Bass amp

I've never dealt with an affordable GK made after 2000 that didn't blow up at a gig for no apparent reason.

This, Or at least have a non working DI out.

HA! the DI would go right after purchase if it was a new one or it would be shot when it was bought used! and every single one thats backline at a venue has a shitty passive DI on the speaker out because the built in DI is broken LOL. Never again. GK stuff is junk now.

but man, this one bassist could blow up any GK head and most solid state ampeg heads... the only amps that stood up to him were an SVT and my Dual Showman from 63 (which he now owns, better off with him). Before the SVT we gave up on bass amps and drove his cab with one of my robust solid state power amps designed for sound reinforcement nd he used a sans amp pedal as a preamp with a little 3630 compression to evne things out, shit you not. That didn't blow up, but it didn't sound fantastic. Just adequate and loud.

Peavey Mark III head if you live in the states. I got mine in 2010 for $100 and it's been my band's main bass head ever since. Taken it all over the country and it's never failed to turn on and be loud. We've used it was 4x10s, 8x10s, 2x15s, 1x15s, 1x18s, 2x18s, Peavey 1810s (two 10s and an 18 with a crossover), Peavey 3620s (two 10s and TWO 18s with a crossover), and even a couple bass 4x12s. We use dirty bass and have sometimes ran the head's pre gain and done just fine, but anymore we use pedals, and anyone who says these amps can't get clean isn't trying hard enough.

Peavey Poverty Cult.

my backup bass/keys amp for eyars was a peavey TNT combo.... after giving it to someone ANOTHER TNT abss combo with the 15" entered my life because it belonged to a rhtyhm guitarist whow easeled his way into one of my bands. Again, used as a keybaord monitor when they signer played piano and also an emergency abckup to the backup bass amp! Indestructible. Loud enough for practice and small shows. Sounded basically like whatever isntrument was plugged in. not exactly flatetering though and unnbelievably ehacy for a solid state 15" combo amp. Weighed mroe then similarly endowed tube combos.