Bass amps
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Bass amps
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Our bass player has finally decided to kick his line 6 Low Down to the curb and wants to replace it with something. He's an exceptional player but knows nothing about gear.
He was asking me last night what's out there. I dont really know jack about bass amps either but said I would ask on here for some help. We're a 3 piece playing hard rock covers with quite a loud drummer.
The Low Down he was using had a single 15" in it and a line out to the p.a. It seems to be loud enough but can lack a little 'punch' if you know what I mean. Probably due to the large driver.
Not sure on his budget. Nothing too flash but also nothing shit obvioisly. Lets just say reliable and great sounding.
School me.
Our bass player has finally decided to kick his line 6 Low Down to the curb and wants to replace it with something. He's an exceptional player but knows nothing about gear.
He was asking me last night what's out there. I dont really know jack about bass amps either but said I would ask on here for some help. We're a 3 piece playing hard rock covers with quite a loud drummer.
The Low Down he was using had a single 15" in it and a line out to the p.a. It seems to be loud enough but can lack a little 'punch' if you know what I mean. Probably due to the large driver.
Not sure on his budget. Nothing too flash but also nothing shit obvioisly. Lets just say reliable and great sounding.
School me.
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Re: Bass amps
I can definitely recommend one of gallien-kruger RB series heads. I picked up an older rb400 (i think) for $250 on tardme. Matched with a neodynium markbass 2x12 it does the job very nicely.
The GK has a great EQ, bi amp option and DI out. Sounds clean, punchy and present.
The GK has a great EQ, bi amp option and DI out. Sounds clean, punchy and present.
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Re: Bass amps
Blackstar unity series very cool. Will be buying the little one.
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Re: Bass amps
+1 on this- it’s a very good sounding rig, and easily keeps up with a loud drummer.StrummersOfThunder wrote:I can definitely recommend one of gallien-kruger RB series heads. I picked up an older rb400 (i think) for $250 on tardme. Matched with a neodynium markbass 2x12 it does the job very nicely.
The GK has a great EQ, bi amp option and DI out. Sounds clean, punchy and present.
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Re: Bass amps
Very pedal friendly?bender wrote:+1 on this- it’s a very good sounding rig, and easily keeps up with a loud drummer.StrummersOfThunder wrote:I can definitely recommend one of gallien-kruger RB series heads. I picked up an older rb400 (i think) for $250 on tardme. Matched with a neodynium markbass 2x12 it does the job very nicely.
The GK has a great EQ, bi amp option and DI out. Sounds clean, punchy and present.
Re: Bass amps
For bass I currently run a Gallien Krueger head and cab: a 1001RBII head (750watts) into the 410RBH cabinet, sounds absolutely killer in my opinion. I love a 4x10 cabinet for punchiness over a 1x15 but that's personal preference.griff7628 wrote:Very pedal friendly?bender wrote:+1 on this- it’s a very good sounding rig, and easily keeps up with a loud drummer.StrummersOfThunder wrote:I can definitely recommend one of gallien-kruger RB series heads. I picked up an older rb400 (i think) for $250 on tardme. Matched with a neodynium markbass 2x12 it does the job very nicely.
The GK has a great EQ, bi amp option and DI out. Sounds clean, punchy and present.
The GK stuff is voiced to be a little bit grunty anyway, so in my experience takes drive pedals and the like better than some other brands.
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Re: Bass amps
Is the correct answer I have ampeg svt-200t into genz-benz cab. but Mark Bass is my ideal.Kev77 wrote:Mark bass.
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Re: Bass amps
Yeah the Markbass stuff is great. Goes really well with pedals in the nose, plenty of grunt and definition. I have the Jeff Berlin CMD 151P (1x15) and use it at least 50% of the time (I also have a Fender Bassman TV Duo 10). I see them pop up on TM around that $1k mark for the combos, and it would be money well spent.
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Re: Bass amps
Yeah I think sogriff7628 wrote:Is there much difference in tone between tubes and solid state for bass amps?
"Live Bass" in a rock band gigging the biggest single contributor to Bass Tone is potentially the Sound Person.
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Re: Bass amps
>=400.
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