The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Bass Amps & Effects => Topic started by: nofi on August 14, 2009, 08:06:57 AM
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we know that marshall and hiwatt lead heads can also make good bass amps. i once had a couple sound city tube guitar amps that sounded great through sound city giutar cabs. (3). anyone else have something they would like to add to the list.
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LOL Sure a Sound City 200 plus, great amp loud as anything. Very nasty sounding in a good way.
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Ampeg V4
Great amp for both guitar and bass.
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my Plush sounds great for both and i've heard some Traynors are good for both.
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I really love my London City DEA130 Mk V amp for bass. have a London city super bass 4 x 15" cab and an london city 2 x 15" cab with it. Man it rocks! London City was an cheap marschall ripp off builder in holland in the late 60's / mid 70's.
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd144/snarenkunst/stack.jpg)
It's now in use as my home amp, mostly use my fender basmann 130 for live work and an fender musicmaster combo for small gigs. I've played over an Sound City L100 for a couple months and that too sounded great for bass.
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Saf, what is that bass on the window sill to the right of the upper cab?
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Jolana basso IX. From behind the iron curtain. Sounds like a cardboard box, but looks great.
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Looks balanced too. :)
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It's top-heavy, The head plunges towards the ground. weights almost nothing. Sounds like hell, plays not that great but what the hell it's such a great looker. It has it's place in my collection. It's had everyting it needs to have to be allowed in the collection. It's short scale and not the usual shape.
(http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd144/snarenkunst/bassen/JolanaBassoIX2008001.jpg)
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Fender Showman
Rick
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I can't say how it would work out in the gigging world, but I just did some recording a few weekends ago. In addition to the DI bass signal, we recorded another signal through a Benson L-60 115 Combo. I'd never heard of the amp before, but it had an amazingly sweet tone. The producer used the amp for the guitars and my bass and it really did a great job with both. It was a great 2 channel amp in general with a built in fuzz, tremolo, & reverb. Basically everything you could want on-board.
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In the sixties and seventies there weren't many different amps for guitar or bass.
The Shadows used an AC30 for bass.
The Beatles all used AC50 with different cabs. I used an SC50 too. Same with Selmer T'nB.
A lot of bass players used Marshall heads and the 4x12 was meant for bass, until Pete Townshend started to use 'm.
et cetera
Last year I was at a venue and their bass amp was sh*t. Just too modern, lots of controls and no good base sound. I plugged into a Fender Twin and it was great!
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I play out of a Sunn Model T, which is excellent for bass. I swapped the stock 6550 power tubes for some JJ KT-88s and the sound fattened up dramatically, even if it seemed to rob a little bit of the super sub-bass frequencies.
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Most people now regard the Fender Bassman (50W version) as a great guitar amp, but it's still an excellent bass amp for small venues if paired with an efficient speaker.
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Nothing wrong with the Bassman head for low volume gigs. The circuit design is fine for bass. Efficient or not, you have to have a closed back cab if you want adequate bass.
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... and I've still got to sort out the open front on my 3x12... ;)
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Nothing wrong with the Bassman head for low volume gigs. The circuit design is fine for bass. Efficient or not, you have to have a closed back cab if you want adequate bass.
Dave is a wise man, even if he did get careless and agree with me. That little Bassman weighs a ton, and sounds like a good bit more than 50W in action.
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The '68 Marshall 50w I've got, that sounds ridiculously loud but not ridiculously heavy, which is more than I can say for my '70 DR103...
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The '68 Marshall 50w I've got, that sounds ridiculously loud but not ridiculously heavy, which is more than I can say for my '70 DR103...
Marshall watts are larger than other watts :o
Rick
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WATT...? (going a bit def in me old age, sonny...)
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I had what I remember was a 67 50w Marshall (JMP, plexi front, small box, etc) and it sounded great as a bass amp. I used to plug into the 2nd input top, which was rounder than channel one. I have to give another nod to the RnB classic amp for bass - the Showman. I did once or twice in a studio plug into a Twin as well, but that is a Showman guts wise.
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Marshall watts are larger than other watts :o
Rick
I think I'm gonna call it . . . . . Marshall.
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Now I know why you dug up my old posting EB... ;) (what is the name btw?)
Al... to RMS, and beyond... almost sounds like someones moniker...
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I owned a black faced Showman during my late teens, great sounding amp until I switched to a Marshall major 200 watt lead head, then on to an SVT which I still use. Another guitar amp which was great for bass was an Ampeg V9, used the same power amp as an SVT so you know it was loud and punchy, Allen woody used them and sounded phenomenal live.