Need new amp and cab or combo for 6 string

[jaydentaku]

My Carlsbro combo is almost dead and no longer suitable for requirements. So I need new amplification.

I have recently bought a spector legend 6 string and I was wondering if 6 strings would prefer a particular setup, given their tonal range?

I need the setup for gigging, something with wheels, and something big 4x10. I hear good things about hartke, but they seem rather cheap, what do people think?

My budget is around 400 quid.

Cheers

Edited October 29, 2008 by jaydentaku

[alexclaber]

If you want an amp and cab for £400 then cheap is good! The LH500 is very impressive for the money. But look in the used section of the forum, you're bound to get a good deal with that much to spend. Tonally a 6-string is no more demanding than a 5-string and it's more down to your personal taste than the demands of the string count, capiche?

Alex

[The Funk]

Personally, I like Hartke stuff. I think the fact that they've gone out of fashion and become much cheaper is a good thing. I wasn't a fan of the Hartke heads but I hear good things about the LH500 - and I've always liked their cabs.

[jaydentaku]

Thanks

Fortunately, i live near the soundslive shop in newcastle and they have been very helpful, recomending ashdown and hartke. I have seen the Marshall MB 4x10 combo and I have been told good things about it and to ingore outdated opinions on marshall bass amplification. I am going to be trying out a 1x15 ashdown evo II and the marshall 4x10. i just have to decide which will be right for me.

The ashdown provides a wopping 300watt and for the money, carn't find a better 1x15. Although it's a 15, so i expecting whilst gigging, that my higher note swill be drowned out by the guitar. Which is where the 10's would come in handy.

we shall have to see