your progression on amps

[Planet Boulder]

Let's see. This is sort of a disjointed progression, but I'll give it my best. Note that some of these amps existed in parallel in my collection so there wasn;t necessarily a "progression" from some to others, merely a "compliment". But I'll try to recall in chronological order:

Amps:
- MANY moons ago, my first amp was a cheap "Stage" 50 watter. Had this thing for many years.
- Carvin R600 (never really liked it for a variety of reasons)
- Trace Elliot AH200 Series 6 (GREAT amp!)
- Trace Elliot AH600 GP7
- Trace Elliot RA500 power amp w/ Rocktron bassMAXE preamp
- Switched to Ashly BP41 preamp using a different Trace power amp that I purchased (still have both power amps and the Ashly and Rocktron pres)
- Switched to Trace Elliot Mk V GP11 preamp using same Trace power amp (this is still my "big rack setup" today).
- Trace Elliot AH350 GP7 head (it was a practice head, but never have liked the GP7s, so it didn't last long)
- MusicMan Audiphile 500-watt head, which I traded for:
- Gallien-Krueger RB700-II (this is my "smaller", but most used rack setup currently)
- Trace Elliot AH250 GP11 (this is my practice head, but I have performed live with it - it is loud as hell)

Cabs:
- The aforementioned Stage cab 1x15 was my first
- Carvin 1x15 4ohm
- Avatar 4x10 (still my main gigging cab)
- Ampeg Classic 2x10 (sold it)
- Changed the speaker in the Carvin to an Ashdown 8ohm (put the Carvin speaker in that old Stage cab - yep, still have it after 25 years - and it serves as a monitor now)
- Changed the speaker in the Carvin to a much higher powered Eminence Kappa Pro 1x15 8ohm and I finally have a 15 that I like
- Musicman Audiophile 2x10 (LOVE this cab - can't thank the TBer from whom I bought it enough! I'd get another one in a second)

 

[Daytona955i]

I've had two bass amps.

I went from a Behringer bx3000t to an Ampeg B-4R.

Slight jump.

 

[Rat]

this was my order

Gorrilla 15w combo

Peavey Basic 40

Sunn Colusseum w/ 2 Peavey 2-15 cabs

Peavey MK4 w/Peavey 215 and Peavey 4-10 road ready

GK800RB w/Sonic 410 and Sonic 115 Ev

GK800RB w/2 Sonic Micro 115 Cabs JBL2226 Speakers and a Mesa Boogie 210

GK800RB w/Peavey 810 (loved this rig)

GK800RB w/2 Sonic Micro 115 Cabs JBL2226 Speakers

Ampeg BA115

GK Backline 210 (Current Amp) (w/1-15 cab soon)

Should have never Sold my GK800RB :scowl:

 

[Mr. voodoobass]

well, lets see now...
trying to keep it to my "main" rigs.
peavey TNT150

trace-elliot 130 with peavey 210
later this cab
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ampeg svt200th with ampeg 410+ homemade 1x15"

then trading the amp for an HARTKE 3500

then trading the 410 for an EBS 1x15"

then getting rid of everything and starting all over with this
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(ampeg V4B + marshall VBC412+ custom 2x12")

then combining sound and power with an SWR pro220
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and finally adding a 2x300w fenderpoweramp driving the 412.
using the swr as a pre

i guess the pre-power solution is my main rig today but i´m still looking for the right cab, and a better pre...

 

[smperry]

I've checked out a lot, but haven't owned that much. I went through basses more than amps. Let's see...

Guild Thunderbass head and matching 2x15? cabinet
Eden Nemesis 115 combo
Peavey TNT 150? (briefly)
Alembic F1x, Crest VS650, Eden 410xlt
Mesa Boogie Bass 400, Mesa Boogie RR 15 (briefly)
Demeter VTB201, Crest VS650, Eden 410xlt
[edit, oops forgot to add my Peavey Microbass, which I still have]
Demeter VTB201, Crest VS650, Eden 210xlt and 115t (briefly)
Demeter VTB201, Crest VS650, Aguilar S410
Phil Jones Bass M500, 6t, 9b

Finally, I'm there.

