looking for bass amp any ideas ?

[metalupyoura**]

hey, im new at this and i dont know what im doing so i need help please! i got a squire bronco .... i know its abit naff but its my naff guitar! lol. any help would be mutch appreciated!

thanks alot
josh

[thunder_bird]

Well what are u gonna use it for? Gigs? bedroom level practice?

[metalupyoura**]

well ..... recording preferablly lol im only like 14 but im in a band and we record lots of stuff. so i need something that will work with recording any ideas ?

cheers for help
josh

[thunder_bird]

is ure band planning to play any gigs? If so then i would go for maybe and Ashdown MAG 2 by 10 combo or the Ashdown MAG 1 by 15 combo

[metalupyoura**]

cheers for the tip any other amps you would recomend ??? since im 14 im not "legally" allowed to do gigs . damn britian sucks

josh

[thunder_bird]

Im in the UK, what age can you legally play gigs? Im 16 and play gigs. So are u planning to use this amp at all live with acoustic drumkit and guitar amps and everything?

[metalupyoura**]

i think 16 legal age. could you just give me the names of a couple of good amps ~(because at the moment im playing on a 20 year old amp).

josh

[thunder_bird]

The Ashdown MAG range are good for the money. erm... You could look at some Laney stuff and maybe the Fender amps and Warwick amps. Its very hard to find any other stuff in the UK

[metalupyoura**]

cheers i will check em out

[slowpoke]

swr and hartke make some pretty decent stuff but i'm an ampeg fan.

if gallien krueger wasn't so expensive...

[metalupyoura**]

cheers , what do you people make of behringer ultrabass ? its just ive found a cabinet and head that i could actually afford ( im on a less than £300 quid bugget, im onli 14 and no job). so im wodering about that
please get back to me
josh

[thunder_bird]

Ultrabass 'ey (http://guitar.zentao.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14545) :hmmm:

[CaptainSG]

josh just wait it out and save more money.....yeah that's my answer to EVERYTHING money related. as for bass amps, I'm not so good but why hasn't anyone put out ampeg yet?

or....Gallien-Kreuger (SP?)

or....Yorkville?

as for alex, I haven't seen Ashdown but coming from a bass player, I guess that's real nice too......which is good cuz I have to scout for amps for my bass friend as well.

[metalupyoura**]

yeh cheers geuss im going to lol hopefully i will find out enough about amps and bass's to be able to buy something decent when it bites me in the ***.
thanks for help though. how much will i be looking at for a decent amp?

josh

[tedcrop]

swr and hartke make some pretty decent stuff but i'm an ampeg fan.

if gallien krueger wasn't so expensive...

I just bought the new Ampeg preamp and a Carl Martin compressor. Just plug the bass into the compressor and plug the DI into the recorder. I gurantee you can't go wrong with this. Then get you a power amp and an Avatar 4x10 for when you want to play live.

It would work!

[SKEETER]

I am really a lead guitarist, but played bass out in a band for a couple of years. I had a HArtke 4000 and bought a Behringer BX something or other, the head that Msucians Friend is selling for I think 219 or something like that. I like the Behringer so much better than the HArtke that I sold the Hartke.

[guitarchitect]

I got an early '70s Fender Bassman 50 head and its matching 2x15 cabinet for $340 USD. Used gear can be really nice...mine distorts beautifully, and it works just as well for guitar as it does for bass. So I'd recommend looking for used gear wherever it is to be found.

[gamma_function]

stay far away from carvin amps. about 50% (in my limited experience and travels) end up back at the factory for one reason or another. i am a big fan of peavey's smaller pracitice amps and speaker cabinets. their 410 tvx is phenomonal for a budget cabinet. if you're looking to record, look for an xlr output with a ground lift switch in the pre-amp. i also recommend checking out the sansamp bass driver di if you dont actually need an actual amplifier. the di gives you a great sounding xlr feed for the board. i swear by the sansamp line. i spent 6 hours tweaking my tone in the studio once until the producer brought out the sansamp. we had a great tone in 30 seconds with the sansamp.

[tallpaul]

for a decent price check out the Ibanez line....you can miove up later to a nice Hartke or an Ampeg

[KingAngus]

Fenders are nice...

[SKEETER]

Go to HArmony Central and read the reviews on the Behringer BX300T bass head. I own one and the reviews are very accurate, they are not overating it at all.