Some amp head advice badly needed

[hasbeen]

Aguilar ToneHammer head anyone? The 500 has plenty of power and sounds AMAZING!

I agree......great option.

 

[Alyssa]

Ashdown abm 900

 

[Jim Carr]

Another one that is not on your list, is the Mesa Boogie M6 Carbine. One of the best. They come up used on Talkbass Classified.

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

Clean and punchy says the GK.

Might like Genz Shuttle over the Streamliner for that. They're out of business though their engineer ( "agedhorse" here) still does support for used products.

Tubes aren't just for overdrive.

I've been using a Genz Shuttle 6.2 and it sounds... okay but I might go back to my Ashdown ABM500 - - it just sounded better. Annoying - I really was hoping to shed some weight!

 

[danosix]

Your SWR shouldn't get dirty or distorted. Good cleaning, maybe a preamp tube, or at worst a cap job or tracking down a loose solder joint probably fix that.
I don't know - SWRs are MADE for being dirty - they are said to be voiced as a "modern" answer to a turned-up bassman - which is what they sound like to me and that isn't CLEAN - it ain't Marshall dirty or dirt-box dirty, but it's definitely distorted - in a good way (if that's what you like).

Clean and punchy says the GK.

Probably, but he likes a "flat sound" and to my ear GKs are very "scooped sounding - but he doesn't like his SWR so it might be the way to go.
The Markbass might be a way to go as they can go from sort-of "oldy-fashioned" to "modern and somewhere in between would be flat-ish.

 

[hasbeen]

I've been using a Genz Shuttle 6.2 and it sounds... okay but I might go back to my Ashdown ABM500 - - it just sounded better. Annoying - I really was hoping to shed some weight!

what kind of tone are you looking to get out of the GB? Perhaps I can help.

 

[SanDiegoHarry]

what kind of tone are you looking to get out of the GB? Perhaps I can help.

I'm running it into two Berg CN112s
I've only gigged with my GB twice - what *I* hear sounds a bit farty / flat... I have the EQ set dead flat with the gain at about 12'oclock. It gets *plenty* loud, and my bassist buddy at our last gig said that it sounded great, so maybe it's all in my head... I was hope for a touch of warmth/compression in the preamp like I was used to with my ashdown.

 

[hasbeen]

I'm running it into two Berg CN112s
I've only gigged with my GB twice - what *I* hear sounds a bit farty / flat... I have the EQ set dead flat with the gain at about 12'oclock. It gets *plenty* loud, and my bassist buddy at our last gig said that it sounded great, so maybe it's all in my head... I was hope for a touch of warmth/compression in the preamp like I was used to with my ashdown.

thanks Harry. Well....it shouldn't be farty at all. However, the Shuttle series are very "articulate" and dynamic, like most GB amps. So, the compressed feel and tone really isn't there. The Streamliner was more in the "warm, compressed" arena. The "farty" thing still has me a bit perplexed though.

 

[lordradish]

My Eden WT-400 For Sale.
400 watts @ 4 ohms. 240 watts @ 8 ohms.
Very clean, I take care of my ****.
See my add here on TB.. You're close enough to come and try it.
I use a Eden 2x10.

I'm looking for something with more power, but thanks.