Your all-time favorite, desert island amp?

[MVE]

I would probably try to mod the amp somehow to try to make it into some kind of radio transceiver.

it would definitely be easier if I had a wireless and IEM system to work with.

 

[Marko 1]

Been digging the Line-6 Lowdown HD750s (dressed up) for quite a while, featureful, gobs of power, and dirt cheap on the used market...

but my Peavey Headliner 1000 is just a wonderful head, and Class D, only 10-lbs.

 

[sheesh]

if the professor is there, he could fix my amp . . .

 

[Michedelic]

While I do live in the Mojave Desert, but because weather patterns are so messed up, we’ve gotten such an insane amount of rain that there’s a lake in Death Valley(not far away)right now, so who knows, I could be three for three eventually.

 

[Grinderman]

I think I'll just stick around here with the couple of nice old Ampegs I've got, modern refrigeration, and flowing electricity, thanks.

 

[Killing Floor]

The one that’s loud enough to make the people on the next island call the cops.
Saved by volume!

 

[Andre678]

I would have to go with my Mesa Walkabout.

 

[bucephylus]

Demeter VTBP-201 w/internal Minnie 800D into Bergantino NV610T.

 

[fhm555]

My all time favorite desert island amp? One that runs on solar power, or maybe coconut milk or husk powered?
It would be that or a very very very long drop cord, and who wants to deal with that?

 

[Clark Westfield]

Now before I commit to my island amp, will the bass that I’m stranded with have the following:

1. Is it a P or a J?
2. Active or passive?
3. Flats or roundwounds?
4. Tort or parchment pickgaurd? No pickgaurd?

I am very noncommittal when it comes to amps, so if indeed stranded, these potential choices will help get a more accurate feel of which amp I’ll be playing through.

Also, the amp will need a cabinet. 210,410,810,112,212,115,215?

Darn, more choices!

Probably a Bergantino HP2 given the situation.

If a tropical island, DEFINITELY not an SVT.

In addition, on this stranded will I have any food, as that tosses the amp choices right out the fri$$3n window!

 

[SkylineFiver]

Genz Benz GBE 1200

 

[sylvanbass]

Lack of power aside, I'd have to say an old school Peavey TNT115 combo. That thing would survive a hurricane, out live me by a generation, and still work and sound pretty good.

 

[LoTone]

That is my living room amp. I will be buried with it and my number 1 pbass.

 

[triode6L6a]

Back in 2000 I decided to put together my "dream" rig. I spent hours on my neighbors computer (I didn't own one yet) researching preamps, amps, speakers, etc, and over the course of the next 2 years I slowly began to pull the pieces together, finally ending up with this head setup:

Including the six rack case, it weight around 50 pounds.....arrrgh..... but man it rocked. I added 2 x Acme Low B2 speakers at 50 pounds each, bringing the total to 150 pounds of glorious bass goodness that gave me goose bumps every time I fired it up. This is the only photo I've got of the full system which I used for six years while gigging local bars (the Roland was a backup amp that I never needed).

Unfortunately I had to sell all my equipment at one point to fund an operation. Oh well, I was a GREAT rig while it lasted, and my new setup only weights about 36 pounds total (Barefaced BB2 and Quilter Bass 800). And while not quite the dragon slayer my old system was, it serves my present needs quite well.

 

[Marko 1]

That is my living room amp. I will be buried with it and my number 1 pbass.

Classy... looks like a Norman Rockwell painting.

 

[sotua]

Genz Benz shuttle 6.0

 

[JimmyM]

SVT/810.

 

[foal30]

Classy... looks like a Norman Rockwell painting.

Looks like a Jazz Bass to me !

 

[foal30]

1 Amp only?

Ashdown CTM-300

Which would not be a suitable amp for lots of people

 

[gtirard]

My Pure Tone / Mini Tone has a great organic sound - it's tiny and cute but also versatile. And it only weights 4.2 kg!