Marvel Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66700300 He bought it for $38... they were very inexpensive back then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 @artto I was thinking about the thread from a couple years ago and you mentioned the large amps electric bass players had to haul around with their electric bass. The friend in the group I played with 50 years ago used the small Ampeg with a 12 in. speaker. It worked great for the small clubs in Memphis where we played. Actually amazing that the amp could fit inside the cab when transporting. I saw one for sale here in Chattanooga about 20 yrs ago and wish I had been able to get it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invidiosulus Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Ampeg still makes some(non tube) Portaflex series amps and cabs. I was looking into getting one when I came across the used Gallien-Krueger 400RB I ended up getting instead. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 31 minutes ago, Invidiosulus said: I was looking into getting one when I came across the used Gallien-Krueger 400RB I ended up getting instead. The GK is the one you've had for so long? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invidiosulus Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Marvel said: The GK is the one you've had for so long? I sold my original 700RB and 210RBH cab about 10 years ago. I got the 400RB back in January of this year. I’d like to get/build some bigger cabs for it but for now it sounds great with the single 12” Celestion that used to be in the Trace Elliot combo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 This is like keeping track of speakers... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 They mentioned enough details to give the forgers something to strive for. Paul probably owns about 50 basses. JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 4 hours ago, Marvel said: @artto I was thinking about the thread from a couple years ago and you mentioned the large amps electric bass players had to haul around with their electric bass. The friend in the group I played with 50 years ago used the small Ampeg with a 12 in. speaker. It worked great for the small clubs in Memphis where we played. Actually amazing that the amp could fit inside the cab when transporting. I saw one for sale here in Chattanooga about 20 yrs ago and wish I had been able to get it. Actually the Bass Amp was the B15N The 12" was a guitar amp Had one B15 in the High School Music Room. ,🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Thinking about this I believe that the first Mountain Album was recorded using such am for Felix's Bass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 1 hour ago, the real Duke Spinner said: Actually the Bass Amp was the B15N The 12" was a guitar amp Had one B15 in the High School Music Room. ,🙂 All the PortaFlex amp/speaker combos were designed as bass amps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 2 hours ago, Marvel said: All the PortaFlex amp/speaker combos were designed as bass amps. The Second Input was labelled .." instruments *. 🙃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 8 hours ago, Marvel said: @artto I was thinking about the thread from a couple years ago and you mentioned the large amps electric bass players had to haul around with their electric bass. The friend in the group I played with 50 years ago used the small Ampeg with a 12 in. speaker. It worked great for the small clubs in Memphis where we played. Actually amazing that the amp could fit inside the cab when transporting. I saw one for sale here in Chattanooga about 20 yrs ago and wish I had been able to get it. Thinking Acoustic 360 as a large Bass Amp 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invidiosulus Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 I’ve got one of these PA’s but the 100watt tube head needs a little work. The two 4x10 cabs sound nice for guitar but I don’t think they have enough low end to make me happy enough to use them for bass as is. maybe with some heftier drivers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Just think '," YES". 🙃 Try " Roundabout" for starters 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the real Duke Spinner Posted September 9, 2023 Share Posted September 9, 2023 On 9/4/2023 at 10:16 AM, Marvel said: @artto I was thinking about the thread from a couple years ago and you mentioned the large amps electric bass players had to haul around with their electric bass. The friend in the group I played with 50 years ago used the small Ampeg with a 12 in. speaker. It worked great for the small clubs in Memphis where we played. Actually amazing that the amp could fit inside the cab when transporting. I saw one for sale here in Chattanooga about 20 yrs ago and wish I had been able to get it. PortaFlex 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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