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Identify this amp please!
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 3:43 pm
by frigid midget
My best guess: Musicman sixty-five. That's supposed to be a bass amp though, right? Is it based on some fender/marshall circuit or vice versa?
Re: Identify this amp please!
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 3:48 pm
by higain617
I think that's an HD130 or HD150. It may also be the bass version of the 65 (no reverb) in the shorter housing. IIRC, they are based on a silver face Twin, but have a solid state preamp.
Re: Identify this amp please!
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 3:51 pm
by Jero
Music Man of some sort. I don't know enough about them. I do know people use bass amps with guitar and vice versa all the time though
Re: Identify this amp please!
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 4:14 pm
by frigid midget
Just google'd all the pics I could find of both the HD130/150 and the sixty-five heads. There's too little difference to be sure which one is in those grainy little pics:(
Re: Identify this amp please!
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 4:20 pm
by Chankgeez
Yeah, there's not enough detail in those pics to make a good enough guess.
Re: Identify this amp please!
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 4:48 pm
by frigid midget
Google'd some more, found an interview with the band's guitarist, in which he talks about his gear...
It's an HD150!
Re: Identify this amp please!
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 4:57 pm
by cheesecats
Jero wrote:Music Man of some sort. I don't know enough about them. I do know people use bass amps with guitar and vice versa all the time though
indeed. i use a music man seventy-five with a 2x12 bassman cab for guitar. these amps have a deep switch on one channel that really fill in the bottom. they have ss pres.
Re: Identify this amp please!
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 4:57 pm
by Chankgeez
Nice. Which band?
Re: Identify this amp please!
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 5:10 pm
by higain617
I have an HD150. It sounds good for guitar as long as you turn the treble & bass way down.
Re: Identify this amp please!
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 5:35 pm
by frigid midget
higain617 wrote:I have an HD150. It sounds good for guitar as long as you turn the treble & bass way down.
If the info I found online is correct, they actually came in a bass version as well as a guitar version. I can imagine the bass version should work fine on guitar too though, especially with a little tweaking, like you said...
Re: Identify this amp please!
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 5:42 pm
by higain617
The bass version doesn't have reverb. Otherwise it's the same.
Re: Identify this amp please!
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 5:51 pm
by D.o.S.
Chankgeez wrote:Nice. Which band?
Re: Identify this amp please!
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 5:58 pm
by frigid midget
Chankgeez wrote:Nice. Which band?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLNYeAR4wEQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIWAUvcq6aY
They've been around for quite some time I think. A buddy of mine turned me on to them, cause we're both into sleeping people and lite, as well as heavier instrumental bands.
I know the guitar tone isn't anything exceptional or unique, nothing you couldn't pull off with another decent amp instead. I was just curious, cause those old music man amps always seem to go surprisingly cheap online.
