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Worst amp you played through

#61
Ampeg ...cant remember if pf 350 or 500.. With matching 115. Volume wise it couldn't keep up w a drummer and guitar. Nor did it like my active 5er. It was brand new and used as a house rig in a recording studio..i think it hung around for a month. Waste of money it was
 
#62
Prolly just me, or maybe the room, but I couldn't get anything pleasing out of an Orange OB1-500 and Ampeg SVT-610HLF back line rig I played a few times at a rehearsal space. Totally lost in the mix.
 
#63
Buzz E said:
Fender Rumbles. I've owned 3. Loud, light and cheap? Yep. Usable tone? Nope. Too much mud and boominess for me. I couldn't do the Rumble mumble.
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Agree with what your saying somewhat, having tried them and owned one, I found them boomy.
I did think the fundamental tone was alright though. I sold mine to my gf who thought it was fine.
 
#66
I had a couple of 50 watt Bassman amps.
They do not work with a Rick at all.
All fart and no usable volume, the lack of a mid control kills it.
They do make great guitar amps, however.

I had a Traynor which was supposed to be a 45 watt copy of a Bassman, it had the same EQ problem, but it was SO much louder.
Still no mids, but loads of volume.
 
#70
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#71
Heads: Crate BX2200, I think it was called. 200w (doubtful) head bought new in an emergency. Carvin R600, a million bells and whistles, could not get a decent tone.
Cabs: Ampeg 410hlf, all mud, no mids.
Combos: SWR LA12, zero headroom, sounded OK with volume really low. Yorkville 115/150, zero personality, but an oddly high amount of gain when you engaged the second eq. Could get crazy distortion from this thing.
 
#73
Nev375 said:
Some nameless thing that spawned from the pages of a 1960's era Mongomery Wards catalog.

Speaker was a 12 or 15 inch in a sealed box made out of some very thin 1/4" plywood and 1x1's in the corners.
The head was about 6" tall and built to sit on top of the speaker.

The front panel had 1 input, 1 knob labeled volume, 1 labeled tone, one red indicator light and a 1/4 jack to connect the speaker on the rear. No badges and no stickers to indicate the brand, model name or even the country of manufacture.
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Weird and kinda interesting. How did it sound? Awesome I assume haha
 
#78
MrCash said:
Weird and kinda interesting. How did it sound? Awesome I assume haha
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Hard for me to say. I only had a crummy '70's era Tiesco bass back then. I was a poor teenager and my parents actively discouraged my musical interests.

Eventually I worked up enough to get a used Carvin Pro Bass II and a 1x15 cab and a plywood body Series 10 bass. A much higher grade of junk, but I'd have thought that stuff was built by master elven craftsmen in comparison. I trashed the old stuff and never looked back.
 

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