Anyone ever heard of these? It looks to be a 2x15 Combo. Kinda cool but know nothing about them. Price is kinda high.
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Standel bass amp?
- Thread starter Rob Leonard
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I had one back in the day when I first started playing. At the time a decent amp. But for $500 today you can get something MUCH better.
I just kinda like it because it’s different, never seen a 2x15 Combo before. Are these solid state or tube?
Oh...there’s no way in hell I’d pay $500.00 for it.
When it was new I tried out a couple of those vertcally stacked. Was very loud but Sounded pretty sterile and were too awkward to load in/out.
Didn't buy it then. Wouldn't buy it now.
Didn't buy it then. Wouldn't buy it now.
i've forgotten all about those amps! fun to see pictures of one...it reminds me of my youth. (the painful part of my youth 
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it also reminds me of how much better modern choices are = no comparison: and the standel was never at the top of the heap, anyway.
.)it also reminds me of how much better modern choices are = no comparison: and the standel was never at the top of the heap, anyway.
Standel used to make tube and solid state amps. The one for sale is solid state.
For less money you can get a Fender Rumble 200 combo with a warranty.
Light weight and loud enough to gig with.
I had one! It was solid state, 100W, and pretty darn loud. Sounded great with my Ric 4005. With my cheap bass, not so great. Tough as nails: lost control of it once from the top of a flight of stairs. It summer salted down like a gymnast, then slammed into a wall. It still worked fine, and didn't have a mark on it. The plaster wall didn't fair nearly as well, LOL. I guess he priced it as "antique or vintage". Given the crappy condition....no way. Even mint, he's a bit high.
One thing about Standel amps is their peculiar approach to modular circuitry. They had small plastic boxes that were epoxies and had wires coming out if them. The idea was that if you had to service the amp, you could get green module or the red one and put it in place. The problem was after they went out of business it was essentially impossible for a local tech to figure out what exactly was in the defective module to make repairs.
BTW, Willie Nelson's amp (that's as much his sound as is Trigger, his beat up Martin nylon strung guitar) is a Standel.
The last paragraph is incorrect, Nelson's amp is a Baldwin
BTW, Willie Nelson's amp (that's as much his sound as is Trigger, his beat up Martin nylon strung guitar) is a Standel.
The last paragraph is incorrect, Nelson's amp is a Baldwin
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Way back when, I used and loved Standel. The super Imperial XV was a fav, built to compete with the Dual Showman and it did well. Sadly encapsulating components into changeable modules was not good. Remember the ones on those crazy stands the cabinets tilted every which way, looked cool and all that but did not make for good bass amp.
Mr. Crooks had some way cool ideas though.
About the time Standel and Gibson did the joint venture to form SG amps, I was on my way to other manufacturers.
No way I would cough up $500 for that machine, even if I had space and a use for it.
Mr. Crooks had some way cool ideas though.
About the time Standel and Gibson did the joint venture to form SG amps, I was on my way to other manufacturers.
No way I would cough up $500 for that machine, even if I had space and a use for it.
Standel did the powered enclosure thing for a while. I knew a band that was louder than can be, and they were popular and racking in the coin. They just kept on buying those powered bottoms for PA. At one point they had so many they placed them under the stage facing every way but down.
I had a Standel something like this in the late 60s/early 70s, think it was called a Super Artist or something like that. Had two JBL 15’s and sounded great.
However, I would never pay 500 for that amp today.
However, I would never pay 500 for that amp today.
Circa 1966
They were good solid state amps when we used them. Here'a an interesting read: Standel - Wikipedia
They were good solid state amps when we used them. Here'a an interesting read: Standel - Wikipedia
