friend is buying his first bass rig

[AndyVengeance]

looking at this amp :

http://store.mesahollywood.com/cons-750.html

 

and a vader 4x10 cabinet hes going for used at 400 bucks..

playing Death metal and hardcore.. could anyone recommend anything better for these prices? he was also looking at a Peavey vb-2 all tube 225 watt head or an ampeg svt4 hybrid amp

[CountGrishnackh]

My advice would be to start a whole lot smaller than any of that.

[RSBro]

That's not a terrible price on the Mesa.

But for $400 he could def get a better cab that won't render that amp moot.

[T. Alan Smith]

 

That's not a terrible price on the Mesa. But for $400 he could def get a better cab that won't render that amp moot.

 

 

What HE said.

[Bryan316]

Vader? A Vader cabinet?

 

 

Wow. I'm insulted.

 

 

Even a BEHRINGER would sound better than that.

 

 

Good amp. But find a MUCH better cabinet.

[jasper383]

Mesas are great amps, but for a first amp, I'd go as plug-and-play as possible.

 

No idea what a Vader cab is.

 

Used GK 400 or 700RB into a used Peavey 410.

[RSBro]

The 750 is about as PnP as Mesa gets!

[jasper383]

The 750 is about as PnP as Mesa gets!

 

Yes. But for a first rig, I'd go solid state.

 

It just takes more "nuance" and experience to get a tube head to do what it can do. In the right hands, nothing is better than a tube head.

[RSBro]

 

Yes. But for a first rig, I'd go solid state. It just takes more "nuance" and experience to get a tube head to do what it can do. In the right hands, nothing is better than a tube head.

 

 

That's a hybrid, not a tube amp.

 

The 400/400+ are the only all-tube Mesa bass amps.