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SmoothFall
09-13-2007, 12:11 AM
I have narrowed it down to three possible amps that I could possibly be buying soon.... I am not sure which of these three would be the best for me. I play in a metal band, but I slap a lot, so I need a combination of two tones. I am leaning towards the swr because of the price and the tuner output, but I need some opinoins here. Thanks, cheers!:RoCkIn

dkbmusic
09-13-2007, 10:44 AM
I could pretty much own anything I want (I run a music store), and I LOVE my Genz Benz GBE750. Yu can dial in tube or solid state tone, mix them together, it does have front and back tuner outs, lots of tone shaping options, sounds great, reasonably priced, and flat out rocks.

mainsale
09-13-2007, 11:58 AM
I agree that Genz Benz is one of the best kept secrets in the bass business. All of thier products that I have owned or tried have been at least, outstanding!

rburkard
09-13-2007, 02:31 PM
MarkBass is the most incredible new company regarding bass amplification I have seen in a long time. Check out their products or reviews on Harmony Central. I was in to buy an SVT two months ago at a Guitar Center in Milwaukee. They offered me a sweet deal for a classic Tube SVT for only $1,070 new. I bought a Markbass instead and haven't even heard about that company before. No comparison.
Rene

SmoothFall
09-14-2007, 12:05 AM
Yeah, but the genz benz is not even rackmountable? Who would want to buy just so they can lay it on top of their rack casE?

dkbmusic
09-14-2007, 08:43 AM
Yeah, but the genz benz is not even rackmountable? Who would want to buy just so they can lay it on top of their rack casE?

I'm not sure where you got that, but it is indeed rackmountable...

The Golden Boy
09-14-2007, 01:42 PM
Yeah, but the genz benz is not even rackmountable? Who would want to buy just so they can lay it on top of their rack casE?
The heads all look rack mountable- except for the ML-200 head.
http://www.genzbenz.com/pics/models/gbe750_sm.jpg
http://www.genzbenz.com/pics/models/GBE600_SM.jpg
http://www.genzbenz.com/pics/models/ACFWK4tWy.jpg
http://www.genzbenz.com/pics/models/GBE400_SM.jpg