New amp

[ebenezer]

Looking at buying a new amp around the £1000 mark....light weight 800watts minimum, what would you guys recommend?

[Lozz196]

The latest Ashdown RM800 would get my money.

[BassAdder60]

TE1200 gets my vote 

 

Awesome amp excellent dual compressors and tons of head room 

 

Not exactly heavy but not a lightweight amp either really 

 

EICH T900 is amazing too and that’s very light 

Edited Wednesday at 15:32 by BassAdder60

[Bankai]

At bang on £1000 and 800 watts, the Mesa 800D is certainly a contender.

[chris_b]

IMO Aguilar amps take some beating, I've been playing them for over 10 years now, but my replacement list would include Mesa Boogie 800D, Bergantino Forte HP2 and Genzler.

Edited Wednesday at 16:23 by chris_b

[cetera]

Gallien-Krueger Legacy 800 or Fusion 800

Genzler Magellan 800 or Kinetix 800

 

 

[BassAdder60]

Yep the Genzler Magellan 800 is a fine amp too 

[Lozz196]

21 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

The latest Ashdown RM800 would get my money.

And it looks like they’ve just got a makeover and are now the RBM series.

[tauzero]

As the successor to the Tecamp Puma 900, the Eich T900 would get my vote.

[Matt P]

Another vote for the Eich T-900, I've only had a couple of hours of practice with mine but it's impressive and will be seeing my Markbass out of the door.

 

Matt

[Dan Dare]

The usual suspects will all have a dog in the fight. Don't buy on recommendation. Go somewhere like Bass Direct and try some out. It's your decision which you prefer.

[ebenezer]

Cheers folks certainly food for thought 👍 

[Dood]

Like buying a car, it would be helpful to know what you want from an amplifier. How will it fit your needs and anything that would be a hard-pass.

 

What style(s) of music do you play? Do you favour all HiFi goodness? Completely flat and direct? Raunchy drive, metal or some old school Jack Bruce thump? If you’re looking for all of that then there’s also avenues to explore.

 

Don’t forget also that the speaker cabinet makes a huge difference and battles have been lost either in performance or just taste because the signal chain didn’t play ball. What kit are you using? 

 

I’ll post my reviews playlist later, out of the hundreds of videos, there’s a good few amplifiers in there to check the specs of and find something you like.