KnuckleHead514 Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Hey guys, I'm in a metal band, and we're hoping to gig during the spring I'm looking for an amp, combo or half stack, which isn't too expensive (£350 - £500) I have an Ibanez GSR200, with a Zoom B1x multi-effects pedal Please help! Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamPodmore Posted December 17, 2010 Share Posted December 17, 2010 Buy used from the For Sale forums on here, and go for atleast a 410 i'd say, maybe add a 115 or another 410. Don't need to get a really powerful amp, 400w or so should be fine. All IMO of course. Hope it helped. Liam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musky Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 If you're happy to buy secondhand it's relatively easy to buy decent cabs for around the £100 mark. Because of the size/weight of these things they're often up for sale as collection only meaning there are often bargains to be had if you can pick it up in person. It depends on where you live and how far you're prepared to travel of course, but if you wait something will turn up locally. I've seen Trace, Hartke, Peavey and Ashdown stuff go for great prices and they're all worth considering. There's plenty more stuff worth considering that can go cheap as well. That would leave you with enough cash to buy a new amp like the Hartke LH500 if you wanted. Why not have a scout round ebay and the for sale forum, see what's available and post back here to solicit opinions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xgsjx Posted December 18, 2010 Share Posted December 18, 2010 If you can stretch to £600 (sell your Xmas pressies on boxing day maybe?) then a s/h Markbass CMD 102p would do you proud. there's one in the for sale [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=114170"]here.[/url] I play in a rock band, an alt dot band and starting a DnB experiment & I have no trouble drowning out noisy guitarists, moving things off shelves etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnuckleHead514 Posted December 18, 2010 Author Share Posted December 18, 2010 Hey guys, Thanks for the replies, although I think I've found something that would do me good in the long run: A Hartke LH500 and An Ashdown MAG410T Off the website www.thomann.de Perfect pricing at £492, but I was wondering would these go well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 Don`t know much about Ashdown cabs, but the Hartke XL cabs are nice, and there`s an absolute bargain here [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=109769&hl=hartke"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=...9&hl=hartke[/url] Theres also a Hartke Hydrive 4x10 [url="http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=64952"]http://basschat.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=64952[/url] Out of all the rigs I`ve had, I`d say the Hartke was the most versatile, and think this may well have been due to the speakers, they just seemed to reproduce anything I dialled into the amp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mog Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 that should work fine. you wont get the full 500 watts out of the head but you wont need it unless the guitarist(s) are running at idiotic levels. those mag cabs have a nice low end. great for the price imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnuckleHead514 Posted December 19, 2010 Author Share Posted December 19, 2010 Thanks for the info, can't get those sweet deals as I'm in Belfast, and I'm not gonna travel to mainland UK I'll probably get the Hartke and the Ashdown, they seem well together Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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