andy67

I would never let a guitarist get near my gear nor EQ!!! 🤬😂

Here I go again 🤪 I promise I don’t work for Music Tribe Bugera but … I cannot see past the Veyron BV1001T. It’s an awesome hybrid tube amp although, tube preamp only. It works perfectly and sounds awesome/monstrous with the following cabs: Ashdown MAG & ABM 410, Hartke AK410 & HDx12, Ampeg B410 & SVT 410 plus my TC Bc208. I love it and probably will buy another just in case. It’s a pocket powerhouse! Well, a laptop case powerhouse. I own an Ampeg PF50t, 3pro, and TC BH250 but use the Veyron all the time. 🥰 Thomann doing them for around £270 + £8 postage but Music Tribe on eBay have refurbished ones for £200. https://m.thomann.de/gb/bugera_bv1001t_veyron_bass_head.htm https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254992189880?epid=806656779&hash=item3b5eb809b8:g:YMAAAOSw3fxgrOcs

The Hartke HD500 or 508 might be worth a look too. Weighs 15.6kg

Did you check the Hartke combo on sale in the classifieds? That is a lot of combo for no money.

Cheers mate 🍻 unfortunately it’s fretless but only about 15 miles from me.

Got a link for that? Cheers 🍻

I would 100% recommend the Bugera BV1001T. You will get the sound you want with your pbass instantly and given it has three preamp tubes, the dirt comes easily. I reckon it’s about 600w and is unfussy with cabs.

Yeah, the Mk3 is around £4k new but seems to sell for around £2.5 - £3k. The 30th anniversary model is £5k. Check out the price of a new TRB 😱

It just doesn’t sit on me plus the neck dive, due to the heavy head, is annoying. The chunky neck is ok but it does sound great 👍 My 1999 EBMM Stingray is just perfect 😍 Y’know, it’s £5k for a new attitude these days 🤭

Have a Mk2 Yamaha Attitude that I cannot bond with at all. It has sat in a case, under my bed, for the last 23 years.

I love my PF-50T. I did think about the 20T but decided I wanted the flexibility and eq options of the 50. I run for small gigs, my Hartke HD112 and for larger gigs, my Hartke AK410. Although, the HD112 is plenty for both. 👍

Does my PF50T allow me access to the group? 🙏

I’ve played Yamaha and Ampeg for around 35 years but to illustrate my point. In the 80s when I was growing up as a bass player, i played around 20 fender basses before choosing the right fit for me. This was because some were crap, some were mediocre and some were brilliant - in my view - this to me was individual character. Ampeg are exactly the same. As a 6 time owner of SVT 3pros, each had its own character from, US to Korean to Vietnamese to Chinese. However, of all the Yamaha basses I’ve owned, BB1600, BB424/425, BB714, BBG5, BB604, TRBX5, TRB5, Yamaha Attitude Se, LTD mk1 & mk2, they have all been exactly as specified and perfectly manufactured right down to the point where each lacked the individual character of old Fender basses of which, Yamaha copied beautifully. 😎🥳 And now that Yamaha own Ampeg, Ampeg equipment will be meticulously reproduced to ensure they are all of the same quality. I own my now 7th SVT-3pro and it’s perfect. The warranty supplied by Yamaha ensures my satisfaction.

Love Ampeg! The huge gain in quality control will ultimately mean a loss in character. Yamaha are so precise in their quality control and are second to no one! However, Yamaha manufacture their equipment to the nth degree of perfection and unfortunately for Ampeg in my opinion, will lose that ingrained character Ampeg has so readily on offer when you switch on an amp. Ampeg will though, through Yamaha, become an international powerhouse again.

Using my BV1001T during practice at Pirate Studios, it’s been coupled with an 8ohm Ashdown ABM 4x10 and have to say, it’s monstrous!

Stoked my curiosity on that 🤪 https://ultimateclassicrock.com/doors-bass-players/

I did check for a link as in Behringer/Music Tribe: https://community.musictribe.com/ but Warwick is not part of it. However, those two amps are incredibly alike in layout. Very curious indeed! Could be that like Cort manufacture for various instrument companies, Music Tribe do similar for others.

You could be forgiven for suggesting the TC Bam and Warwick Gnome are one and the same thing!

For my last two practices, I’ve used the 1001t with an Ashdown ABM 410 and man did they pair up beautifully! I have my channel volume full, gain around half, master at 3 and it sounds monstrous. What a combination.

TC Electronic are an excellent company producing really cool bass equipment. I have a TC Bam, BH250, BC208 cab (10.4kg) and an assortment of their pedals of which, are all excellent given their modest cost.

TC electronic has: https://www.tcelectronic.com/product.html?modelCode=P0CQS

Don’t forget the Bugera BV1001t 🤪