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12 Apr 2011

Bass amp suggestion

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Posted By : grooverman | Comments : 11

No Ive not gone over to the dark side Andy Kayos want a new amp and i aint a clue

going to be used with 2 marshall cabs . must be reliable and have a DI out thats not affected by the master volume what would you guys recomend? reasonable price hes had Ashdown and that keeps breaking and Marshalll which broke (As Marshalls do )

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# Posted by Ian from Bolton - 12/04/2011, 19:18 (GMT)

Hartke HA 3500 should do the trick.

Ian

# Posted by grooverman - 12/04/2011, 19:21 (GMT)

ill pass the info onto him bud cheers for that !!

# Posted by HandyAndy - 12/04/2011, 19:45 (GMT)

I also use a Hartke HA 3500..

... "I'm Spartacus!"

....It's never let me down. (fingers crossed for mi next gig. lol)

# Posted by Fireblademalc - Depping Bass P... - 12/04/2011, 19:48 (GMT)

Behringer BX3000T - VERY VERY GOOD - and I've tried to break mine (in the context of working it flat-out) and the fecker is still going strong!!

# Posted by Bass-tard - 13/04/2011, 08:08 (GMT)

I have an SWR 750x head and a matching 6x10 SWR Goliath, a more awasome rig he will never find and it is for sale it your interested, also has flight cases for the cab and head 1k the lot

# Posted by WINGIT - 13/04/2011, 12:17 (GMT)

Hartke... \theyre bomb proof! If hadmy rig for 6 years now. must have done nearly 900 gigs,,,,, It powers on!!

# Posted by Meana Hyena - 13/04/2011, 15:10 (GMT)

I can highly recommend the hartke ha amps mines done hundreds of gigs since 2000 ,only back end of last year did i have a problem when one of the amps inside went down ,its a ha5000 and has two 250watt amps onboard i keep meaning to get it fixed but it battles on o.k with just the bass side working and is easily still powerful enough to cut through, there is so much tonal flexibility there i can still operate normally.

# Posted by Best of Foo - 13/04/2011, 16:42 (GMT)

I had a hartke.....use the term 'had' mine has just broke and cant be fixed. But they are great amps as ive had mine for 6 yrs and up till now never had a prob. If money is not an issue, tell him to get a Mark Bass, shit hot and really light

# Posted by Meana Hyena - 13/04/2011, 17:33 (GMT)

@best of foo , concur with the lightweight gear i'm currently saving my gig pennies for a lightweight rig i've tried the markbass, ibanez promethean, eden wtx-500 , i love my hartke gear but my back no longer has the same love in with it , the 2.5xl i use isn't mega heavy but i can get the same out of an ibanez promethean setup at less than half the weight , i do wonder about the roadworthiness of the lightweight gear though, i'm going to keep my hartke gear as 'back' up

# Posted by hadge - 13/04/2011, 17:48 (GMT)

My tastes are not that expensive. I`ve used the same Peavey Mk4 amp head for the past 20years with no probs what so ever. and thats a LOT of Gigs ....... Hadge from Hydra

# Posted by grooverman - 13/04/2011, 18:47 (GMT)

Nothing too expensive. but ill pass all this info onto him so he can digest before making a decision.

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