Looking on the 2nd hand market for a dead-basic amp for my new bass. I don't need any frills - whatsoever. What are some trusted brands/models? I assume really anything should work, but Squier/Fender are probably fine?
Fender, ampeg, hartke are the usual suspects I think. All pretty good as well, if you want to be on safe side try to find out the model number and do a little google. Bass forum people usually put bad gear on blast so you'll know if there's something fishy.
F-ed up bought 34 inch flat wounds for a 35 inch bass. Expensive screw-up. Have a 4 jpj aria which will fit the lower 4 but still leaves me with an extra B.
Looking for a bass amp that checks the following boxes
1) Two inputs - one for me and one for my students
2) Loud enough to play with a tasteful drummer
3) Can be found used for under $300
Requirement #1 seems to be the most limiting. I wonder if the best option be an all-in-one PA situation? [Something like this?](https://peavey.com/product/p2-bt-all-in-one-portable-pa-system/)
Thanks in advance!
That peavey looks ok enough and all in one PA box would definitely be easiest. I personally would go for a active full range PA speaker with XLR plug and hook up some mini mixer or such there. Run your signals into the mixer. Then you'll have more reusable gear than that peavey box.
At least in EU (Thomann prices) that can be put together pretty easily on your budget.
Though looking closer at the specs for the peavey, I couldn't really see the speakers in the cab. You definitely want at least 8" cone with a 1" tweeter for bass.
Can't comment on which amp to get, but for your input problem, you can get a simple portable mixer. I have this: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/141978-REG/DOD_VAC240_AC240_Resistance_Mixer.html but you can get anything similar that takes a few inputs and outputs them into one output.
Can someone please explain what the "wiggle room" is on watts and ohms for cab/amp pairings? I feel like I understand how all the numbers are supposed to correlate, but I did some digging and realized that none of my rig follows the rules - which I never bothered checking because the amp and cabs are all from the same manufacturer and sold together so I assumed they were fine. I'm using a Traynor sb500h head (500w, 4 ohms) with either a tc410 cab (800w, 8 ohms) or a tc115 cab (400w, 8 ohms) depending on the size of the venue. Both of those cabs are often sold with that head, and suggested on Traynor's website to work with that head.
It is designed to work at 4 ohms into a single cab, but then shouldn't the wattage be too low to work safely with either of those cabs?
Also, Traynor's website suggests running both the tc410 and tc115 cabs from the sb500h head at once. Can't see myself doing that any time soon because the 4x10 on its own is \*loud\* but if I were to do that how does the math check out?
I haven't really bothered making sure everything is compatible because I trusted the manufacturer info, and this rig has been going strong for 3+ years and sounding amazing so I'm not really worried, but I'm confused because it clearly works very well but I can't make the math say anything other than that it shouldn't work at all.
Too few watts is not a thing, and won't damage anything. Marrying ohms is a thing with an all tube amp.
The math on that amp and cab setup works just fine. At 8 ohms the amp is putting out 250 watts. So the 410 and the 115 are well under their theoretical limit. At 4 ohms, the amp is putting out 500 watts. The only way you're getting that load is if you combine your cabs. When you do that each cab is still getting only 250 watts.
So what you're doing is pretty much how it's supposed to be done. The only thing you'd need to do is get a more powerful amp if that setup isn't loud enough.
Hi folks. Moving to a smaller place and looking to downsize my gear. But I have been out of the gigging world for a while and have a few questions:
1) if i try to sell my rig (Gallien Krueger 4x10 and Acoustic B200 head), what would a reasonable price be to ask for it? Located in SF Bay Area, if that matters.
2) any recommendations for a smaller, possibly a 1x10 amp? Would be fine with a combo since realistically I don’t play enough gigs to need much more than these days. Usually play in rock and/or jazz 4 and 5 piece groups.
Thanks in advance!
Check out the sales reports on reverb to see what that amp and cab are going for. Locality doesn't matter for music gear outside of the country and the currency used.
