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What was your first "gigging" rig?
- Thread starter fishtx
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The first rig I used was my dad's GK 400RB and Sunn 1x18 cab. Great amp... Muddy as heck cab. The first rig I bought myself was an Ashdown MAG 300 head with matching 4x10 cab. Decent setup all around.
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There's a big thread on this somewhere... but it's always fun to look back.
1972.... Kustom 100... 2x12 white sparkle 'tuck and roll' baby!!!.. with a purple power light that would burn holes in your retina if you stared at it too long
Yes, I was long in admiration of a friend who owned a Kustom 2 cab rig in red sparkle tuck and roll. Only I wanted the blue one for myself. Also had serious GAS for the original MusicMan head.
My first gig I used my Hartke 3500 combo (the one with the VX410 attached).
My profile picture shows the first 'Professional G.A.S. Head' rig... A Trace Elliot 100 watt head, that I used the preamp out into a Carvin BX1000 to an SWR goliath.
Sounds interesting, but honestly it sounded horrible. I didn't start getting the floor shakin' bass feel until I picked up my first 212 cab, years later and never looked back!
Nowadays it'd be a GK MB112 with 112MPB. Also have an Epi UL212 I might do something with in the future.
My profile picture shows the first 'Professional G.A.S. Head' rig... A Trace Elliot 100 watt head, that I used the preamp out into a Carvin BX1000 to an SWR goliath.
Sounds interesting, but honestly it sounded horrible. I didn't start getting the floor shakin' bass feel until I picked up my first 212 cab, years later and never looked back!
Nowadays it'd be a GK MB112 with 112MPB. Also have an Epi UL212 I might do something with in the future.
No kidding? I have a monster Sunn cab, borrowing from my uncle who purchased it 25+ years ago!
devnulljp
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i used an an ampeg ba115hp 1x15 220watts. it was scratchy but got loud enough for my first rig
One of these, which I bought used in '73 for I think fifteen bucks. Burning at 45W peak, it had both volume and tone controls, and was in about this condition at the time.
1974 , first gigging rig was an Ampeg B25B w/ 2-15 cab
not my picture , but looked like this ...
not my picture , but looked like this ...
I had a Cerwin Vega 250 head with a 4x10/1x15 stack that somebody build himself probably. It sounded like crap, was wààày underpowered and didn't last long.
I replaced it with a Hartke 5500, using the same cabs for a while.
I replaced it with a Hartke 5500, using the same cabs for a while.
Warwick 1x15 + 2x8 with a busted (but working) tweeter, and a Warwick WAMP pushing 280W at 8ohm.
Great amp, keeping this thing for compact gigs. If I ever see a Warwick WAMP800 for sale, the big 4U daddy with all the options I'm getting that for sure.
Upgraded to Eden WT-400 and Eden D115XL today:
Great amp, keeping this thing for compact gigs. If I ever see a Warwick WAMP800 for sale, the big 4U daddy with all the options I'm getting that for sure.
Upgraded to Eden WT-400 and Eden D115XL today:
It was a little Ashdown Mag 300 2x10 combo amp. It was powerful enough for my gigs in high school, but I upgraded once I went to college.
