Has anyone tried this for Double Bass? 80W, 6" woofer, 20 lbs. Seems like a good compromise for small or subway gigs. Lou Roten seems to feel that they don't have enough power for double bass, and that they were designed for singer-songwriter types, but my GK is only 100W (without using an extension speaker).
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Double Bass Schertler "David"
- Thread starter bassame
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I have used it only for Fender basses. My 2009 David Classic (older version, probably the same as yours?) works really great with those electric basses and actually is my favorite bass amp for a small cafe/restaurant. If you like Fender Black/Silver face amps, then it will help you because it sounds very Fender-ish. 
Schertler Amps, like AER are well built and incredibly well thought out, but they are expensive. I played their last bass amp, the Lafaro and it sounded great, but it was pretty heavy.
Their apparently not easy to get serviced in the U.S. as I knew a guitarist who frequently had his in for service. I'm not sure what the situation was there, it's possible his particular
amp had unique issues that other amps like his did not. Personally, I'd really want to be able to "put that amp through it's paces before I decided to purchase one, which might be
difficult to do. Just my take of course. I have a Traynor SB 106 that I use for coffee houses and the like, it sounds incredible with my Mirecourt 5/8ths French instrument, weighs 15 lbs
and is about the size of a old school school lunch box. I just chuckle every time I pick the amp up to take it our.
Their apparently not easy to get serviced in the U.S. as I knew a guitarist who frequently had his in for service. I'm not sure what the situation was there, it's possible his particular
amp had unique issues that other amps like his did not. Personally, I'd really want to be able to "put that amp through it's paces before I decided to purchase one, which might be
difficult to do. Just my take of course. I have a Traynor SB 106 that I use for coffee houses and the like, it sounds incredible with my Mirecourt 5/8ths French instrument, weighs 15 lbs
and is about the size of a old school school lunch box. I just chuckle every time I pick the amp up to take it our.
