ATTN gearsluts, help me buy a bass head![views:3817][posts:29]_______________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 4:31pm - sli sli sli ""] I'm retiring my venerable GK 800rb, for it has served me well and i'm ready to move on. But ive been playing this thing for so long I barely know where to start with looking for a new one. My only complaint about the GK was it was too clean, great low end and loud as hell but didnt cut through the mix very well. I need the low end boomyness, but im looking for something with a hint of that lemmy-esque growly midrange. I played an svt 350 at mr music and definitely dug that shit, but they sold it. Suggestions? |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 4:31pm - sli sli sli ""] P.S. rich bova rich bova rich bova |
| _________________________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 4:33pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] I have a great Peavey Centurion I bought and just fixed. They are from the early 80's / late 70's (this one is 78) and they go for cheap money on the original dollar. They take a fucking beating and a half, and are very modable. The only thing is the power supply caps may have gone and then it's an easy swap to do it yourself. I did it in like an hour the other night. Food for thought before you shell out 900$ for a tube bass head. |
| _________________________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 4:35pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] And you can always put either a tube preamp, or a tube stomp box in front of it. Or just throw a really nice overdrive on it with a pickup booster and you'll get that "cut" of a tube amp. Since it's bass, it needs less work to get the right "sound" from it, as opposed to the hell that getting guitar frequencies to sound right can be. |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 4:53pm - sli sli sli ""] yea looking more at solid state stuff cuz money is definitely an issue but i did see a sunn 2000s on ebay for cheap |
| ______________________________ [Jun 12,2009 4:56pm - Blue ""] dude, just buy a sansamp bass driver DI. youll be damn happy you did. |
| _________________________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 4:59pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] I was trying to remember the name of that! Shit can be make transistors sound like tubes! |
| ______________________________ [Jun 12,2009 5:01pm - Blue ""] i liek to call it alex webster in a box. |
| ________________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 5:11pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] Dan Lilker uses a Sansamp (guitar) amp modeler for his sound. |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 5:22pm - neverpurified ""] I personally like the MXR M80 as opposed to the sansamp |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 5:35pm - sli sli sli ""] sansamp sounds like a cool idea, ive been considering a preamp type of deal for a while, BUT i still need a head to put it thru, help! |
| _________________________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 5:44pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] the_taste_of_cigarettes said:Peavey Centurion |
| _________________________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 5:44pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] http://www.daddys.com/detail.php?itemNumber=PEA1146 180$ do it |
| _________________________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 5:45pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] This one is also pretty good, though I've had problems with them in the past. If you're good at fixing shit, go for it. http://www.daddys.com/detail.php?itemNumber=HAR1052 |
| _________________________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 5:49pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] http://www.daddys.com/detail.php?itemNumber=PEA4915 These are fucking AWESOME. I mean, talk about fucking massive sound. You could really beat the shit out of this too. One thing I can say about Peavey is they know how to make amps, or at the very least used to know how to make amps really fucking well hahahah. All the old Peavey shit has clean, well put together electronics, set up in an easy to understand and repair manner. I've fixed two of them myself and am working on a third. If I needed a head, I'd go for this. Cheap money and it will last you. Even if you have to replace a few parts it will work out better than payng $650 for some amp that the company will never stand by. Peavey has mailed me for free 70's schematics they keep on hand and told me about past problems people have had to fix so I can solve the issue without a costly repair. |
| _________________________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 5:51pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] I'd also peep some old Ampeg. I've never owned any of their gear but Howie swears by his and we got some cool sounds out of it. |
| _________________________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 5:55pm - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] Also I'd keep my eye out for a good, transparent power amp. You can always shape your sound with a low-power head you like and then juice it up with a power amp to push an 8x10. Don't feel like the watts should be your final deciding factor. |
| _______________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 5:59pm - sli sli sli ""] thanx guise, theres one of those old peaveys over at mr music, ima check it out |
| ____________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 6:17pm - mangled44 ""] i've been using a mark 4 peavey head on my rig for the last 12 years. I'll swear by it. it's gone through much beer spillage and it still works perfect. it cuts through absolutely perfect. |
| ______________________________ [Jun 12,2009 6:22pm - Blue ""] and i still say youre a retard if you dont give the sansamp pedal a try. best thing ive ever done for my bass rig. |
| _________________________________ [Jun 12,2009 6:27pm - W3 nli ""] Blue said:and i still say youre a retard if you dont give the sansamp pedal a try. best thing ive ever done for my bass rig. this is pretty much truth |
| _________________________________________ [Jun 14,2009 11:20am - AndrewBastard ""] Marc, get that Trace Elliot at guit center... |
| __________________________________________________ [Jun 14,2009 11:59am - the_taste_of_cigarettes ""] How are TE? They always seemed goofy to me |
| ___________________________ [Jul 5,2009 7:27pm - d ""] i have an svt 450 practically new for sale if your interested. got it as a gift and no need for it. asking 700 but will to take b/o email me at is.music@hotmail.com if youre interested |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 5,2009 8:27pm - joeyumbrella ""] I have a Sunn O))) sonoro for sale. $350 obo 60 (unbelievably loud) watts that will kill you and every motherfucker in the room |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 6,2009 8:06pm - sli sli sli ""] hmmmmmmm, sunn o))) is cool shit, where you at dawg? |
| ________________________________________________ [Jul 8,2009 12:36pm - matt_sways_in_the_wind ""] i'm using a peavey mark VI head to power my ampeg 8x10. it has more than enough power, it's solid, and has tons of features. you need to crank the preamp volume and nurse the post volume to get some grit and presence out of the eq and with the right bass it will cut through any mix. i imagine the peavey centurions perform similarly. |
| ________________________________________________ [Jul 8,2009 12:42pm - matt_sways_in_the_wind ""] the sans amp di is a beautiful thing. they make a three channel programmable floor unit that is the same price as the one channel unit. it has crazy tone. will spice up a low output bass, act as a standalone preamp, use it for direct recording in the studio/live. i've been in many situations where i needed to just pull it out and use it... so dirty. |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 8,2009 2:19pm - joeyumbrella ""] sli%20sli%20sli said:hmmmmmmm, sunn o))) is cool shit, where you at dawg? providence... email me if you want to check this out highesthorse@gmail.com |
| ______________________________ [Jul 8,2009 3:52pm - Murph ""] matt_sways_in_the_wind said: i've been in many situations where i needed to just pull it out and use it... so dirty. faggot. |