Bass Amp

Bass amps are not merely devices for making the instrument louder. Instead, they are made to actually color the sound of the instrument. Bass amps are like subwoofers. They have lower frequencies. And it makes ground shaking. Something like car crazy subwoofers which vibrate like theres no tomorrow. This is just the simplest to break down. Guitar amps are simply speakers, tweeters, like your standard tv speakers. Aha now i know the name behind it.

Bass amps are closer to being full-range than guitar amps. Have tweeters, and even without a tweeter, bass amps with ten inch speakers can reproduce high frequencies just fine. Guitars through bass amps sound great, depending on the models. One of the first electric bass amps, the fender bassman, is still used by many electric guitarists. I think stevie ray vaughan actually used a bassman regularly Bass amps are typically 300 watts or more and come with huge transformers, requiring solid chassis and, well, they are just so heavy. But, having said this, if a tube amp is what you are gas’ing for then i would chip in with the following pointers:. For more ‘modern/contempory’ sounds you need to investigate:. Mesa 400+: $1800 new/$850 - $1200 used. Lots of tubes which will make it an expensive choice when the time comes to re-tube. Massive power and headroom and, as a consequence, needs driving at insane levels to get the tube warmth that most people want from such an amp. But the upper mids will hit you like a cannon ball.

Lots of reliability issues reported in older units. Sadowsky bass amp: $2800 new/never seen one second hand. Highly acclaimed and getting rave reviews from the folk over at talk bass but, at 200 watts, requires miking when playing in a ‘loud’ band (typically cited by users as a two guitar with a loud’ish drummer). Designed more as a studio amp so hasn’t got the headroom and ‘thump’ of the higher powered amps out there.