I hate guitar amps..... sorta

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Sun May 08, 2011 12:43 pm

I have tried a thousand guitar amps and at the end of the day I always come back to bass amps. I use a Marshall 212 and an Ampeg Microbass head currently. I use stompboxes I for all my dirt and tones and I just feel like multiple channels and such are a waste when all I want is loud and clean. I have never heard an amp distortion I like as well as I like my home brew Big Muff variants. I own a few nice amps, including some nice tube heads but that little Ampeg makes my heart skip a beat.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Sun May 08, 2011 1:21 pm

Bassman head, loud and clean, then louder and not so clean in all the right places. Love mine through a 2x12. I do know what you mean about super loud super clean bass amps. Guitar through my acoustic b200 and a 15 is boomin.

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Sun May 08, 2011 1:55 pm

I have a Randall 2x15 Warhead cab that is just doom, especially under my JCM900 cab. The only other amp I really use is my Epiphone Futura combo with a 15.

Ankhanu · Post by **Ankhanu** » Sun May 08, 2011 3:30 pm

My first guitar amp was my Twin, which I bought in 2005. Before that, I only had bass amps, and, yeah, I love the sound of guitar through a bass amp... it works incredibly well. I adore my Twin, but would never shy away from plugging in through a bass amp

Justyn · Post by **Justyn** » Sun May 08, 2011 3:44 pm

That sounds sick

Could you please demo your rig?

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun May 08, 2011 4:03 pm

This is why I'm half tempted to get to get a Flextone 212 after I get back from New Zealand. Loud and clean as anything, and even louder if I put it through my Marshall 412. There might be some other sounds in there that could be useful, too.

No mojos, though. Absolutely zero mojos in those things.

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Sun May 08, 2011 4:06 pm

Haze wrote:Bassman head, loud and clean, then louder and not so clean in all the right places. Love mine through a 2x12.

+1

Gabriel · Post by **Gabriel** » Sun May 08, 2011 4:31 pm

BacchusPaul wrote:This is why I'm half tempted to get to get a Flextone 212 after I get back from New Zealand. Loud and clean as anything, and even louder if I put it through my Marshall 412. There might be some other sounds in there that could be useful, too.

No mojos, though. Absolutely zero mojos in those things.

I seem to remember them having alright overdriven sounds and taking pedals well.

I'm loving my crate powerblock, can be super clean and take pedals beautifully. Really want to try one of those Harley Benton Sansamp clones through it.

aen · Post by **aen** » Sun May 08, 2011 4:58 pm

I dont mind guitar amps, they just need the right cab. Witha closed back and a 15" speaker or two.

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:08 am

Here is a pic of my rig with just the 212. I keep the 215 cab at our practice space. I just carry the head, pedalboard, and guitar. I even keep a 1spot, speaker cable and power cord there so I only have to bring my head, board, and axe with 2 cords in the bag.

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h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:12 am

Here are my main 2 axes.

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aen · Post by **aen** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:54 am

Shit, man, you and I are going to be friends, OK?

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Mon May 09, 2011 1:00 am

Bitchin.

AaronGuitarDude · Post by **AaronGuitarDude** » Mon May 09, 2011 1:26 pm

have you tried hiwatt custom 50? lotsa of clean headroom, or it's big bro custom 100. much bigger clean headroom

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Mon May 09, 2011 1:55 pm

No I havent, but I am really soooo pleased with the little ampeg with its weight, size, wattage, and low price I am pretty content.

More pron, my pedalboard.

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sholkham · Post by **sholkham** » Mon May 09, 2011 3:40 pm

Is that a tascam 4-track I spy? I have the same one

h8mtv · Post by **h8mtv** » Mon May 09, 2011 4:00 pm

Good eye sir.

shae · Post by **shae** » Tue May 10, 2011 5:30 am

Sweet gear bro. I'd suggest maybe looking at Mesa MK1 heads. They're sweet and pretty darn small! I just got a new 60watter, albeit the size of Tasmania and I'm stoked with it. I have a 6/12watt amp and the 60/40 now and between the two there are distinct differences. I prefer the sound of the 6/12 as it doesn't woof as much as the 60 at low volumes but when playing higher volumes I find it just doesn't have the headroom and farts out far more than the 60 watter. Which makes sense I guess to everyone but me ;/ ha.

Dannymec · Post by **Dannymec** » Tue May 10, 2011 5:49 am

Please demo? I was thinking about buying one of those Ampegs for bass, but I need a new guitar amp way more than I need new bass stuff. So if I can use this for both, I'd be very very happy.

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Tue May 10, 2011 10:10 am

A microbass demo with guitar would be good, i'm intrigued how something that small (and powerful) sounds. I see that the output is 4ohm, would it be safe to drive an 8ohm cab like my Bassman 50 is?