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Old 15th February 2010   #11
kafka
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Originally Posted by asaboogie View Post
Well I would mostly be using it as a guitar amp. But I do play bass in a little 90's alt rock cover band. I love a gritty warm distortion on bass, so judging from what I hear that's what I'll get. Considering I'd have to crank it to keep up with a live setting.

I'm not really looking to find a head that I'm going to have to do a lot of work to. But it sounds like the 100 watt bassman is up my alley. I like the simplicity of it. volume, bass, treble. Keep it simple stoopid ya know?
A 4x10 tweed Bassman is a very different amp than a silverface Bassman, which is a very different amp again from a new solid state Bassman.

I strongly recommend finding one in a local music store or pawn shop and trying it out first. It's very easy to convince yourself that you know what something sounds like before you've tried it.
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