Anyone have any info re this Amp

[BigGuyAtTheBack]

Hi Folks I have just scored this amp head off evilbay for the princely sum of £23 After an hour with the soldering iron and a few new components it's all working but I can't find any info about them It's a Proamplifiers Select 130 Bass Series. Anyone any info as I'm curious and I like these weird old amps. It's has a footswitchable 2 channels, compressor and adjustable balanced out. Cheers

[gary mac]

Sorry, don't know anything about the amp but a very well done on scoring it at that price and getting it up and running


It's a pleasing thing isn't it, getting an old amp working?

[BigGuyAtTheBack]

Aye Gary Mac, I have this 'thing' about resurrecting old solid state amps. Used to be an electronics tech many years ago and I can't help myself lol. Just got an old Peavey Century 200 Bass back in operation as well, brilliant distortion on them!

[Chienmortbb]

Funny but it is a 130, has all the bits a trace would have and it is MOSFET? Trace amps (like the BLX130) were mosfet. I wonder if it is a clone of maybe a spinoff off a Trace?

Edited July 5, 2017 by Chienmortbb

[BigGuyAtTheBack]

Hmm it could be. Its well made with decent components and pcbs. It's definitely a mosfet output stage. Also has a toroidal transformer. Really good sounding amp plus the bonus of 2 channels with separate eq's

[Dan Dare]

Precursor to TE? Worth an email to Mark Gooday (now running Ashdown) to ask if he knows anything about it?

[RichardH]

I certainly thought "Trace" when glancing at the thumbnail - though don't have any solid info to back that thought up.

[ahpook]

'Musky' on this board had some info about 10 years ago..

http://basschat.co.uk/topic/4434-proamplifiers/

[BigGuyAtTheBack]

Thanks for the help folks, a few avenues to investigate. Off to do a sink test on the amp to test reliability. Going to gig it hopefully soon Cheers Cammie

[Dan Dare]

Let us know what you find. Would be interesting to know what it turns out to be. Incidentally, a pal of mine has a lefty Fender P that works (see your sig). He's added a J pickup at the bridge and it sounds great.

[VTypeV4]

My step dad had a proamplifiers VSQ65 guitar amplifier years ago.. It was an all valve 65w 1x12 combo, multi-channel boogie-esque type thing that was well built, sounded excellent and weighed a ton. Mr Foxen had the 150w head version for sale a while back.

I know nothing of the bass model described above but i'm reasonably sure they're had nothing to do with Trace although I'm happy to be proved wrong on that..

[BigGuyAtTheBack]

Well after a wee look around the tinternet I have found that the Proamps were the brainchild of a John Cooper (ex Selmer) and Roger Haines in Braintree, Essex around early to mid 80's. They later morphed into KMD brand and were distributed by Kaman which when they went bust Proamps went down as well. Fair bit of info on the guitar amps (well regarded) but zero on any bass amps. Rumour has it this company may have been the start of Ashdown? The bass amp is well made and I'm going to gig it along with a stereo power amp for some more oomph

[Jef]

HI guys,

Sorry to be about six months behind on this but I came across it while looking up Proamp. I bought a Select 130 Bass head direct from the factory in the 80's. I've still got a copy of the pro amp price list and a factory sales pamphlet. (£194 direct from factory and £296 RRP for the 130 watt head). I gigged the amp for many years and it was totally reliable. Still have it as a back up to this day.