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Looking for a opinion on two amps

acoustic58

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Mar 18, 2015
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I am looking for a small combo 100 watt bass amp to use in my home and recording studio. The two amps I am considering are the Fender Rumble and the Acoustic. In the big picture, Fender clearly has a respected name with both guitars and amps and has for years. Acoustic is a company that went out of business a while back and was bought by Guitar Center. Just about every guitar center I have been to pushes the Acoustic brand name because it's owned by their own company so I really don't trust their opinions because they are slanted one way. What I do know is that the new Fender rumble has a 12 inch speaker and the Acoustic has a 15 inch speaker. In my opinion the Acoustic amp seems to have a more of a higher quality look to it but the rumble seems to offer more tone choices.

I am a life long guitar player that finally bought a bass to use for recording purposes so the bass world, as far as the best choices in amp, is new to me. I can alway make a decision on sound alone but I wanted to find out from experienced bass players if there is something that I need to know about as far as overall quality. Both amps cost $300.00

All comments and suggestions are welcomed. Thank you.. Bob
 
I am totally biased in favor of Fender Rumbles. They are going to give you better tone across the board and also more versatility as well as greater volume and higher overall sound quality.

Guitar Center makes a great deal more profit off the sale of an Acoustic amp than any other brand. I have played through several and they strike me as being similar to Peavey in that they have no personality and are just meh/blah. You might think they are 'OK for the money', but I would rather spend a little more for much better.