krispn Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Seen one of these on evilbay and was wondering would a 100 tube power amp be enough for a bass rig? and would it be clean enough? Thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Funk Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 I emailed someone at Mesa about this a while ago and got the response that while it would technically work it might not sound all that great. From what I've read on here it seems to be that the output transformer would be too small for bass (or something along those lines) and that 100W will probably not give enough headroom for a loud, clean tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Foxen Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 Probably the capacitors in it that also will be insufficient for bass power, will get volume drops. Would be ok for high side of a biamp rig though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krispn Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 I was thinking that myself but its good to hear others thoughts Thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkonthehill Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 to be honest dude your wasting your time with any less than 300watts, ive tried my 200watt at a gig on friday and it was just enough. get the biggest you can or you will always chase wattage. IMO of course. my guitarist uses an all valve marshall 50watt and it cuts through my sound like a fart in a lift, its bloody annoying, so im now waiting on my mag 600h to be delivered in the next few days along with an ampeg 4x10 hlf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Fitzmaurice Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 [quote name='krispn' post='629538' date='Oct 18 2009, 10:33 AM']Seen one of these on evilbay and was wondering would a 100 tube power amp be enough for a bass rig? and would it be clean enough? Thoughts?[/quote]It depends on the speakers. More drivers means higher sensitivity, so you need less power. 100 watts from a tube amp into an 8x10 would certainly handle most any venue. But not through a 1x or 2x, maybe through some 4x. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted October 20, 2009 Share Posted October 20, 2009 Just buy my 400+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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