Cheap But Decent Bass Amps?
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Cheap But Decent Bass Amps?
Anyone know of any? I don't want anything too complicated, just minimal controls like volume, maybe gain, and treble, mid, bass. I want it light weight and with a bit of volume to play a small gig or practice. I was considering one of those cheap Fender Blackface looking Rumble amps or even an SVT Micro CL, but not thinking they're the best quality or bang for the buck.
So what's out there?
So what's out there?
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Showman head and _____ cab?
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Rumbles are perfectly serviceable ime.
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I guess... I don't know. Not really digging that amp for bass. I'm thinking I need something more bass-specific. *shrug* Also head and cab is a bit cumbersome. I'm almost looking for the Bass Amp equivalent of a Princeton Reverb. Grab and go!parry wrote:Showman head and _____ cab?
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Might just go and buy one of these:MechaBulletBill wrote:Rumbles are perfectly serviceable ime.
https://www.long-mcquade.com/26569/Guit ... Amp_V3.htm
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StevenO wrote:I guess... I don't know. Not really digging that amp for bass. I'm thinking I need something more bass-specific. *shrug* Also head and cab is a bit cumbersome. I'm almost looking for the Bass Amp equivalent of a Princeton Reverb. Grab and go!parry wrote:Showman head and _____ cab?
I know. I'm just goofin
I've seen those (your link) and wondered, too.
This one is $70 and near-ish you: http://www.kijiji.ca/v-amp-pedal/city-o ... nFlag=true
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Our Bass Player got one of the new Fender Rumble Amps & it weighs nothing & sounds great.
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Since you are up in Traynor-land you should give those a look. Vintage or new are pretty good, but the vintage ones are heavy of course. But I bet an old YBA-1 or 1A would sound killer as a bass head.
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I tried out the Fender Rumbles when I was looking for a bass amp. I thought they were quite good and they get a lot of positive chat on TalkBass. The bass player in my garage band normally runs a Fender B-DEC 30 though and it has to be run through the PA to be heard. Playing out he also needs a separate monitor to hear himself (or borrow my amp). So, all that said, if you go Rumble maybe look at the 40 (https://www.long-mcquade.com/26571/Guit ... Amp_V3.htm) with its XLR line out?StevenO wrote:Might just go and buy one of these:MechaBulletBill wrote:Rumbles are perfectly serviceable ime.
https://www.long-mcquade.com/26569/Guit ... Amp_V3.htm
FYI: for my own use, I ended up trading in a guitar amp at L&M for a Traynor small block 500 head (https://www.long-mcquade.com/25511/Guit ... o_Head.htm) and paired it with a Fender Rumble 112 cabinet. Fits all my needs. Definitely recommended, but not cheap ... until after the trade-in.
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parry wrote:StevenO wrote:I guess... I don't know. Not really digging that amp for bass. I'm thinking I need something more bass-specific. *shrug* Also head and cab is a bit cumbersome. I'm almost looking for the Bass Amp equivalent of a Princeton Reverb. Grab and go!parry wrote:Showman head and _____ cab?
I know. I'm just goofin
I've seen those (your link) and wondered, too.
This one is $70 and near-ish you: http://www.kijiji.ca/v-amp-pedal/city-o ... nFlag=true
That's the smaller one. I was actually surprised at how bad it sounded when I tried one out the other day. They're around 90 new, I think. I figure $140 for the bigger model isn't too bad. AND with those nice 30 day return policies...
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I figured you might want to enjoy that safety. Who wouldn't?!
Interesting about the differences. I might not have picked up on that - thanks for pointing that out!
Interesting about the differences. I might not have picked up on that - thanks for pointing that out!
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I have been super impressed with those teeny Ampeg stacks: I haven't seen one out of the store, but the couple of times I have tried them out, I thought they were swell.
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I wish they were more plentiful. They still come up often, but they're expensive now. Mind you, expensive in this sense is $600. :/beauzooka wrote:Since you are up in Traynor-land you should give those a look. Vintage or new are pretty good, but the vintage ones are heavy of course. But I bet an old YBA-1 or 1A would sound killer as a bass head.
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Bass wattage is cheap as chips these days - you can get a couple of hundred Class D watts for about the same price as the power rating... The Rumble combos are pretty legit. The last bass player I worked with used one of the 115 combos and it weighed next to nothing and sounded great.
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If there's a Fender sidekick available, it's a great choice. I used mine for 10 years with nary a hiccup.
This is an excellent rectangle