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The Combo Club
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Hmmm, ... Looks like, you guessed it, an olde Lang sign! I forgot that I once had an auld acquaintance there.
(Or should I say, she once had me?)
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It’s a looooong story, Cat. Some things are better left alone. Trust me on this one!Man, you just shut down a sub-thread we coulda used to get a bunch of posts.
Never knew you owned something other than 7ender, ‘Dog. I’m glad you shared. The pic looks heavy!
Yeah, I had visions of a former Fearless Leader curled up in a ball behind his combos, whimpering. He’s been through enough.
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In my guitar playing days, I only had one SS amp that sounded nearly as good (to a point) as tube amps - a Lab L5. It was only about 20 pounds lighter than a super Twin (or the Univox answer to the Super Twin, which the L5 replaced).
Lots of other directions to go.Man, you just shut down a sub-thread we coulda used to get a bunch of posts.
I long lost, rich relative appears like a fairy godmother, waving what looks like the Wand of Destiny and offering you any amp rig you like - what is it and why?
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I do not recall what kind of combo amp my first amp was. What it was, was affordable period. It got disappeared one night, possibly to do with unconscious desire at silent work.
This is what my Peavey was. a TNT 100
This is what my Peavey was. a TNT 100
Oh, yes, indeedy, iago! I was just a po' boy from a po' family! My beginning electric guitar rig in 1964 was a cheap-o Japanese Kauai electric guitar and a li'l 5 watt Alamo tube amp. Santa figured that about 5 years on the Sears Silvertone acoustic guitar was proof of interest! My early days' guitar gear, and addition of bass, is shown here.
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So far, it's pretty great.
The Markbass is less than half the weight of my first combo amp from years ago. I haven't needed to move it any farther than from the car to the practice room, so far, but I feel less need to dread taking it "on the road" than any amp I owned before.
Sound is great. I usually play it almost "flat." Turning the "Low" knob to somewhere between 9:00-10:30-ish prevents muddy boominess.
40W is plenty. I can get more volume than required, with the Master and Gain not past 50%. P-bass volume knob at perhaps 75% max is about right. I have tried but don't routinely use the "Boost" or "Scoop" buttons.
I don't the miss having a tweeter. I'm not sure it was doing much for me on the SWR. Maybe it matters more if you're doing slapping & popping, which I haven't got into yet.
Still loving the top-mounted Aux In and Headphones Out jacks.
The one gripe I have with the CMB 101 so far is, the way the Aux In channel is handled. No gain or volume control. You get whatever the source puts out, at whatever volume it's at, plus inherent noise.
But, that's seemingly all 40W-class combo amps, including the Fender Rumble 40 I test-drove.
This means volume of a play-along track, for instance, is controlled by the source, which is not a bad thing in itself.
The problem is that you get ALL the noise present on that aux audio source, even when it's "muted," and it's amplified as much as everything else.
My workaround so far is, using a Bluetooth receiver plugged into the Aux In jack. That BT receiver bridges to the BT on my desktop PC, which is where I play the Hal Leonard etc. play-along tracks, and online metronome from Studybass.com (used during truly quiet-to-others, headphones practice). This "air gap" solution isn't perfect, as the BT receiver has its own inherent noise, but it's load better than what I was getting from the PC's line-out or headphones jacks.
Unfortunately I am not a qualified mental health professional...
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I dunno WHAT it is, but lemme describe a desire...
Preface: Not talking about overdrive, think more along the lines of BB King tones. Pre-breakup.
More happens with (shh) guitar than with bass, but you hear a recording, and from just the first note you know, that's a tube amp. Some amps are clearly SS, some you can't tell (mostly clean ones) and a few just have THAT sound. Deluxe Reverb pretty much always has it, for instance. That, I dunno, compression sound? I want a SS *bass* amp with that sound. Tone master, bass edition, if you will.
I started with Mom’s Silvertone acoustic that sat tuned in the attic 3-4 years in GA until it had about 2 inches (5cm) of action at the high point. I restrung it with nylon strings after pressing it unstrung for a week. Kept about 1/2 inch (12mm) after that. Then a friend loaned me his amp-in-case Silvertone electric.
Bass came many years, 4 guitars, and numerous amps later. But Silvertones were my first stage boosters.
Also, with apologies to The Who…
I was just a poor boy
From a poor family.
My first electric guitar
A cheaponese Kuwai,
A five watt Alamo combo
Rounded out my rig
That deaf, dumb, and blind kid
Sure played a mean guitar!
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I suspect a Lab bass amp - if you can find one - would do that. BB used Lab L5 guitar amps in his later years. I have often wished I never had to sell mine.
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I know it works and doesn't completely suck, but it weighs a ton(+/-).GP, I’m fearing the day for some untold reason one of your Rumblers abruptly hangs up the window phone and you’re forced to have to run out to the ‘mobile and grab the P___y. This would be my expression:
Mentioned B4, but I used to use this(mid 70s[?] KB-300. 3 separate channels/100W)as a bass amp. Sounded great; built like a tank and somewhat heavier.
Still works and is sitting right over there.
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The horn is always on(no switch), but seemed to 'help' mids more than highs.
Happy new year, comboites! May it be filled with low end goodness.
