What is the manliest bass amplifier?

[gregmon79]

Marshal, peavey or ampeg. My $.02

 

[taurus1]

If we're talking over the top rigs, this gets the job done

Cheers!

awesome, I'd take that rig over anything in this thread.
hard to believe that Bryan Adams, of all people, used four of those heads, with four VBC412's and four VBC215's when he did the tour singing and playing bass.

 

[msaone]

Without reading all 13 pages how bout 70-80's peavey.

Pretty heavy duty at least

 

[seang15]

Marshall and Ampeg are very manly. Anything boutique is not manly.

Ugh, wrong.

 

[Rav]

Mesa 400
Mesa Powerhouse 1000

Mesa Cabinets always look like you can use them interchangeable to do all of the following:
1) Make a wall of sound.
2) Lay them on their back and barbeque meat on the grill.
3) Strap it to the front of your car to use as a bumper in either a demolition derby and or a dystopia future wasteland zombie chase.

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[BobbyXIII]

Ampeg V9

 

[JimmyM]

I gotta say, it looks like Bubby's in a men's room for guys 14 ft. tall and that's the paper towel dispenser on the wall behind him.

BWAHAHA!!! That bathroom has awfully high ceilings! But back then, he ws working with Snoop Dogg, and Snoop can just demand they raise the ceiling in his can and they'll do it.

 

[JimmyM]

Ugh, wrong.

While I may not rule out a boutique rig for manliest looking, it better be extra manly looking.

 

[troyus]

Unsure but must be tube and weigh +100 lbs. No rat fur either.

 

[aledeville]

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http://www.kt66.de/gu81-amp.html

950 tube watts. >120lbs. Anode voltage = 1600V. Pretty manly I think.

 

[JimmyM]

That's boutique, but I think it qualifies in the "extra manly looking" category, so I say it's a contender.

 

[WretchedExcess]

I always thought that Entwhistle was way ahead of the curve when it came to having manly bass rigs. This is what his stuff looked like back in the mid 70s:

http://www.thewho.net/whotabs/gear/bass/bass7485.html

 

[Portphilia]

 

[JLY]

I have not read all the posts so excuse me as this was likely already mentioned...
Ampeg SVT with Ampeg 810 cab...
And for Superman....two 810 cabs!
I was manly when I was young... At age 50 I guess I am not as manly anymore!

 

[SteveD]

Acoustic 360, Sunn, SVT, yes.

Brit or Boutique of any make: No.

 

[MAMMOTHvolume]

Acoustic 360, Sunn, SVT, yes.

Brit or Boutique of any make: No.

british amps aren't manly? hiwatt, simms watts, marshall, laney, soundcity, roost etc etc.

 

[sansuii]

Hey,

thanks for let my baby be in the "manliest bass amplifier" thread...

Aww, man, why'd you have to do that? Now my SVT is hiding behind the couch whimpering....

 

[Korladis]

british amps aren't manly? hiwatt, simms watts, marshall, laney, soundcity, roost etc etc.

Yeah... how can British amps not be manly? The Hiwatt DR405 or whatever their 400 watt behemoth was called was British.

Same with the Trace Elliot V8.

Oh, and the Ashdown 427.

 

[Arthur U. Poon]

Crest CA9.
Ampeg SVT/Ampeg 810E cab.

 

[B-string]

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