worst amp you have owned or had the luck to use

[Quilly]

Worst Amps.

 

1. A 1980s Carlsbro Cobra 90. I blew the speaker twice in it, very underpowered amp.  

2. TC BH250. Sounded OK but died shortly after I bought it.

3. Ampeg Portaflex 350 head, again no welly at all.  

[W1_Pro]

A sixty (?) watt combo with a single 12" called a 'Syncron'. It was utterly dreadful. I remember, young and clueless as I was, I still got a sinking feeling when I first heard a bass through it.

I notice a slight lack of love for Carlsbro. Not to be contrarian but I rather liked my Cobra Combo (12" speaker, one of the early ones with the controls on the top). The push button filters were really awesome with the Aria P I used to play in those days. Really heavy though. Maybe I only thought it was good because it came directly after the Syncron....😆

Edited April 16 by W1_Pro

[Piers_Williamson]

I think I went from the Carlsbro Cobra frying pan to this:

 

Edited April 16 by Piers_Williamson
wrong amp!

[Russ]

On 15/04/2025 at 12:30, rhysyjob said:

This howling piece of crap! Flat as a pancake and weighed about as much as a nuclear power station! 

To be fair to Carlsbro, they also made the Delta Bass range from the late 90s, which they co-developed with the Overwater guys. They were rather good, with some innovative features for the time. I don't think they sold too many of them though. 

 

[casapete]

4 minutes ago, Russ said:

To be fair to Carlsbro, they also made the Delta Bass range from the late 90s, which they co-developed with the Overwater guys. They were rather good, with some innovative features for the time. I don't think they sold too many of them though. 

 

 

 

I had one of these, the 600 watt Delta head. Was okay IIRC, I believe they wanted to steal some

of Trace Elliot’s thunder. Weighed about the same too….

[Dan Dare]

Worst bass amp I've owned? One of these. A mighty 12w, with an open backed cab'. Sounded quite nice at low volume for guitar, but hopeless for bass. I sold it for peanuts. Now people are asking silly money for them.

 

Edited April 21 by Dan Dare