Gallien Krueger 400rb Mk1 UK voltage price drop £225 - *WITHDRAWN* £250 Lichfield, Staffordshire

[The fasting showman]

Gallien Krueger 400rb from ( I think) 1988. All original caps on controls, no nasty crackling when turning the dials. Works and sounds great. UK voltage not modified. 

Pretty firm on price as when I look on marketplace they're priced between 250 and 400. Sadly I won't courier it; too many previous courier woes. As it's a 35 year old amp it's probably more sensible to try it out first, I'm not totally against meeting up on the motorway but obviously that rules out a try out. 

One of the greatest sounding amps IMO, particularly through an old SVT 810, I'm not doing anything musically classy enough to warrant using it regularly unfortunately. 

I'd consider a GK neo 1x12 or 2x12 as a trade with cash adjustment. 

Thanks for viewing, Martin 

Edited April 27 by The fasting showman
Withdrawn for now

[cetera]

This and the old 800RB are two of the best bass heads ever made imho. With an efficient 4 ohm cab this is SOOOO much louder than anyone would expect.

 

If you were closer, this would be mine....

[The fasting showman]

Thanks Gary, my son is racing at Herne Hill in April....if it's hanging around still I'll be in touch!

Cheers 

Martin 

[moley6knipe]

Oh man that’s lovely, and looks in great condition! I’m dimly aware that there are “not GK” bass amps in existence, but why would you when you can GK is my view 😀

[shug]

Great, great amps. I have a slightly later one - same model but IEC mains plug. Just got back in from a gig. I think the trick with them is to put the drive and master up high and control the volume with the input gain.

 

Somebody buy this before I do.

 

GLWTS

 

Shug

[Minininjarob]

So I have a modern GK MB112 200w combo - if I got this and an appropriate cab would it be louder than my combo? I need something much louder and I am drawn to the older GK stuff as one of favourite bassists used one of these for years. 

Edited March 1 by Minininjarob

[The fasting showman]

Hi,

The 400rb can get very loud with the right cab ( svt 810 or a 2x15 with EVs or new Neo equivalent) but it is 200w into 4 ohms, probably 125 into 8 ohms. There's some magic in how the RB series GKs work the speakers. 

Size for size though, I'd not want to claim that a modern boutique 1x12 being driven by the 400rb would be drastically louder than the setup you have, there's so many variables. 

I guess you could justify it as a head to use with, say, a rehearsal room cab as an alternative to your combo.

Thanks for the interest despite me not really answering your question! 

Cheers 

Martin 

[Minininjarob]

14 hours ago, The fasting showman said:

Hi,

The 400rb can get very loud with the right cab ( svt 810 or a 2x15 with EVs or new Neo equivalent) but it is 200w into 4 ohms, probably 125 into 8 ohms. There's some magic in how the RB series GKs work the speakers. 

Size for size though, I'd not want to claim that a modern boutique 1x12 being driven by the 400rb would be drastically louder than the setup you have, there's so many variables. 

I guess you could justify it as a head to use with, say, a rehearsal room cab as an alternative to your combo.

Thanks for the interest despite me not really answering your question! 

Cheers 

Martin 

Thanks for your honesty. I think I’ll pass on this but if anyone is reading and hasn’t had a Gk Amp before you are missing out and you should buy this!!