What kind of amp do you guys play out of?

[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.

[ed hauser]

hey guys, new person here. im using an eden wt800 with ebs 15 bottom and hartke 410 top with a boss gt6b. i set everything flat and adjust at the bass. sometimes ill use (in small settings due to club or stage size, or if i dont feel like lifting heavy stuff), just an eden 550 and hartke 410 with my korg ax10b. most of the time i use my smith bass, its very very warm feeling. but if im more into having fun than tone control i use the fender jazz plus (seafoam green and ugly as sin, but it plays itself). and i always run through my yamaha ne1 magic box.

[Jim White]

Another new guy here I have a small PA system, with a Carvin 12 channel mixer and 400 watt power amp powering my old band's Yamaha stage monitors. It was far cheaper than a new combo or dedicated bass amp, and sounds great for a now retired former bar band rocker's living room setup. I'm thinking of getting a nice stereo delay to add a bit of separation since I can go stereo with my setup, but at the moment it is just straight into my little PA and sounds great.