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your progression on amps

#41
Some Fender thing that was 50 watts I think (can't remember the model--it's been a while). Somebody borrowed it a long time ago and I never saw it again.

A Peavey TKO75 w/"Black Widow" speaker that I bought used for $70 about 14 years ago. (still have, but it's horrible).

Ashdown MAG300C210 combo plugged into one of the British-made Ashdown 1x15 cabs. Been great thus far for the price. The Peavey probably has at least 30 pounds on this complete setup (the combo and the 15) and it only has a 15...my back is much happier (and it sounds a hell of a lot better).
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#42
Well, I have not really owned a lot of gear for a person my age but here it is.

first amp (1981-82), a PolyTone Mini Brute
This amp suffered a melt down as I discovered what ohms where, the hard way. My first home made extension cab work fine, but when I added the second, POP!... no worky. ehhh, I was young and didn't know any better. Had it fixed and still use it today as my practice amp.

2nd, Acoustic head and 1X15 cab. I was ready to play out now, so picked them up used. Don't remember the model. 270??

3rd, Mesa Boogie Bass 400+ moved on up to the big boys.
After using this for about a year or so I had a problem with it, so what do you do when you still live at home and have cash flow......

Buy a GK800RB. Sounded great with the Boogie 2X15 cab but even better when I bi-amped it with a Bag End AF1A-C
After playing the GK for 10+ years it started to die, plus the Bag End was 120 lbs.

Current set up:
Alembic F-1X, Stewart World 2.1,
SWR Goliath jr III (2X10)
Big Ben (1X18)

Now I am thinking about dumping the bi-amp and getting a modern cab with 10's I am leaning towards the Epifani UL310

It never ends you know.

Funny thing is with the exception of the Acoustic set up, I still own this stuff. Just can't get rid of it.
 
#43
Reading your posts has reminded me of even more stuff that I used to own ang gig with including my Polytone Minibrutef rom '82 with the 12" ( which I see in my studio almost every day)and I actually owned a Roland Bass Cube ( remember those?) and a Gibson Lab series combo with a 15" . Also had me one of those wierd shaped Gibson guitar heads and a 60's twin reverb but those were also guitar days. Hard to believe you can blank out an era of time by equipment but realizing that I owned some of these has eluded my life memory for a good ( or bad) 20 years 'til this moment. Before I had kids, I guess
 
#44
Decca 10w gtr combo amp.
Peavey TKO combo
Peavey head, pre mark-anything + Musicman 1x15 cab w/altec
Acoustic 150b head, two homebrew 2x12s with yamaha drivers.
Peavey MK-III head and 1810cab.
Ampeg V4B head, old empty ampeg 2x15 cab into which I put an eminence stamped frame 15 and a Peavey Scorpion 12".
Seymour Duncan 800 watt head, with any/all of the following cabs: two pre tilt/roll SVT 8x10 cabs, and a third cab, same size, with two JBL E140s.
Polytone brute/minibrute, whatever, single 15".
Musicman HD130 head, Randall 1x18 cab.
Peavey Probass 1000 preamp, another 1810 cab, first one was long gone by then.
Peavey 410FC cab
Peavey 410 ******** cab, forget the model of that one, pre "TX series".
Two Peavey 210TX cabs.
SWR Studio 220 head.
Hartke 3500 head
Another pre tilt/roll SVT cab
Ampeg SVT50DL cab, the isovent cab.
Eden Navigator pre
GK 800 head
SVT Preamp, older one
Ampeg V6B head w/Kustom tuck/roll 2x15 cab
Peavey 1516 cab
Yorkie XS400H- just sold "new" to pat travers' bass player
Yorkie XS800H
Yorkie 410 cab
Behringer BX1200 -POS combo amp for bedroom stuff.

Sold/gave away all of that stuff, save for the BX1200 which I just bought, and the XS800/410 combo platter, which is my generic backline rental rig as well as my personal "if I ever play with a band again" rig.

oh, and I've been playing for six months, is that too much gear?? Nah, been playing for 23 annum now. Geez, I should be much better than I am.....


