Valve Amplifiers Only. No Hybrids / Valve pre-amps..

[bassmayhem]

My two "new" best friends, but the worst enemies of my back:

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...

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. 


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

Edited October 31, 2019 by bassmayhem

[Jus Lukin]

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Edited March 4, 2022 by Jus Lukin

[disssa]

Mesa Boogie Bass 400+ and my Trace Elliot V8

[Quilly]

Anyone out there ever use an Ashdown CTM-300? 

Edited November 13, 2019 by Quilly

[Painy]

Ashdown CTM30 just arrived this week. 

 

[binky_bass]

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!!!

[MM Stingray 62]

My new amp

Edited May 20, 2020 by marleaux62

[Nothingman]

Now admittedly, not my amp. But when I got my Roost cab made, it was straight down to the studio to go through a lovely Selmar. 
 

 

Edited May 19, 2020 by Nothingman

[Quilly]

Any good modern guitar valve heads that can be used for bass ?

[BruceBass3901]

Thought my Custom Shop Chrome CTM 300 would be appreciated here

Edited May 20, 2020 by BruceBass3901

[Bagman]

On 14/11/2019 at 01:54, Quilly said:

Anyone out there ever use an Ashdown CTM-300? 

yes. It's my favourite.  

 

its probably not the amp for everybody but its definitely tge Amp for me

[Pow_22]

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 

[Painy]

I now have a big valve rig and a little valve rig - and for anyone complaining about the weight of valve amps I got that CTM300 up on top of the 6x10 and 4x10 on my own no trouble and I'm only 5'8"so no excuses. 😁

[Lozz196]

Awesome rigs there 

[Reggaebass]

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 

[Quilly]

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 😅

[Reggaebass]

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 😁

[Quilly]

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. 

[Quilly]

My little bastard/ barefaced two10 “rig”

[Salt on your Bass?]

Managed to have a loud rehearsal tonight as our singer couldn't get fuel...so we took advantage. So nice to open the amp up properly with a lot of speakers. Tonal nirvana for 2.5 hours. 

 

 

 

[LeftyJ]

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! 

 

 

 

[SurroundedByManatees]

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 

 

 

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

 

Edited October 21, 2021 by SurroundedByManatees

[Hooch]

 

It's my dream amp, and it's at home !

[Reggaebass]

30 minutes ago, Hooch said:

 

It's my dream amp, and it's at home !

I’m not familiar with them, that’s so cool 

[Hooch]

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.

Edited October 27, 2021 by Hooch