What's the biggest combo amp? (Size not watts)

[beaglesandbass]

Can't even imagine what some of these 810 combos weighed. Gotta be north of 120 lbs

 

[Blankandson]

How many years back do you want to go? In the late 60s I used a Standel 2x15 combo rated at 100 watts, made just for bass. It was very popular and I saw many in different bands. Not as large as the 8x10 combos already shown. Nor as heavy. My castors were on the side of my 2x15 like in the Joe Maphis ad, not on the bottom. I had the cover and footswitch, and the castors, but did NOT pay anywhere near the $800+ price shown. How loud was it? I rented a second one to stand next to this one during a Vanilla Fudge show and it was very loud.

 

[Slevage]

By definition a combo is a small sized group. Traditionally small jazz ensembles would call themselves combos. So a large sized combo is a bit of a contradiction.

I was in a combo and, being financially embarrassed, we all plugged into the same small amp. There were three of us, it was hard enough to split the gig money. More members and we wouldn't have been able to afford strings. The amp morphed from one then another Sears Silvertone amp. The Silvertones sounded great, we pushed them hard, but they were noisy. Eventually everyone got their own amp and we had a PA. The guitar player had a big Traynor combo amp with 610's.

The OP is for a "combo amp" which is an amplifier and speakers in the same rig.
"combo" is a small band.

 

[Big Hoss]

I think Ashdown made an 8x10 combo once or am I thinking of something else?

I think you are more likely to find a unicorn or Sasquatch before you find a combo that size in the flesh.

Hey now, don't doubt the squatch. I am pretty sure I work with one...

 

[Chris 'Wighat' Jordan]

The Ampeg B-15NC from 67-68 wants to toss its hat in the ring:

 

[bobyoung53]

By definition a combo is a small sized group. Traditionally small jazz ensembles would call themselves combos. So a large sized combo is a bit of a contradiction.

I was in a combo and, being financially embarrassed, we all plugged into the same small amp. There were three of us, it was hard enough to split the gig money. More members and we wouldn't have been able to afford strings. The amp morphed from one then another Sears Silvertone amp. The Silvertones sounded great, we pushed them hard, but they were noisy. Eventually everyone got their own amp and we had a PA. The guitar player had a big Traynor combo amp with 610's.

OT but my first band in 1967 when I was 14 had two guitar players, one bass and three microphones all into two Silvertone twin twelves, they actually didn't sound that bad except that the bass kind of tremeloed any vocal mic plugged into the same amp.

 

[bobyoung53]

Does anyone else find the name "Exterminator" rather an oddly aggressive choice for a Baldwin? I am guessing this monstrosity dates from the sixties or early seventies at the latest...were they aiming for the nascent hard rock market?

In any event, I think may have developed a hernia just looking at it...

I remain,

Your Herniated and Obedient Servant,

The Terror.

I remember them, I never saw one but when I was a kid those were THE ultimate amplifier

 

[Yogi Bear]

Maybe not the biggest, but at 141lbs, these Roland DB-900s were a monster.

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[Jeff K]

I was going to say the Carvin Cyclops RL6815 with 2x8" + 15", but those 810 combos take the cake.
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Well over 100 pounds of sluggo.

I had one of these also. It DID sound good though!

 

[laughing house]

I was going to mention my Teneyck GB200 or my Gibson Super Thor which are two 15 combos and both tall and heavy, but after looking at these eight ten combos the only thought I have is "What were they thinking".

 

[mikewalker]

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Not exactly a bass amp but back in the day they used these for guitar and bass. 2x15's 2x12's and 2x6's and in some 2x6-9's

that TOTALLY needs to have the grill cloth swapped out for a custom grill cloth featuring a nice big screen-print DALEK...

(definitely gotta keep the logo badge, though)

 

[bigtone23]

My 73 Bassman Ten combo is pretty large for a combo. 4x10", 31" tall, 25" wide, but not very deep-11".

 

[BlacknWhite]

They did, but I guess that not that many were made. It was a Mark King signature, called ABM King Combo:

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and only 220lbs

 

[BrandonEssex]

There was one of these at my rehearsal studio many years ago. I can't remember how it arrived, but it wound up leaving with a good friend/co-conspirator. Consensus was that for 200w and 2x15" dirvers it was horribly underwhelming. For the size and weight, ot should have been the voice of Godzilla. I'm pretty sure the only thing "right" about it was the price.

 

[Munjibunga]

Can't even imagine what some of these 810 combos weighed. Gotta be north of 120 lbs

Way north. Maybe 120 pounds with neo drivers.

 

[beans-on-toast]

OT but my first band in 1967 when I was 14 had two guitar players, one bass and three microphones all into two Silvertone twin twelves, they actually didn't sound that bad except that the bass kind of tremeloed any vocal mic plugged into the same amp.

Crimson and clovered it. BTW, that effect was achieved by running the vocal through a small Ampeg guitar amp.

We never had that problem. The amp did have a nice sounding tremolo circuit though.

 

[beans-on-toast]

The OP is for a "combo amp" which is an amplifier and speakers in the same rig.
"combo" is a small band.

The OP wasn't asking abount an amp that a large combo used? Never mind.

 

[jcerio]

I think. . Nemesis (Eden) made an 810 combo
200w? ???

I'd love to get a hold of one of the original Eden N810-P cabinets. 8x10 and only about 90 lbs! I have always loved that Nemesis tone too.

 

[onosson]

Maybe not the biggest, but at 141lbs, these Roland DB-900s were a monster.

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141 lbs and 2 ounces

Seriously though... what is made of, concrete?

 

[Jeff Scott]

The Ashdown Mark King 8-10 combo amp would be a good candidate.