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[Brian Acosta]

Sirs I'm in the hunt for a bass amp for our church. Could you rate these bass amp heads from 1-11
1-higest
11-lowest
Thanks.

_ Ampeg V4BH 100w
_ Ampeg SVT450 450w
_ Ampeg B2RE 450w
_ Behringer BX4500H 450w
_ Crate BT220H 220w
_ Gallien Krueger 700RB II 480w 4ohms 320w 8ohms + 50w horn amp?
_ Gallien Krueger Backline 600 300w
_ Hartke HA2500 250w 4 ohms 180w 8ohms
_ Hartke HA3500 350w 4ohms 250w 8ohms
_ Hartke HA5500 500w 4ohms
_ Laney RB9 300w

[Brad Weber]

A little more info such as what cabinets you are driving, what styles of music, what bass(es) and just generally what you are trying to do will help.  Also, what do you really want as the basis for the ratings - sound quality, reliability, value, ???

[Jeremy Johnston]

Buy them all;

Get a Pod, a big two-channel power amp, a 4-10 cabinet and a single 18" cabinet.  

Seriously, I play bass for my church and we have a donated 10" Kustom bass amp. I thought it was sufficient, but I just got a new bass and was playing it in the music store before I bought it. The amp I was playing on was a Fender 400Pro. Man that thing sounded way better than my little 10" Kustom .  Of course it was way more expensive and much larger and well too loud for my little application.

I think a POD, a nice, small cab and a decent power amp would go a long way and offer some upgrade paths; not to mention saving you a headache from stage volume wars...

I think I'm going to start trying to play with headphones

Jeremy J

[Dan Nelson]

Hi,  
I have a Trace Elliott rig which I like very much.

I do not have a lot of experience with the equipment you have listed. From a sound perspective, I like the Hartke's. Especially when they are set up with the speakers with the aluminum cones.

Again I do not have a lot of experience with these so I can nto comment on value or durability.


dan

[Tim Padrick]

Depends on whether the bass amp will be it, or if it will run through a PA with subs.  If the latter, a small 1x12" combo will suffice.  If the former, the best sound available IME will be from an Eden WP100 preamp, a Crown K1, and an AcmeBass Low B2 8 Ohm (or a pair if it is a big room and the first one is not enough).

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