What was YOUR First amp >Compared to What you have now!

[torkelboy]

FIRST:
Peavey TNT150

SECOND:
Ampeg b2r
Ampeg BSE 410
Ampeg SVT 15e

CURRENT(main):
Ampeg SVT4pro
Ampeg SVT610HLF

Current(practice):
Ampeg B2r
Carlsbro 2x12

 

[jgsbass]

This is a circle unbroken. I started as a guitar player and moved over to bass in college. I did trade for a hacked up Kent bass because it came with a small cube of a speaker cabinet and a Blond tolex brownfaced Fender bassman head. Went through Silverfaced Bassman head and a weird cab with 1 12 then went for an Ampeg B115 which in 1974 was not the same amp you might see today. Then in rapid succession I had the big O as we called it, an Acoustic 360 although it was real impractical for the small lounges we were doing but just in case... Then I got rid of the Acoustic and got a SVT with a fridge for the road. When I got rid of the Ampeg I downsized to a tiny Barcus Berry amp and then it gets real wierd and it settles out with SWR studio 220 into Goliath II jr. A bad Hartke experience and an Ampeg B2R are my only dalliance from SWR in almost 20 years. Now its back to an amp and a 1 12. SWR 350X and Avatar sb112

 

[ThunderLizard]

1971- Fender Bassman Blackface (Yes, I know and please don't ask what I traded it in for. It's much too painful)
Along the way: Acoustic & Peavey
Now- Ampeg B2 head with some mix & match cabinets, a couple of Ampeg B-15's.

 

[bassko]

My first amp was a Gitacord combo. It was about 70w and had 2 channels (2 bassist could connect on it), it even had a microphone input. It was very good to start with and play along with my teacher, but it had a crappy sound.

Now i use a beast: GK 700 rbII head and a Peavey TVX 410 cab.

 

[Eminor3rd]

First: Rogue 20W 1x8" Combo

Current: Eden WT550 + SWR Goliath III

Incremental improvement.

 

[Easy8]

1st real bass amp - Kustom 100w 2x15
Followed by -
Silver face Fender Dual Showman
Peavy 100w 2x15
Peavy TNT combo
Ampeg SVT
Ampeg V5 100w
GK BL600

Current - GK 1001RB II /SVT 115E/Avatar 115

 

[mjolnir]

Oh man... My first bass amp was an Ibanez sw35, tiny tiny thing.

Now I play through a Carvin R1000 into a Carvin BR810 cab + assorted effects and other rack equipment.

 

[Croox]

my first Laney RGB400 combo i picked up a 410 for some expansion if needed. still using it 8 years later. I want to upgrade though. I'd love to get one of the SS Nexus setups (410 and 15) I haven't really been in the market for any other amps, this has always been there and its never let me down

 

[jammer]

My first amp was a Carlsbro Hornet 45w that my bass tutor sold me in 1995.

Now i have a Trace Elliot SM300 GP7 running through a Trace Elliot 1048H and a Warwick WCA211 Pro

 

[Adam Bomb]

First amp (2005): GK MB200 bought (very) used from a buddy. Too sentimental to get rid of it.

New, current rig: Street Justice! SWR WorkingPro 700 pumping tha funk into twin Avatar B210s of evil. With a Midiverb II in the rack for those freaky nights. Avert your eyes!

--Bomb

LOL that's the GK in the lower left

 

[atrapp]

First amp ~1982 was a Kustom 100 into a Cerwin Vega single 18...

Today...

Thunderfunk 550, 750, Eden Navigator/Crest CA6 and a Mesa Walkabout Scout. Cabs... Berg Ht322, DR Bass 2260, pr of Aggie GS112's or an Acme LowB2. I use them all...

 

[dWilshireCourt]

My first amp was a Crate B60 1X15 (still own it)

I just recently upgraded to a Yorkville XM100C 1X15 and I'm loving it.

Both amazing amps.

 

[tZer]

Then...

Now...

 

[Jayce Bass]

I can't believe how many people on here started out with such good stuff. I had the EXTREME GHETTO rig. A late 70's 5watt harmony guitar amp, and a mid 60's airline bass, with a neck so warped, I almost gave up playing bass altogether. The harmony did make some amazing "fuzz" distortion, if turned up past say 25%. It didn't even have an overdrive, it was just overdriving the pathetic little 6" speaker with the 1oz magnet. Nowadays, I've stepped up just a bit. I eventually threw the airline in the trash, (where it belonged) as it didn't even have a truss. I don't know what happened to the amp....garage sale $1, I suppose. But I couldn't be happier with my current setup. It's a no excuses, faithfully reproducing show of what I can do, (and what I can't)
But I really think that starting off with, and trying to make music with crap, can make you more appreciative of superior equipment once you have the means to purchase it.

 

[Bassmec]

But after various mullard kits and elac eliptical speakers some sealing wax and string.
A Marshall Plexi with Home made 4 X 12 and Selmer goliath 1X18
all goodmans audium series alnico speakers
P Bass
The early seventies where even more blurred and colored than my amps.

Now Lots of different Vintage tube stuff some of it home brew.
Modded Mesa Boogie Simms Watts, Marshall, Roost,
Ampeg, Acoustic, JBL, and Eden cabs.

 

[Kyon`]

A radio that I tinkered with...
Avatar 4x10 and Ashdown mag 600 head

 

[Uncle Ernie]

I started with a Peavey Minx... now I play through this

 

[FreaqyFrequency]

February 19, 2007 Setup (date of starting):

Peavey Millennium BXP-4
Korg AX3000B Board
Crate BT50 50 Watt Combo Amp

October 23, 2007:

Add Schecter Stiletto Studio 6-string

May 3, 2008:

Add Fender Bassman 250/210, an infinitely louder and better sounding amplifier.
Add Squier Vintage Modified Fretless Jazz

Next amp I have my eyes on is a Genz-Benz.

 

[ryco]

Then: 1972 > Sunn 200s into Sunn 18" reflex

Now > GK 1001/210 into Sunn 8028 (12+18)

Or > Peavy Mark III + Sunn Concert Slave into Marshall 4x12 + Sunn 8028 or Plush 215

 

[Funk Factor]

My first rig ( which I sorely miss ) was a blue sparkle, roll and pleat Kustom 200 with the matching 3X15 cabinet.
Someone posted a pic of this same rig a short while back.
I now play thru a Fender Bassman 300 and Ampeg SVT 4X10 HLF