Bass Amp around 300 euro?

Zangetsu

Loud, very very loud... A fender rumble on full blast isn't quite loud enough so a little more then that... Any suggestions?

Dord

http://www.thomann.de/ie/ampeg_ba115_bass_combo.htm

These are supposed to be pretty loud.

Passenger

The Roland Cube 100 is a quality Bass combo. It's on ebay for roughly 300 yoyo's.

Zangetsu

100w bass amp big enough for a gig by any chance?

Rigsby

Zangetsu wrote: »

100w bass amp big enough for a gig by any chance?

Depends on the size of the room/venue, but I dont think 100w would be enough if you are playing in a band with a drummer. IMO 300w would be the minimum in this situation.

Zangetsu

was thinkin that, may have to up the budget a little ><

Rigsby

Zangetsu wrote: »

was thinkin that, may have to up the budget a little ><

Keep an eye on www.adverts.ie and www.buyandsell.ie

Some good bargains to be had from time to time.

Eoin Madsen

Zangetsu wrote: »

100w bass amp big enough for a gig by any chance?

For a gig with a sound system and monitors it's fine (bass will be DI anyway). For a small room with little or no front-of-house speaker wattage, it would probably be a little short on power.

Bear in mind also that wattage is not directly related to volume, there's other factors that are pretty crucial too - speaker sensitivity, operating characteristics of the amp, etc.

Patricide

Dord wrote: »

http://www.thomann.de/ie/ampeg_ba115_bass_combo.htm

These are supposed to be pretty loud.

I disagree, played one a few years ago and it was crippleingly low volumed. Unless they have changed since...

Id recommend a second hand ashdown mag 300. Twould be perfect.

Rigsby

Patricide wrote: »

Id recommend a second hand ashdown mag 300. Twould be perfect.

While the Ashdown ABM series would be better ( and a little more expensive ) I have a Mag 300 2 x 10 which I've gigged with a few times with no problems. For the price it's good value IMO.




http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/shop/flypage/product_id/37141

Patricide

Thats still the same as one of the old mag series if im not mistaken, afaik the real evo 2 series has been discontinued and in its place are the klystrons.

Had a mag myself, used and abused and it still came back for more and was always loud enough. Lucky enough to have a klystron fullstack and at this stage i can deffinatly vouch for Ashdown.

Passenger

Zangetsu wrote: »

100w bass amp big enough for a gig by any chance?

A 100w amp is loads in a small venue. As mentioned above, wattage is not related to volume so once you're hooked up to a monitor you have plenty of power for a small venue.

Zangetsu

at the moment id be more worried about being able to keep up with a VERY heavy drummer and a wall of distorted noise from a guitar in a fairly small jam room :pac:

Zangetsu

Are Behringer amps terrorable? saw a 450w for a price I could probably afford

Only thing I'd worry about 2nd hand is damage. Bass amps tend to get severly fvcked up by people...

68 lost souls

Yup go for an Ashdown Mag 300W if you can. I love mine. I go by the rule of doubling the guitar amp power. My rule of thumb for amps in a live setting is:

Guitar amp - Min. 100W
Bass Amp - Min. 200W (Preferably 300W)
PA - Min 1 Kw

Thats the way I always setup.

Darkstrike

What about the new Marshall MB series?

Patricide

They arent actually half bad at all, and there cheap and loud!!

Darkstrike

Patricide wrote: »

They arent actually half bad at all, and there cheap and loud!!

Definatly, I'm thinkin' of a half stack for myself, I'd prefer a Trace, but the two grand or so price difference is a incentive to go for the Marshall.

Zangetsu

http://www.thomann.de/ie/ashdown_mag_210_t300.htm

http://www.thomann.de/ie/marshall_mb4210.htm

Decisions decisions....

fish-head

There's a couple on Adverts.ie around the 300 mark that would be perfect. One of them is one we use in my band, an Ashdown MAG250 which is hugely loud.

Zangetsu

Only found 1 and its in england. guy hasnt gotten back to me yet but id say its been well gigged...


what are 'b-stock' from thomann like?

Rigsby

There's an Ashdown Mag 300W on www.buyandsell.ie at present, but the guy is looking for E700 :eek: for it. Maybe you could bargain him down.

EDIT: It might just be the head he's selling. It just says "bass amp".

Zangetsu

http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Marshall-MB4410~ID~7638.asp

Settleing on this and a big muff

Rigsby

Zangetsu wrote: »

http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Marshall-MB4410~ID~7638.asp

Settleing on this and a big muff

Best of luck with it. Give us a report on it when it arrives.

Passenger

Zangetsu wrote: »

http://www.soundslive.co.uk/product~name~Marshall-MB4410~ID~7638.asp

Settleing on this and a big muff

That is a beast. A long way from 100watts. enjoy.

Zangetsu

/eyes up a few cabs

I should have never gotten a credit card

Rigsby

Zangetsu wrote: »

/eyes up a few cabs
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Where are you going to be playing ?............. Croke Park ? :P

Zangetsu

nah just bedroom practice

Zangetsu

Does a guitar --> bass amp hurt the amp at all?

feylya

Nope. Bass into a guitar amp at loud volumes is very bad though

Zangetsu

Came through the door today that thing is HEAVY... 2 of us struggled to lift it out of the van. Amazing sound out of it though. The classic channal breaks up really nicely and the modern channal just sounds huge. Much much much much better then the amps I've been using!

Haven't turned it past 1 yet but I'm gonna give it a proper blast tomorrow at practice, can't wait

Darkstrike

Congrats dude, your gonna love it cranked!

yevveh

It says on the site that's 51kgs, I just bought an Ashdown ABM 410 and it was only 36.. Still, there'll be plenty of beef outta that beast

Rigsby

yevveh wrote: »

It says on the site that's 51kgs

:eek: :eek:

OP : Did it come with a fork lift truck ?

Only joking !! Best of luck with it .

Darkstrike

Muscle! And lots of it necessary!

I can't imagine the band being nackered before they start playing, lol.

yevveh

We had a temporary drummer this year out in Skerries, so what we had to do was lift my old bass amp (which admittedly was only 27kgs compared to OP's new one) but lifting that thing from the DART station to your man's house was not easy... Plus, being a bassist, it didn't leave my fingers in a good mood for playing! OP, I'd nearly consider putting castors on yours, I'm thinking of doing that for my ABM 410.

Zangetsu

I thought of that today when me and my brother were lifting it closer to the door to move to my car later, theres no way I carrying that thing to gigs without wheels lol... I didn't factor in the weight issue when I ordered it, don't really mind though!

Off work in an hour then I'm goin straight to town to put it through its paces Can't ****in wait :pac:

yevveh

One of your bandmates and yourself could probably manage it so long as you have transport, which it seems you do!

Dord

yevveh wrote: »

One of your bandmates and yourself could probably manage it so long as you have transport, which it seems you do!

That's if he has any bandmates left after they see it!

Darkstrike

Dord wrote: »

That's if he has any bandmates left after they see it!

:eek: Scatter!

yevveh

Dord wrote: »

That's if he has any bandmates left after they see it!

Hey, it's not like a drummer tried to write a song :pac:

Zangetsu

I've already managed to rip the tolex on the side >.<

Great amp though, only had to turn it up halfway to drown everyone out