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Re: Looking for a valve bass head
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 1:10 pm
by robthemac
Bg wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 12:51 pm
Guitarist : "I'm looking to buy a decent solid state amp, sick of reliability and weight issues"
Guitarists : "Are you mental, you can only get pure tone and feel from Valve amps, you should be shot like the traitorous dog you are!!!!"
Bass player : "I'm looking to buy a decent valve amp, I like the tone and feel"
Guitarists : "Nah mate, you want to get yourself a nice solid state amp, better reliability and none of the weight"
just saying...
Hey, I play through an Iridium these days.
Re: Looking for a valve bass head
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 1:42 pm
by jimi
Ampeg SVT or nothing
Re: Looking for a valve bass head
Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2020 1:59 pm
by jeremyb
Bg wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 12:51 pm
Guitarist : "I'm looking to buy a decent solid state amp, sick of reliability and weight issues"
Guitarists : "Are you mental, you can only get pure tone and feel from Valve amps, you should be shot like the traitorous dog you are!!!!"
Bass player : "I'm looking to buy a decent valve amp, I like the tone and feel"
Guitarists : "Nah mate, you want to get yourself a nice solid state amp, better reliability and none of the weight"
just saying...
Re: Looking for a valve bass head
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:57 am
by mrmofo
there was an Eden valve head on trade me a week or so ago. I`m not sure if it sold. Eden make great bass amps.
Re: Looking for a valve bass head
Posted: Thu Dec 10, 2020 2:53 pm
by Anvil Amps Alan
jimi wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 1:42 pm
Ampeg SVT or nothing
Marshall VBA400?
Re: Looking for a valve bass head
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 7:26 am
by Mosfet
Re: Looking for a valve bass head
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 10:33 am
by MogwaiBoy
Aren't those rack type ones hybrid?
Re: Looking for a valve bass head
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 11:53 am
by smallface
I have a Fender Super Bassman 300 into a Fender 6 x 10. Great tone and it also does the SVT thing very very well.
Re: Looking for a valve bass head
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:21 pm
by BigScout4
I saw that Trademe listing however after a discussion with a tech I'll pass. It's a hybrid and they can be a bit idiosyncratic.
Re: Looking for a valve bass head
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:27 pm
by jimi
I had one of those and it was awesome.
not quite the real thing, but into an SVT810 it had the whole block rattling. Real nice warm breakup as you dug in too.
Mine was imported from the US and Clarry converted the power to run on 240v. I don't recall him being dismissive about the build quality at all. It had been used by a touring band before I got it, and was rock solid for me for about 7 years till I stopped playing bass and it just collected dust.
Re: Looking for a valve bass head
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 4:58 pm
by StrummersOfThunder
Hot explody fuzzy fart box
Re: Looking for a valve bass head
Posted: Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:07 pm
by Bg
I think you meant to post that as a PM to Jb?
Re: Looking for a valve bass head
Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2020 5:51 am
by StrummersOfThunder
Bg wrote: ↑Fri Dec 11, 2020 5:07 pm
I think you meant to post that as a PM to Jb?
Sorry , you're right. It's a cute little pet name we use
Re: Looking for a valve bass head
Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2020 7:33 am
by crowbgood1
Bg wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 12:51 pm
Guitarist : "I'm looking to buy a decent solid state amp, sick of reliability and weight issues"
Guitarists : "Are you mental, you can only get pure tone and feel from Valve amps, you should be shot like the traitorous dog you are!!!!"
Bass player : "I'm looking to buy a decent valve amp, I like the tone and feel"
Guitarists : "Nah mate, you want to get yourself a nice solid state amp, better reliability and none of the weight"
just saying...
Gold!
Re: Looking for a valve bass head
Posted: Sun Dec 27, 2020 9:15 am
by MogwaiBoy
After a music store took about 2 months to "get it up from Wellington" (shake my head haha) our bassplayer got an SVT Classic just before Christmas and he is SO happy.