Fender Rumble 500 combo
Glockenklang Blue Soul + 2 x 112 Vanderkley
Current:
Mesa Boogie Subway D800 + 2 x 112 Vanderkley
Glockenklang Blue Soul + 2 x 112 Vanderkley
Current:
Mesa Boogie Subway D800 + 2 x 112 Vanderkley
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your progression on amps
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Crate BX15
SWR LA12
Peavey Mk IV with BW 1810
Randall RB60-15
Sovtek MIG 100b with Fender/Sunn 215
Carvin R600 with Ampeg BSE410HLF
Crate BX2200 (replaced dead Carvin)
Yorkville 150/115
Hartke B90
SWR Workingmans 12
'67 Ampeg B15N
G-K 700rb with Neo 212
Ampeg SVT-CL with 410HLF
Markbass LM 250 with Traveler 210
Coming soon: Markbass LM3 with 410 HF.
Would love to have the Sovtek again. I've been chasing that tone ever since. The Markbass stuff is by far the best Solid State stuff I've heard ever. I'll being sticking with them for the foreseeable future.
SWR LA12
Peavey Mk IV with BW 1810
Randall RB60-15
Sovtek MIG 100b with Fender/Sunn 215
Carvin R600 with Ampeg BSE410HLF
Crate BX2200 (replaced dead Carvin)
Yorkville 150/115
Hartke B90
SWR Workingmans 12
'67 Ampeg B15N
G-K 700rb with Neo 212
Ampeg SVT-CL with 410HLF
Markbass LM 250 with Traveler 210
Coming soon: Markbass LM3 with 410 HF.
Would love to have the Sovtek again. I've been chasing that tone ever since. The Markbass stuff is by far the best Solid State stuff I've heard ever. I'll being sticking with them for the foreseeable future.
Rack rig (short time) to ss multi-feature rack-mount head to combo (stolen) to micro, now back to ss multi-feature rack-mount head.
another old thread to revive!! Forgive me I'm a newer member and still finding all of these great threads.
starting in the late 70's:
Sears Silvertone amp(ugh)
Sold to buy a used Ampeg SVT blueline and Ampeg cabinet with an 18" Gauss speaker that was blown- replaced with an EV 18" speaker.
Bought a Fender Bassman 4X12 angled speaker cabinet (almost a refrigerator)(great sounding cabinet but large)
SVT stolen at a bar- bought the matching Fender Bassman 100 head (hated it-sold it back- underpowered)
Tried a Traynor bass amp head- hated it, also underpowered
Sold Fender cabinet back to original owner.
Bought a Peavey Mark IV bass head and 1X18" Black Widow cabinet (Peavey amp sucked- preamp section ok)
Had a Thiele design cabinet custom made and loaded with a 15" JBL E140
Purchased an older Crown DC300 amplifier (used Peavey as a preamp/biamp rig)(1X15 & 1X18)
Bought a Peavey refrigerator cabinet (2X10 and 2X18!!)- stolen at practice mall.
Forge ahead about 10 years...
Sold Crown and Peavey amp and 1X18 cabinet
Bought Crown Power Base II amp, ART Nightbass preamp, had a custom 2X10 cabinet made loaded with JBL E110's
Sold Nightbass (too hard to get a good sound although lots of goodies in it)
Experimented with different preamps.
Ordered a Trace Elliot GP12SM preamp (waited 6 months still back ordered for months)
Gave up and bought a Trace Elliot GP7SM preamp (solid state) (well built and quiet... but no tube growl)
Bought an Ampeg SVP Pro preamp and SWR Goliath III cabinet (sold the 2X10)
Bought an Ampeg SVP-BSP preamp (did not like)(traded back to GC for an SWR Son of Bertha cabinet)
That is my current rig.... my retirement present to myself will be an Ampeg SVT Blueline reissue with a classic refrigerator cabinet (8X10) to keep in my studio.
starting in the late 70's:
Sears Silvertone amp(ugh)
Sold to buy a used Ampeg SVT blueline and Ampeg cabinet with an 18" Gauss speaker that was blown- replaced with an EV 18" speaker.
