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Re: "Bass players don't need tubes."
« Reply #60 on: December 25, 2011, 10:09:40 PM »
Feel I need to post this one - some old friends...
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Re: "Bass players don't need tubes."
« Reply #61 on: December 26, 2011, 06:42:16 AM »
Oh now, you have some nice choices there......
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Re: "Bass players don't need tubes."
« Reply #62 on: December 26, 2011, 06:48:31 AM »
that pic is one of my favorites.
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Re: "Bass players don't need tubes."
« Reply #63 on: December 30, 2011, 12:44:49 PM »
whats on top of the Hiwatt cab? is that a Plush?
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Re: "Bass players don't need tubes."
« Reply #64 on: December 30, 2011, 03:17:17 PM »
Quote from: SKATE RAT on December 30, 2011, 12:44:49 PM
whats on top of the Hiwatt cab? is that a Plush?


Yep. It is a 4000G that is currently over at Andy Fuchs' shop here in NJ. Andy owns the rights to the Plush name and wanted to document the amp. (He has been doing some R&D for a new line of amps under the name. See a demo of the prototype at:

Back to my 4000G - It is supposed to be a dual-purpose amp. Somehow, it is getting an upgrade from the EL34s it originally came with to the later, revised circuit with 4x6550s. The transformers in that thing are huge - when it's done it will probably be putting out close to 200 watts.
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Re: "Bass players don't need tubes."
« Reply #65 on: January 04, 2012, 03:01:19 PM »
i have a Plush Royal Bass. i've had it since 2000. i love it. 4 6L6's. and Telefunken preamp tubes!
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Re: "Bass players don't need tubes."
« Reply #66 on: January 04, 2012, 03:10:26 PM »
Quote from: lowend1 on December 25, 2011, 10:09:40 PM
Feel I need to post this one - some old friends...


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Re: "Bass players don't need tubes."
« Reply #67 on: January 04, 2012, 05:40:27 PM »
Quote from: SKATE RAT on January 04, 2012, 03:01:19 PM
i have a Plush Royal Bass. i've had it since 2000. i love it. 4 6L6's. and Telefunken preamp tubes!


Are those Guild humbuckers in that Ripper? I bet that sounds nice and thick!
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Re: "Bass players don't need tubes."
« Reply #68 on: January 04, 2012, 06:42:44 PM »
o0h yeah! the Guild "Sludge 'Buckers" i love 'em. so thick and raw. all dirt and mud.
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Re: "Bass players don't need tubes."
« Reply #69 on: January 05, 2012, 10:33:36 AM »
Funny, first time I picked up a Ripper, it reminded me very much of a long scale version of my (black) Guild JS II.  :toast:
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Re: "Bass players don't need tubes."
« Reply #70 on: January 06, 2012, 05:16:03 AM »
Quote from: SKATE RAT on January 04, 2012, 06:42:44 PM
o0h yeah! the Guild "Sludge 'Buckers" i love 'em. so thick and raw. all dirt and mud.

Really? I've just sold my M-85II because I thought this bass sounds too tame for a loud rock band.
I just couldn't rock with the thing. It is a lovely bass but it dind't sound thick and raw enough for me...  :-[
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Re: "Bass players don't need tubes."
« Reply #71 on: January 06, 2012, 06:25:51 AM »
with most of my other basses i use a Rat or Big Muff but with this one i dont need it. it distorts any amp. and loud. i used 500K pots all around.
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Re: "Bass players don't need tubes."
« Reply #72 on: January 06, 2012, 08:59:46 AM »
Quote from: SKATE RAT on January 04, 2012, 06:42:44 PM
o0h yeah! the Guild "Sludge 'Buckers" i love 'em. so thick and raw. all dirt and mud.

You and chromium are still trying to peddle the "sludgebucker" label.  :)

In my old JS-II I found them muddy in a laid back way but not raw at all.
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Re: "Bass players don't need tubes."
« Reply #73 on: January 06, 2012, 12:15:38 PM »
same laid back on the reiisue fender/guild i have. 
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Re: "Bass players don't need tubes."
« Reply #74 on: January 18, 2012, 10:07:15 PM »
I always liked the Guild humbuckers.  They sound a heck of a lot better than the Fender mudbucker, and are pretty even.

I have been a big fan of my Ampeg BT-15 for a while now.  I hardly ever gig, but that is my go-to amp now. Old school, but lightweight, and sounds fantastic, like any Ampeg I ever owned. I never owned an SVT.  I had an opportunity to buy the first year one (with the oddball tubes) but it weighed too much.

I don't have any preference between tubes and SS.  Obviously you can get a lot more power in a manageable size with SS.  I can't think of too many situations when I would need more than 100w even with bass.  Headroom is nice, but deafening volume is what you typically get.

I like most amps, as they work or they are fun.  Except an old Alamo bass amp I had - that stunk.
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