Which bass amp for Double bass and Bass guitar

[kedo]

I recently sold my heavy Ashdown bass amp and am looking at either the Genz Benz CTR 500-115 at about £490 or the Gallien and Krueger MB210-II at £470. The GB is a bit heavier. Any advice on these combos or others in the same price range. I mainly play double bass, but will probably do the odd gig with my Precision.

Any expert experience would be welcome.

[doghouse]

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I recently sold my heavy Ashdown bass amp and am looking at either the Genz Benz CTR 500-115 at about £490 or the Gallien and Krueger MB210-II at £470. The GB is a bit heavier. Any advice on these combos or others in the same price range. I mainly play double bass, but will probably do the odd gig with my Precision.

Any expert experience would be welcome.
[/quote]ea doubler 2 channels one for doulebass with notch filter to stop feedback
i know its a head and more money but they come up secondhand on basschatthttp://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/EA_Doubler.html

Edited February 6, 2013 by doghouse

[PURPOLARIS]

Acoustic Image are supposed to be good for Double Bass. I use mine for my acoustic Bass and it's ace.

[Fionn]

I'm strictly an electric player, but for what it's worth ...

Gallien Krueger MB150E / MB150S

Beefed up with the MBX112 ext extension cab the 150w is surprisingly loud, clear, and present. You can read something of how this is acheived in the review below. These are great for recording too, the signal path is uber clean. I use it for everything .. practices, gigs, recording. Don't be put off by thinking that because it's small that it miht be gutless. It's not. I've used it with a fairly loud drummer and no pa very successfully in small to medium sized rooms. Any gig that will require anything bigger is bound to have pa support anyway. Many double bassists swear by these. there's a few big name endorsers too (I think).

Manual ... [url="http://www.gallien-krueger.com/manuals/MB150-III-Manual.pdf"]http://www.gallien-k...-III-Manual.pdf[/url]

Review ... [url="http://www.performing-musician.com/pm/jun08/articles/gallienkruger.htm"]http://www.performin...llienkruger.htm[/url]

Such high quality gear. So light, versatile, and clean sounding.

Edited February 6, 2013 by Fionn

[TPJ]

+1 on the Acoustic Image. I use it for both DB and slab. I also use a Mesa Walkabout Scout 12 for both.

[3below]

Peavey Tour 700 - dirt cheap 2nd hand, graphic equalizer - Double bass through the Barefaced Dubster is an experience to behold [size=4] possibly I am lucky my db seems very feedback resistant.[/size]

[shadven]

Ampeg B-15n. Period.

[Owen]

I have doubled on lots of different amps. I use an fdeck preamp in front of whatever amp for the DB and that makes everything easy.

I would love to try a dubster with my DB. That would be lush beyond!

[EssentialTension]

I use sometimes a Mesa Walkabout 12 and sometimes a Phil Jones Bass Briefcase. Both work fine for me.

[Etienne]

+1 for the Walkabout- I use the head with a Berg EX112ER. The semi-para EQ's great for taming unwanted sub-bass rumble and dealing with nasty room resonances...

Would love to get my hands on the Fdeck HPF though- looks like an essential bit of kit for cleaning up the signal from my Bassmax...

[Doddy]

I double on Electric and Upright (and treble on synth) all with my Ashdown MiBass 550 and
Mi12 cab. It sounds great.

[xgsjx]

I don't play DB (unfortunately), but I've had a few folk out their DB through my MarkBass combo & it sounded sweet.

[Bilbo]

I gig both through an AI Clarus. Probably not loud enough for rock gigs but it works for me.

[kedo]

I'm hearing great things about the [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Gallien Krueger MB150E / MB150S for DB. Can't see to [/font][/color][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][color=#282828]for out the difference between the'E' and 'S' suffix.[/color][/font]

[PTB]

I double with a MarkBass CMP121P combo & 1x12 cab & I get plenty of compliments on my sound even if not my playing.

[Bilbo]

[quote name='kedo' timestamp='1360264458' post='1967813']
I'm hearing great things about the [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Gallien Krueger MB150E / MB150S for DB. Can't see to [/font][/color][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][color=#282828]for out the difference between the'E' and 'S' suffix.[/color][/font]
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The E has on-board effects.