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No this shouldn't be in the items wanted bit! I'm just asking around to see if any of you out there have any ideas as to what amp I should get. I was looking at the Ashdown minirig here, [url="http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/detail.asp?ID=144"]http://www.ashdownmusic.com/bass/detail.asp?ID=144[/url], but that's gone out of production. So anyone else got any ideas? Somewhere around £150, but can stretch a little for a really good deal or something like that!

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[quote name='treeso' post='141319' date='Feb 15 2008, 07:44 PM']Well, probably a practice amp that would be able to deal with small gigs, and yes I would![/quote]


Behringer do quite a big range of cheap bass combo's. Everything from 45 watt to 450, some of the little 180 watt combo's are pretty cheap i think, be worth having a gander anyway.

ULTRABASS BXL1800A combo is about £169 ish from Dolphin and the 300 watt version is under £200

the ULTRABASS BX1200 120 watt combo is only £118 from Thomann and 7 quid shipping

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[quote name='treeso' post='141590' date='Feb 16 2008, 03:26 PM']Thanks for all the help guys! My Dad is willing to cover the difference, so I've got a choice between 80w warwick take 12 and 180w ashdown electric blue 12

opinions?[/quote]

Personally I would igore the posts about not getting a behringer, its just brand snobbery. IMHO you get a lot for your money which is more than I can say for some of the boutique stuff where you pay a lot for a badge.

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[quote name='ianrunci' post='141701' date='Feb 16 2008, 08:39 PM']Personally I would igore the posts about not getting a behringer, its just brand snobbery. IMHO you get a lot for your money which is more than I can say for some of the boutique stuff where you pay a lot for a badge.[/quote]
And your experience of budget and boutique gear is what exactly?

From my experience a lot of budget gear is not roadworthy - great at home but f***ed as soon as you start chucking it in the back of the van/car. This tends to affect the resale value.

Unfortunately brand snobbery extends to your potential bandmates and I suspect a lot of auditions end when you walk into the studio with a Behringer. Fact of life.

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[quote name='bass_ferret' post='141765' date='Feb 17 2008, 01:01 AM']And your experience of budget and boutique gear is what exactly?

well I am 46 and have been a pro musician since I was 17. I have owned all kinds of gear over the years and many cheap amps have serve me well as have the marshalls and the cornfords and several Messa's. Bit of a daft question really

From my experience a lot of budget gear is not roadworthy - great at home but f***ed as soon as you start chucking it in the back of the van/car. This tends to affect the resale value.

No different from any other gear from my experience. bang a behringer head in a flight case and its no different for chucking around than a trace or an ashdown in a flightcase

Unfortunately brand snobbery extends to your potential bandmates and I suspect a lot of auditions end when you walk into the studio with a Behringer. Fact of life.

I wouldn't be interested with playing with musicians that thought the tools make the workman. I good player can get a great sound from virtually anything. Its the technique that matters not the gear

I know a bass player who has a massive collection of stuff. Alembic,s Status's, Jaydee's, A couple of Laklands and god knows how many others, along with about 6 bass rigs in the 3 or 4 grand bracket. He's still crap and I can get a better sound than him with a cheap bass and a cheap amp.[/quote]

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You have to turn the quote tags off if you want your posts to make sense.

The reason I asked about your experience is there are lots of posters on here that dont have the experience to back up their opinions, and yes you can waste a lot of money on boutique gear.

Crap gear can make a great player sound crap but great gear will still make a crap player sound crap. I played with 2 guys who had Les Pauls and one had a twin and the other a boogie but they still sounded like Bert Weedon.

I dont have any experience of Behringer gear myself but I do know there are lots of posters on here that have and I would not say the overall opinion is that great. I have always believed in getting the best gear you can afford when starting out as I wasted a lot of money on cheap gear that was not roadworthy when I started playing 28 years ago.

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[quote name='bass_ferret' post='141833' date='Feb 17 2008, 11:45 AM']You have to turn the quote tags off if you want your posts to make sense.

The reason I asked about your experience is there are lots of posters on here that dont have the experience to back up their opinions, and yes you can waste a lot of money on boutique gear.

Crap gear can make a great player sound crap but great gear will still make a crap player sound crap. I played with 2 guys who had Les Pauls and one had a twin and the other a boogie but they still sounded like Bert Weedon.

I dont have any experience of Behringer gear myself but I do know there are lots of posters on here that have and I would not say the overall opinion is that great. I have always believed in getting the best gear you can afford when starting out as I wasted a lot of money on cheap gear that was not roadworthy when I started playing 28 years ago.[/quote]

Yeah I would agree on that point to be honest, buying the best you can afford is great, I just think myself I would rather spend 150 quid on a 300 watt amp with everything I need to get a decent sound at gigs rather than a little amp that no matter what the make wouldn't be any use outside the bedroom or recording studio.

I think most new gear is pretty much roadworthy now. Especially the non valve stuff. I have had a few bit of Behringer gear in the past but only recently got a Bass head. I have to say that the sound is excellent and the build quality is pretty good too, I would have no worries about it being thrown about in the back of a van.

Most of the Behringer gear is cloned from other manufacturers designs and the bass amps owe more than a nod to ashdowns I would suspect. I recently sold a Marshall JCM 800 head which I have used for the past 10 years despite owning a hand wired Marshall, a Cornford and a Messaboogie Rectifier. The Marshall was built like a tank and sounded better than the other three but it was the least expensive, so paying a lot of money doesn't always guarantee you quality, it just means the manufacturer is richer. On the other hand sometimes you get what you pay for :)

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