Marshall

 

[Folmeister]

Here we go:

Acoustic 1X15 combo
Fender Showman + Kustom 2X15
Lab Series L4 + Webb 2X15 (played this for 20 years)
SWR Workingman's 15 combo
SWR Studio 220 + Golith Jr. + SWR Bass Monitor 12
SWR SM-500 + Goliath Senior + Acme B-2
Eden WT-600 + 410 XLT
Mesa 400+ + Powerhouse 2X10 and 1X15
Mesa Buster 200 1X15 combo
Aguilar DB 728 + Demeter HBP + Whappo Jr.
Aguilar DB 750 + Bergantino NV 425 (+ Whappo and B-2)
Current Rig: Aguilar DB 750 + Bergantino HT322 (Whappo sold, but still have the B2)

 

[dougjwray]

Let's see... the story begins in 1969...
Bradford guitar amp
Then (all bass amps):
Univox piggyback model
Peavey Mark IV
Ampeg B15N (combo)
Acoustic 370
Ampeg V4B
Polytone (combo)
GK 400RB
GK 800RB
QSC power amp w/Audio Arts preamp (the '80s "big rack" phase)
SWR SM400
Ampeg SVT III Pro
Ampeg 100R (combo)
Ampeg BA110 (combo)
(I now have the GK400RB, Ampeg SVT III Pro, Ampeg 100R and Ampeg BA110)

Cabinets:
Peavey 2x15
Music Man 1x15 (2 of them)
Hartke 1x15
Mesa Boogie 1x15 (2 of them)
Hartke 4x10

(I now have one Mesa Boogie 1x15 and the Hartke 4x10, and I'm selling the Hartke).

 

[Brendan]

Gurp... It's fluctated quite a bit. The time table is hazy (don't know how long I had one cab, or one rig, how long I didn't, etc), but this is how things went down.

-Add Rouge GC-20
-Add Crate B80XL
-Add Eden WT-300 + D410XLT (helluva jump, but got it at a pawn shop for cheap)
-Add 410XLT + Carvin DCM1000
-Subtract 410XLT
-Add MusicMan HD212 + GK 700RB
-Subtract GK700RB
-Subtract Rogue and Crate
-Subtract HD212
-Add SWR Big Ben
-Subtract SWR Big Ben
-Subtract D410XLT
-Add Eden D210T + Ampeg SVP-Pro
-Subtract WT-300
-Add Mesa/Boogie Powerhouse 115
-Subtract Powerhouse 115
-Add Mesa/Boogie Roadready 410
-Subtract D210T
-Add Ampeg V412 + Peavey Ultra 60
-Add ART DST-4
-Subtract Ampeg SVP-Pro

= Current.

 

[Crockettnj]

peavey t20 bass
rickenbacher 35 watt/15" combo

then

fender contemporary (lite) pbass
small 100 watt? qsc into the ric's 15"

then

PV century all purpose head into pv 215

then
the century into 2 pv 215, 1 with bw's 1 with ???

then

fender bassman 50 watt head into 1 215
this setup, or 2 215 cabs and 2 small heads to run them, was my unfortunate setup through most of college. :-(
Big, not loud, and no terrific sound.

then

mark 4 through the twin 215's

sell both 15's and the century. brother takes back rick and the PV bass.

mark 4 into a PV 1820

mark4 into PV 1516

mark 4 into hartke 1x15 transporter

add hartke 210

add another 210 transporter.

sell 115 tp, add 115 xl

sell a 210, add hartke 5000 head.
sell other 210

sell mark 4 head, and the fender bassman and the fender bass (i want to shoot myself in the face for this move. If i told what i sold them for you'd justifiably call me a freaking idiot.)

add kramer aluminum neck bass (no comment)

add EV 115 cab.
add EV 112 cab

assorted inexpensive stomp boxes and ADA processor. fad didnt last.

sell kramer, buy p-bass.
p-bass gone. ;-(

buy sx jazz bass

buy KSD protoJ bass

dreaming about a schroeder to solve the worlds problems.

some days my sound is good, other volumes/locations i dont like it. it's hit or miss as to what volume and where i play. not satisfied (imagine that!)

