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The Acoustic Club
- Thread starter The Owl
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My first post here at Talkbass....
A 70's vintage Acoustic 136. 125 watts, a single 15" driver in a 'horn loaded' cab. I was playing bass through this for almost six months before reading on the web that this is actually a GUITAR amplifier.
No wonder it was sounding farty when the volume was turned above 4. But it served me well through months of band practice, and even did good at an outdoor gig we played, although to be fair I used a SansAmp to feed a signal to the PA.
I bought it for $100 on craigslist, with a full Roadrunner FLIGHT CASE if you can imagine. The volume was very very low when I first got it, but the problem was a burst electrolytic cap. Soldered in some new ones and it works great. I imagine this thing would make an awesome amp for keyboards or that drop tuned chugga-chugga music the kids like so much.
I also have one of the new B20s for my home practice amp.
A 70's vintage Acoustic 136. 125 watts, a single 15" driver in a 'horn loaded' cab. I was playing bass through this for almost six months before reading on the web that this is actually a GUITAR amplifier.
No wonder it was sounding farty when the volume was turned above 4. But it served me well through months of band practice, and even did good at an outdoor gig we played, although to be fair I used a SansAmp to feed a signal to the PA. I bought it for $100 on craigslist, with a full Roadrunner FLIGHT CASE if you can imagine. The volume was very very low when I first got it, but the problem was a burst electrolytic cap. Soldered in some new ones and it works great. I imagine this thing would make an awesome amp for keyboards or that drop tuned chugga-chugga music the kids like so much.
I also have one of the new B20s for my home practice amp.
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You have know clue how much I love this amp. All it needed was a recap job and a little love to sound good again. Played through that late 60s Traynor it sounds fantastic!
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You have know clue how much I love this amp. All it needed was a recap job and a little love to sound good again. Played through that late 60s Traynor it sounds fantastic!
Not entirely sure what you're asking here.
It's all 3/4" plywood, stained and with a poly coat.
Just picked up the b810 at gc, brandy new! They gave me $250 for my old rig, an eden 210 and a gk backline 115. Then, they gave me 10% off towards my new fridge so I got a $600 cab for half price.. not bad right??
So far so good man, im really digging the spring handles on the bottom, that made me laugh out loud I was so stoked. The cab is also a lot lighter than I was expecting, and doesn't lack bottom as much as I had heard from guys on here. Its great for me, running through my 800w yorkville I haven't even turned it up past 12 o'clock yet... dizzzam!!
All in all, a great budget cab without the hassle of dealing with the used market.
I will post pictures at my next practice, where's my number?!?!?! Lol
So far so good man, im really digging the spring handles on the bottom, that made me laugh out loud I was so stoked. The cab is also a lot lighter than I was expecting, and doesn't lack bottom as much as I had heard from guys on here. Its great for me, running through my 800w yorkville I haven't even turned it up past 12 o'clock yet... dizzzam!!
All in all, a great budget cab without the hassle of dealing with the used market.
I will post pictures at my next practice, where's my number?!?!?! Lol
Yeah! Ain't them handles great! I don't remember such nice handles on any other cabs.
As far as voice of the B-810 goes, I find it a little less peaky-pointed-upper end than the 810 Ampeg. Now I know that'll bring the Ampeg guys all out after blood, but the Ampeg to me sounds a little too sterile and modern.
The Acoustic, OTOH - is more along the lines of old fashioned tube-y and has a slightly warmer 'color' to it.
All the through the Acoustic line I feel they all are old school-timey and less modern sounding.
Three days ago I ran my B-810 in front and then back-turned was a B-410 under my B-450 for a pasture gig and that took it to the 2.6Ω* range where that amp is really happy. It honked.
That gave me a 14-10 setup
and the trick of facing back-to-back was a good idea by someone here on TB.
As far as voice of the B-810 goes, I find it a little less peaky-pointed-upper end than the 810 Ampeg. Now I know that'll bring the Ampeg guys all out after blood, but the Ampeg to me sounds a little too sterile and modern.
