Bass Head Advice.

[Jayfaedoom]

I currently have 2 Laney 2x15 cabs, rated to 8ohmn and I am looking for a new bass head to power them.

I play in a Doom/sludge band with a lot of low end, and also play through a Bass Big Muff.

What head would be best for this purpose? I would prefer solid state.

please help...

[yorick]

You'll need a 4 ohm head to run the cabs/amp at full power. Maybe the Hartke LH500?

[Mr.T]

As you are relying on your Bass and Pedal for your sound, maybe an amp that reproduces what you put into it?

A MarkBass LM2 would do the job.
.... and they are LOUD!

[51m0n]

Anything that can get down to 4 Ohms (which is everything)

The LH500 and LMII or LMIII are great suggestions, and are very very loud.

In all likelihood if those cabs are older Laney 2x15s then if you significantly boost the bass on the amp then your speakers will fart out before those amps run out of juice.

[basshead56]

If yu´re on a budget, try one or the Peavey Tour heads.
They will give you plenty of volume and drive.
Or check out Beedster´s thread on the new Ampeg Micro SVT head!

[razze06]

An old Peavey Mark III head. Can go to 2 ohm if needed, loud as you want, and you can even crank up the gain and sell the big muff, cos you won't need it anymore. Not too hard to come by on the 'bay or here, and cheap.

[jmsjabb]

I would say LittleMark too. Very faithful to the "fed" sound

[lojo]

[quote name='Jayfaedoom' post='733794' date='Feb 3 2010, 09:52 AM']I play in a Doom/sludge band with a lot of low end, and also play through a Bass Big Muff.[/quote]


To date we have no doom/sludge music in our covers catalogue, could we slip one into an 80s set? sounds great

[Anders]

EBS Fafner perhaps?
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Sounds alot bigger than i thought.-And i'm a fan of all valve-Ampeg svt sound.

[bassbloke]

They have a Peavey Tour 450 at our rehearsal place and it sounds surprisingly good. They're not expensive either. You might also have a bit of fun with the built in octaver. However, I read a lot of owner reviews complaining about the reliability. With that in mind, I'd probably consider the hartke.

[chris_pokkuri]

Or even a Hartke LH1000. You could run it in bridge or parallel. It would be super loud!

[alanbass1]

If you are not on a budget go and try out the TC Electronics RH450 - you won't even need your Mig Muff anymore! Amazing lows, very loud and great flexibility.

[Mr. Foxen]

Peavey Firebass will sort you. Plenty of power, solid as a rock. Or a Sansamp into a PA power amp would also be awesome.

[teaser360]

I use A Peavey T MAX head with my Laney Cabs, 410 and 115. Its got tube channel and solid state, or combine the both, to loud sometimes, but hey! what the hell.