Anyone ever seen one of these (DYNACORD bass amp)

[Jesso]

Hey people,
I'm looking at this with a view to buying as a backup amp....
Anyone ever seen one of these before?
If so, are they any good? I can find NOTHING about them on the net....
The guy is looking for €400. I know dynacord make very good stuff, so I'm kinda interested.
Thanks!
Jesse

[Mr. Foxen]

Seems expensive for an unknown combo. Try it, see if you like the sound, cause I'm fairly sure you'd have trouble making that back if you don't like it.

[chris_b]

I don't know about this combo, but I used the fantastic BS412 which was a 1x15 EV combo, for nearly 10 years in the 80's. Dynacord was made in West Germany. It was expensive, very high quality and sounded great.

It's certainly worth a listen, but there might be more powerful, lighter and better featured gear around these days.

[Pete Academy]

In the 80s I used a Dynacord 4 x 10" combo. The wood was stained red. It was monstrous and expensive, but a great piece of kit, with an amazing sound. The controls on that one look very similar. Anything nearing the name Dynacord = quality.

[Marky L]

I have an old Dynacord Favoriti (I think that's the name) sat in a shed. I think it maybe a keyboard combo. I think it's a single 15" cone. It had a tremlo control which was fun .. for a while. From it's styling I'm sure it must be earlyish 70's build? Think I'll do some interweb searching!

[chris_b]

[quote name='Pete Academy' post='911645' date='Aug 1 2010, 07:23 AM']....In the 80s I used a Dynacord 4 x 10" combo. The wood was stained red. It was monstrous and expensive, but a great piece of kit, with an amazing sound. The controls on that one look very similar. Anything nearing the name Dynacord = quality....[/quote]
That was the first Reference series, the Reference 500/1000. I wanted to get one but couldn't even afford the deposit!!!

[whynot]

I think I owned one of these. The reason I say think is because it was years ago and owned it briefly but it looks very similar in control layout with same colour scheme. Quality sounding combo IIRC and I bought it with the matching 2x10 cab from Rose Morris in Denmark St.
Only reason I sold was because I was living in a high rise flat at the time where the lift rarely worked so replaced it with a 12" Roland cube which was fine for the gigs I did in those days.

[Pete Academy]

[quote name='chris_b' post='911784' date='Aug 1 2010, 11:40 AM']That was the first Reference series, the Reference 500/1000. I wanted to get one but couldn't even afford the deposit!!![/quote]

Ah yes, that was it. I actually borrowed it for a period of time.

[JTUK]

If you do gigs in Germany and hire-in gear, chances are that somewhere along the line will be Dynacord stuff.

I can't recall specific models, but it was generally pretty decent at the time, AIRC

[Happy Jack]

I've had a bunch of vintage (50's & 60's) Dynacord stuff ... absolutely wonderful and completely bullet-proof.

I've found this site very helpful in the past: [url="http://www.el-me-se.de/dynacord.html"]http://www.el-me-se.de/dynacord.html[/url]

[Jesso]

[quote name='Happy Jack' post='912305' date='Aug 1 2010, 10:20 PM']I've had a bunch of vintage (50's & 60's) Dynacord stuff ... absolutely wonderful and completely bullet-proof.

I've found this site very helpful in the past: [url="http://www.el-me-se.de/dynacord.html"]http://www.el-me-se.de/dynacord.html[/url][/quote]
Apparently the guy says it was 1800 sterling in the 80s when it came out!!!!!
Thats probably the equivilant to at least 5k nowadays... so it might be a tall tale.
I might be able to give it a listen soon, but yeah I think he's looking for a bit too much for it, even if it is quality.

[MB1]

MB1.
Henry "king Thumb"Thomas used to use Dynacord Gear on the now vintage Rockschool Programme!..first time id heard of them! ...They were always Reasuringly Expensive! ...and Heavy Duty!

Edited August 2, 2010 by MB1

[witterth]

I had one for a while and regret selling it
a lot of "poke" for something so portable, IMO.
also, you could get extension 2x10s cabs for them, now that, really shifted some air!
Id get it if I were you, £400 is a good price for a lot of combo

[RhysP]

Dynacord gear is serious pro quality stuff
We used to sell Dynacord bass amps in the shop I worked in during the 80s - they used to make a 1x15 combo that was absolutely f***ing awesome!