Need help choosing an amp

[Snowblind]

Hey so I need help between choosing two totally different amps which is the main problem. It between either a Sovtek Mig 100 (for $350) or a Fender Bassman head (for $400). The Bassman might be more versatile since I could just throw any pedals in front of it and make it what ever I want. But Im short on money right now and don't have many pedals and I would really have to start investing in some pedals which cost even more money, where the Sovtek already has great distortion where I wouldn't be on the hunt for a pedal right away. I play in a band we play alt rock/ grunge/shoegaze/ indie (haha kind of weird I know but we're working it out) so dirt is a necessity right now. I myself play shoegaze, grunge, alt rock, indie, and some but little classic rock. Which would you guys go with? Thanks in advance

[nieh]

http://www.jetcityamplification.com/200 ... jca2112rc/

Buy one

[Mudfuzz]

If it was me I would go Sovtek.

[masked elwood]

If it was me I would go Sovtek.

+1

[laterallateral]

The kind of music you're describing tends to be pretty Fuzz-dependant. In this regard, neither amp really has the upper hand.

Also, what kind of Bassman are we talking about here?

If you can benefit from the MIG's higher gain settings (Think classic metal) then that's what you should get.

If we're talking Bassman 100, it'll be very similar to the MIG in low gain settings, slightly nicer in mid gain settings and will sound pretty harsh at high gain.

If this is a Bassman 50, forget about high gain anything without the use of pedals. The good news is it'll still be loud and clean until about 12 O'clock and from there on up, will stop getting much louder but will get dirtier, juicier and more compressed. (Just what the indie-rock doctor prescribes)

If I was playing what you're playing, I'd get the Bassman over the MIG only if it's a Bassman 50.
And invest on a good distortion box, a good spring reverb and a good multi-purpose fuzz.

[Snowblind]

The kind of music you're describing tends to be pretty Fuzz-dependant. In this regard, neither amp really has the upper hand.

Also, what kind of Bassman are we talking about here?

If you can benefit from the MIG's higher gain settings (Think classic metal) then that's what you should get.

If we're talking Bassman 100, it'll be very similar to the MIG in low gain settings, slightly nicer in mid gain settings and will sound pretty harsh at high gain.

If this is a Bassman 50, forget about high gain anything without the use of pedals. The good news is it'll still be loud and clean until about 12 O'clock and from there on up, will stop getting much louder but will get dirtier, juicier and more compressed. (Just what the indie-rock doctor prescribes)

If I was playing what you're playing, I'd get the Bassman over the MIG only if it's a Bassman 50.
And invest on a good distortion box, a good spring reverb and a good multi-purpose fuzz.

Thanks for all the info yea its just every time I think I have made up my mind I go back to the other one again. But I heard the mig 100 handles pedal really well also. Does any one hear own them and can give any advice and how you like yours?

EDIT*: its a Blackface Bassman btw

[Noise...]

I'd go with the Bassman - not only because I'm a Fender nut, but because it seems like that's what you want, but you're going to settle for something else because of the fact that your don't want to spend the money to get what you want.

The best thing about pedals is that you can add them over time and get what you really want.

Start with a solid fuzz, and you're pretty much good to go for what you're playing.

[Snowblind]

Thank you for your advice and thats true and if my styles ever change then the amp can change with it.

[Noise...]

Thank you for your advice and thats true and if my styles ever change then the amp can change with it.

Definitely. Plus, it's impossible to hate a Bassman.

[laterallateral]

Thanks for all the info yea its just every time I think I have made up my mind I go back to the other one again. But I heard the mig 100 handles pedal really well also. Does any one hear own them and can give any advice and how you like yours?

EDIT*: its a Blackface Bassman btw

Blackface Bassman for $400?
Strictly on a resalability perspective, buy it and don't look back!

My primary amp is a Stock 1977 Traynor YBA-1 which for all intents and purposes, IS a 50W Bassman.
Clean with some single coils and with the right EQ settings, It'll Jangle-Pop your ass off.
Pushed into overdrive, it'll grind up like a Sonics record.
Cranked, with humbuckers, it'll Punk you up like the rest of the scum.
Cranked with a neck humbucker jump the inputs and run a clean boost, it'll Stoner Rock you in the face.
Clean trough a Muff variant, trough gobs of spring reverb and a Jazzmaster, I'll Jesus And Mary Chain you up like a Saigon whore.
Pop a RAT in there and it'll um... I ran out of analogies.

FACT: Most amplifiers will do whatever you want them to do provided you're amplifying the right things.
Bassmans just do it better than others

[phantasmagorovich]

Thanks for all the info yea its just every time I think I have made up my mind I go back to the other one again. But I heard the mig 100 handles pedal really well also. Does any one hear own them and can give any advice and how you like yours?

EDIT*: its a Blackface Bassman btw

Blackface Bassman for $400?
Strictly on a resalability perspective, buy it and don't look back!

My primary amp is a Stock 1977 Traynor YBA-1 which for all intents and purposes, IS a 50W Bassman.
Clean with some single coils and with the right EQ settings, It'll Jangle-Pop your ass off.
Pushed into overdrive, it'll grind up like a Sonics record.
Cranked, with humbuckers, it'll Punk you up like the rest of the scum.
Cranked with a neck humbucker jump the inputs and run a clean boost, it'll Stoner Rock you in the face.
Clean trough a Muff variant, trough gobs of spring reverb and a Jazzmaster, I'll Jesus And Mary Chain you up like a Saigon whore.
Pop a RAT in there and it'll um... I ran out of analogies.

FACT: Most amplifiers will do whatever you want them to do provided you're amplifying the right things.
Bassmans just do it better than others

I think you should be a salesman, buddy!
(At least you made me wanna buy one.)

[The4455]

I'd get the Bassman, because it sound like you would only be getting the Sovtek for the lack of pedals, which is only temporary. The Bassman is also way more versatile and awesome in all sense of word, one of my friends has an original one from "back in the day" and it sounds amazing, and can handle any pedal you throw at it, and works pretty well with bass too, but that shouldn't be the main reason for getting it, even though it's a cool feature it only comes in handy once in a while because there is already a bass amp with two inputs in his "practice space," so the bass inputs rarley get used, as in when I use them!

[Snowblind]

Well I wouldn't only be getting the Sovtek because of the lack of pedals. I like the sound of it as well since I do enjoy the Marshall sound as well. I just can't decide if I want that ballsy Marshall tone or Fender clarity. I have had experience with Sovtek before with a Mig 60, but I have heard that is more like maybe a JMP, where the Mig 100 is more like a JCM800, but I have never had experience with a bassman before. Also, after looking at some pics I'm not sure if its a Blackface or Super 100 (is there a difference). It has the black chasis but the grill cloth is black like the Super 100 which might have just been changed out by him but is there a way I could tell? Thanks for the help so far guys.

[veteransdaypoppy]

Bassman. If you're disappointed by it, then you need new ears. Not new amps.

[Snowblind]

I don't think I will be disappointed by it at all, but just is it what I really want. Thanks guys for all the help but I think its just going to come down to me trying them both out and seeing which one I like in the end. Hopefully, there will be a NAD thread soon