The Last Bass Outpost
Gear Discussion Forums => Bass Amps & Effects => Topic started by: godofthunder on December 26, 2015, 11:17:22 AM
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This was my first real bass amp back in the day, the totally underwhelming Univox UB250. I found this on Craigs list for 100 bucks and yes it is just as underwhelming as I remember it. It is in really nice condition, most I see are pretty beat up. It is cool to look at but only good for practice. I am glad I bought it as it fills a hole in my "early years" collection. Back in the day I bought a extra cab in a effort to improve it's performance, as I recall it didn't help much. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/godofthunder59/klira%20body%20Univox%20amp%20006_zpsxzz20ptw.jpg)
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From what I recall, Univox sealed bass cabs from that era (I had a crappy 1x15 for a little bit; looked a lot like that one) where humorously undersized. Small even by guitar 1x15 standards.
... but then there was stuff like this, which is allegedly bloody awesome (but I don't know; never seen one IRL much less played thru):
(https://36.media.tumblr.com/48c3a1ff5c0f5e7d67cc37f25d15eec2/tumblr_ngrcb12KGk1tdaje4o1_1280.jpg)
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Those big Univox rigs were pretty good. Zeppelin used them for a time, JPJ said he got his best sound out of them. As I recall he said they didn't stand up to touring so they ditched them. I remember seeing posters in music stores with Paige playing them live.
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https://www.google.com/search?q=beck+bogert+%26+appice+univox+amps&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjz5-6avPrJAhXC7CYKHYN_AaoQsAQIHA&biw=1600&bih=775#imgrc=wCIQmh9DeWa3nM%3A
saw these guys with cabs.
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Those big Univox rigs were pretty good. Zeppelin used them for a time, JPJ said he got his best sound out of them. As I recall he said they didn't stand up to touring so they ditched them. I remember seeing posters in music stores with Paige playing them live.
Well that's interesting. The horn above does strike me as similar in concept to my well-loved Musicman 115RH. Also interesting is how to make a cab like that could be of poor structural integrity (it looks reasonably well put together); folded horns are inherent brick shithouses.... though the matching guitar 6x10s (or is it 12s?) in nofi's link are another matter. ... then again this is Zepplin we're talking about, so who knows what those poor rigs had to go through.
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This was my first real bass amp back in the day, the totally underwhelming Univox UB250. I found this on Craigs list for 100 bucks and yes it is just as underwhelming as I remember it. It is in really nice condition, most I see are pretty beat up. It is cool to look at but only good for practice. I am glad I bought it as it fills a hole in my "early years" collection. Back in the day I bought a extra cab in a effort to improve it's performance, as I recall it didn't help much. (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v102/godofthunder59/klira%20body%20Univox%20amp%20006_zpsxzz20ptw.jpg)
Twas my first also...
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/lowend1/UniBasslo.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lowend1/media/UniBasslo.jpg.html)
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Nice Hyflyer! I had one in black, bought it used cost me 30 bucks no case! I brought it home on my bike from the House of Guitars! I have been looking for a reasonably priced one.
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Nice Hyflyer! I had one in black, bought it used cost me 30 bucks no case! I brought it home on my bike from the House of Guitars! I have been looking for a reasonably priced one.
Did you have an Ampeg Big Stud also? That was my second bass. :o
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Ha! No I never did but I have always wanted one just for the name Big Stud!
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Didn't those have plywood bodies?
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From what I recall, Univox sealed bass cabs from that era (I had a crappy 1x15 for a little bit; looked a lot like that one) where humorously undersized. Small even by guitar 1x15 standards.
... but then there was stuff like this, which is allegedly bloody awesome (but I don't know; never seen one IRL much less played thru):
(https://36.media.tumblr.com/48c3a1ff5c0f5e7d67cc37f25d15eec2/tumblr_ngrcb12KGk1tdaje4o1_1280.jpg)
Looks like a robot head on a Voice of the Theater folded horn. Likey a LOT
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way back in the day voice of the theater cabs with a horn on top was the best p.a. system a local band could hope for.
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I wouldnt doubt it.
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Didn't those have plywood bodies?
In the truest sense of the word. And a positively horrendous neck profile. And a butt-ugly headstock.
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/lowend1/BigStudlo.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lowend1/media/BigStudlo.jpg.html)
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That's an interesting bass - like the pickguards and the material round the pickup - but it does look like a dedicated neck-diver.
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In the truest sense of the word. And a positively horrendous neck profile. And a butt-ugly headstock.
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/lowend1/BigStudlo.jpg) (http://s6.photobucket.com/user/lowend1/media/BigStudlo.jpg.html)
Oh but the name Big Stud! Still makes me want one! Hahahahaha :o
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Looks like a robot head on a Voice of the Theater folded horn. Likey a LOT
That head looks like a prop from a movie you'd see on MST3K. :)
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That head looks like a prop from a movie you'd see on MST3K. :)
Yeah, I think that thing is the root of my "ugly headstock is a deal-breaker" philosophy.
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MST3K ... ?
Ah... google has explained all... ;)
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Yeah, I think that thing is the root of my "ugly headstock is a deal-breaker" philosophy.
I meant the amp head, not the bass headstock. ;D
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I meant the amp head, not the bass headstock. ;D
Goes to show how deep my headstock OCD runs. :-[
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The UB250 1x15 rig was my first bass amp along with a Kay EB3 copy! :D