Bought a Fender Bassman 4X12 angled speaker cabinet (almost a refrigerator)(great sounding cabinet but large)
SVT stolen at a bar- bought the matching Fender Bassman 100 head (hated it-sold it back- underpowered)
Tried a Traynor bass amp head- hated it, also underpowered
Sold Fender cabinet back to original owner.
Bought a Peavey Mark IV bass head and 1X18" Black Widow cabinet (Peavey amp sucked- preamp section ok)
Had a Thiele design cabinet custom made and loaded with a 15" JBL E140
Purchased an older Crown DC300 amplifier (used Peavey as a preamp/biamp rig)(1X15 & 1X18)
Bought a Peavey refrigerator cabinet (2X10 and 2X18!!)- stolen at practice mall.
Forge ahead about 10 years...
Sold Crown and Peavey amp and 1X18 cabinet
Bought Crown Power Base II amp, ART Nightbass preamp, had a custom 2X10 cabinet made loaded with JBL E110's
Sold Nightbass (too hard to get a good sound although lots of goodies in it)
Experimented with different preamps.
Ordered a Trace Elliot GP12SM preamp (waited 6 months still back ordered for months)
Gave up and bought a Trace Elliot GP7SM preamp (solid state) (well built and quiet... but no tube growl)
Bought an Ampeg SVP Pro preamp and SWR Goliath III cabinet (sold the 2X10)
Bought an Ampeg SVP-BSP preamp (did not like)(traded back to GC for an SWR Son of Bertha cabinet)
That is my current rig.... my retirement present to myself will be an Ampeg SVT Blueline reissue with a classic refrigerator cabinet (8X10) to keep in my studio.
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Always funny when you go full circle.
At one point I ended up going from an SVT/610 to a V4/B40 4x10 to an SVT/8x10, only to pick up another V4/B40. I'm swinging back now, sold the B40 again, and not really using the V4 or SVT as much.
Gregory Bass 60A(1965)
Acoustic 370+301 cab
Acoustic 370+301 cab+Cerwin-Vega 1x18(other side of stage) AND SVT + two 8x10 cabs(one on each side of stage)
Trace Elliot 4x10 combo+1x15
<no bands while children went from birth to 17, my choice,1989 to 2006>
Line 6 XTLive>(rack)SansAmpRBI+dbx166xL+two or four ACME B2's
alternate the above with band-owned BOSE L1 Model 1 with 4 "bass" bins
Current:
Line 6 HD500X+rack rig + cabs OR Line 6+BOSE rig OR Line6 into FOH and monitors+Bugera 12A for mids and highs
Acoustic 370+301 cab
Acoustic 370+301 cab+Cerwin-Vega 1x18(other side of stage) AND SVT + two 8x10 cabs(one on each side of stage)
Trace Elliot 4x10 combo+1x15
<no bands while children went from birth to 17, my choice,1989 to 2006>
Line 6 XTLive>(rack)SansAmpRBI+dbx166xL+two or four ACME B2's
alternate the above with band-owned BOSE L1 Model 1 with 4 "bass" bins
Current:
Line 6 HD500X+rack rig + cabs OR Line 6+BOSE rig OR Line6 into FOH and monitors+Bugera 12A for mids and highs
Roland Spirit 50 combo
Homemade LM386 headphone amplifier
? - some paltry and insignificant combo, no recollection of it except that it worked.
TubeWorks RT-3100 combo (still use at home)
TubeWorks RT-3300 head + Ampeg 410 (borrowed)
TubeWorks RT-3300 head + Carvin 6815 Cyclops cabinet (= super combo!)
TubeWorks RT-3300 head + Acme B2
Current:
Genz-Benz Shuttle 6.2 + Acme B2
Homemade LM386 headphone amplifier
? - some paltry and insignificant combo, no recollection of it except that it worked.
TubeWorks RT-3100 combo (still use at home)
TubeWorks RT-3300 head + Ampeg 410 (borrowed)
TubeWorks RT-3300 head + Carvin 6815 Cyclops cabinet (= super combo!)
