Show your Bass amps!

[noisepunk]

I'm currently using mine (actually a b-50) as a cabinet for either my twin reverb, or my girlfriend's PA100- the speaker is pretty comically underrated for the amount of power I assume I'm putting through it, but it sounds amazing. That's my bass rig at the moment (+ too many pedals and the actual bass) - I'm looking to upgrade to a 2x15 eventually.

[mykul]

Can't resist...
Watching a B 50 on evil bay atm

Sweet amps and unusually good drivers in them.

I always wanted a 2x15...then i started lugging the stuff.

[46346]

we've had three or four nice rigs in the studio in the last few years, but i've only found fotos of two. on the left, Dave R's current rig in my band the Cooling Time. these latter-day SVT's sound fantastic on a big wood stage and are pretty darn reliable (an all-ampeg foto - that's my beloved reverberocket 2 and jet on the right!):



and on your left here, with most of the gang... well it's one helluva guitar amp for me, my current obsession. but is it not the original Bass amp?

[PJazzmaster]

only the one in the back ...thats all I need:

[rybass]

My gigging amp:



I've reduced to a 4x10 now though. Surprisingly the 4x10 has more bass output that the 6x10.

[eggwheat]

[Zork]

I carry my bass top around in a generic brown rack case along with a few pedals and stuff. It works but it is super ugly, especially compared to my awesome FMC cab:



So I'm gonna get a matching new amp style rack case in red tolex and it's gonna look fantastic. Here's my photoshop mockup of my upcoming massive rig of doom:

[finboy]

Low volume currently, the JBL d130 might take the frequencies but the 10" in the Princeton likely would not. I have another JBL, still trying to decide if it is worth putting something in a 1x15 combo, and have the 1x15 extension cab when needed. If only I could find a cheap chassis in Canada.

[jagstang]

[Zork]

that Suprem head looks awesome!

[NoiseNoiseNoise]

5 watts don't push much air, though



The Peavey TNT 150 hiding behind the Epi SG pushes a bit, though

[ddrrll]

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Why yes I would love to talk about bass gear!
Currently i'm running different combinations of these 4 boxes depending on the venue/application.

Univox U1246 bass:
Paired with the 1x15 gets me good solid low end but not much headroom which makes it great for Lou Barlow/Lemmy style dirty bass tones at "reasonable volumes". Before the amp starts to break up it sounds perfect for really thumpy/muted vintage style bass tones ala Carol Kaye.
Pairing it with the 2x15 gets me a bit of additional headroom but mostly lets me move more air with the same tones in a medium to large venue as long as there's a mic on the cab.

Fender Supertwin:
I think the Supertwin was a massive failure of Fenders R&D department. Did they even have an R&D department in 1976? The thing is that they sound sooo good and with the graphic eq it's possible to get a ton of tones! But...
Not when it's in a combo format! The standard open back, twin sized cabinet is way too small for 180 tube watts!
After trying the speaker out into closed back 4x12 and 2x12 cabs I knew i had to get it out of that little open backed cab!
And it is sooo good for bass. The Fender Studio Bass 1x15 combo from the same era is essentially the same amp with no distortion or bright switch and modified eq frequencies.
Through the 1x15 it's got a huge bottom end - I usually only set the bass around 3. It can get plenty of mids and a nice detailed top end. Surprisingly modern until I start pushing the speaker hard. I usually don't crank it too much because i've legit blown speakers rated at double the amps output rating. I use this combination for small and medium sized venues where I need headroom and power.
Paired with the 2x15 the bottom end begins to fill a whole room and I can push the amps power section harder for some mild breakup. This amp really does sound and react much like a 180 watt SVT probably would. I've used it through an Ampeg 8x10 and it sounds unreal!

So with these 4 boxes i have "all my basses covered" and the best part is that i spent zero dollars on bass specific amps! I mostly use both amps and the 1x15 for guitar and the 2x15 was recently given to me!
Sorry for all the exlclamation marks!

[i love sharin foo]

Not what you would expect for a bass rig..

It's a JTM45 clone that I built abut 5 years ago. Sounds great to me I run it into an Ampeg 8x10. I've always wanted to get ahold of an Orange AD200B. One day...

[Mclean]

Sounds better with guitar though...

[Zork]