Micro VR/210av & BA-115 together

Hello all! Long time reader, first time poster. I have sort of a strange topic that I’m curious to hear some takes on.

For a long time I’ve been playing through a BA-115 combo amp. For the most part, it serves my purposes but never really nailed that ampeg tone that a lot of us love. Recently I found a Micro VR with one 210av for sale for $300. Seemed like too good of a deal to walk away from. If nothing else, I have a great head/pre-amp for recording purposes. So anyway, I took it to band practice and found that it gave a really cool tone but didn’t carry the warm lows that I’m used to. (This was to be expected). Though I was a little disappointed in just how much low end I lost.

Our guitar player had a pedal sitting around that allows you to send one input instrument cable into it and send two output cables out of it. So, I sent one cable to the micro and one to the combo. Once I got the volumes in a relatively good volume unity, the tone was incredible! Perfect SVT style mids/grinds with really warm/full low end.

I’m just curious what some other bass players think about this set up. Is it a bit ridiculous/cumbersome/redundant to always play two amps together? Or is it kinda cool? Also, any advice on specifically eq-ing each amp? I basically eq’d the micro with out the combo on until I got the ampeg tone I wanted. Then I boosted the lows on the combo, cut the mids and highs, and rolled the volume knob until it sounded tight. One last question: am I technically running 300watts since they’re both 150? Playing them together was noticeably louder than separate.

Matching the combo amp grill cloth to the 210av just might be the ticket

 

Would love to run an 810 at some point in my life! Currently I don’t have the need or the funds for it. But one can dream!

 

The pedal I’m using is essentially an A/B box. What’s the benefit of the sansamp?

 

Glad to hear it!!

 

I was curious if that would work or not. I’ll give it a shot, thanks!

 

I do think that would help quite a bit as far as keeping a clean tone at higher volumes. How much a difference does the second 210 can make?

 

I’ll give both a shot and see which sounds the best.

 

Cool! I’ll keep that in mind.

 

I’m digging that idea! I’ll definitely look into that. Thanks for the info!