looking foor a 300w-500w combo

rahock · April 09, 2012, 05:19:53 AM

Quote from: slinkp on April 08, 2012, 06:58:21 PM
That's really a shame. Reliability used to be the one thing you could really count on with Peaveys. The combos I remember from the 80s (I had a TNT-130 circa 1984) sounded pretty blah but they were built like tanks.

I had plenty of good luck with Peavey equipment in the past. Lot of people loved 'em and Lot of people didn't. Love 'em or hate 'em there was no denying that they were dependable as hell and built like a tank.
Rick

Pilgrim · April 09, 2012, 09:01:22 AM

Yup, traditionally Peavey has been among the most reliable workhorse amps.

godofthunder · April 11, 2012, 11:51:20 AM

Now considering the GK MB500 Fusion with a 4x10 cab for starters. www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/gallien-krueger-mb-fusion-500w-tube-preamp-ultra-light-bass-amp-head

godofthunder · April 11, 2012, 01:17:36 PM

Or maybe the plain old GkMB500.

rahock · April 11, 2012, 03:37:47 PM

At that price you really need to get a look at the Genz Benz.
Rick

Pilgrim · April 11, 2012, 03:49:41 PM

Quote from: rahock on April 11, 2012, 03:37:47 PM
At that price you really need to get a look at the Genz Benz.
Rick

Seconded.

godofthunder · April 11, 2012, 04:30:13 PM

So this maybe? http://www.musiciansfriend.com/amplifiers-effects/genz-benz-shuttle-3.0-8t-300-watt-lightweight-bass-1x8-combo/482107004000000?condition=used#used

godofthunder · April 11, 2012, 04:37:03 PM

Never mind checking out the 6.0.............. discontinued

I will look at the 6.2

Pilgrim · April 11, 2012, 07:39:44 PM

Quote from: godofthunder on April 11, 2012, 04:37:03 PM
Never mind checking out the 6.0.............. discontinued I will look at the 6.2

Correct - but that has also dropped the resale value of the 6.0 units. Worth test driving if you can frind a used one.

Highlander · April 15, 2012, 10:24:32 AM

No one's mentioned Ashdown - I'm happily using (but not gigging at present) a MAG300 4x10 which is reasonably portable and nicely LOUD when it needs to be...

godofthunder · April 15, 2012, 10:37:32 AM

I have looked at Ashdown, it's tough to make a choice as no one has much of anything around here, even the HOG has limited selection when it comes to bass amps

slinkp · April 16, 2012, 10:19:33 PM

Shuttles flip on talkbass all the time. You could always buy 'n try 'n resell.

This is so far the only head I've owned of which I am a ridiculous fanboy. I just love this thing.

rahock · April 17, 2012, 05:12:27 AM

Quote from: slinkp on April 16, 2012, 10:19:33 PM
Shuttles flip on talkbass all the time. You could always buy 'n try 'n resell.

This is so far the only head I've owned of which I am a ridiculous fanboy. I just love this thing.

The more I play mine the more I like it . +1

Rick

slinkp · April 17, 2012, 01:32:14 PM

I should probably add the disclaimer that I have never owned the cool tube rigs that a lot of you guys have. If I had the funds, the space, the muscles, and the car space, I'd probably build a massive wall of Hiwatts or something... but in reality I've always been too wimpy to lug a big rig around and have always been interested in portability.

Amps I've owned in the past 30 years, roughly in chronological order:

Roland Cube 60 combo
Peavey TNT 130 combo
Randall RB 120 (I think?)
GK 400RB (I probably kept this the longest, did most of my gigs with it)
Eden WT-500 (not coincidentally around the time I finally got a decent-paying day job)
Eden WT-300
Thunderfunk 400? (not sure of model number)
Acoustic Image Clarus
AI Focus II
AI Focus III

I liked all of those ... except the Peavey, which I was never able to dial in to my satisfaction, but then I was just a kid ... All of those have since moved on.

nofi · April 18, 2012, 05:52:38 AM

i have the roland 60 combo as my only amp for the last twenty years or so. it is exactly what i need for what i do. although getting kind of shakey lately, even with a new eminence 15" speaker.
best part is i got it for free. a friend left it at my house and never came back for it.