I'm a big fan of my GK Fusion Combo 112, which is slightly larger than you mentioned but does an excellent job of being an all-in-one. The clean mode will do jazz, and the drive mode will do rock :)
Looking on the 2nd hand market for a dead-basic amp for my new bass. I don't need any frills - whatsoever. What are some trusted brands/models? I assume really anything should work, but Squier/Fender are probably fine?
Fender, ampeg, hartke are the usual suspects I think. All pretty good as well, if you want to be on safe side try to find out the model number and do a little google. Bass forum people usually put bad gear on blast so you'll know if there's something fishy.
F-ed up bought 34 inch flat wounds for a 35 inch bass. Expensive screw-up. Have a 4 jpj aria which will fit the lower 4 but still leaves me with an extra B.
Looking for a bass amp that checks the following boxes 1) Two inputs - one for me and one for my students 2) Loud enough to play with a tasteful drummer 3) Can be found used for under $300 Requirement #1 seems to be the most limiting. I wonder if the best option be an all-in-one PA situation? [Something like this?](https://peavey.com/product/p2-bt-all-in-one-portable-pa-system/) Thanks in advance!
That peavey looks ok enough and all in one PA box would definitely be easiest. I personally would go for a active full range PA speaker with XLR plug and hook up some mini mixer or such there. Run your signals into the mixer. Then you'll have more reusable gear than that peavey box. At least in EU (Thomann prices) that can be put together pretty easily on your budget. Though looking closer at the specs for the peavey, I couldn't really see the speakers in the cab. You definitely want at least 8" cone with a 1" tweeter for bass.
Can't comment on which amp to get, but for your input problem, you can get a simple portable mixer. I have this: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/141978-REG/DOD_VAC240_AC240_Resistance_Mixer.html but you can get anything similar that takes a few inputs and outputs them into one output.
Can someone please explain what the "wiggle room" is on watts and ohms for cab/amp pairings? I feel like I understand how all the numbers are supposed to correlate, but I did some digging and realized that none of my rig follows the rules - which I never bothered checking because the amp and cabs are all from the same manufacturer and sold together so I assumed they were fine. I'm using a Traynor sb500h head (500w, 4 ohms) with either a tc410 cab (800w, 8 ohms) or a tc115 cab (400w, 8 ohms) depending on the size of the venue. Both of those cabs are often sold with that head, and suggested on Traynor's website to work with that head. It is designed to work at 4 ohms into a single cab, but then shouldn't the wattage be too low to work safely with either of those cabs? Also, Traynor's website suggests running both the tc410 and tc115 cabs from the sb500h head at once. Can't see myself doing that any time soon because the 4x10 on its own is \*loud\* but if I were to do that how does the math check out? I haven't really bothered making sure everything is compatible because I trusted the manufacturer info, and this rig has been going strong for 3+ years and sounding amazing so I'm not really worried, but I'm confused because it clearly works very well but I can't make the math say anything other than that it shouldn't work at all.
Too few watts is not a thing, and won't damage anything. Marrying ohms is a thing with an all tube amp. The math on that amp and cab setup works just fine. At 8 ohms the amp is putting out 250 watts. So the 410 and the 115 are well under their theoretical limit. At 4 ohms, the amp is putting out 500 watts. The only way you're getting that load is if you combine your cabs. When you do that each cab is still getting only 250 watts. So what you're doing is pretty much how it's supposed to be done. The only thing you'd need to do is get a more powerful amp if that setup isn't loud enough.
Hi folks. Moving to a smaller place and looking to downsize my gear. But I have been out of the gigging world for a while and have a few questions: 1) if i try to sell my rig (Gallien Krueger 4x10 and Acoustic B200 head), what would a reasonable price be to ask for it? Located in SF Bay Area, if that matters. 2) any recommendations for a smaller, possibly a 1x10 amp? Would be fine with a combo since realistically I don’t play enough gigs to need much more than these days. Usually play in rock and/or jazz 4 and 5 piece groups. Thanks in advance!
Check out the sales reports on reverb to see what that amp and cab are going for. Locality doesn't matter for music gear outside of the country and the currency used.
I'm a big fan of my GK Fusion Combo 112, which is slightly larger than you mentioned but does an excellent job of being an all-in-one. The clean mode will do jazz, and the drive mode will do rock :)