What kind of amp do you guys play out of?

[Franklindayala]

I have the SWR bass 350 head with Goliath III (4x10) cab. But recently bought the Aguilar DB750 bass head.

[Albert Smith]

When I first joined KSBF my rig was exclusively Ampeg, I then migrated to Eden and you've all seen my posts, I even tried the Aguilar rigs and all of them are great. But I got to tell you for me the rig that most predominately delivered the sound I want is Ampeg. I currently own the 610 SVT classic with a B2RE head ran passively through a Fender 1200 watt power amp and it is phenomenal.
Tim I thank you for all the info and direction you've given me and countless others, you are the man.

[Bob Faulkner]

What suits one man's fancy doesn't necessarily do it for another.. Use what sounds good to you.

I almost wound up with an ampeg SVT4PRO and 810 classic cab because peavey was being slow about delivering my firebass 700 and 810tvx cabs.. in the end it all worked out though.. I love Peavey gear..

[RichardManning]

After spending loads of time and a small fortune (at least to me) back in the '80s and early '90s, I finally built my perfect bass rig. It just so happened that the manufacturer gave it a marketing name, ADA called it the "Modern Bass Quartet" and if you were reading Bass Player magazine back then, you probably saw the rig on the outside back cover more than a few times

I bought this rig new in '93-'94 (as I could buy new components and sell my old stuff, piece by piece).

My rig consists of:

1 - ADA MB-1 Bass Pre-amp
1 - ADA B500B bi-amp amp
1 - ADA Bassline HX (2 x 10 + 1 switchable 5")
1 - ADA Bassline 15 ( 1 x 15)
1 - ART MIDI controller (a leftover from previous gear that still worked for the ADA)

I also have a Furman power conditioner, wrapped in an SKB ATA 4U case with the MB-1 and B500B.

All the components are perfectly matched to get a wide range of tones of various vintage amps and basses and combinations, with 128 programs for storage, accessed at 1 or more clicks of a MIDI footswitch.

Other than a bit of Trace Elliot kit (wish I could have bought that new TE MP11 and matching footswitch that was all shiny new at my local bass gear place so long ago! only piece of gear I regret not being able to get $$$. If anyone has either or both of these and willing to part with it, let me know

Regards,
Richard

[Tim Brosnan]

Fender Bassman 250/210 combo for me. Light, loud enough for what I need, and great tone.

[Bram Schoonderbeek]

My rig consists of:
a Glockenklang Soul top 440 watts and two 2x10 Duo Cabinets

I have owned other brands but nothing I've tried compares really, it's an amp that makes your bass sound like an acoustic instrument, it's really awefully transparant, also that means it doesn't hide or smooth-out any imperfections your instrument might have, also it really really fast. I never turn a knob on that thing everything is flat and, believe it or not, I play all my basses passive on it, the only thing I do is give the gain just a nodge of hair just giving that extra little edge of dynamics and caracter. It's one amzing amp, you buy this once you never look at another thing really, atleast thats how I feel

Only thing missing... a Smith... but that will soon change
Once I have that in my hands I won't find the time to post on forums anymore hehehe

[DeTavio Crudup]

My rigs consist of a SWR SW400 with a Goliath II ( pre-fender). My second rig is a Gallian-Krueger 700RBII 2X10 combo. I use that for the smaller venues.

[Albert Smith]

Well here we go again, I just switched out my Ampeg B2r head for the SWR SM 500 Bass head.

[Tim Bishop]

Originally Posted by Albert Smith

Well here we go again, I just switched out my Ampeg B2r head for the SWR SM 500 Bass head.

Lol! Albert, what's up? I thought you were an Ampeg-man to the bone? What happened?

[Keir Riggs]

Well .......... I finally have it !!! I have replaced my whole rig........ I now have a Markbass LMKII , Carvin BR 210 cab , Hartke Hydrive 410 . I can honestly say the Markbass will be the last amp I will ever own. Now I'm working on a Markbass 210 & 15 cab setup. The Carvin & Hartke will do for now for economic reasons , but I will have that MB setup!!

[ED LOZANO]

Markbass II and SD 800 with various cabinets.