1st - 120W rogue combo amp
now - Behringer BX3000 300W head & Custom built 1X15 cab with a Carvin speaker
now - Behringer BX3000 300W head & Custom built 1X15 cab with a Carvin speaker
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What was YOUR First amp >Compared to What you have now!
- Thread starter iriegnome
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I'll play! The first amp I bought (1978) was a Peavey Century head and a Peavey 115 cab, which I quickly traded in for a Peavey 215. It was fairly loud but lost definition at high volume levels (lousy drivers and undersized enclosure). The head was sold by 1982, but the cab is still around (on loan to a friend for his daughter). After swearing off Peavey for almost 30 years, trying Acoustic, Carvin, Hartke, G K, SWR, and Ampeg (all good sounding amps), I got a great deal on a Peavey Firebass 700 and have been gigging on it since last summer. I use this with a variety of cabs (Ampeg 410, 610, or 810 or an 2x15 EV loaded Acoustic 460). I think if I had dropped some money on a better speaker cab way back when, I would have been better off. How much was an SVT back in 1980?
A Peavey TNT was the beginning of my search for The Sound . So far its lead me to a GK 2001RBP pre , BBE sonic Max , DBX comp. , Carvin & Mackie amps , Carvin Cabs and a line6 XT Pro to the board. So far.
First: Some Traynor combo
Then
eavey Combo 115
Then:Gallien-Krueger 1001RB-II and a 410RBX
Now:Gallien-Krueger 1001RB-II, 410RBX, and a 115RBX
Then
eavey Combo 115Then:Gallien-Krueger 1001RB-II and a 410RBX
Now:Gallien-Krueger 1001RB-II, 410RBX, and a 115RBX
My first was a teeny tiny Behringer 45 wat combo. Since then I've upgraded to a Fender 250/210 combo that I occasionally run dual with a Peavey Mark III Bass head and matching 215 cab. It's kinda funny that my Fender has far more low end through its 2 tens than the Peavey has through it's 2 fifteens.
First amp was a Fender Bassman 4X10
Current is a Carvin B1500 though Mesa Boogie RoadReady cabs (2X15 and 1516BE)
Current is a Carvin B1500 though Mesa Boogie RoadReady cabs (2X15 and 1516BE)
First Rig (Regretfully gone...Bassman 10)
Second Rig (Regretfully still own...BXR100)
Third Rig (Backup)
Current Rig
Second Rig (Regretfully still own...BXR100)
Third Rig (Backup)
Current Rig
My first gigging amp was a Peavy ED 300. It was combo amp designed to amplify electronic drum machines. It had 300w of solid state power, and I could get a decent bass tone out of it without using any pre amp. I borrowed it.
Now I play through an SWR 550x with two 10's (SWR) and a pre-Fender Big ben 1- 18.
Now I play through an SWR 550x with two 10's (SWR) and a pre-Fender Big ben 1- 18.
My first was a GKBackline250 with a 15 combo...what a piece of crap! I had the speaker replaced under warrany three times in a year. This was when I first started playing in actual bands. I played more loaners than that actual amp I think. There is no comparison to my current rig, which is a SWR 350X with a Son of Bertha 15.
My first was an Ampeg B-15. Bought it used in 1980, along with a used P-Bass. Wasn't loud enough for what I was doing, ans was very heavy. It was "relatively" new at the time, probably 70s vintage, rather than 60s. I'm now very sorry I let it go.
I then had a little Fender bassman solid state combo with a 15" speaker. Also not loud enough.
Replaced the Fender with an Acoustic 360 in the mid-1980s. That was more than loud enough for any gig. It quit working in the late 80s, I moved around and sold what was left of it. I'm sorry I let that go, but I really didn't have any place to keep it and wasn't playing at the time.
In 1988 I got my current head -- a GK400R-RB. Had a single 15 (no-name). I quit playing for about 15 years, and then got rid of the 15 and it now drives an SWR 15 and an SWR 2x10 (Workingman's series). It is plenty for what I'm doing now. And the head is still going strong.
I then had a little Fender bassman solid state combo with a 15" speaker. Also not loud enough.
Replaced the Fender with an Acoustic 360 in the mid-1980s. That was more than loud enough for any gig. It quit working in the late 80s, I moved around and sold what was left of it. I'm sorry I let that go, but I really didn't have any place to keep it and wasn't playing at the time.
In 1988 I got my current head -- a GK400R-RB. Had a single 15 (no-name). I quit playing for about 15 years, and then got rid of the 15 and it now drives an SWR 15 and an SWR 2x10 (Workingman's series). It is plenty for what I'm doing now. And the head is still going strong.
Second Rig (Regretfully still own...BXR100)
My first rig was a Fender BXR100, much like this one.
Next, a Genz Benz GBE400 / LS-410T.
Now, a Genz Benz GBE-1200 / NEOX-212T (x2)
First amp? - HiWatt Startr thing that cam with my tanglwood rbl 4k.
At the momnt I play through ither my Kustom P.A System's Instrumnt inputs (Which actually sounds, vry...very nice or my roland microcub bass RX (I us this for playing in small sessions at pubs and stuff, 5w of pwer surprisingly can go a long... long way)
Currntly saving for eithr:
Head: Gallien krueger Fusion 550 or a 700RB-II
Cab(s): ither som form of mesa cabs or maybe GK 410RBX
(my E ky is diing on me
)
At the momnt I play through ither my Kustom P.A System's Instrumnt inputs (Which actually sounds, vry...very nice or my roland microcub bass RX (I us this for playing in small sessions at pubs and stuff, 5w of pwer surprisingly can go a long... long way)
Currntly saving for eithr:
Head: Gallien krueger Fusion 550 or a 700RB-II
Cab(s): ither som form of mesa cabs or maybe GK 410RBX
(my E ky is diing on me
)1st Amp- 10W Kustom. It distorted past 9 o'clock.
Current Rig (as in recieved it 2 hours ago
)- Acoustic B100 Combo.
I never knew how much a 4th EQ knob could open so many doors!!!!
Current Rig (as in recieved it 2 hours ago
)- Acoustic B100 Combo.I never knew how much a 4th EQ knob could open so many doors!!!!
My first amp was an old reel-to-reel tape recorder with two small speakers, a volume control and a 1/4" input. If I had to guess I'd say it dated from the mid-60s.
Now I play a '98 Walter Woods into two elderly, EV-loaded Bag End S15Ds. Backup/rehearsal rig is a Peavey Centurion into an EV 15" loaded into a mystery-meat PA sub.
Now I play a '98 Walter Woods into two elderly, EV-loaded Bag End S15Ds. Backup/rehearsal rig is a Peavey Centurion into an EV 15" loaded into a mystery-meat PA sub.
I traded my first car for my first amp.
A 69 Marshall bass 100 with 2 4-12 Marshall cabs.
Those are not good bass amps. I traded that for a SVT.
A 69 Marshall bass 100 with 2 4-12 Marshall cabs.
Those are not good bass amps. I traded that for a SVT.
A pre CBS Fender Bassman that my uncle gave me. Played that along with the "66" P-bass that he also gave me at the same time until one of my sister's friends fried the amp and actually blew the back off of the bass. She had second degree burns on her belly and a few splinters, some of her fingers were burnt also. We never fully figured out what the hell she did. I wish I still had that bass though...
