beeejums
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So I was just asked to play bass in a country ( ) and blues ( ) cover band. It's my first "real" band, unless you want to count a couple of punk bands I played with... which could hardly be counted as "professional" or even "good." My bass amp didn't weather these punk bands very well, and was at one point left by a friend on my front porch while I was on vacation. For a few days. In the weather. Now it has a loose wire and I have to beat it to get it to work right. I'm going to try to fix it, but it's in such rough shape I'm thinking this is the excuse I've been wanting to upgrade.
I'm looking at a Hartke B600. What I have now is a Marshall 60 watt combo. I definitely want another combo. the guy at the local store tells me that if 60 watts works with my current amp, then 60 watts would work with any amp (even though the Hartke has less in the way of speakers). The band tells me that my amp is big enough. The guy from Sweetwater when I called for another opinion wanted me to buy a 400 watt head and a cabinet with at least two 15" speakers, and I'm inclined to think he was full of it.
What do you think? This is all a learning experience for me...
I'm looking at a Hartke B600. What I have now is a Marshall 60 watt combo. I definitely want another combo. the guy at the local store tells me that if 60 watts works with my current amp, then 60 watts would work with any amp (even though the Hartke has less in the way of speakers). The band tells me that my amp is big enough. The guy from Sweetwater when I called for another opinion wanted me to buy a 400 watt head and a cabinet with at least two 15" speakers, and I'm inclined to think he was full of it.
What do you think? This is all a learning experience for me...