The Combo Club

[SoulReflection]

95% of the used 200s on Reverb are 400+

Thanks to Fender's price increases...

 

[Pontiac Thrasher]

95% of the used 200s on Reverb are 400+

There are at least two at less than three hundred a piece on Guitar Center's website : )

 

[RobertAuCoin]

Used Hartke amp (no affiliation): Used Hartke HD500 2x10" 500-watt Bass - Sweetwater's Gear Exchange

 

[RodRy]

Good hint to look at Sweetwater's Gear Exchange.

 

[MadJack]

My practice amps. I use either, according to the sound I'm after and/or mood I'm in.

On the left is my Fender Rumble 40 with Dayton Audio PA255-8 speaker, acoustically lined cab and new port tubes matched to the speaker specs. It gives me from clean classic sounds to full blues/rock sounds.

On the right is my first and most used bass amp, my Ashdown Studio 8 with Eminence Alpha-8a speaker, lined cab and opened port tube (stock was a blind tube). This little amp now sounds very similar to my bigger Ashdowns. Sounds incredible for an 8" combo. It gives me a classic mid range rock tones to modern rock tones.

Both are really good practice amps, but I knew I could get more from them and I did. I don't recommend modifying these amps, unless you know what you're doing and do you research to find the right speakers, acoustic lining and port tube mods to match the sound you're after.

The VOX speaker underneath the Ashdown is from my Lil' Night Train Set guitar amp. I built my own speaker cab for that amp, which sounds much better.

 

[vickerekes]

I posted my former 'big rig' here: it has been donated to a church where it can sit permanent and not be schlepped around (at 140lb - I'm in my 70's and done).
So my new 'big rig' adds a Wayne Jones 2X10 Powered Cab from a fellow TBer to the little SWR Spellbinder Blue combo, which won't power a 2nd cab.
At half the weight, half the size (a one-handed schlep with the tiltback casters), and twice the power (1160W total!) of my former 'big rig' for decades; I am very happy with it.
Blending a SansampBDDIv2 with the tube preamp of the Spellbinder Blue (w/aural enhancer, parametric EQ, and compressor) sounds great!

 

[LoveFingers]

Hi combo club

 

[G-Dog]

Hi combo club
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Hi, LoveFingers. That sure is a great combo you have there! Would you like to join The Combo Club?
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[alotabass]

I done gone and did it now...... aren't they beautiful?

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These win on aesthetics alone!

 

[LoveFingers]

Hi, LoveFingers. That sure is a great combo you have there! Would you like to join The Combo Club?
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Hahaha. Yes sir. It would be my pleasure.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

Hahaha. Yes sir. It would be my pleasure.

I should be able to get you added tomorrow.

 

[Miles_ONeal]

I recently found out that @alaskaleftybass (Will Hanbury CC #49) died - back in summer of 2021.

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/r-i-p-alaskaleftybass.1525996/

 

[SharpCat]

Slinking in for membership with my Rumble 40.

 

[G-Dog]

Slinking in for membership with my Rumble 40.

I believe you'll need to post a pic of your combo for membership, Sharpie.
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[StatesideRambler]

I recently found out that @alaskaleftybass (Will Hanbury CC #49) died - back in summer of 2021.

https://www.talkbass.com/threads/r-i-p-alaskaleftybass.1525996/

Will and I bumped heads on occasion but there’s no question about him being a positive force around TB. I miss seeing his posts, especially the ones helping TB novices.

 

[SoulReflection]

Will and I bumped heads on occasion but there’s no question about him being a positive force around TB. I miss seeing his posts, especially the ones helping TB novices.

He was a great contributor to the GOF's Club before it was terminated.

 

[GwenOnBass]

I stiil think about Will now and again. Good soul.

 

[Flamingo21]

He was a great contributor to the GOF's Club

What's that?

 

[GwenOnBass]

What's that?

Grumpy Old Farts was a thread for musical people to grump about non-musical things. Will grumped well.

 

[SoulReflection]

What's that?

He was a great contributor to the GOF's Club before it was terminated.

GOF = Grumpy Old Farts.