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Which Head?

Which Head?

  • Fender Bassman 400 Head 350 Watts

    Votes: 22 36.7%

  • SWR Workingmans 4004 400 Watts

    Votes: 14 23.3%

  • Ampeg B2RE 450 Watts

    Votes: 24 40.0%
  • Total voters
    60
  • Poll closed .
#23
I played through the new Fender stuff thinking I wouldn't like it and actually had fun with it. It sounded pretty darn good actually. I don't like the SWR stuff and kind of picky about which Ampeg models I lke. I'd go for the Fender, personally.
 
#25
I'm not sure how different the SWR WM4004 is, but I've played a WM8008 a couple of times recently (with an SWR 810 cab) and thought it sounded like crap. I won't say that all SWR sounds bad - I heard some fantastic sounds coming from a guy with a SWR Redhead and a Hartke 210.

I haven't tried any of the Fender bass amp, so I'll decline to judge.

I've found the Ampeg SS amps to sound sterile. Ashdown and GK sound better to my ears.

My preference is for all-tube (I'm lovin' my SVT-CL), so my opinions might not mean squat for what sound you're wanting.
 

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