TubeWorks RT-3300 head + Acme B2
Current:
Genz-Benz Shuttle 6.2 + Acme B2
10 watt Hiatt
60w Univox 1*15
100 watt Bogen with a Kustom 2*15 cabinet
2, 300 watt SVT w/ 2, 8*10 cabinets
Randall RB-60 w 1*15
Fender Rumble 100 100w 1*15
Peavey Max 112 ii 200w 1*12
Behringer BXD3000H 300w, Carvin 2*10 cabinet
60w Univox 1*15
100 watt Bogen with a Kustom 2*15 cabinet
2, 300 watt SVT w/ 2, 8*10 cabinets
Randall RB-60 w 1*15
Fender Rumble 100 100w 1*15
Peavey Max 112 ii 200w 1*12
Behringer BXD3000H 300w, Carvin 2*10 cabinet
Started out playing on a couple of Fender guitar combos.
First actual bass amp was a used Carvin RL 600 head and a Carvin RL 210 cab.
When I first started playing louder rock gigs, I added a couple of Carvin RL 1x15 cabs, which I used with or without the 210 cab in various combinations. I later upgraded the RL 600 head to the similar but higher powered RL 900 head.
Somewhere around 2005 or so I moved to a pre/power setup with a Carvin DCM series power amp and a BBE Bmax preamp, which I used with the same Carvin cabs.
Maybe 5 or so years ago I sold the Carvin 1x15s and picked up a Markbass Neo 4x10 cab, which I used with the trusty old Carvin RL 210 cab. A year or two later I picked up a second Markbass 4x10 and retired the Carvin for home use.
Over the past couple of years I updated the pre/power setup by replacing the Carvin DCM with a QSC GX5. I've also lately been using a SansAmp RPM in place of the BBE Preamp, because I seem to clip it less often at gig volume, but I imagine I'll likely keep the BBE Preamp in the rotation as I slightly prefer its tone overall.
My basic tone and approach (focusing on a clean, hi-fi, full-range solid state tone) has been largely the same, and the changes have mainly been based upon increasing reliable headroom and response in a live setting.
First actual bass amp was a used Carvin RL 600 head and a Carvin RL 210 cab.
When I first started playing louder rock gigs, I added a couple of Carvin RL 1x15 cabs, which I used with or without the 210 cab in various combinations. I later upgraded the RL 600 head to the similar but higher powered RL 900 head.
Somewhere around 2005 or so I moved to a pre/power setup with a Carvin DCM series power amp and a BBE Bmax preamp, which I used with the same Carvin cabs.
Maybe 5 or so years ago I sold the Carvin 1x15s and picked up a Markbass Neo 4x10 cab, which I used with the trusty old Carvin RL 210 cab. A year or two later I picked up a second Markbass 4x10 and retired the Carvin for home use.
Over the past couple of years I updated the pre/power setup by replacing the Carvin DCM with a QSC GX5. I've also lately been using a SansAmp RPM in place of the BBE Preamp, because I seem to clip it less often at gig volume, but I imagine I'll likely keep the BBE Preamp in the rotation as I slightly prefer its tone overall.
My basic tone and approach (focusing on a clean, hi-fi, full-range solid state tone) has been largely the same, and the changes have mainly been based upon increasing reliable headroom and response in a live setting.
A truck load of gear and still looking trying new gear.
One constant has been a Bag End 1x15 speaker.
One constant has been a Bag End 1x15 speaker.
