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Rick:
Surf Bass Amplification is not as straightforward as Surf
Guitar amplification, but I'll give it a shot:
The Fender Bassman is a totally good choice. An all-tube
Bassman built before 1968 will usually do the trick for
most situations, although the 50 watt head may leave you
wanting more power for live gigs. The 100 watt Bassman
head is definately a Surf Bass powerhouse. I have a 1966
Bassman 50, and I use it for almost all my guitar and bass
recording applications, and I still drag it to smaller gigs
and garage jams every now and again...I love that amp's
sound.
The Ampeg SVT is a nice sounding and powerful amp, but it
weighs a ton. Ampeg makes several amps besides the SVT, and
they sound real nice and round and full.
Mesa Engineering makes a great all tube bass amp, but it
will probably clean out your wallet and your savings
account. Mesa also produces great sounding tube/solid state
hybrid amps...awesome stuff, but often real expensive.
Right now, I am playing a Gallien-Krueger 800RB in most
live gig situations, rehearsals and practice sessions...and
I like it a lot. It's a biamp with a built in crossover
that seperates the signal into treble and bass channels,
two amps in one so to speak. A 100 watt amplifier section
drives the trebles while a 300 watt section drives the bass
end. The GK 800RB sounds great: loud and clear with awesome
tone definition...no muddiness at all.
I believe good old Sam from Slacktone has been playing the
same GK amp with Dick Dale recently...but, I'm not sure if
he uses the GK with Slacktone at gigs...
well, there you have it,
-dp
--- "Johnston, Rick" <>
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> Great article DP,
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> As far as the amp references, what are some other
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