There you go !!When she tires of playing bass and moves on to something else it will be all yours.
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Small Amp
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If it only will be a practice amp for bedroom level volume, ie: not annoying the rest of the house:
Fender Rumble 25 does a great job of sounding good, weighing next to nothing and costing $99 brand new on sale.
Any louder needs will be in Rumble 40 territory. These will be $199 before any sales.
Fender Rumble 25 does a great job of sounding good, weighing next to nothing and costing $99 brand new on sale.
Any louder needs will be in Rumble 40 territory. These will be $199 before any sales.
- Oct 22, 2015
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Yeah, been looking at Rumble 25's. The issue around here is that people sell used anything for about 10% lower than new costs, sometime higher. There are right now little guitar Frontman 10's for $75 used, not that I was considering one. Rumble 25 is $65-$100 used, might be able to get them down to $50 and call it a day. I just offered $100 for a Rumble 40.
I guarantee one thing. 60 watts of bass is not going to stay within the wall of the bedroom LOL!! I like the idea of a headphone rig that somebody else posted. I have a Digitec effects modeling pedal with a headphone out and media in my son pulled out of a trash can at music school. I use it when the wife is around. It can also be used as an audio interface for recording purposes. It also takes up very little room. 16”x10”x3” approximately. There are these type of pedals with even smaller footprints and most come with a box for storage purposes.
Yep yep
That's a point I was thinking but forgot to mention. On the scorecard for the iRig or others that act as computer interfaces, there is the capability for recording and with the power of even free software, that can open doors and foster and deepen interest.
I was forced to play through a Peavey 112 Max combo at a brew pub years ago and I just couldn't get close to the sound I wanted out of that amp using my passive Jazz into it. Then I bought a WTDI, which is a DI stompbox with built in Eden WT preamp. I plugged into that and then plugged my WTDI into the effects return of that Peavey amp, which made it sound like an Eden amp. Just was night and day better. That amp went home with an employee one day, so I used that WTDI to hook into the soundboard and come out our mains and monitors, but bought an Eden EX112 cab to use with one of my other amps and I was a happy camper.
That was really weird for me because I've played through other Peavey amps before, and I even used to sell them back in 1985. I always thought they were heavy but sounded good. This one wasn't particularly heavy but I could not get it to sound good until I used an Eden preamp to drive the power section. My grandson has a Rumble 25 that he got as part of a Squier P-bass kit and it sounded fine for bedroom practice and the bass was much better than I expected since it was the Affinity model.
Any small bass amp that you can find used (as long as the speaker isn’t blown - try it out before handing over $$$) will be just fine at this stage. And more fun (in my opinion) then learning through headphones or PC interface. Should be able to find something <$100 easily, just be patient.
Generally, going from an instrument or amp into a computer benefits from or requires some form of interface, whether USB or adapting the headphone/mic out/input.
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Actually yes. This was my keyboard amp from 1995-2020 or so. Did not sound good with bass guitar. Tone was unpleasant. Synth bass was fine but bass guitar was not. Boxy and weird, not to mention heavy. Since you can get a good amp for $100, don't mess around with something that's not meant for bass guitar.
We already have one of those. Came with a game we have. Think Rock Band but you use a real guitar. Has the 1/4 into the instrument and USB into whatever takes USB. I can cobble the cabling together, we also have some 1/8 to 1/4 adapters for other uses.
Oh, I love recording way more than live performances. Nothing like reviewing your work in context to foster personal growth.
I bought a Steinberg UR12 to run Cubasis on remote recording sessions before my son gave this pedal, but I could use the Digitech just as well. The reason I don’t is the newer plug-ins available on line are better than the models on this floor pedal. Besides, I don’t use those effects much anyway.
