Looking for a good bass head for my Hartke 410XL.

What kind of bass are you using? For punk music try the Gallien Kruger amps they seem to be pretty good for the price.

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If you can double your spending money, you can find an Ampeg SVT pro 4 for about 600. You should jump on it. I just bought a used one and I absolutely LOVE it! I run it through two cabinets and I split the frequencies between a 4x10 and a 1x15 and the tone I get out of it is INCREDIBLE. Your watts are covered too and it is such a versatile head.

Buy used! You get more for your money. Just make sure you test it out if you do buy used. Also watch craigslist that's where I got my head from.

Happy hunting!

 

I used to rock a Hartke 3500 ("Transient Attack" era) through my 410XL and loved it.

The head and the cab were designed to work together so it only makes sense. Especially since it's not too hard to pick up a used 3500 for a very reasonable price.

And yes, those old 3500s get VERY loud.

 

The Hartke 410xl with a GK 800RB was the original high endy rig. One of the backline standards right next to the SVT. And STILL a damn good sounding set up. There's one on the backline list for a festival I'm playing on the 27th and I'm actaull kinda looking forward to that rig. It's been a long time.

Having said all that, it wouldn't be my first choice for leaning into the bottom end of a 5'er with but, that's much more a box issue than a head issue.

FWIW, the DI out on a 800RB is just outstanding.

IMHO

 

Yep. GK 800RB with a Hartke 410XL was the backline for many a gig I played throughout the 1980's and early 90's. Even a 400RB would work and be plenty loud for most all gigs. You can pick up really clean old GK heads in the $200-$300 range all day.

 

Hartke LH1000. Simple, loud, and sounds great.

 

Played my SWR SM400 through my Hartke 410xl yesterday before I sold the cab. It has more than enough volume... the SM400 runs 250w at 8ohms with that cab.

 

GK! I have used the 700RB, the 800RB and the 400RB into the 410XL and all are winners.

 

I bought the same cab last week and the hartke lh500 to go along with it. Puts my old Traynor to shame. Amazing tone.

 

A used original Hartke 3500 MOSFET head.

 

+1

Mine still kicks butt after almost 20 yrs.

 

Yep. I've kept mine since I played with it (heavily) in the early to mid nineties across much of the North east...and it still kicks.

I haven't used it as my main amp for a long time then I plugged it in the other day only to find out that man, the thing is loud and sweet and kicks like an angry bull. Great head that you can get for under 300$.

 

"sunn 1200s"?

the two-rack-space newer one with all the knobs and sliders or the old '60s tube guitar amp?

the new one has a ton of power but a confusingly complicated (and i think congested-sounding) front end.

the old one is a 120-watt guitar amp; cool for recording bass, would be distorted and motorhead-sounding for punk band volume.

 

Hartke 3500 all the way, it matches the cabinet.... although if you have a little more money, I really like my Orange tiny terror ( small, light , and 500 watts of tube )