Buke Posted November 13, 2019 Report Share Posted November 13, 2019 just got a 2011 gibson sg standard bass short scale. any amp advice would be appreciated. also strings. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grog Posted November 14, 2019 Report Share Posted November 14, 2019 I switched to MarkBass amps a few years ago, mostly because they are so light. I have a variety of vintage & newer Gibson basses & it handles all of them well. A 15" speaker that handles 300 watts at less than 40 pounds is great! Musicians Friend sometime sell them for 20% off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombiewuff Posted July 27, 2020 Report Share Posted July 27, 2020 Buke, congrats on the pickup! I just scored a 2005 SG bass myself. I’m mostly a guitar player, but actually picked up bass first. I had an Epiphone double-scroll as a kid back in ‘81. It was on loan from my school’s concert band. It came with an Ampeg tube head (pretty sure it was an SVT 300) and a 4x10 cabinet. I remember it was a monster! More recently, I’ve mostly been doing modeling. I had been using Native Instruments’ Guitar Rig from the beginning, but that has been abandon-ware for several years, now. I still keep an older MacBook Pro on hand, paired with some studio reference monitors. The bass amps and presets in that still sound good to my ear. I just received (finally) the Positive Grid Spark ‘smart amp’. It has bass models, too, but I don’t have enough time on it to offer an opinion yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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