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any idea how the QM would sound on bass?

i cant do it now, or the wife will cut my fuckin balls off, but I do want one bad.

Quick question, for those with first hand experience, which of the following two amps is louder: 1st gen Model T or early 70's Super Bass? I ask because my Traynor (YBA-3) isn't keeping up with my Sound City 100... So I'm looking for something new in the "100w +" range. Model T and an early Marshall are just about the only two type of amps I've never owned, so they are at the top of my list.

chillerthanmost wrote:Quick question, for those with first hand experience, which of the following two amps is louder: 1st gen Model T or early 70's Super Bass? I ask because my Traynor (YBA-3) isn't keeping up with my Sound City 100... So I'm looking for something new in the "100w +" range. Model T and an early Marshall are just about the only two type of amps I've never owned, so they are at the top of my list.

To be honest, if a YBA-3 is not loud enough for you and a Sound City 100 is, you're probably going to need to try them both out to compare. But if I had to take a guess, I'd say a Model T will fill more.

AngryGoldfish wrote:

chillerthanmost wrote:Quick question, for those with first hand experience, which of the following two amps is louder: 1st gen Model T or early 70's Super Bass? I ask because my Traynor (YBA-3) isn't keeping up with my Sound City 100... So I'm looking for something new in the "100w +" range. Model T and an early Marshall are just about the only two type of amps I've never owned, so they are at the top of my list.

To be honest, if a YBA-3 is not loud enough for you and a Sound City 100 is, you're probably going to need to try them both out to compare. But if I had to take a guess, I'd say a Model T will fill more.

Thanks.

Yeah, it's caught me off guard that the YBA3 isn't meeting my volume standards. I suppose I can try to check if it has a power issue next time I open it up. I've swapped the tubes and set the bias and it still kinda lacks in volume compared to the Sound City.

I've never had a chance to play either a Model T or early Super Bass, and neither are available for me to compare. Hopefully someone here has experience with both though.

my superbass was stuuuupid loud.

my blueline svt is waaaay louder and sounds better . downside is rewiring cabs from 16 to 4 ohms and being able to blow any quad of guitar speakers short of evs.

with great power. . . .

and you have a blueline iirc

I do have a blueline but that's sticking to bass, or else we wouldn't have anything on bass to keep up.

plug that pig in. i dare u

Everything I have at the moment is 16 ohms or 8 ohms

my experience, albeit limited has been that a model t is louder in general than a hundred watt marshall. i've never owned a model t, but i've had some friends who have and i've had a little exposure to them. i've owned a few old marshalls and have worked with a ton of them. i've never played a superbass from that era, but all the hundred watt marshalls (and i'm only speaking of marshalls that are worth a shit, old stuff) that i've played have been in the same ballpark volume wise. if i'm not mistaken, a model t is actually putting out 140-150 watts.

Marshall is plenty loud. My 50 watter could keep up with a 450 watt bass amp and a 120 watt 5150 in my old hardcore band.

chillerthanmost wrote:Quick question, for those with first hand experience, which of the following two amps is louder: 1st gen Model T or early 70's Super Bass? I ask because my Traynor (YBA-3) isn't keeping up with my Sound City 100... So I'm looking for something new in the "100w +" range. Model T and an early Marshall are just about the only two type of amps I've never owned, so they are at the top of my list.

Are you absolutely set on either of them two? The Bassman 135 could be a way cheaper yet similar alternative to the two above.
I haven't played a Super Bass but I've played quite a few 70's JMP Marshalls all with 6550s and they are loud as fuck with plenty of bass content in there. Compared to the Model T(Second Gen) I've played it breaks up earlier and it's got a smoother character to the drive. The Model T was perhaps a tad louder but it felt like it had way more headroom over-driving at higher volume levels(UL design at work there, correct?) and the drive wasn't as nice as the JMP. Model T also had 6550s.

Of all the amps I've owned, an '82 50 watt JCM800 was the absolute loudest. Louder than any higher wattage amps I've had: Sound City 120, 100 watt '76 Plexi, etc.

I have no clue as to why. It's never really made sense to me. Dat muhfukka was just possessed or something.

Thanks guys. I'm slightly set on those because I've had every other cheap alternative to a loud 100w: Sovtek, traynor, ampeg, fender, sound city, early sunn, Univox, etc. Even a JMP. And out of all those I kept my Sound City 100, which has been the loudest and best sounding of the bunch. The Univox and V4 were right up there, and looking back I should have kept them. But oh well. Anyways, I've always wanted an early marshall or model T, so I figured I'd try for one of those next. But I'm asking because at this rate it seems I might be able to find an early super bass for cheaper than a model T, and people say those are "loud" but are they as loud as a Model T? That's where I get stuck.

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