echolette M120 head into no-name 1x15 cab
2. Yorkville BM200 combo
3. SWR SM-400S into Goliath 410 - coincided with presence on TB!

 

[Gaolee]

First was a Scott stereo receiver into stereo speakers. It is a miracle nothing blew up.

Second was a Kustom Bass I combo. It was inadequate, but cheap and used.

Third was a barely used Acoustic 126 combo I still have and still use on a weekly basis in the practice space for the cover band. It has not moved in about five years.

 

[MF-Winzlow]

1. A HUGE Fender 200 Studio combo with 115
2. Some Peavy something or another (that's the technical term...)
3. Hartke 3500 head and 2 412 cabs

 

[SpanishDave]

Hughes & Ketner BK300, weighed slightly less than the sun.

Hartke LH500 with 2xHartke hydrive 112’s
Pretty great set up sound/tone and volume wise. LH500 was heavy too

Hartke 5210c, a 210 hydride cab/combo with a Hartke LH500 built in. Had wheels which made moving a little easier.

 

[2strings2frets]

An old battered Crate amp, don’t remember the model but I made sure a fire extinguisher was near by when I plugged it in. A Peavey Valve King . An Acoustic 260 mini stack 100 watts with a single 10” speaker. That Acoustic is still used every week,I know the guy I sold it to years ago.

 

[lokikallas]

1. Crate B50
2. GK RB800
3. SVT 3pro

 

[PrinceByTor]

My first amp was this little Squire 15 watt that came in a package with my first bass. I still have this amplifier.

My second amp is a Rogue BT-120. 15 inch speaker at 120 watts; from wot I understand it was supposedly made by Genz-Benz under the Rogue name. Still use it as my small gigging amp.

My third amp was an Ampeg SVT 450h with an Ampeg SVT 1540 he cabinet. Still use the cabinet, but sold the 450 to help finance my SVT-VR.

 

[sotua]

- Noname crappy 1x15" combo - EQ was so powerful that there was no sound when moving all hi/mid/bass controls to 0. Farted like crazy.

- Crate BX80. Built like a tank, and weighed as much.

- Ampeg B100R. Excellent amp, great sound, surprisingly portable.