New to Bass. Need Amp Advice..

[BlueTalon]

Re: New to Bass. Need Amp Advice..

That TC electronics looks nice, but it is a hundred or so over budget. It is important for whatever I get to be fairly bomb proof. 15+ teenagers swinging guitars around for the first time will break anything fragile in ten minutes. I like the little Roland Micro Cube amps because they are tough, sound good, and take up little counter space. I need the equivalent in a bass amp. These kids aren't going to be playing like Billy Sheehan any time soon.

In that case, I'd second ehdwuld's suggestion of Carvin. In the link he provided, there are two nice combo amps for $349 and one for $299. If I was looking for a practice amp and that was my budget, that's probably what I would do.




For what it's worth, I have an old orange Roland Cube 60 bass amp that I bought 30 years ago. It has been to the shop a couple of times, but it's still a little workhorse. I like it so much that I bought another old one off ebay a few years ago. I can't speak to their build quality nowadays, but back then they were little tanks.

[Mr. B]

Re: New to Bass. Need Amp Advice..

I like the looks of the Roland Cube bass. The metal grill is invaluable in a high school guitar club setting. I have had an older metal grill Vox AD30VT that I play through during club meetings, and I don't know how many times something has been banged into the front and been safely repelled.

[uOpt]

Re: New to Bass. Need Amp Advice..

FWIW, my school did own various Roland amps. They survived. And it wasn't for lack of stress.

[blueman335]

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Peavey makes good practice amps.

+1. They have a 100 watt 10" speaker bass amp for $199.

[Mr. B]

Re: New to Bass. Need Amp Advice..

I ended up getting a newer Fender Rumble 40. It isn't bombproof, but it sounds great to me (then again, I don't know what I'm hearing on Bass yet) so I may keep this at home and get another less expensive rough and tumble [something] for the club amp.

[Bass_Medic_05]

Re: New to Bass. Need Amp Advice..

A friend of mine uses Orange Amp/Speaker combo, which works pretty good and its not to big so it doesn't take up a lot of room.

Orange Amplifiers Crush PiX Bass Series CR100BXT 100W 1x15 Bass Combo Amp Orange
OVERVIEW

Powerful tone to make the most of your practices and rehearsals.

The 100-watt Orange CR100BXT bass amp is the ultimate combo amp for practice, rehearsal, or smaller gigs. From the Orange Crush PiX Bass Series, the CR100BXT combines portability with solid Orange construction and durability.

Loaded with a 15" speaker and pumping out 100W of power, the CR100BXT has an auxiliary Input for your MP3/CD player and a built-in tuner! Tweak your sound with Master Volume, Contour, Presence, and 4-band EQ. Practice quietly with the headphone output, send your signal to the house PA or a recording interface with its line out, and add an extra cab with its speaker output. Case sold separately.

FEATURES
100W
15" speaker
Master Volume, Contour, Presence controls
4-band EQ
Onboard tuner
Aux input
Headphone out
Line out
Speaker out
Case sold separately

$499.00 free shipping MF