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Looking for a practice amp that kan handle my low B or Low A

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BloodBass

Oct 6, 2009
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#1
I'm looking for a practice amp that can handle my low A.

I have a 8" inch 15W line 6 lowdown and its annoying me as hell! this amp is ok but not for my low A 5-string.

Roland makes a amp that i like. that is the 100 cube.
the preamp 'session' sounds a bit like the sound I like.
but i don't really know what for sound I want and need.
Roland 100 cube

I play Metal and I have the seymour duncan BLACKOUTS for bass. now I need a amp that can handle it. but the neighbours across the street can hear me so a 300W amp is no option :(
 
#3
Do you have a headphone out on the amp mate! cos the amp isn't big enough to use for rehearsal with live drums unless you use a headphone splitter cable and the drummer also wears headphones. But I think your neighbor will have a fit with the live drums.
Good headphones will do your low A no problem.
You may be able to find a reasonably equipped rehearsal studio local to you for a good blast.:bassist:
 
#5
Hi.

Much to my surprise, my SWR WM10 can handle (well, makes a distinguishable sound anyway ;)) F# in solo rehearse volumes.

I've also used the WM10 as a personal monitor in a bar gig with a 6er so B is relatively strong.

Edit:1.02MB WM combo manual in .pdf format: Invalid Link Removed

Regards
Sam
 
#7
BloodBass said:
Its for my bed room so no drums :p
and I don't like headphone's at all. I want a not super big amp with good sound quality
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Then for bedroom volume solo rehearsal you need to find a speaker that gives you good low frequency response with good efficiency.
You have an eight inch and a fifteen watt amp so you might see if you can find a small power amp of some description. So buy a spares repair one with one channel blown should be well cheap. Plug the line out socket if your line six into the trs socket of the working channel.
Then find a big old 18" speaker chassis and with the aid of a bit of mdf and a jig saw mount it in a floor to celling baffle board and use the corner of two walls as the cabinet. If the sheet of mdf isn't high enough to reach from floor to celling we will call the bit missing at the top and any leakage around the sides, reflex ports.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EMINENCE-18-SPEAKER-8-OHM-250W-RECONE-NR_W0QQitemZ360170069226QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item53dbcf1cea#ht_500wt_749
Then you can cause seismic mayhem in your very own neighborhood.
:bassist:
 
#8
lol I have never been a fan of Fender amps but surprisingly its a pretty good sounding one and gets much louder then I expected for a small amp. Yeah it have four mid controls, better tonal versitilaty IMO. Like others have stated just get some good headphones, I use some Audio techna (believe that is how its spelled...) studio monitering headphones ran through an Alesis 8usb board when I actually have time to practice bass by myself. Goodluck on your search!
 
#9
#10
T-Bird said:
Hi.

Much to my surprise, my SWR WM10 can handle (well, makes a distinguishable sound anyway ;)) F# in solo rehearse volumes.

I've also used the WM10 as a personal monitor in a bar gig with a 6er so B is relatively strong.

Edit:1.02MB WM combo manual in .pdf format: Invalid Link Removed

Regards
Sam
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I like SWR very much but i'm not quite sure if its my brand
so I have to play some amps I think
 
#11
Hi.

Bassmec said:
I don't know where the original poster is from but this caught my eye.
No fault light on one channel!.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/T-Amp-TA-1450-Power-Amplifier-Like-C-Mark-FAULTY_W0QQitemZ320464787539QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_AudioTVElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_Amplifiers?hash=item4a9d309853#ht_562wt_960
:hyper:
Never know it might be possible to fix the other channel as well.
:hyper::hyper::hyper::hyper:
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With half the price (£40-ish) it might be remotely feasible as the "new" version of that amp goes for £161. With 3 year warranty, no less.

OP, the truth is that almost any amp will produce some kind of sound with the low strings, the quality ones will just be better at that ;).

If You can, take Your bass to a music store and start comparing.

Regards
Sam
 
#15
I think you're on target with the Roland. I've had one for about four years, and it's great. It handles the low B, certainly well enough for practice volumes, and maybe more if you use the built-in compressor.

But if you plan to play gigs eventually, get the new G-K MB115 combo, which has a 15" speaker and 200 watts. It would be more gig-worthy than the Roland.
 

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