landwomble Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 BLX80s are great bass combos! I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EBS_freak Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Marshall Mode Four. 350 watts of yuk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 (edited) Worst guitar amp? But there are so many candidates... * Marshall Class 5. Only sounds good outside the room with the door closed. Up close it's just soggy mush. * Small Blackstars (as above). The much-vaunted voicing control makes almost no difference to the sound. * Any Mesa Boogie - throttled, constipated tone * Modern Orange amps (what's the opposite of versatile?) * Any Silverface Fender with the Ed Jahns ultralinear transformer / master volume circuit All IMO, one's mileage may vary, of course Edited October 15, 2016 by skankdelvar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer of the Bass Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1476559445' post='3155258'] * Any Mesa Boogie - throttled, constipated tone [/quote] I've heard a few people sound good with them, though I must say that John Scofield sounds so much better since he switched from Mesa to Vox and moderated his chorus pedal usage. I feel like their repuation as a "Swiss Army" amp is well deserved. With a Swiss Army knife I could open a bottle of wine, cut up food and trim my toenails, but I'd much rather have a proper corkscrew, kitchen knife or scissors to suit the task at hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Carlsbro stingray! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 [quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1476560289' post='3155273'] I've heard a few people sound good with them, though I must say that John Scofield sounds so much better since he switched from Mesa to Vox and moderated his chorus pedal usage. I feel like their repuation as a "Swiss Army" amp is well deserved. With a Swiss Army knife I could open a bottle of wine, cut up food and trim my toenails, but I'd much rather have a proper corkscrew, kitchen knife or scissors to suit the task at hand. [/quote] I don't much like Boogies mainly because there's a sort of overpowering blarty muddiness which sundry guitards with whom I've worked don't seem to notice. OTOH, I once had a bash on a Mesa Royal Atlantic and it was quite nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 [quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1476564278' post='3155321'] Carlsbro stingray! [/quote] I'll see your Carlsbro Stingray and raise you a Carlsbro Hornet 45! I played mine in a church music group and it seemed OK because I knew no better. It only took one actual gig for me to realise how totally inadequate it was in every way. I replaced it with a Sessionette combo which did me fine until I did a gig with a horn section. The world of valve amps was beckoning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 Peavey Bandit 112 (scorpion USA version, with the blue piping). They were ubiquitous in Colleges and rehearsal room once upon a time, glad to say that I haven't seen one for years. The Classic 30, on the other hand, is magical! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted October 16, 2016 Share Posted October 16, 2016 [quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1476629856' post='3155760'] I'll see your Carlsbro Stingray and raise you a Carlsbro Hornet 45! [/quote] Did the Carlsbro hornet have the Suzz control of the stingray? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 [quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1476564278' post='3155321'] Carlsbro stingray! [/quote] My first guitar amp was a Carlsbro Wasp. 10W of transistor power into a 10" speaker, all for £20 second hand in 1975. Two inputs marked bright and normal, Volume, Tone and Tremolo speed and depth. With a home-made fuzz pedal and the tremolo depth set to maximum I got some fantastic synth-like sounds out of it. I even used to amplify my bass on the recordings that nearly got my second band signed to a major record label. Can't really fault it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 My best distortion pedal was a valve reel to reel tape recorder - it did distortion and echo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leftybassman392 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 [quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1476735857' post='3156866'] My best distortion pedal was a valve reel to reel tape recorder - it did distortion and echo! [/quote] Holey moley! I had one of those too. A '50s Brenell. I think I still have the owner's manual somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmedunc Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 [quote name='Woodinblack' timestamp='1476564278' post='3155321'] Carlsbro stingray! [/quote] A couple of guitarist mates of mine still use Stingrays and they do get a great sound. Stingray bass gear is appalling though. Worst ever guitar combo was a Yamaha something I heard in the early 80's. Not sure what it was but it was dreadful and still haunts me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kendall Posted October 24, 2016 Share Posted October 24, 2016 I think the worst was my old Saisho (Dixons own brand) hifi that I played my first bass through, the speakers never sounded the same again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 In terms of what it was used for, a Fender Twin that had no gain or drive, when it was a provided amp for my old punk covers band. The Sex Pistols, Clash, Anti Nowhere League etc don`t sound great on a clean guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted October 25, 2016 Author Share Posted October 25, 2016 [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1477429832' post='3162245'] In terms of what it was used for, a Fender Twin that had no gain or drive, when it was a provided amp for my old punk covers band. The Sex Pistols, Clash, Anti Nowhere League etc don`t sound great on a clean guitar. [/quote] Didn't Steve Jones use a Twin live? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodinblack Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Fender twin would be a great punk amp, as long as you have a distortion pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 Yeah Jonesy used a Fender Twin in The Sex Pistols, but his must have had some kind of gain/drive on it. The one we had was clinically clean, couldn`t be pushed into breakup at all, no gain or drive on it. Sounded rotten on our version of Ace of Spades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musicman20 Posted October 27, 2016 Share Posted October 27, 2016 The Fender Twin is an incredibly LOUD amp. It is made for Fender cleans and will only break up when ABSOLUTELY pushed. Most use the 'classic' Fender amp tone for the stunning cleans (which are then much more pristine with single coils) then use a great pedal board for the effects. Any tubescreamer type drive pedal and you have brilliant tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted November 18, 2016 Author Share Posted November 18, 2016 [media]http://youtu.be/BcyMxP0chfU[/media] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blank20 Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 This https://musicsquare.co.uk/142381_Marshall-MS-2-Classic-mini.html Because it works just about a week. And this, because i never heard worst clean sound http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MG10CF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 8, 2016 Share Posted December 8, 2016 My mate had a silverface Fender Twin and used it in exactly the way mentioned by Mm20 above -- standalone for lovely crystal clean tones, or with a TS9 for those dirty moments. It was the perfect rig, apart from the fact that the Twin weighed as much as a truck and only had one poxy handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Low End Bee Posted December 16, 2016 Share Posted December 16, 2016 After last night I have a new number one. The Blackstar ID260VTP. Fizzy mush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoonBassAlpha Posted January 8, 2017 Share Posted January 8, 2017 I think the main problem with guitar amp sounds is that too many folks apply far too much gain to their sound which takes all the dynamics out of the playing and sounds to the audience like a fizzy mess. User error, for the most part, imho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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