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cmoore
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« on: December 01, 2007, 02:25:10 AM »
How about a dedicated bass head like the Mesa 400 or the old Ampeg SVT?  I am just dying to get my hands on a good quality, new or almost new, hand wired, tube head for bass. What do you guys think, anybody else interested?  Any other suggestions in addition to the two amps that I have listed?
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« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2007, 12:56:31 AM »
Yeah, this would be cool! Original ones are just out of reach.  Cry
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« Reply #2 on: December 17, 2007, 02:25:45 AM »
I Love it
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« Reply #3 on: December 23, 2007, 01:52:24 AM »
oh yaeh...an SVT...PLEASE!!!!
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« Reply #4 on: January 01, 2008, 03:53:30 PM »
+ 1 on the svt - make a old one
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« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2008, 06:22:02 AM »
Something along the lines of a SUNN 2000S would be killer too.

Half the glass of a SVT and they're great bass amps too.
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« Reply #6 on: March 25, 2008, 09:18:00 PM »
+1 on the SVT

Make mine a late '60s blueline please.  Cool
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« Reply #7 on: April 07, 2008, 09:53:16 PM »
Agreed.....dont know if anyone makes a bass amp kit.....would be amazing if ceriatone did!!!
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« Reply #8 on: April 20, 2008, 09:49:07 AM »
weber has prototyped a svt called ab200. should be available early this summer
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« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2008, 02:08:26 PM »
+1 SVT
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« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2008, 05:31:14 PM »
In the old days I used the SVT as my main guitar amp for the loud venues, it was killer but back then the pre-amp tubes were hard to find and later we learned how to modify that to use other tubes in the Tube Amp book.  So this would be a good project for Nik.

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« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2010, 01:54:39 PM »
Bass Head, yes please! FYI, some guys over at Harmony Central have been using I believe a JTM45 head from CeriaTone for bass. I'm thinking of a Hiwatt head for said bass use.
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« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2010, 08:57:21 PM »
+1 we need another hiwatt in the lineup. The 400 watt hiwatts are over $8000US i believe, thats much more than a SVT which ive found for under $2000
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« Reply #13 on: January 12, 2010, 11:09:06 AM »
I have just received a modded Ceriatone HeyWhat 103 from Nik, to use as a bass head. He increased the coupling caps from 22nF til 47nF, and on the bright channel from 1nF til 22nF. This was specifically because I wanted to use it for both bass and ordinary guitar.

Magnificent bass tone I must say! I use it through an old 1x15+2x8 Peavey bass cabinet with front vents. I play a six-string, and it handles the B-string nicely, at least at the volumes I have tried it at (moderate, not rock stage levels).

Actually, I have modded the Bright channel into a general three gain stage guitar channel capable of a moderate amount of preamp distortion. The stock one leaves halv of V2 unused. I included it in the Bright channel.

So the Normal channel is for bass or clean guitar, and the "Bright" channel is an OD channel for guitar.

The guitar tone is great on both channels, both  for signle-coils and humbuckers. In this case I play it through an oversized 1x12 open back cabinet (custo mcabinet inspired by a Mesa Boogie model).

For me, 100W is enough for bass, and actually I wish people would play a little less loud (lost of ear damage among musicians....). I know most disagree with this :-)
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