Ampeg B25B
Music Man 100B
Music Man 120B
Music Man 115B One Twenty
Music Man HD150
EBS T90
Trace Elliot V4 MKII
Trace Elliot V8
Trace Elliot Twin Valve
Trace Elliot Hexa Valve
Fender Bassman 300 Pro
Fender Super Bassman
Traynor YBA-3 CS
Traynor YBA-4
Traynor YBA 300
SWR Headlite
Gallien Krueger 400RB-II
Gallien Krueger 400RB-IV
Gallien Krueger 800RB
Gallien Krueger 200RCB
Gallien Krueger 1200SEB
Marshall VBA400
Genz Benz Streamliner 900
Ashdown CTM30
about 25 19" preamps...
and some more amps
Some of them:
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Music Man 100B
Music Man 120B
Music Man 115B One Twenty
Music Man HD150
EBS T90
Trace Elliot V4 MKII
Trace Elliot V8
Trace Elliot Twin Valve
Trace Elliot Hexa Valve
Fender Bassman 300 Pro
Fender Super Bassman
Traynor YBA-3 CS
Traynor YBA-4
Traynor YBA 300
SWR Headlite
Gallien Krueger 400RB-II
Gallien Krueger 400RB-IV
Gallien Krueger 800RB
Gallien Krueger 200RCB
Gallien Krueger 1200SEB
Marshall VBA400
Genz Benz Streamliner 900
Ashdown CTM30
about 25 19" preamps...
and some more amps
Some of them:
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Simms Watts PA amp - 35 years ago though 
then....
Carlsboro Stingray 150 head - homemade 18" cab
HH Bass Baby combo
Ohm GA140 combo
Laney DP150 head
Trace Elliott Series 6 AH200 head - Ampeg 1510 cab
then i retired for about 15 years until i picked up again - wow, things have changed - went on a bit of a journey finding stuff i liked now i was a bit more solvent....
TC BG500 combo - a bit thin sounding but got me playing in a band again
Peavey BAM combo - awesome sounds but weighed as much as a small moon - sold for health reasons
Hartke LH500 HEAD and Ashdown cabs - just got itchy and changed them
Ashdown ABM500 evo3 head - cabs as above - couldn't get rid of the soft woolly sound so sold it
Gallien Krueger MB Fusion head - Barefaced Big One cab - now we're getting there
Genz Benz Shuttle 9.2 head - cab as above - bought it on a deal and probably shouldn't have sold it, great amp
Gallien Krueger 700RB head - 2 x Barefaced Big Baby Gen 3 cabs - love it to bits
Ashdown ABM600 evo4 head - cabs as above - a different flavour and way better than the evo3 version - no wool!
Think I'm settled now.......maybe
then....
Carlsboro Stingray 150 head - homemade 18" cab
HH Bass Baby combo
Ohm GA140 combo
Laney DP150 head
Trace Elliott Series 6 AH200 head - Ampeg 1510 cab
then i retired for about 15 years until i picked up again - wow, things have changed - went on a bit of a journey finding stuff i liked now i was a bit more solvent....
TC BG500 combo - a bit thin sounding but got me playing in a band again
Peavey BAM combo - awesome sounds but weighed as much as a small moon - sold for health reasons
Hartke LH500 HEAD and Ashdown cabs - just got itchy and changed them
Ashdown ABM500 evo3 head - cabs as above - couldn't get rid of the soft woolly sound so sold it
Gallien Krueger MB Fusion head - Barefaced Big One cab - now we're getting there
Genz Benz Shuttle 9.2 head - cab as above - bought it on a deal and probably shouldn't have sold it, great amp
Gallien Krueger 700RB head - 2 x Barefaced Big Baby Gen 3 cabs - love it to bits
Ashdown ABM600 evo4 head - cabs as above - a different flavour and way better than the evo3 version - no wool!
Think I'm settled now.......maybe
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Peavey Combo 300
Peavey TKO 150
Crate BX200 and 2x15 cab
Home made combo from the Crate BX200 head and a home built 2x12 cabinet
Peavey Mark VIII with a 4x10TX and a 1X15.
Some off brand 1 tube preamp and my second speaker build DYI 2x12 cab.
then on to rack mount stuff.
Ampeg SVP-PRO Peavey DECA 528
Then bought a DPC 1400X
same 2x12.
Ampeg SVPCL DPC 1400X the addition of my DYI 2x10 cab.
Then I built my DYI 4x10 cab and started using that.
Blew my first SVP-PRO and bought a SVPCL and a Peavey PV1500 (mistake)
Went back to the DPC1400X
then went to a QSC PLX 3002
bought another SVP-PRO,
bought a Sansamp RBI.
