That Peavey bedroom amp that was the cheapest at Guitar Center. My only real amp is my Carvin MB15. But I am now playing on the church's Ampeg SVT 3
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What was your first Bass Amp?
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My father rewired the old home stereo so it would play through one speaker. It was the old type with wooden body and speaker cases. It was awful and I didn't realise at the time that I could probably have connected both speakers to the same output so it wouldn't break up so much with the bass signal.
They brought me a Laney Linebacker 30 watt combo for Christmas, a few months later. It was found in the same standard goods catalogue they had brought me my Sunn Mustang bass from. I still have both. I nearly destroyed both with abuse many times in decades past.
They brought me a Laney Linebacker 30 watt combo for Christmas, a few months later. It was found in the same standard goods catalogue they had brought me my Sunn Mustang bass from. I still have both. I nearly destroyed both with abuse many times in decades past.
A Kalamazoo 30w amp was my first one. After I started playing out (beginning in 1977), I had a Fender Bassman Ten.
My first real bass amp was my first bass amp. A brand new 1971 EMC 1x15", solid state, 100 watt(?), combo on casters that looked a lot like this, but I don't think this was exactly it. It was heavy and it got loud, even if not always with the tone I wanted. I had been playing rhythm guitar and singing in middle-to-high school garage bands for about 6 years before, often coaching the bass owners (players wannabe).
My college girlfriend wanted me to join her pop music group class, in the Music Department, for college credit (elective)! She said the actual music major bass players didn't take this new pop group, with new professor, seriously, and she was right. I won the audition by default! But, I was happy to take it, since I wasn't a music major.
We played lots of local society events, making local TV news, representing the university. Our star rose to the local congressman getting us in the new Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in D.C. We toured down to Miami Beach and hopped a cruise ship to The Bahamas, playing for room and board and representing our university, as we went! After a couple years we recorded a demo tape that won a USO tour of Europe!
But, my new wife and I were expecting, so we both dropped out to make way for a couple from the mobs of wannabe replacements. Yep, the music major jazz bassist even auditioned, and I was flabbergasted that the professor chose my doppelganger instead, who also needed to buy a bass and amp! I didn't really miss the EMC amp much, though it had been very reliable, but it just rarely had the tone I wanted. I missed my Fender Mustang Bass the most!
My college girlfriend wanted me to join her pop music group class, in the Music Department, for college credit (elective)! She said the actual music major bass players didn't take this new pop group, with new professor, seriously, and she was right. I won the audition by default! But, I was happy to take it, since I wasn't a music major.
We played lots of local society events, making local TV news, representing the university. Our star rose to the local congressman getting us in the new Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in D.C. We toured down to Miami Beach and hopped a cruise ship to The Bahamas, playing for room and board and representing our university, as we went! After a couple years we recorded a demo tape that won a USO tour of Europe!
But, my new wife and I were expecting, so we both dropped out to make way for a couple from the mobs of wannabe replacements. Yep, the music major jazz bassist even auditioned, and I was flabbergasted that the professor chose my doppelganger instead, who also needed to buy a bass and amp! I didn't really miss the EMC amp much, though it had been very reliable, but it just rarely had the tone I wanted. I missed my Fender Mustang Bass the most!
Mine was a VOX AC50 with it’s 18” Foundation speaker cabinet. Mine had a Tannoy labeled driver.
Jim Carr
Dr. Jim
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My first..Univox
...in 1974. The rig in this pic was not mine but one like it.
