This is as powerful as the Bassman 100, for half the price. if it were lost or stolen, i would probably buy a giant SWR stack, but i would miss the convenience of the size and power. my favorite aspect of this amp is that i can do all sorts of shows with it, even some outdoor shows. medium gigs are perfect for this. its small with a punch.
Model Year: 2000
Price: $300.00 (new)
Where Obtained: friend
2 inputs, bass control, low mid range, high mid range, high control, volume, mid notch ( makes for great tone ), line out, headphone jack, extension jack, CD in jack, and a power amp jack. handle on top, obviously. it is quite powerful enough for all music styles.
For slap, pop, jazz, rock, whatever, this is quite capable of anything. Compared to other amps ive used and seen, this over powers them. at low range, 60 watts is the quietest youll get. ive over powered 100 watt marshall guitar amps in clubs with this with force, it easily gets 100 watts in mid range. the tone has incredible ranges.
To get all those different sounds, tones and types of sound, you have to fiddle around with the controls to get a feel for each. i figured them out in about a week though so its not to bad. just changing them during a show, gets kind of annoying, as anything else will.
The fabric grill thing in front of the speaker is pretty water resistant. i had to walk this through the rain up to a friends house, sounded fine, and still does. its also only like 40 pounds so its easy to carry. i lean stuff against it all the time and use it as a table. its great.
I didn't look at any others, this amp was given to me as my first
amp (pretty decent for a first amp, but I want something nicer now)
this amp could be better if it had some filtering for the noise it
creates when i play, its really fuzzy and slides sound very metallic
on it
Model Year: 1999
Price: $300.00 (new)
Where Obtained: Mars Music
It has two inputs, in one of which the metal ring inside has fallen
out of; a mid notch; four band EQ: Low, Low Mid, High mid, and
High; headphone jack, line out, and stereo out plugs, 12" speaker,
solid state electronics; about 50lbs.
I use a Fender American Deluxe Jazz Bass with this amp, and it
sounds somewhat fuzzy (it's the amp, i had the bass set up and I've
tried it on different amps), i have to turn it up pretty far to cut
through just a guitat & drums; it is pretty punchy for slap, but
plucking isn't quite as nice; i haven't tried distoring it at all, but it
doesn't seem to like the envelope filter i sometimes try to use, it
cuts out almost all of the sound, like a mute
Ease of Use:
It's not programmable; takes a ton of messing with to get a nice
sound, and its harder to use that some other amps, like that SWR i
want
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