Five Vintage Bass Amps Used By Guitarists Now

[westen44]

I never thought when I used to play my late 60s Fender Bassman that it would eventually become a guitarist's amp.  I never had an Ampeg V-4B but I got to play through one on some demo songs once.  I don't know what year it was.  It belonged to the studio engineer.  I loved the tone for bass, though.  I wish I could have taken it home with me. 

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[westen44]

I was never a fan, but I think I've read that Stevie Ray Vaughan played Marshall and Fender Bassman amps in the studio.  I have nothing against SRV, BTW, but it always bothers me when someone comes along and starts saying he was better than Hendrix. 

[Pilgrim]

I still have my '67 blackface Bassman. It would serve quite well for most of the gigs I play.

[westen44]

There was a guitarist who kept wanting to buy mine.  I should have sold it to him.  He really wanted it and I'm sure he would have given me a fair price.

[wellREDman]

When I was at the school we had a couple of bass amps but only one guitar amp so by necessity I had to put the rhythm guitar (often me) through an OLD H&H 200W Bass combo, TBH I really quite liked how it sounded.

[slinkp]

My very first bass amp was a bright orange Roland Cube 60, with a 12" speaker, circa 1980.
A very clean and simple amp - just volume and 3-band EQ, no dirt at all. Not much power to it obviously.
When I got a bigger amp I sold it to a jazz guitarist, it was pretty well suited to that job apparently.

[patman]

I have been using a Cube 100 lately.

It sounds good with bass, guitar, and steel guitar.

A lot lighter than the Ampeg B 100R