Who Needs A Bass Amp?

[SuperSeagull]

On 07/11/2024 at 08:40, stewblack said:

Fantastic amp at a crazy price.

That's my review in a nutshell.

I bought it to use with my narrow 2x8 cabs as it wouldn't overhang. The idea being to simply employ the power amp with various different preamps. Obviously I was always going to try it without a preamp and the results were just excellent. 

It's easy to transport, the onboard compressor is good enough to save a space on my pedal board, the tone controls provide plenty of flexibility and it is as loud as you could want it to be.

Put it this way I will be selling my Orange Little Bass Thing now. That should tell you how good it is.

My B Stock HB Bass Block 800 arrived yesterday. Looked brand new to me. Took to rehearsal last night and ran my Sansamp into the fx return. Initial impressions are - very quiet, very loud so ideal as a power amp when I need more headroom than the Elf can give. Minor gripes - the knobs and switchgear are cheap and nasty. Can't do anything about the switches but need to find a source of smarter looking knobs even if I only plan to use one of them!

[stewblack]

17 minutes ago, SuperSeagull said:

My B Stock HB Bass Block 800 arrived yesterday. Looked brand new to me. Took to rehearsal last night and ran my Sansamp into the fx return. Initial impressions are - very quiet, very loud so ideal as a power amp when I need more headroom than the Elf can give. Minor gripes - the knobs and switchgear are cheap and nasty. Can't do anything about the switches but need to find a source of smarter looking knobs even if I only plan to use one of them!

I replaced my knobs straight away! Green ones to give it a Trace Elliot vibe.

[paul_5]

22 minutes ago, stewblack said:

I replaced my knobs straight away! Green ones to give it a Trace Elliot vibe.

I still use green as the default colour for bass tracks in Pro Tools and Cubase for this reason!

[SuperSeagull]

35 minutes ago, stewblack said:

I replaced my knobs straight away! Green ones to give it a Trace Elliot vibe.

Nice. Need to track some of those down. 

[stewblack]

19 hours ago, SuperSeagull said:

Nice. Need to track some of those down. 

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