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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
- Lakland 55-01 sunburst, maple board (soon to be upgraded to U.S. preamp) & Fender MIJ Jazz Fretless
- SWR SM-500
- DBX 166XL comp/limiter/gate (in effects loop of SWR)
- Epifani T-212 cabinet

But I'm about to change things up & it should look something like this:

- ART SP 4X4 power conditioner
- same compressor/limiter/gate
- Demeter HBP-1 preamp
- Crown CE 1000 power amp
- same cabinet

Super Schweeeet!!
 
I've kept just about every rig I ever bought so I have alot of stuff still sitting around. The oldest rig I have is a Sunn 200s Head with a Sunn Sorato 2x15 cab. I also have a PV mark IV head. a PV 210TX I use for Practice. Hartke 4.5 XL and 1x15XL cabs. I've used the 4.5 exclusively for the past 6 years and I think it is a great cab. I just bought a SWR triad that I'm gonna start using this weekend. I got a bunch of EQ's and Pre-amps and power amps sitting around. I hook some of it up and play it for a while. Right now I'm using a Line6 Pod Pro/Alembic F-1X pre-amp and ART EQ and a QSC USA 850 with the SWR triad CAB. I'll probably swap out the QSC for the Carvin DPC 1000 because the Carvin is a 2 rack space.:D
 
Tech 21 PSA-1 into an ART Levellar, Boss VF-1 multi effects running through the effects loop of the Tech 21 and into a Soundtech PS802 driving a pair of SWR Triad cabs.

This handles almost everything I can throw at it. If I were to upgrade any part of my rig it'd be the following, in order:

new speakers for the Triads. The tweeter, 10" & 15" combination is nice,but better speakers would help a lot.
 
My punk band was sick of my 410 sounding so punchy so I sold the whole shebang...an SWR 400 watt head and a matching 410 for a Carvin FET 400 watt power amp, a Sonic Maximizer, my old Digitech RP200, which I used to use for guitar...but works AMAZING on bass with cleaner settings and effects...and then a big 215 cab. It's so LOOOOOOOOW. I never looked back. It's lighter, taller, and most importantly, it sounds better.