The Acoustic, OTOH - is more along the lines of old fashioned tube-y and has a slightly warmer 'color' to it.
All the through the Acoustic line I feel they all are old school-timey and less modern sounding.
Three days ago I ran my B-810 in front and then back-turned was a B-410 under my B-450 for a pasture gig and that took it to the 2.6Ω* range where that amp is really happy. It honked.
That gave me a 14-10 setup
and the trick of facing back-to-back was a good idea by someone here on TB.
Eh...is it a guitar amplifier? Not exactly. The Acoustic 150 line (which is the standalone head version of this amp) was designed to be dual purpose. The 150 was designed for guitar and had reverb and tremolo built into the circuit. The 140 (which is in your 136) was designed for bass, the difference being the lack of reverb and tremolo.A 70's vintage Acoustic 136. 125 watts, a single 15" driver in a 'horn loaded' cab. I was playing bass through this for almost six months before reading on the web that this is actually a GUITAR amplifier.
I bought it for $100 on craigslist, with a full Roadrunner FLIGHT CASE if you can imagine. The volume was very very low when I first got it, but the problem was a burst electrolytic cap. Soldered in some new ones and it works great. I imagine this thing would make an awesome amp for keyboards or that drop tuned chugga-chugga music the kids like so much.
I also have one of the new B20s for my home practice amp.
I used a 150 extensively with bass for quite some time. Of course, I ran it through a 410 most of that time, but even with a 115 I wouldn't have described it as sounding farty. I will say that it was very mid-low centered and by the time you turned it halfway up you were definitely getting a bit of dirt mixed in there, which of course is something a lot of players don't want.
The 150 was designed to be the guitar amp. The 150B was designed to be bass amp (sans reverb and tremolo). But I guess that was just a technicality because a lot of bass players used the 150 anyway so I can see why you thought that.
blew the horn in my B200 tonight at practice 
wasn't pushing it that hard either...guess it's a road trip back to G-C......
wasn't pushing it that hard either...guess it's a road trip back to G-C......
blew the horn in my B200 tonight at practice
wasn't pushing it that hard either...guess it's a road trip back to G-C......
I never ever use my horn. Too shrill for my ears. I just flip the switch and take it out all the way. I'd never miss it on any cab I think.
BTW: you using any distortion?
when it started buzzing, I pushed to button in back to turn it off and continued on. No distortion SurferJoe, a little delay is all I normally run with some chorus thrown in from time to time depending on tune.
Bought this new at the 4th July sale, should still be under warranty since i got the extra coverage at purchase.
Still waiting on my vintage 150 head to return from the tech too
...one of the transistors on the 2nd channel had gone which was making all the noise in it.
Yeah - the coverage is good on them.
I was just thinking of the rumors I hear about distortion killing horns, that's all.
I was just thinking of the rumors I hear about distortion killing horns, that's all.
I own a b100, and play in a 2500 sq ft building. It fills the room pretty nicely. Everyone in the building can hear over the drummer pounding away at her drums. The guitar player can drown me out if she turns her amp all the way up. She has a fender frontman 212, and p.a. support.
Could a b100 be run through to the pa? Our drummer she also has a hard time hearing me when she gets into playing. But still, everyone in the room other than her can hear everything.
I was also considering buying a b115neo or b115 and run it from the b100. Until I get enough money and buy a b200h or b600h, to drive the b115/neo and take home my b100 for personal use. (I hate my stupid 10watt berhingher practice amp, its horrible turned past 2 on the volume.)
Would the b100 work driving the b115neo?
Could a b100 be run through to the pa? Our drummer she also has a hard time hearing me when she gets into playing. But still, everyone in the room other than her can hear everything.
I was also considering buying a b115neo or b115 and run it from the b100. Until I get enough money and buy a b200h or b600h, to drive the b115/neo and take home my b100 for personal use. (I hate my stupid 10watt berhingher practice amp, its horrible turned past 2 on the volume.)
Would the b100 work driving the b115neo?
