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practice amp under $150

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RyanMitchell

Sep 17, 2005
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#1
i was looking on www.musiciansfriend.com mostly because of free shipping and low prices, my brother needs a practice bass amp because well he has no bass amp at all, nothing fancy needed because he just started playing a lil bit ago, but something under $150 or under $100 , i dunno if it matters but he has an esp b-50 , here is top choices right now

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=bass/search/detail/base_pid/480382/

this one until we found out the brand sucks

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=bass/search/detail/base_pid/487151/

and

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=bass/search/detail/base_pid/480136/

if anyone has ne suggestions please let me know asap, thnx
 
#8
he'd really like to get the most power for under $200 he can get, and the alesis is 60w and has tons of features, although we read it cam with no guide for the presets, so u kina have to figure them out yourself, and he does like the ibanez 35w one, wish a store around here carried some
 
#9
Love my Alesis, only cons are:

On active basses, you need to turn the volume down on the bass as to not clip the pre-amp section in the Alesis (they should have put a pad switch in but it's not that big of a deal).

Seems a little underpowered until your get the volume knob past 1 or 2 oclock, then gets fairly loud for 60 watts.

Does not have a DI (you will need to mic it)

Could use castors as it's a bit awkward to move

Pros
I love the built in tuner (even tunes down to a Low B flat) and the amp/cab models that are built in (they work prety well). Even has a built in adjustable compressor/limiter and has RCA input for CD player, etc. I can get great tone from this little amp. All the crazy effects are neat, but I really don't use them.

I got mine for $139 shipped from music123.com (open box special). I could not even tell that it the opened or used at all. It appears as new. KILLER deal for a practice amp.
 
#12
Just last night I was at a special practice for just the drums, guitar and bass from our horn/funk band. I didn't-much feel like hauling-in my rig, and I saw a little-old Sonic 1X10 cab laying in a corner. I said something like "sheesh - if you had something to drive that with, I wouldn't have to run back out to my car". He brought over an ancient, dusty, funny-old Traynor powered mixer, and it sounded great for practice with my Bass Xciter pedal before it! Then I got out my Tascam Bass Trainer, and plugged that in. Well, I was getting a kick out of it, and then the guitarist shows-up - I said "no-need to haul-in your amp...", and HE plugs his gee-tar in with a compressor pedal.

...Off-we-went, the EASY-way!!

Joe
 

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