End of an era

[JPJ]

So yesterday I sold the last of my SWR gear. This ends what has been a thirty plus year obsession with the brand, started by my love of the bass playing of John Paul Jones. Over the years I have owned and gigged:

1) Black Beauty combo

2) Black Beauty combo with Workingmans 210

3) 750x head with Goliath III (4x10) and Son of Bertha (1x15)

4) 750x head with two Goliaths

5) Grand Prix preamp (twice)

6) SM1500 head with two Goliaths

7) SM1500 head with one Goliath Senior (6x10)

8).SM1500 with one Goliath

9) SM900 with one Goliath

10) Marcus Miller preamp (twice)

11) Marcus Miller preamp with Amplite poweramp (the setup I should have kept).

 

I know that Fender swallowed up the SWR brand and then promptly did nothing with it, but boy would I love an SWR pedal sized preamp with the semi-parametric EQ and the  famous aural enhancer (marmite to many),

[BassAdder60]

Looks amazing and very heavy ! 

[BassBod]

I’ve still got a few SWR’s, but they don’t go out so often.  Logistics for gigging keep getting more challenging, but when I do take the Baby Blue or SM500 they never disappoint 😎

 

I’m sure an SWR preamp pedal is possible.  Valves in pedals are fairly common these days, so someone will do it…

[Bilbo]

I had an Electric Blue amp head. Loved it but the extension can got nicked out of my car at Aust services nr. Bristol (along with a GK MB150 combo) in the early 90s. Someone was in the car as well. I always covetted a Redhead but it never appeared. Ended up with an Eden Metro instead. 

[Lozz196]

I don’t think, in all my years of playing bass, that I’ve ever played through any SWR gear. Nothing to do with the gear itself, just none of the bands I’ve gear-shared with had any.