Looking for a Head with SansAmp sound

Ampeg SVT

Or, just plug the SansAmp into pretty much anything. You already know what you like...Why make it harder than it needs to be?

 

What about buying an RBI and a lightweight power amp for a rack setup?

 

Square peg round hole.

You can get cabs anywhere. If you want that sound, get the Tech 21. It's literally the same sound. Then get cabs to work around 4 ohms. As for distortion, just don't crank the gain.

 

For years I used a Crown class d amp, very light and powerful, with a variety of preamps. It’s a cheaper alternative to buying a new amp every few months (I have serious GAS). IMHO, the power amp should not effect the sound, that’s the job of the preamp.

 

Why Class D
There is a few but not many that do 2 ohms
SansAmp clean not much different than zillion other amps with 3 band tone control. Mid shift at 500 or 1000 more guitar mid.

 

yep, "any ol' power amp" is the right answer.

for me it's a QSC PLX 3002, not too heavy and one side of it ([email protected]Ω, fully 2Ω capable) is all the power i'd ever need. my BDDI into that pushing a couple of 15 cabs sounds like rock and roll.

 

Tech21 make VT bass amps of 500w. Quite likely others as well.

 

Mesa and Bergantino do 2 ohms.

 

Tech 21 VT Bass 500 - 500-watt Character Series Lightweight Bass Head

 

I know you don't want to run separates, but what about your Sansamp plugged into a Quilter BB800? It is stable to 2 ohms.

 

Came here just to say this.

The Quilter is such a transparent amp. I plug my Tech 21 DP-3x into it, and it's a MONSTER.
Same with my Sansamp Bass Driver DI, and the Tech 21 Bass Fly Rig.

You will not be disappointed by the Quilter BB800. It has an absurd amount of clean power.

 

Sansamp RBI into a power amp that suits your needs is the best answer. I tried quoting it but my phones being fickle. The RBI is just like the pedal but sounds better. I have both and use both regularly. I am not a fan of the RPM though. You can buy both and run them like a 2 channel amp. I got rid of the RPM because I couldn’t use it for anything.

 

Get a Tech 21 head and sell the Avatar
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Get a Tech 21 head, sell the fEARless and get another 8Ω cab

I'd think the distortion is just one of many tricks those heads have.

 

Yup, any Power Amp will do, if you're looking at class D though, you might want to consider getting one with a DSP.

 

I should read the whole thing more often.

You want the cake AND the pie don't you!

It's what you get for messing with the devil (4 ohm cabs that aren't enough by themselves).

You have to choose what is most important. All the options have been given already.

The Quilter is not rated for less than 4 ohms but you supposedly can so long as it doesn't shut down or some such doublespeak from manufacturer. Yeah, nah.

Of micro's that are real 2 ohm you have dual channel Shuttles and Mesa that I know of. The Shuttle should play your Samsamp as expected. Dunno about the Mesa.

Cab swap otherwise.

 

Can you post a pic of your settings on the Carvin? I have the BX-1200 and it's a monster but it took the right tweeking of the semi-parametric EQ.

 

The Quilter 800 is 2 ohm stable?

 

Only up to an undefined power level and no warranty afaik. See the big thread a month or three back.