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Score? Guess I need bass lessons now:

JohnVF

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Walking from the train (err..."El") to my girlfriends the other day I spied an alley full of discarded furniture, as if somebody had just moved out. "Hey, there's a clean ottoman!" I thought...then noticed when I walked closer, that there was a big music instrument combo amp behind the dumpster. I went to pick it up and it must have weighed at least a hundred pounds. I realized it wasn't tube right away, but it weighed a lot for a SS amp, and was made by Fender, so I guessed that if it worked it must at least be decent. Problem was, my girlfriend's apartment was on the 4th floor. And I'm super skinny. Luckily, the amp's owner's roommate showed up and said that they tried selling it quickly, which didn't happen, and so they just put it out in the alley hoping somebody would grab. So, that somebody turned out to be me. But a lot of lifting ensued with no help from my even skinnier girlfriend. 4 flights of stairs worth, to store it at her place. Then down four flights to put it in my car a week later. Then out of my car into my apartment building, where I finally had a dolly to move it.

I'm glad I was never a roadie, or played bass live. My guitar amp is separate from the speaker. I can lift it with one hand. I can't believe Fender made this into a combo amp. Seriously, just make the head removable. Anyhow...

Plugged it in last night, using my guitar...and it works! And works well, actually. It's a BXR 200. Not the world's finest bass amp, but definitely not the worst by any means, and exactly what I needed. My girlfriend and I are getting ready to do some home recording and I had a bass, but it's amp left with my ex. My bass got messed up in a move but is repairable, so I'm going to get on that and maybe even learn how to not play it like a bass instead of like a six string guitar minus two strings.

Playing this bass amp with my guitar, it actually makes a nice addition to my regular guitar amp, which is an Orange tube amp. It sounds good with various effects thrown at it, for recording at least. Totally different than the Orange, of course.

Anyway..I was just really excited that it actually worked. It was worth the back ache for sure. And you can't argue with free!

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Saved a little scratch on equiptment .Now go get a couple samwitchis and get ready for the next good find, congrads
 
Saved a little scratch on equiptment .Now go get a couple samwitchis and get ready for the next good find, congrads

It was so heavy I almost just put it in the car to take to Guitar Center for some store credit, but I'm glad I didn't. My neighbors already had my stereo to contend with, and now this....good thing for thick, insulated concrete floors.
 
Now you know why bass players are usually the biggest people in the band! Back in my good 'ol bass playing days, I toted a ton (literally) of amps, and my lightest axe ran about 10 pounds. One word of advice, if you take up bass, buy a wide strap.
 
Now you know why bass players are usually the biggest people in the band! Back in my good 'ol bass playing days, I toted a ton (literally) of amps, and my lightest axe ran about 10 pounds. One word of advice, if you take up bass, buy a wide strap.

Yeah, all the bass players I know are either really big guys or girls cute enough to get some big guy to carry the amp for them.
 
I think this might be Karmic payback from all the alley-donations I made when I moved out of my last apartment. That stuff would be gone before I brought the next load out. Who knew the alleys gave back, with better stuff that you actually need?

The last Fender SS amp I had was a red-knobbed Princeton Chorus, and that thing sounded terrible (my guitarist friend needed engagement ring money and I needed an amp...we both got screwed in that deal). This just feels all around like a better amp. I'm thrilled with it.
 
I had a buddy with a similar BXR Fender some years back, and as I recall it was a nice little amp. Thick bottom, nice tone, and decent chordal chime and sustain. I despise a SS amp for guitar, but for bass I prefer them.
 
I'm glad I was never a roadie, or played bass live. My guitar amp is separate from the speaker. I can lift it with one hand. I can't believe Fender made this into a combo amp. Seriously, just make the head removable. Anyhow...

Ever pick up a Twin Reverb? QUAD Reverb? SUPER SIX Reverb???

Fender should've provided a prescription for anabolic steroids with some of their amps.

Congrats on the find... and enjoy your journey through bass-dom!
 
<~ Trace Elliot ASH600SM and an Ampeg full range 2x8 1x15 cab. I'm glad it has wheels.

My girlfriend just asked me for my speaker stands that have casters on them for her smallish Vox AC-15. That's kind of sad...but she is only about 100lb on a fat day.
 
My girlfriend just asked me for my speaker stands that have casters on them for her smallish Vox AC-15. That's kind of sad...but she is only about 100lb on a fat day.

Dang you guys are tiny, I'd bet my feet weigh 20 pounds!
 
At this point in my life, I can't imagine lugging around a heavy bass rig...so I use an Avatar 1x12 NEO bass cab (less than 40 lbs) and a Crate PowerBlock amp (which is just about the coolest little thing for a musician to have - everybody should have one)to drive it...Crate says that it puts out 150 wpc, but I peg it as closer to 100 - but combined with that Avatar cab, that rig covers just about everything that I need these days.

Those BXR amps are heavy mo'fo's, but they are solid bass rigs.,.actually better than the Hartke/Behringer combo amps that are all over Craigs List....congrats on the score!
 
Genz-Benz is my favorite SS unit.The Avatar enclosures are great bang for the buck.{See Avatar for the size of the shuttle,600 watts @4ohms}These things can be put in a small backpack!
 
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Bass amps with good EQ make good guitar amps, though not the other way around unless you got a tube Marshall or HiWatt or such, in that case mail it to me (heh)...:banana::yes:
 
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