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I'm looking for a new bass amp, it's never going to be gigged, but I want something a bit more then a practice amp. Now that would sound quite a simple thing to do, it wasn't. I haven't purchased a bass amp for more years than I can remember, amps have changed a lot, so I would be relying on advice from shop assistance who should know their business, no chance.
Go into my local guitar shop explained exactly what I want, medium size amp, no built in effects, Don't want a digital modelling amp, never going to be gigged. I might as well have been talking to a brick wall, shop assistant wanted to show me what amps big enough to fill the London Arena, or they were packed with digital affects. I let him go on for a little while then interrupted him as he was showing me a Markbass which I think was about 500 Watts, explain again what I wanted adding it's only going to be used in a work shop setting up new bass guitars that I built. He looked at main quite puzzled, then just carried on has if I hadn't said anything.
So, change tack, said I've changed my mind I want a smallish practice amp, hoping smallest practice amp would turn into a biggish practice amp, which it kind of did. he showed me mainly Fender Rumble amps, that we're fine except I think Fender spent too much money on the effects not enough on what counts. By this time I was totally fed up and said I'll think about it and come back to you.
Next day went over to Brighton to try my luck there, got more or less the same treatment totally ignore what you ask for, try to sell you hi wattage amps the size of a truck, or small ramps packed with loads of pre-sets sounds of which 90% you would never use.
I'm now wishing I've never sold my Marshall stack, although it was very big, very loud, but it just did what bass amp should do, let a bass guitar sound like a bass guitar.
So my question to you can you recommend a smallish bass amp that’s not packed with pre-sets sounds and digital effects, has a master volume, a gain control, but not one that puts you into ridiculous amounts of overdrive, bass, treble and mid control, and not much else.
Price range around £300.
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Alternatively, you could try this:
http://www.bassdirect.co.uk/bass_guitar_specialists/PJB_Micro_7_Combo.html
The smaller 1x10 is worth a try too.
Went back into the local guitar shop today, spoke to a different salesman explain what I wanted, he immediately showed me the Fender Rumble 25, then the 40. Tried them both out decided the 40 what's the one, I did try out the little Markbass but decided I preferred Fender. It turns out the Rumble 40 I was showed yesterday was the studio version with all the effects.
I now have a new bass amp that does exactly what I wanted, and well below budget, thanks for the advice.
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