;-)

 

[rayzak]

Not too many really;

15W Gorilla

60W Peavey Basic112

100W Ampeg B-100R (still loving this combo)

200W Aguilar DB359 through Aguilar GS212(still regret selling it)

500W Aguilar AG500 through the Aggie GS 212 (loving this amp)

Looking into an Aggie GS412 or S810 or Bergie NV610 or NV425. Not to replace anything, but for total unjustified overkill

 

[Dave Siff]

1) Carvin 150-watt combo (returned within the 10-day trial period.)
2) Hartke 350-watt 2x10 combo, eventually paired with a 1x15 Transporter. This was a great rig and I wish I'd never sold it.
3) SWR SM-900 + Eden 4x10. Got these after deciding to "upgrade" from the Hartke. After a couple of years, I ditched the Eden for an Aguilar stack -- 2x10 + 2x12. Another great rig I should have kept.
4) SWR Workingman's 15 combo. A great amp for band practice.
4) SWR 550-X + Goliath Sr. 6x10. Got 'em cheap at GC. The 550-X wound up being broken, but since I bought it used, I was SOL. Replaced it with..
5) Stewart World 1.6 + Sansamp RBI.

 

[smperry]

Here we go:
...
Aguilar DB 750 + Bergantino NV 425 (+ Whappo and B-2)

All at once?!? You don't mess around. That's killer!

Marshall

 

[MrBEAR]

As best as my memory can reconstruct from all those years ago, there may be a few hazy years in here, especially the "endoresement years" as our manager was always on the look out for free gear, anyway here goes:

Supro 30 watt all tube open back 12 combo
Fender Bassman with 2x12 Blonde
Gibson Atlas all tube head 1x15 cabinet
Gibson Titan all tube head with 1x15 + 1x10 cabinet
Sunn 200S all tube head with Sunn 2x15 JBL loaded cab
Garnett B190 all tube head with (2) Garnett 2x15 cabs
Bruce SS Preamp with (2) Bruce 2x15 powered cabs
Kustom 200 SS head with 3x15 JBL loaded Gold tuck and roll cab

(Fender Precision and Jazz bass with the above amps)
(Rickenbacker 4001 + 4005 with the following both run in stereo)

Kustom 400 SS head with (4) 2x15 JBL loaded Black tuck and roll cabs
Sunn Colusium SS head with Sunn 1x18 and 4x12 cabs + Sunn Coluseum Lead with 6x12 cab
GBX SS preamp with (2) GBX 4x12 and (2) GBX 2x15 powered cabs
(2) West all tube heads with (2) West 4x12 and (2) West 2x15 cabs
Kustom Kasino 2x15 combo + (3) Kustom Kasino 2x15 powered cabs
Acoustic 360 preamp with (2) single 18 powered cabs + Marshall 100 all tube head with Marshall 4x12 cab
Dumped above Marshall and added Ampeg SVT all tube head with (2) 8x10 cabs
Malatchi Custom 6 channel preamp with 4 MacIntosh all tube amps powering (2) Sunn 2000 2x15 JBL cabs + (8) custom built 1x12 cabs

Quit the big gig on the road show and sold it all, too many extra basses to remember, kept an Alembic Series I and the '61 Jazz.

Weekend warrior, 100 mile radius bug bites:

Polytone 2x15 combo
Peavey (?? Model) all tube 120 watt guitar head with JBL 1x15 Cabaret cab
Seymour Duncan Bass Head with (2) JBL Cabaret 1x15 cabs
SWR 400 with (2) Hartke 4x10 cabs
SWR Studio 220 with Hartke 4x10
SWR Redhead with SWR Mr. Tone in the airhead space
SWR Baby Blue combo with Baby Blue extension cab
P.A. got bigger and bigger stage gear got smaller and smaller

Hung it up again, sold it all, kept the '61 Jazz and Pedulla MVP 5 Buzz

Studio bug bites:
asked to do sessions for 3 local studios

Averill/Neve preamp
Ampeg B15
Avalon U5
Manley VoxBox

During same period asked to work in a house band for backing up national acts traveling without a band, reading charts or rehearsals afternoon before the show.
Bought back SWR Baby Blue, ran into the Avalon U5 with a send to the FOH and thru to the Baby Blue for stage monitoring.

