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RockStarNick
10-15-2007, 09:56 AM
Hey guys,

the bass player in my band is trying to scale down his live rig.

He wants to try to run a Sansamp Bass Driver into a power amp, out to his 4x10 cab.

Can anyone please reccomend a great small, portable bass head, or just a straight up power amp that would work well with a preamp or bass driver?

Thanks so much.
bigtexashonk
10-17-2007, 07:39 AM
Thunderfunk or MarkBass
dave s
10-17-2007, 07:51 AM
Both Eden and MarkBass make some pretty 'compact' power these days.

dave
phatster
10-18-2007, 07:14 PM
Check out Genz-Benz.
jay42
10-19-2007, 11:04 AM
The QSC PLX line is worth the extra bucks for the tradeoff in lbs. I think Crown and Stewart have similar lines, however, when I used to poke around pro installations, they were always QSC.
RockStarNick
10-19-2007, 10:20 PM
Ok, Q: so when you have a bass rack setup (preamp into poweramp) are there specialized bass power amps, or can you just use a powerful, clean PA type power amp?
jay42
10-19-2007, 11:13 PM
Some are meant for PA's, some are meant for movie theatres.

http://www.qscaudio.com/products/amps/plx2/
FFTT
10-20-2007, 05:44 PM
Bryston Power Amps!

A-Design REDDI D/I

Maybe an Ampex B-15 RI

Emery Sound Bassbaby

65 Amps is also now building a 100 watt bass rig.

The Reeves new Bass 225 looks very interesting too.
http://www.reevesamps.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=50
jzucker
10-22-2007, 10:51 AM
I'm using a markbass. It's about 3x louder than it's rating and sounds fabulous.
Glenn D.
10-26-2007, 12:13 PM
The QSC PLX line is worth the extra bucks for the tradeoff in lbs. I think Crown and Stewart have similar lines, however, when I used to poke around pro installations, they were always QSC.

I'm running a Sansamp RBI into a PLX 1202 and Aggie 112 cabs. It's a great lightweight setup.

Glenn D.