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Although I don't play surf music exclusively, our band was into country rock,
playing a lot of R&R oldies, I've always played my bass through a Bassman. Mine
is a black-faced 60W from the early 60's. It has such a mellow tone, that when
I play guitar, I also play through the normal channel of the Bassman, using 12"
speakers instead of 15's. It's the TUBES! The only mod I've ever made to the
amp was to convert it to a three prong electrical cord so I wouldn't get
surprised at the mike when the polarity switch was wrong. I LOVE THE SOUND of
the Bassman.
mono_tones_1 <> wrote:We use a bassman 100 driving a single
15" Altec. never had any
problems with it. Way loud enough and great sound, plenty low and
plenty high, if you want it.
Not a 'tight' sound, but that's not what we're after.
The bassplayer in my former band had an Ampeg and i thought it simply
had bad sound, and very un-versatile (?). Maybe it was just to big:
2x 300W and 8x10 cab. maybe it would sound better on a big stage, but
i have to say, I don't think i ever saw a band with an ampeg were i
really liked the bass sound. besides, don't big stages usually use
d.i. anyway?
anyway, just not an Ampeg-fan.
Another bassplayer i played with had a H&K combo, and though it looks
awful, i'd want to have one if i were a bassplayer: loud, very
versatile, and a third the size and weight, and about 1/6th the
price of an ampeg.
this of course is a personal comment. You could also be glad he
doesn't show up with a Trace Eliot on stage ;-)
surf on, wannes
--- In , "supertwangreverb"
<supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
> My bassist in my band will not use a Fender amp. He claims the
> Ampegs are better for bass guitars. I'm just wondering who uses
> Fender amps for their bass, what model, and do you have any
problems
> with rattling or blowing speakers.
> Regards,
> Bill
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