Who misses SWR?

[phillybass101]

Take a look at Trickfish. The founder of Trickfish Richard Ruse (RIP) was with SWR in it's heyday. Trickfish also incorporates Mike Pope Preamps. Welcome to Trickfish Amplification - Professional Bass Amps/ Bass Cabs

 

[kdogg]

If that's the case- why buy a brand with no interest in reviving it? Tax write off?

That’s a great question. I would love to have been a fly on the wall when Fender execs were discussing these various acquisitions. Some of the brands kept there names while others seem to have been completely shutdown. In the latter case, did they just want to absorb the engineering and technology of those company’s?

 

[Inky13]

I owned a bunch of their stuff. Don't miss it at all.
Especially the schlep factor.

 

[Clark Dark]

Love
My
Mo'Bass

 

[MultiScaleMale]

Love
My
Mo'Bass

Mo West designed the electronics in my Alien Audio in my profile pic (and the Mo'Bass).

 

[phillybass101]

I don't miss SWR - I still have a Workingmans 15 with an extension cab!
And I still use it...it stays at our practice room. And it still sounds great.

I wouldn't judge SWR by it's workingman's stuff. This was affordable gear, nothing like the real deal.

 

[jeffbass]

That’s a great question. I would love to have been a fly on the wall when Fender execs were discussing these various acquisitions. Some of the brands kept there names while others seem to have been completely shutdown. In the latter case, did they just want to absorb the engineering and technology of those company’s?

Probably.

 

[phillybass101]

I can’t say I do. I’m wracking my brain to remember but the only time I ever was at a show and saw an amp crap out on a big stage and saw techs scrambling to get something else working was when SWR was in its heyday and seemed to be on every stage. Wish I could remember what band that was.

Now of course crap happens but boy did that throw me off and pretty much set my mind that I would never get one of those.

That's probably because it could have been backline or a heavily toured and abused Rig. Who knows how much abuse that rig actually took before it did crap out

 

[ccooney78]

I never cottoned to SWR heads much. The cabs however, were awesome.

Amen to that! I have and use a 12-Stack (4x12, 8 ohms) and it's a beast. The tone from this cab makes up for the grotesque weight (103 lbs). I will never get rid of it.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

A buck o three??? Yikes. I shouldn’tesoshocked. I’m hauling two 50lbs 210 bottoms around. I guess I’m moving it on the installment plan...lol! Have a good one.

 

[ihixulu]

I still play and love my SM-900 into Goliath 6x10.

I played that rig for a while. Bonkers loud and punchy!

 

[BrentSimons]

I'm still using a SWR 350x. I love that amp! I even like the Subwave Octaver! I picked it up for a ridiculous price during the "blow out". Made in the USA and still going strong!
Best wishes,
Brent

 

[blubass]

I don't miss the company per se, it was the era they were most popular that I miss.

 

[Mosfed]

I’ve gone back to amps I’m nostalgic about a few times. There’s better stuff now.

Truth

 

[ZenG]

I don't know about all SWR amps...but the SWR combo amp my luthier/tech has is the absolute bar-none worst bass amp I ever heard in my life.

 

[Bipslapper]

I was getting nostalgic this summer and grabbed a Super Redhead on Reverb - great price but she's a heavy red head, for sure. Back when I was really getting into bass, SWR was THE company to buy from but I rarely had the money. It is good for practice and small gigs but my Genz Benz and TC Electronic heads combined with my Berg cabs can't be beat.
That said, the Super Redhead looks bitchin' if I say so myself.

 

[MordBass]

I have two 8x8 cabs from them... I use both at larger shows but generally one is at home for daily practice and the other is at the rehearsal spot. im looking to grab an SM400S soon to leave at the rehearsal spot. Theyre awesome amps and I feel like the still have a place in todays music.

 

[SNCpre]

I'm sorry they are gone. Many of the common features that are standard on all modern bass amps can be traced back to the AMP and SWR eras. That gear was very innovative stuff in its time. I hope a bass publication like Bass Gear Mag puts together an historical profile of SWR with a retrospective interview of Steve Rabe before its too late.

I wonder how an 800 watt Headlite with Bass and Treble shelving controls and two bands of semi-parametric EQ would have been received by the bass playing community? The single knob compressor on the Headlite is exceptional as is the customizable and by-passable preshape/Aural enhancer circuit. An aural enhance bypassed Headlite run through an Eden D410T (essentially a Goliath I with an Eden cast bell tweeter) or a Goliath II 410 is a marvelous thing to experience.

 

[groooooove]

I miss the days of SWR ...when i was still young and full of dreams

could not agree more.

before i could afford them im sure was the hayday of SWR. now that im more experienced i wouldn't want one anyway. but i still remember being 13 and seeing them in guitar center. they looked awesome back then.

 

[murphy]

This is my one and only SWR piece that I love and kept