Smoked the Baby Blue beyond repair

Ashdown C110/300 combo
Eden Time Traveler with Eden 1x10 +horn
Traded Eden 1x10 on Bag End S-12B and S-15B cabinets.
Traded Eden for Ampeg PB800
Traded PB800 for Ampeg V4BH

Present day Ampeg V4BH, Bag End S-12-B and S-15B, as needed, plus the Averill/Neve preamp for studio.
Doing 2-3 gigs per month playing classic deep cuts and a few sessions here and there and some coffee house gigs as well.

 

[bad_andy]

Crawling out of the primordial ooze...

Prehistoric 1992
Gorilla 8" combo (like 5 watts) - 10 lbs

Stone Age 1993
Peavey TNT 130 15" combo 130W - 80lbs (felt like a metric ton)

Bronze Age 1996
SVT II 300W Head - 65 lbs
JBL 1x18 (ugh!) - 50 lbs
later added Peavy 2x10 - 20lbs

Iron Age 1999
SVT II 300W Head - 65 lbs
Peavy 4x10 delta

Sold cabinet for a move to Omaha ushering in...

Dark Ages 2002
Used Peavy TKO 75 - 50lbs

Workers revolt and seize means of production...

Industrial Revolution Early 2005
SVT II 300W Head - 65lbs (seems like it gets heavier every gig)
Avatar 2x12 - 65lbs
Handtruck - Priceless

What will the future hold?

Information Age (September 2005)

Electric Rig
Acoustic Image Coda II head (basically a Clarus 2) - 6 freaking lbs!
Avatar 2x12 - 65lbs

Acoustic Rig
Acoustic Image Coda II head (basically a Clarus 2) - 6 freaking lbs!
Acoustic Image Coda II 1"+5"+10" speaker cabinet - 10 pounds

 

[jgsbass]

In order? Gaaah.
Started on guitar so,
1966 Fender Princeton. Brand new.
Had a family friend build a cabinet with 2 tens
( ohmage, schmomage, I was 14)
Single Showman w/ 1 15
Traded even up for a Vibrolux Reverb
Had to give the Vibrolux back when the kids parents said no go
Yellow Bassman head and a crappy, tiny 1 15 cabinet from a cheap combo ( or a very large port)
Traded to Guitar lab for an ancient Ampeg "guitar amp" , I have never seen one since. It had a preamp on top like a Jet but had a power amp on the bottom.
Then....
Silver faced Bassman ( I'm a bass player now) Home made cabinet
Ampeg B115 ( 1975 solid state, carpet covered)
Acoustic 360 ( thanks, Tritones)
Swapped or sold and replaced with
SVT
Sold Svt ( walk up apartment, no steady band no rehearsal room)
Bought Barcus Berry 15 watt amp w/ an 8 inch speaker.
Ran that into a power amp from a Standel PA column into a Bullfrog cabinet w/ 1 10 and 1 12
GK400
Weird cabinet w/ 4 5 inch speakers in front and a 15" passive radiator on the back
SWR studio 220
SWR Goliath III jr ( I still use this puppy after 15+ years of clubdate abuse
Hartke 3500 ( Boooooo)
SWR 350X
Ampeg B2r ( you can have either one I no longer need or want 2 spares)
Carver M 1.5 power amp
Joemeek 3Q preamp

 

[The 0x]

Drive>>SWR LA>>Fender>>Sunn>>More Sunn

 

[Jazzin']

20W Peavey Microbass (kept it)
300W Ashdown Mag300 (current amp)
1200W Kustom GrooBass (GASing)

 

[SteveC]

I'd like to play along, but I can't begin to list all the stuff I've had.

 

[Dan Knowlton]

POS Yamaha combo - 50 watts with a 15 that always farted

Borrowed my brother's Peavy combo - old head with a 4x10

SWR Silverado with the 4x8 - great sound

Added a SWR Triad

Bought an Alembic F1-x and used it with a Carver PM 1.5 to power the Triad

Sold the Silverado and Triad

Bought and Eden 210XLT and a 210T

Sold them, bought an Epifani 2x12

Selling that, buying an Berg NV610

Not too bad in 7 years! Sort-of 5 rigs.

Dan K.

 

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