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My two "new" best friends, but the worst enemies of my back:
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The Super Bassman with 810 Neo cab, and the 100T with a "Fenderized" Hughes & Kettner QS810L that used to tour with the Swedish hard rock group Europe...

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The club setup: 100T and 115 Neo (can also be used with the Super Bassman).
I bought this cab from knicknack here on BC and had it shipped for a very modest price to Sweden. 

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Sometimes I use the Monique in front, but that is sheer luxury.

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Can't get much more valvey that the 8 KT88 Mesa valves that live inside this beast...

This is simply the best, by a fairly long way, amp I've ever used, and I've used MANY! Can't say much more than that really.

VALVES!!!

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My USA SVT made in the 90’s (SLM). Nothing sounds like it - ive tried all the emulation pedals, modelling amps yadda yadda, this just is THAT tone. Sadly to heavy for me now but i still like to fire her up and hear that tone from so many old gigs and hits 

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4 hours ago, Reggaebass said:

Quick question about the V4-B, I understand the -15 dB is for active basses but is it safe to plug in an active bass into the  0 dB input 

I always tend to use the 0db input with my active bass set flat , maybe a smidgen of bass boost and it never hurt any of my valve heads . The worst that happens is the that the preamp tubes overdrive a bit - oh Damn 😅

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1 minute ago, Quilly said:

I always tend to use the 0db input with my active bass set flat , maybe a smidgen of bass boost and it never hurt any of my valve heads . The worst that happens is the that the preamp tubes overdrive a bit - oh Damn 😅

Nice one Quilly, thanks for that, I didn’t want it to explode or something 😁

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1 minute ago, Reggaebass said:

Nice one Quilly, thanks for that, I didn’t want it to explode or something 😁

Na , just trust your ears . They’re very forgiving these valve heads . The only thing that kills them is running them without a load. 

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Not a bass amp, but since the very post that started this thread had a Laney g**t*r amp as well, I might as well. Here's the cute little Peavey JSX Mini Colossal I bought last week! 5 watts, made in the USA, built-in power brake (that HUGE pot on the rear panel!), FX loop, optical tremolo and custom 8" Weber speaker. It's like the Vibro Champ's evil unidentical twin! 

 

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Picked up this Ampeg B25B a few days ago. It sounds ridiculously good and plenty loud.... Will have it checked by a tech, and will be my main amp once serviced :)

 

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I also still have the Bassman 135, but that will leave the building as I can't keep them all..

 

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There's not a bunch of them in the wild, Micah builds them on order, and for a few months now. They're custom specc'd, went for a 66 B-15 octal pre, Arkham's featured - hi/lo resonance, fixed mid bump and hpf switches, and this awesome range knob which sets the baxandall EQ center frequency, line out, power amp in... This one is a split rail version, with a (super tasty) touch-sensitive breakup, as opposed to Ultra Linear alla Sunn version). A pair of KT90 feeds a huge output transformer up to 75W clean power of tonal nirvana.

 

It's a mind-blowing amp, covers such a lot of ground. The nice part of it is it makes any of my basses singing, even the 'counter-intuitive' ones considering its 60s roots. My Warwick SS2 never sounded that good ! Micah's pre & cratmanship is awesome.

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