Top 10 Vintage Amp heads

[Bilby]

What are your guys' top 10 vintage bass amp heads if you can't think of 10 then give me what ya got I just want your guys' opinion

 

[JimmyM]

1. Ampeg SVT
2. Ampeg V4B
3. Ampeg B-15
4. Sunn 200s
5. Sunn 2000s
6. Fender Bassman
7. Marshall Superbass
8. Acoustic 360
9. GK 400RB
10. Ran out of ideas

 

[FranF]

Luck enough to own these all now, and in no particular order, though the GK just may be my fave:
'84 GK400RB
'73 Acoustic 370
'66 Ampeg B15n (combo-but it's got a head!)
'73 Sunn Concert Bass
'65 Vox T.60
'78 Sunn Concert Bass
'66 Fender Bassman
'67 Kustom 200B1
'75 Peavey Century

Love them all for different reasons!

 

[MattZilla]

Thoughts on the bassman 135? Ng?

 

[basscooker]

Only have one vote.

 

[Mr. Foxen]

Isn't the 360 a preamp with active cab? 370 the head version?

Burman Pro2000 head (even though I have the 502 combo, and 2000 combo, I'm extrapolating) is gonna be my number 1 for what I do.

Matamp 200 / Ormat 200 (only ever seen the Orange Matamp version, but I guess straight Matmap ones exist, I have a slave version).

Hiwatt 200.

 

[Tim1]

Can't go past Jimmy's list. He nailed it IMO.

 

[JacklegBass]

Acoustic 370
AMP BH-420
Acoustic 450/470
Acoustic 320/330

 

[Major Softie]

1. Ampeg SVT
2. Ampeg V4B
3. Ampeg B-15
4. Sunn 200s
5. Sunn 2000s
6. Fender Bassman
7. Marshall Superbass
8. Acoustic 360
9. GK 400RB
10. Ran out of ideas

I don't understand. They aren't all tubes.

 

[bassteban]

D-180, Eden WT-330/390/405, Sunn Collesium 300. Not a full list of course, just classics I've owned. Still have a WT-330

 

[Johnny DeVille]

How about

Traynor YBA3 Custom Special

and the
Traynor YBA3A Super Custom Special

 

[NecroticImbecil]

What's "vintage?" For some of us it's 1965, for others 1995.

 

[lowend1]

Can't count the B15 - it was not available as a standalone head. Rules is rules
Ampeg SVT
Ampeg V4B
Hiwatt DR103
Hiwatt DR201
Hiwatt DR405
Sunn Coliseum Bass
Acoustic 370
Sunn 2000S
Traynor YBA-3A
Fender 400PS

 

[mindwell]

What's "vintage?" For some of us it's 1965, for others 1995.

This was my thought as well. Accordingly...

-SWR Electric Blue
-Cerwin-Vega BG-250
-Ampeg SVT-II

 

[TigerInATrance]

Fender Dual Showman?

 

[GBassNorth]

1. Ampeg SVT
2. Ampeg V4B
3. Ampeg B-15
4. Sunn 200s
5. Sunn 2000s
6. Fender Bassman
7. Marshall Superbass
8. Acoustic 360
9. GK 400RB
10. Ran out of ideas

I'd put the Musicman HD one fifty at number ten to complete the list.

 

[JimmyM]

I don't understand. They aren't all tubes.

Throwing a bone to the SS crowd.

 

[mpdd]

sunn 2000s, d180, ampeg svt...?

 

[Mastermold]

Throwing a bone to the SS crowd.

And no Walter Woods?

 

[jj4001]

Haven't gotten to play nearly enough of them, but based on what I've either owned or have gotten to use on a gig:

1. Acoustic 370
2. Acoustic 320
3. Ampeg V4B
4. Ampeg SVT
5. Acoustic 230
6. Acoustic 220
7. Fender Bassman 50
8. Acoustic 450
9. Acoustic 140

For me, the Acoustic 370 wins because I can set every tone knob to 12 o'clock, every EQ slider to zero, bright switch off, and it makes my bass sound exactly how I want.