What bass combo is this ?

[HF1600ie]

Hi all,
I´ve come across this image in a video, but I can´t figure what bass amp brand this is. This video is from 1982 so the amplifier must be from the 70s or very early 80s.

The image is not very clear, but it seems to say " sound ". And also something like " Fonna " below, but that looks hand-painted.

Any suggestions to solve the mistery ?

 

[KevInDaBassment]

I believe the brand is "Sound City", but I can't quite pin down that exact model.

https://www.google.com/search?q=sound+city+combo+amps&sca_esv=cffe5b62cbe5bc31&udm=2&biw=1325&bih=306&ei=fk2TaPqHCra0qtsPiIy5mQc&ved=0ahUKEwj6vsnJmvaOAxU2mmoFHQhGLnMQ4dUDCBE&uact=5&oq=sound+city+combo+amps&gs_lp=EgNpbWciFXNvdW5kIGNpdHkgY29tYm8gYW1wc0jNF1CnCVifFXABeACQAQCYAXSgAbwDqgEDOC4xuAEDyAEA-AEBmAIFoAL-AcICBBAAGB7CAgYQABgHGB7CAgUQABiABMICBhAAGAUYHpgDAIgGAZIHAzQuMaAH2gmyBwMzLjG4B_sBwgcFMC40LjHIBws&sclient=img

Hope that helps with the search!

 

[ardgedee]

What is the video? Knowing the nationality of the band might help narrow down the possibilities.

 

[HF1600ie]

Sound City? It could be, didn´t remember that one. But can´t find any pics.
This band is from Portugal. Some of these member founded a jazz-fusion-funk band in 1983 and later in 1984 release an album called "BIT".

 

[JimChjones]

Sound City was an English brand.

 

[Wood and Wire]

The two that sprang to mind were Sound City, and Custom Sound - although both of them would have the other word clearly visible next to the word Sound, in that picture.

What little we can see of that amp, looks more like a WEM product.

 

[pholli00]

Hi all,
I´ve come across this image in a video, but I can´t figure what bass amp brand this is. This video is from 1982 so the amplifier must be from the 70s or very early 80s.

The image is not very clear, but it seems to say " sound ". And also something like " Fonna " below, but that looks hand-painted.

Any suggestions to solve the mistery ?

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Sound Big, maybe Big 25, I think: I don't know the brand.

 

[logdrum]

Fryette was involved in the rebirth of Sound City

About

The first Sound City guitar amps were created in England in 1967. They were reborn by Neal Ostberg and Steven Fryette in 2018. These products represent an evolution of the 1967 design. At the core, these amps deliver sublime power-amp-tube saturation and expressive feel. Unlike many of the...

soundcityamp.com

I do not know if they ever made a bass amo but like Marshall, you can use their heads as bass amps

 

[wintremute]

It looks like that's a guitar amp.

Tube Combo Guitar Amp Sound Big 25 RT

Tube Combo Guitar Amp from Sound

en.audiofanzine.com

 

[Wasnex]

Found a schematic online for the Big 25. Output tubes are EL86. Comments I found suggest a pair can make about 15-18W. Also comments suggest the amp is based on the Fender Deluxe Reverb.

 

[HF1600ie]

You guys are incredible. That's the amp!!
And the very small letters at the right are barely seen on the picture. I only saw them today when i stopped at that specific video frame. They say "big".

This was a small jazz band so those 25w are perfect.

So this is a Sound Big 25w.

 

[HF1600ie]

Apparently made in the 60s and 70s in Italy. With or without tremolo (hence the RT).

Schematic is available in Google. Interesting design.

Guitar amps can be used as bass amps ( depending on required volume).

It worked well. Listen here :

 

[roccobass]

It looks like that's a guitar amp.

Tube Combo Guitar Amp Sound Big 25 RT

Tube Combo Guitar Amp from Sound

en.audiofanzine.com

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Someone had kitty kats for pets.