cd_david Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 (edited) Dynacord BS412 amp. 250watt (350 peak) combo From the 80s. Comes in it’s own flightcase. Unbelievable German high end studio quality. Managed to get this one after searching for many years and a quick day trip to a very rainy Skegness secured it. Someone had over painted the flightcase aluminium but that came off with a blunt flat blade driver. Its a great sounding amp with a fantastic onboard compressor. I’ve never really liked onboard ones but this is fantastic. I tried one at a rehearsal room years ago and saw many on touring band stages so I presume they were popular in hire stock. After buying many amps and cabs I lusted after years ago and being bitterly disappointed when I tried them, I wasn’t holding out much hope for this but it’s every bit as good as I remember, if not much better. Edited October 18, 2020 by cd_david 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 But you only posted one picture of the amp! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted October 18, 2020 Share Posted October 18, 2020 Good move. These are fantastic sounding amps. I used one from the late 80’s to the late 90’s. It weighed more than a small planet and I had to start using a dolly board to move it, but it was one of the best bass sounds I ever got. Enjoy. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd_david Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share Posted October 19, 2020 21 hours ago, Piers_Williamson said: But you only posted one picture of the amp! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 Wow! Trace Elliott take a back seat.......(albeit without the need for an osteopath) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu_g Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 (edited) i had one built to last,i read somewhere Phil Lynott used to use them. Edited October 19, 2020 by stu_g 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 A friend of mine has a Dynacord DSP715. 300 watts, 15", and a built-in compressor. I said I could buy it from him, but he wasn't interested... no wonder. I could find only few pictures (note the slanted front): https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/dynacord-dsp-715-bassverstaerker-300-watt-basscombo-15-speaker/1521869274-74-7334 https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/bassverstaerker-combo-dynacord-dsp715-und-zusatzbox-dsp715e/1427561443-74-4472 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted October 19, 2020 Share Posted October 19, 2020 3 hours ago, cd_david said: Never mind 11, all the controls go to 15! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonehenge Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Herr Frank Itt used these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd_david Posted October 22, 2020 Author Share Posted October 22, 2020 On 19/10/2020 at 21:19, stu_g said: i had one built to last,i read somewhere Phil Lynott used to use them. He seems to be using a pair with matching extension cabs here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassBod Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Looks fantastic, very serious equipment. The only thing that would bug me is where that power input socket is. I know why its there, but now I've seen it I can't help but notice it in every photo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 How does it compare for versatility/sound with your Trace set up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 25 minutes ago, BassBod said: The only thing that would bug me is where that power input socket is. I know why its there, but now I've seen it I can't help but notice it in every photo. Feed the power cable through the handle and you don’t notice it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjones Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 I remember my local venue, in the 90s, had a dynacord PA. I never knew they made bass combos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 This looks like a very serious piece of kit! Congrats on tracking it down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted December 1, 2020 Share Posted December 1, 2020 (edited) My first bass amp was a Dynacord Bass-King T, 50W hybrid amp, with something as unusual as a transistor preamp section and a tube poweramp section, I played it through a 1x 15" cab + a 2x 15" cab and it was plenty of loud enough for band practice with a noise rock band that I played bass in back then, I even played a couple of open air festivals with this rig and had no issues with being heard and hearing my self, though it did go through a PA and we had monitors on stage. Only time it struggled and just barely was loud enough was a show in a sort of mid sized venue, an old cinema, with only the vocals going through a PA. But for smaller bar sized kind of venues or gigs with PA support and stage monitors I never had any issues with it only being rated at 50W, despite playing fairly loud and noisy rock. More recently I've owned the earlier original 50W Bass-King model, which is a full tube amp, and I kind of regret selling it, should have kept it and used it for my guitar rig. Both were great amps. Congratulations with your find. Edited September 21, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_01_uk Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 Have any of you tried the Dynacord Reference 3000 this is the best sounding amp I have ever owned. 4x10 EV speakers 300 watt combo and you can get a 4x10 extension cab 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_01_uk Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 On 23/10/2020 at 10:30, gjones said: I remember my local venue, in the 90s, had a dynacord PA. I never knew they made bass combos. Dynacord originally made bass amps but they were so high quality and very expensive they weren't selling enough of them so they started making pa systems which really took off and put them on the map so they stopped making bass amps and concentrated on the pa systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piers_Williamson Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Did Trace Elliott put 12 sliders on their graphics so they could claim one more than Dynacord then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_01_uk Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 On 10/03/2021 at 21:20, Piers_Williamson said: Did Trace Elliott put 12 sliders on their graphics so they could claim one more than Dynacord then? I am not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 On 09/03/2021 at 22:17, alan_01_uk said: Have any of you tried the Dynacord Reference 3000 this is the best sounding amp I have ever owned. 4x10 EV speakers 300 watt combo and you can get a 4x10 extension cab In the late 80's or early 90's, when I was still using my BS412, I saw a band (might have been The Hoax?) using a Ref 3000 and it sounded fantastic. I wanted one. Because I was strapped for cash, I spent ages trying to track a used one down. I never found one!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd_david Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share Posted June 28, 2021 I found another one on eBay. A quick trip to Edinburgh yesterday and its keeping the other one company at the studio. I only bought it as I thought it was better cosmetic condition than the first one but it’s more or less the same. This one is a little older according to the serial number. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris_b Posted June 28, 2021 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Lovely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mokumhammer Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 I have one. Won't work anymore. (a power thing - getting power, wont switch on), anyone have thoughts whether I should get it repaired, or say goodbye to it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cd_david Posted September 3, 2023 Author Share Posted September 3, 2023 On 01/02/2023 at 17:28, mokumhammer said: I have one. Won't work anymore. (a power thing - getting power, wont switch on), anyone have thoughts whether I should get it repaired, or say goodbye to it? They’re a very strange/specific design so apparently not logical for a tech to suss the issues. Power wise I’m sure it’s easier than most issues but their transformers have multi taps on them so again not easiest to source if it need’s replaced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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