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ThrashensteiN
Gotz skillz
Joined: Mon Jul 12, 2010 2:01 am Posts: 25
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Bass Amps
So, in light of acquiring a bass guitar (a beat up Fender MIM Jazz bass that sounds/plays great for $30), I need a bass amp. Something good, doesn't have to be pro level, decently priced, not a practice amp, can be combo or head/cab. I'd like a bit of a Mastodon/Norma Jean tone out of it, but again not really important considering I haven't played with many bass amps in my time.
Options I've considered: Orange Bass Terror Acoustic Amps (the brand) Mark Bass Lil Head Ampeg SVT (cheaper ones)
Any input would be awesome
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Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:12 pm |
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torgeot
Winston Wolf
Joined: Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:10 am Posts: 7283 Location: in the valley of the shadow of death
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Re: Bass Amps
Hard to go wrong with Ampeg. I have an Ashdown, I got it cheap and it does what I need, if I need a bit of dirt I use a Boss Bass Overdrive.
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Wed Jul 14, 2010 10:33 pm |
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Snaxocaster
Simethicone
Joined: Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:00 pm Posts: 11625 Location: McMurdo Research Station
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Re: Bass Amps
SVT-3 Pro, used. This is a great amp.
I owned and gigged a Markbass Mark III for a year or so. It's very very clean. Like, superclean. No grit in that box. Fantastic little thing that fits in my laptop bag, tons of power in a tiny package... No dirt, no dice. Ampeg and a nice pedal or two.
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Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:16 am |
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Broseidon
Walrus meat
Joined: Sun Jul 04, 2010 8:22 pm Posts: 7769 Location: Cambrodia.
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Re: Bass Amps
Norma Jean/Every Time I Die tone = Fucking awesome overdriven bass.
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Thu Jul 15, 2010 12:55 am |
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Juggernaut
Moist But Firm
Joined: Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:47 pm Posts: 86
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Re: Bass Amps
Mesa M-2000.
can be had for around $500, AWESOME, best bass amp I've owned yet, sold my SVT4Pro once I got it. fucker has some SERIOUS tone.
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Thu Jul 15, 2010 1:07 am |
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metalfanat1c
The Cream Of The Crop
Joined: Sat Jul 03, 2010 6:09 pm Posts: 2119
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Re: Bass Amps
Anything you get, don't forget to try a tubescreamer of some sort in front of it. Teh overdriven bass =
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Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:19 am |
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Snaxocaster
Simethicone
Joined: Thu Jun 17, 2010 3:00 pm Posts: 11625 Location: McMurdo Research Station
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Re: Bass Amps
I'm not sure how much I like TS-types in front of a bass map. The low end cut is a bit much. I did like my Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive though, if only because I could dial the girth back in. Same deal with the OCD. Though I really need to try a proper bass distortion box.
Actually, the shitty plain old DS-1 sounds decent on a bass. That's all it's good for.
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Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:02 pm |
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ThrashensteiN
Gotz skillz
Joined: Mon Jul 12, 2010 2:01 am Posts: 25
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Re: Bass Amps
I'd get a Sansamp Bass Driver, I love that pedal. I found out today the bridge pickup is dying, so my buddy is selling me his quarter pounder for another $30, so that'll be cool. Now, for the list of repairs: Pickup install Sand down/clearcoat finisn set up/string And then I shall have my monster. I'm going to check out one of those Mesas, and I found out I can get an Acoustic B600H and cab for DIRT fucking cheap at work. I kinda wanna get a different cab than the acoustic amp one tho, 4x10 preferably.
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Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:15 pm |
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ThrashensteiN
Gotz skillz
Joined: Mon Jul 12, 2010 2:01 am Posts: 25
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Re: Bass Amps
Why the fuck did my post count drop from 100+ to 22
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Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:15 pm |
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GnarlySheen
Jeremiah Johnson
Joined: Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:28 pm Posts: 5025 Location: Obama
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Re: Bass Amps
Because you love behringer
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Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:34 pm |
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torgeot
Winston Wolf
Joined: Tue Jun 15, 2010 11:10 am Posts: 7283 Location: in the valley of the shadow of death
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Re: Bass Amps
I was just putting numbers up until I could check the post count from tone settings, which I did Tuesday or Wednesday. I know we all had a shitload of posts from the original maps and if we could bring those numbers over I would, but since we are recent refugees from TS I brought over those numbers.
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Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:39 am |
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dewy
Maplitician
Joined: Fri Jul 09, 2010 12:20 am Posts: 168
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Re: Bass Amps
I'm gonna throw SWR out there Or maybe the new TC bass head thing?
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