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:POLL: What amp setup do you own?

What AMP setup do you use?

  • SWR

    Votes: 146 12.9%
  • Marshall

    Votes: 15 1.3%
  • Peavey

    Votes: 90 8.0%
  • Mesa Boogie

    Votes: 77 6.8%
  • Fender

    Votes: 43 3.8%
  • Ampeg

    Votes: 230 20.4%
  • I don't know

    Votes: 9 0.8%
  • Other (Please Explain)

    Votes: 519 46.0%

  • Total voters
    1,129
Ashdown ABM-400 rack head (Beeeauutiful)
Trace Elliott AH150 GP7 (1st amp - I'll never sell it)
Peavey 410TX (7 years old is completely f..... and is now a spider magnet in my shed)
Peavey 115BW (Sometimes its a sh8gmonster but its often a wet fart)

I could sell my Jazz USA Standard and get myself decent cabs, but....thank god for good PA.
 
Bass Pod into Carvin FET1000 power amp (just one side, the other I use for monitors) into Carvin 210 speaker (older one, not the redeye). I get a great sound, and if I need to go direct, then I can do that easily too. The Bass Pod is very versatile, I can use the amp model that best suits the style of music I'm playing. It has models of Fender Bassman, Gallien-Krueger (with Hartke 4x10 cab), Ampeg SVT and B-15 flip top, Eden, SWR, Mesa Boogie and more. Whatever sound I need I can get. I've been playing in bands for 25 years, and this is the best sound I've ever had.
 
Gigs:
Eden WT-300 (used as a pre-amp)
Carvin DCM1000 (power)
and a matched set of 8 ohm D-410XLTs
AKA
The Rig of Doom or The Death Rig

Band Practice
Same as above, but only one XLT

Room/solo practice
Crate B80XL (a pretty old 15" combo)
 
SWR Mo' Bass (yes, I admit I love it)
SWR Goliath III (4x10)
SWR Goliath III Jr. (2x10)

small gig- Mo' and Jr. (2x10 @ 250w)
medium gig- Mo' and Goliath III (4x10 @ 650w)
setting off car alarms- Mo', Goliath & Jr. (@ 900w)