Lee
 
#45
Peavey basic 50
Peavey Mark something with Cerwin Vega! 2x15 (red velvet) :bassist: :rollno:
Hartke 3500 with Peavey 1615 :scowl:
'70s Fender Bassman 135 and 100 with original 2x15
Ampeg SVT400T with Ampeg 4x10he (2)
GK 800rb with same cabs, then a Bergie HT212
Alembic f1x and mackie 1400 with the Bergie
Ampeg SVT CL and 8x10 :eek:
Another Alembic with a QSC 1600 with the Berg, or 8x10
added a Raven Labs EQ and FMR RNC compressor and some Acme low b 2s
 
#46
I'll forget a bunch... but here's a start.

Ibanez 15 watt practice amp.
Fender Bassman 100 15" Combo
SWR SUper Redhead Combo
Eden/Peavey CS600
Eden Navigator/Stewart World 2.1
70's All tube SVT
Mesa Walkabout
Thunderfunk

Cabs
Peavey ? 18" Sub
Ampeg 410
Eden 410xlt
Aguilar GS210
Aguilar GS212
Schroeder 1210
 
#48
Gorilla :bassist:

Bassman (4x10 combo thing)

Hartke 1415 combo

mesa m2000 /2x15 mesa (previous live)

SWR Workingmans 10 (previous practice)

Eden wt800 /mesa 1x15 & 2x10 (current live)

SWR Baby Baby Blue (current practice)


+ quite a few cabs and a couple of heads that I kept for very short periods.
 
#49
What a great question. THis take me back a few years.

Tiny amp. Sonus? I forget the name
Peavey Combo 300 with Black Widow. Love that name
Yamaha Pre and Power Amp into Doyle Enclosures
GK RB800 into Doyles
A bunch of years off
Rented various things
Hartke 3000 TP210 115
iAMP800 Berg 210 115
iAMP800 and EA cabs :hiding:


jja412 said:
Waiting impatiently for tombowlus to post... ;)
Click to expand...

Is there a posting limit? The Tom Bowlus mega thread?
 
#51
Crate combo (100 watt 115, forget the model number)
200 Watt crate head, nameless 215 cabinet.
Same head and a 410/115 crate cabinet.
Trace Elliot all tube head (again forget the model, it was big and green), Hartke 410TP/115TP then upgraded to 4.5XL/115XL.
Same cabs and a Hartke 7000 head. This was a great rig and saw me through a lot of gigs, at least for a 16 year old.

Then I went to college and sold everything, got a Peavey 115TNT which was my only amp until....

TODAY, when I bought a Mesa M-Pulse 600 and a Powerhouse 410.
 
#53
- dad's '70s Bassman 10 combo
- dad's Peavey "Bass" head / Peavey 215 cab (Black Widow)
- dad's Peavy Mk IV head
- my own Hartke 3500 / TP410 / 15" JBL in custom cab (I later sold Hartke to my dad)
- Alembic F-1X/Crest FA-800
- Eden 210XLT (used with JBL 15")
- replaced Crest with QSC PLX3002
- EA CXL112
- iAmp800
- Shure PSM600 (in-ear-monitors) / Radial JDI / dbx 1231EQ
- 2nd EA CXL112
- currently back to iAmp800 / 2 EA CXL112
 
#55
started with a fender p bass and a little $150 fender amp. sold it all.

got an 83 mm stingray. played through an eden navigator/1000watt stewart power amp/eden 410xlt

lost 83 stingray. bought new 2eq mm stingray. ups tracking has it arriving today.
 
#57
In the seven years I've been playing bass, I've only owned one bass amp - my Peavey Combo 300. I've played bass through a couple of my guitar amps, but the Combo 300 sounds the best. One of these days I'll actually buy an extension cab and let it REALLY rock...
 
#59
Here goes

Holmes 1x12 combo (about 30 watts)
Peavey Mk III head with peavey 215 cab
"" "" "" "" with peavey 1516 cab
Peavey Databass combo (500 watts, and you could lift it with one hand. I was an idiot to sell it!)
Peavey Tmax 115 combo

and, my new rig, as of yesterday (drumroll please)

Mesa boogie Buster Bass all tube head, with SWR Son of Bertha 115 cab and Goliath Jr. 2x10 cab!! ( i think i'll stick with this one for a while)
 

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