Also have an Ampeg SCR-DI.
Peavey GPS 3500 that I use as an extra amp. (Payment for repair of a friend's 24ch board)
Ampeg 8x10 heritage.
4x10 Carvin cab bought cheap for practice.
Peavey TKO 150
Crate BX200 and 2x15 cab
Home made combo from the Crate BX200 head and a home built 2x12 cabinet
Peavey Mark VIII with a 4x10TX and a 1X15.
Some off brand 1 tube preamp and my second speaker build DYI 2x12 cab.
then on to rack mount stuff.
Ampeg SVP-PRO Peavey DECA 528
Then bought a DPC 1400X
same 2x12.
Ampeg SVPCL DPC 1400X the addition of my DYI 2x10 cab.
Then I built my DYI 4x10 cab and started using that.
Blew my first SVP-PRO and bought a SVPCL and a Peavey PV1500 (mistake)
Went back to the DPC1400X
then went to a QSC PLX 3002
bought another SVP-PRO,
bought a Sansamp RBI.
Also have an Ampeg SCR-DI.
Peavey GPS 3500 that I use as an extra amp. (Payment for repair of a friend's 24ch board)
Ampeg 8x10 heritage.
4x10 Carvin cab bought cheap for practice.
Aguilar Tone Hammer 350
Aguilar Tone Hammer 500
Mesa Boogie Prodigy
Mesa Boogie D800
Noble preamp/DI>Crest ProLite 3.0
Aguilar Tone Hammer 500
Mesa Boogie Prodigy
Mesa Boogie D800
Noble preamp/DI>Crest ProLite 3.0
I've been at this since the early 1970's.
Plush tube head and matching 2 x 15
Fender Bassman 100
Standel Imperial
Sun Coliseum
SWR phase. I liked the 350 a lot
Eden Wt 400 into tl606
Bassman into tl606
Thunderfunk into fearful
Rack rig into fearful
GB mb500 into a pair of svt210av
Current Ampeg PF50-T into a hand built tl606
I have the best tone of my career right now. I couldn't be happier.
Plush tube head and matching 2 x 15
Fender Bassman 100
Standel Imperial
Sun Coliseum
SWR phase. I liked the 350 a lot
Eden Wt 400 into tl606
Bassman into tl606
Thunderfunk into fearful
Rack rig into fearful
GB mb500 into a pair of svt210av
Current Ampeg PF50-T into a hand built tl606
I have the best tone of my career right now. I couldn't be happier.
- Silvertone small practice amp (gave away)
- Acoustic B200 combo (sold)
- 75(?) Ampeg V4B / 90's 410
- Genz Benz Shuttle 6.2 / neo212 (currently use both of these ^ )
- Acoustic B200 combo (sold)
- 75(?) Ampeg V4B / 90's 410
- Genz Benz Shuttle 6.2 / neo212 (currently use both of these ^ )
Starting in about 1984, the bold faced ones I still own.
