Acoustic B200 and Gibson Thor amp.
I've had a couple Fender Rumbles, but hate them. I'll never buy another Fender bass amp
I've had a couple Fender Rumbles, but hate them. I'll never buy another Fender bass amp
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What Amp Combo do you own?
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SWR Baby Blue II since new. It's seen more gigs than my bigger gear. It worked its way through the Bag Ends, the Celestions (very sweet) and is now on LDS long throw 8"s.
The woofers demise is probably due to continuous gigging with an Ashbory. Only tech maintenance was a cap job. It lost its wonderfulness and began to hum. It's now back to its original glory.
It's got a Tung Sol RI 12ax7 in place. Vintage Sylvania's are a little dark in this application.
This amp does everything well except be loud. It's "more me" function while recording is unparalleled.
The woofers demise is probably due to continuous gigging with an Ashbory. Only tech maintenance was a cap job. It lost its wonderfulness and began to hum. It's now back to its original glory.
It's got a Tung Sol RI 12ax7 in place. Vintage Sylvania's are a little dark in this application.
This amp does everything well except be loud. It's "more me" function while recording is unparalleled.
SWR WorkingPro 12. Great lightweight practice amp, good DI.
Genz Benz Neox400-112t (basically a Neo 112 with a built in GBE 600). Love it. Will get another 112 and this will be my main rig, doubt I'll need to upgrade further.
Genz Benz Neox400-112t (basically a Neo 112 with a built in GBE 600). Love it. Will get another 112 and this will be my main rig, doubt I'll need to upgrade further.
I've owned several combo amps over the years. Back in the 70's I bought a Gibson Thor 50 watt 2x10 combo to take to college. More recently I've been using an Ampeg BA 500 2x10 500 watt combo (into 2 ohms) as my main gigging combo amp. Great tone, loud and kicks back so perfect for a small stage. I also have a Fender B-DEC 30 for a practice amp, but I've also used it on stage at church as a monitor and playing with acoustic guitars. It's a great practice am.
Fender Rumble 350, I don't mind it, I wish for more of course but for now just playing in the basement it's just fine. I find it almost sounds better direct though, the speakers are the part that leave something to be desired.
Joe Louvar made some comments back in 2011 about splitting into a pair of GK combos.
I've been using the GKMB115 since about 2011, replacing a blown GK backline 112 (15 year old drop B tuning expedited)
So, on my way to a bar gig a few weeks ago, I picked up a match (last of the old style) for a price that made me happy and stacked them on their sides for the gig, split out of Digitech RP80 pedal.
The plan still is to build 2 or 3 15" fEARfuls or similar, but when comparing the cubic footage of the cabinets, I realized the fEARfuls are very large, almost 2x the cubic footage of these combos, so they won't fit in the trunk of my sometimes driven Honda Civic. I can though both the GKs into the trunk plus my gear and one soft case bass. 15" fEARfuls have almost identical cubic volume as most 410s.
Think next show I'm stacking vertically and using my "L" ended cable for the bottom unit. I adjust most of the tone controls by feel, and I post a chart on top. Plus I DI out to the sound board. With this band (as opposed to the last) we run a light version of an out door PA, including 2 x 1-18" subs, so we're always good.
I had picked up a couple of 410 BLX cabinets and ran one using the 100 watt GK head from the old combo, but the sound was always thinner than the 115, and then there was the "boom" from the 410 box.
As you may have noticed, there are two players in the family, so my son, now 17, always has a resource.
The BLXs went up on CL, each 95 lbs+, more than both my 35 lb 115s. My guitarist plays through a small Marshall 50 with a single 12, sounds bitchen, but weighs more than mine as does an old Ampeg G 50 I have - damn ceramic speakers!
I've been using the GKMB115 since about 2011, replacing a blown GK backline 112 (15 year old drop B tuning expedited)
So, on my way to a bar gig a few weeks ago, I picked up a match (last of the old style) for a price that made me happy and stacked them on their sides for the gig, split out of Digitech RP80 pedal.
The plan still is to build 2 or 3 15" fEARfuls or similar, but when comparing the cubic footage of the cabinets, I realized the fEARfuls are very large, almost 2x the cubic footage of these combos, so they won't fit in the trunk of my sometimes driven Honda Civic. I can though both the GKs into the trunk plus my gear and one soft case bass. 15" fEARfuls have almost identical cubic volume as most 410s.
Think next show I'm stacking vertically and using my "L" ended cable for the bottom unit. I adjust most of the tone controls by feel, and I post a chart on top. Plus I DI out to the sound board. With this band (as opposed to the last) we run a light version of an out door PA, including 2 x 1-18" subs, so we're always good.
I had picked up a couple of 410 BLX cabinets and ran one using the 100 watt GK head from the old combo, but the sound was always thinner than the 115, and then there was the "boom" from the 410 box.
As you may have noticed, there are two players in the family, so my son, now 17, always has a resource.
The BLXs went up on CL, each 95 lbs+, more than both my 35 lb 115s. My guitarist plays through a small Marshall 50 with a single 12, sounds bitchen, but weighs more than mine as does an old Ampeg G 50 I have - damn ceramic speakers!
Phil Jones BG800 Roadcase, more than enough power for most gigs. My combo amp for years was a SWR Silverado.
Update:
1. Eden Nemesis - loaned out to a friend.
2. Traynor - safe & sound
3. GK MB112 II Recieved and been gigging w/ EUB. Light, loud. Tone is OK. My eub has a hot signal, and a separate gain/master setup would be nice. New duratex & grill cloth look is cool, but the coating is thin-ish and chips somewhat easily. Still very happy with it, though.
I use a Fender Pro400 Combo, it doesn't get a lot of love here on TB but I'll be damned if it doesn't continue to rock for me, and handles the dirt really well 
Peace,
Greg
Peace,
Greg
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I also use the Hartke VX3500. Awesome amp! Love it.
Glad it's on casters, weighs in around 107 lbs. BOOM!!!!
Acoustic B20 here, it's my prefered house/practice amp. Would never work for a show (maybe with just an acoustic guitar in a coffee house gig) Works great in the living room tho, aux in, 2 inst inputs, phones out. Love the tone as well, just like what you'd expect from a 20 watt 112 Acoustic combo.
All my bass amps are heads/cabs, except for one tiny Vox Pathfinder bass amp, 10 watts with 2x 5" spkrs. Lovely little thing, though I rarely use it except for acoustic guitar and bass livingroom jamming. I have owned MANY bass combo's in the past, and realized long ago that they're all too much of a compromise for me.
