Good cheap and small bass amp for recording?

Snarl 12/8 · Post by **Snarl 12/8** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:32 pm

Does anyone know how the Ampeg mini stacks stack up?

jgimbel · Post by **jgimbel** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:17 am

Snarl 12/8 wrote:Does anyone know how the Ampeg mini stacks stack up?

I was literally just looking at them online tonight. I haven't had the chance to try one out, but every sound sample I've heard has been pretty impressive. I believe that Micro VR will be my next bass amp when that moves to the top of my priorities list.

markjazzbassist · Post by **markjazzbassist** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 12:54 am

pignose, check them out as well. they have a super cheap all tube 100w combo with a 15" speaker. they also just have the head. used they go super cheap.

i'm thinking i'm going for the fender bassman ten or traynor yba-2 bassmate combo. well see what happens. i'm on the hunt as well, my days on the road are over so i'm looking mainly for something great for the studio.

Freakmagnet451 · Post by **Freakmagnet451** » Thu Aug 04, 2011 8:51 am

You are on the right track with the Fender Champ, Class A single ended tube amps can have amazing and beautiful low end if you don't push them too hard.

Look for a homemade champ clone on ebay with a larger output transformer. Try putting a 6550 in the output, a 5ar4 in the rectifier and a 5751 in the preamp.

I had a Frenzel and an Emerysound Stagebaby with Superbaby option and both of them made amazing low volume bass amps.

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