Gypsyfolk

8 hours ago, JapanAxe said:

Well that's mildly discouraging! But I've had good resuts with an Ampeg PF-50T 50W 2x6L6 head in a live band setting, plus people on here have had great experience gigging the Handbox WB-100, so I live in hope...

I also gig a pf50t, even though the other amp has twice the power it breaks up much earlier. I guess this is due to it being a guitar amp.

On 25/04/2025 at 19:44, JapanAxe said:

Well I’m now rolling my own.

I tried something similar, I bought a Japanese Mesa mk1 clone and cut it down to a cool looking head that sat nicely on 1x12 cabs. After taking it to 2 amp techs and spending £££ it still breaks up way too early (even though it’s 100w 4x6l6). The trinity trip top looks like what I’m after but I’m trying to not fall into that money pit!

I’m thinking of getting one, but the power supply requirements seem to be large. What are you guys using for it?

I’ve been gigging this summer using an ampeg 50t with 2 Aguilar db112. The drummer isn’t crazy loud and the guitarist was using a fender blues junior. My rig kept up until we did an outside festie.

I ordered a px101 on Monday and it arrived today, no import duty either!!!!!

Genz Benz streamliner, I may even have one for sale!

Genz Benz streamliner has an old school thump, very reliable and seem to sell pretty cheap. 

@Chimike had a db750 for sale 

22 hours ago, bassist_lewis said:

 

I've gigged the PF-50T a couple of times but it's only 50 watts and it just can't keep up with a band and stay clean. Live I use a Mesa D800.

It's either more bass or less upper mids. Alex has said that their cones take a while to break in so we'll see how it sounds in a few weeks.

 

 

Do you think the 50t will have enough clean headroom with the 310? I guess it all depends on your drummer!

When I was selling an Orange ad200 a guy tried it out with his cab (BF supertwin). I couldn’t believe how bad it made my amp sound. Probably just needed somebody who knew how to eq. But I could not get a bad sound from that amp using my MB Classic 410 or a couple of Aguilar db112. I think the BF 10’ drivers are supposed to be more ‘coloured’

Barefaced 310, looks ideal for a 1 cab solution. I don’t do loud bands anymore but I would like the speakers a bit closer to my lug holes. Barefaced are pricey mind and it will be a while until 310 make an appearance on the second hand market. Does anyone know if they sorted their tolex peal issues?

I like the look of the new BF 310. That could be the Goldilocks cab!

I’m also not a fan of the PF cabs, the Aguilar db series suit the 50t nicely. Although they are heavy 

Octave and distortion pedals seem to cause speakers to let go more than loud clean IME

Amploft in Bristol would be my recommendation, retro amps just outside Newton Abbot if you don’t want to go that far 

Thanks guys, you were spot on. I'd forgotten that I'd replaced one of the drivers and I hadn't used both together since. I flipped the wires around and all is well in the world again! The aguilar driver that I took out was making a bit of a buzz sound although I cannot see any physical damage. Does anyone recone them? 

I have for years been using a genz benz streamliner 600 as my main gigging amp. It has been trouble free and sounds great with an aguilar db112. Almost all the time I find one cab enough, I last played with 2 cabs about 6 months ago. Yesterday I was trying some things out at home and I noticed whilst the amp sounded fat and wonderful with 1 cab (running 8ohm) when I connected 2 cabs (running 4ohms) it sounded thin and horrible. Each cab individually sounded great and I'm sure 6 months ago running 2 cabs was glorious. Any ideas? I tested the leads, not them.

Pm’d

Ouch! Also I’m wondering if it will be similar to the Mesa Prodigy, which never seemed to live up to the hype 

Jad Freer are releasing a small footprint (40cm) all valve 200w!!

https://jadfreeraudio.com/product/preorder-volta/

Amploft is in Bristol, Mike is a cool guy and knows his stuff 

Some valid points of view. I think they are known amongst the guitar community. Just wondered what they actually sounded like. My usual amp is a streamliner which is probably pretty similar, just a lot less £

I see Anderson’s are importing milkman amps. Has anyone heard the bass half & half? Very expensive but they look really nice!!!

Kosfest???

There are some really good battery powered PA speakers now. EV everse, bose s1 etc. A good bass preamp pedal into one of those won’t flap trousers but will probably produce the best sound to weight ratio.