Amps:
GK400RB
Eden WT400 Traveller
Trace Elliot AH500X
Aguilar DB750
SWR Workingman's 12 combo
GK MB115 combo
Ampeg SVT 7 Pro (died, returned)
Genz Benz Streamliner 900
Carvin B1500
Ampeg SVT-7Pro (again, worked this time)
Mesa Boogie M9
GK MB800
Mesa Boogie Strategy Eight:88
Alembic F-1X/Crest Pro-Lite 3.0
Genz Benz ShuttleMax 9.2
Kustom KXB500
Ampeg B-100r Rocket Bass Combo
Fender Super Bassman 300
Ampeg SVT-II Non-pro (1989)
Peavey MiniMega
Reiner Classic 1200
Speakers:
Peavey 215 of some kind (early 80's)
EV 15 + 7
Bag End S15B-D
SWR Goliath II 410
Bullfrog 18
Eden 210 XLT
Acme B2
Aguilar GS 412
Aguilar S 410
Aguilar DB 112 (x2)
Glasstone Li'l-G 212
fEARful 15/6/1, true 3-way crossover
fEARful 12/6/1 cube, true 3-way crossover
Schroeder 210212
Bergantino NV610
Genz Benz Neox212T
Genz Benz Uber 410T
Baer ML212
Bag End S15B-D
Bag End S15-D
Bag End S15X-D
Greenboy Audio Dually
Ampeg SVT-212AV
Barefaced Four10
Bergantino EX112ER
BarefacedBig Twin II
Amps:
GK400RB
Eden WT400 Traveller
Trace Elliot AH500X
Aguilar DB750
SWR Workingman's 12 combo
GK MB115 combo
Ampeg SVT 7 Pro (died, returned)
Genz Benz Streamliner 900
Carvin B1500
Ampeg SVT-7Pro (again, worked this time)
Mesa Boogie M9
GK MB800
Mesa Boogie Strategy Eight:88
Alembic F-1X/Crest Pro-Lite 3.0
Genz Benz ShuttleMax 9.2
Kustom KXB500
Ampeg B-100r Rocket Bass Combo
Fender Super Bassman 300
Ampeg SVT-II Non-pro (1989)
Peavey MiniMega
Reiner Classic 1200
Speakers:
Peavey 215 of some kind (early 80's)
EV 15 + 7
Bag End S15B-D
SWR Goliath II 410
Bullfrog 18
Eden 210 XLT
Acme B2
Aguilar GS 412
Aguilar S 410
Aguilar DB 112 (x2)
Glasstone Li'l-G 212
fEARful 15/6/1, true 3-way crossover
fEARful 12/6/1 cube, true 3-way crossover
Schroeder 210212
Bergantino NV610
Genz Benz Neox212T
Genz Benz Uber 410T
Baer ML212
Bag End S15B-D
Bag End S15-D
Bag End S15X-D
Greenboy Audio Dually
Ampeg SVT-212AV
Barefaced Four10
Bergantino EX112ER
BarefacedBig Twin II
Illustrated with pictures I found on teh interwebz:
I started with an old Fender Bassman which I got used in 1982 or 1983 and played until a thin stream of blue smoke (accompanied by an electrical burning smell) started coming out of one of the input jacks at rehearsal one night.
I then bought a Laney head and 4 X 10 cabinet
Then I got an awesome used Trace Elliot head (with working black light!) pre-mounted in a road case. I also got a TE 18" cab to pair with the Laney 10 (which I kept).
I then stupidly sold all my gear.
A few years later, I started to get into playing again, so I bought this:
But that didn't satisfy, so then I got this and have stayed with it for the last 8 years or so:
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Every time I am tempted to buy a new amp, I just plug this Trace Combo back in and realize I don't need anything else.
I started with an old Fender Bassman which I got used in 1982 or 1983 and played until a thin stream of blue smoke (accompanied by an electrical burning smell) started coming out of one of the input jacks at rehearsal one night.
I then bought a Laney head and 4 X 10 cabinet
Then I got an awesome used Trace Elliot head (with working black light!) pre-mounted in a road case. I also got a TE 18" cab to pair with the Laney 10 (which I kept).
I then stupidly sold all my gear.
A few years later, I started to get into playing again, so I bought this:
But that didn't satisfy, so then I got this and have stayed with it for the last 8 years or so:
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Every time I am tempted to buy a new amp, I just plug this Trace Combo back in and realize I don't need anything else.
Posted the above in 2005 - since then I have contracted ampGAS:
In no particular order...
- Genz Benz 6.0, 9.0, and GBE-1200
- Glockenklang HeartCore and Blue Soul
- Genz Benz Streamline 600 and 900 (still have the 900)
- Fender 100T
- Gallien Kruger 800, 1001 and 700RB
- Markbass something or other...
- Darkglass M900 (current amp)
- Bergantino 2x12, 2 - 1x12's (two different times) and a 322
- Fender 4x10NEO
- Accugroove Whappo Jr, Whappo, Tri-115 (current) and Tri-112 (current)
- Eden 4x10XLT
- EA 1x10 (current)
Dan
