Big bass amp
Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2010 4:25 pm
Ok, after bragging to my friends about how awesome tube amps were, one asked me to build him a head for a bass cabinet he has, and I'm starting my research into what I'll need to do.
I've read that to get the best sound, you want an amp that runs the speaker to the red line (the cabinet says it's rated to 300W rms), but a 300W bass amp seems a bit ridiculous to me. I've found a few schematics, and think a sextet of 6550 or kt88 would be more than enough (though not very likely to hit 300W), and I might cut it back down to a quad.
Before I dive into the deep end, does anyone here have any suggestions? Any suggestions as to websites i should read or avoid? The schematic I'd like to use as a starting point I found on the Weber Speakers website, but simply buying a kit might be too expensive. I'd also like to put in the standard bells and whistles like EQ, overdrive, presence, maybe reverb...
My guess is that finding iron for a 300W bass amp is going to be the most annoying part.
I've read that to get the best sound, you want an amp that runs the speaker to the red line (the cabinet says it's rated to 300W rms), but a 300W bass amp seems a bit ridiculous to me. I've found a few schematics, and think a sextet of 6550 or kt88 would be more than enough (though not very likely to hit 300W), and I might cut it back down to a quad.
Before I dive into the deep end, does anyone here have any suggestions? Any suggestions as to websites i should read or avoid? The schematic I'd like to use as a starting point I found on the Weber Speakers website, but simply buying a kit might be too expensive. I'd also like to put in the standard bells and whistles like EQ, overdrive, presence, maybe reverb...
My guess is that finding iron for a 300W bass amp is going to be the most annoying part.