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Return of Sunn?
- Thread starter FirewalZ
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The bathroom? There's even room for your tab collection.
The original Bassman heads had tube rectifiers.
I swapped mine out for a Groove Tubes solid state direct replacement and the tone did change for the better (for bass, maybe not for guitar). By the time of the first blackface Bassmans, they had switched to solid state rectifiers.
That works on bass amps because unlike guitar amps, the volume knob turns in both directions, down as well as up.
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Dammit, I did a search but couldn't find that club!
That's house money in Youngstown.WOW..
I could buy one of those,...or a car.
I could really use a car.
I dont get it. I quit gigging three years ago and thats fine...but in this day of bare empty stages with everyone wired for in ears who the heck is gonna buy this stuff....Weird what people think will make them a fortune.
They need to bring back the 1200S that Fender made. It was an amazing amp but had somne reliability issue that would need to be ironed out. I tried one back when they came out and was gonna pull the trigger but it was priced pretty high at the time.
Well, just so happens that's not the case everywhere.
As one who had a Model T head and matching 2x15" Sunn cab as my first big bass rig of the time, I guess I'm happy to see the brand is coming back. On the other hand, my current amp interests are for more modern and lighter fare.
I'm not into Doom but yeah clearly that's a typical Fender thing here "yeah resurrect the brand we've burried after our failed IPO but don't make it too fancy for our shy consumers.". What's the use of releasing a 2x15 then ?
To be clear, Fender is not involved with this company. They're licensing the brand name from Fender.
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A server in the bathroom leaves more room for more gear, and Tabs.
That is so 2010's though.
I hope this new venture succeeds. I used to love Sunn back in the 60s and 70s. The first big time band I ever saw live was The Kingmen featuring Norm Sundholm on bass. I played in bands with guys who used Sunn and they sounded great.
True story: the only time I ever got a bass-specific police noise complaint was on a gig with this amp:
I probably couldn't do $3200 for a brand new 200s.
OTOH, my vintage one is not for sale.
Seeing this back in production gives me hope for humanity.
I probably couldn't do $3200 for a brand new 200s.
OTOH, my vintage one is not for sale.
Seeing this back in production gives me hope for humanity.
This makes me remember my old Coliseum 300 head which weighed as much as a motorcycle. That head might not have been Sunn's best work even at the time, but I have no need to go back to the brand. I'm happy where I am.
Love the cosmetics.
Not impressed with their bass amp heads power ratings. (Had the 60 watt 200S back in the day. Found it woefully underpowered in a live band setting.)
Not impressed with their bass cabinets power handling ratings.
REALLY not impressed with their price tags.
Not impressed with their bass amp heads power ratings. (Had the 60 watt 200S back in the day. Found it woefully underpowered in a live band setting.)
Not impressed with their bass cabinets power handling ratings.
REALLY not impressed with their price tags.
I hope they do better than the revived Acoustic 360 did. Obviously the expected market for that monster didn't materialize, maybe because once people saw the price tag their interest waned.
As someone who owned a Sonaro head and an Alpha 112PR (single channel CMOS preamp, 50 watts, ported cab) combo I have a pretty good idea what the 200s and Beta Bass will sound like.
Honestly 100W solid state doesn't do it for me today since into an 8 ohm cabinet I'm only going to get 50 watts out of it. The whole reason I moved up to 400w heads over 30 years ago was to get more headroom than what I was getting with 50 and 100 watt amps. On paper, 6dB more which is pretty significant although not "twice as loud".
Fender did this once before when they acquired the Sunn and it didn't last long. If I were investing $800.00 in a bass head Sunn wouldn't even be on the list.
I watched the Kingsmen with Norm Sundholm play at the Rivoli Theater in Muncie, Indiana on a early Kingsmen Tour. Norm was using a Gibson EBO and a Sunn
200S all I remember is that it was loud (for the time) Just my take of course. Some of my band mates (marching band mates) were building bass amps from the same Dynaco MK IV Kit that Conrad used as his prototype. The kits were very inexpensive at the time
I watched the Kingsmen with Norm Sundholm play at the Rivoli Theater in Muncie, Indiana on a early Kingsmen Tour. Norm was using a Gibson EBO and a Sunn
200S all I remember is that it was loud (for the time) Just my take of course. Some of my band mates (marching band mates) were building bass amps from the same Dynaco MK IV Kit that Conrad used as his prototype. The kits were very inexpensive at the time
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That reminded me of Gibson's recreation of Pete Townshend's Les Pauls from back in the day.
At one point, he played one at a concert, proclaimed it to be more or less rubbish, and switched back to the modified Eric Clapton signature Strat he was playing.
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I have an old Sunn Beta bass 1x15 combo. Wonder if it’s worth anything
