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Bass Stack
A bass amplifier (also abbreviated to bass amp) is a Instrument amplifier, musical instrument electronic device that uses electrical power to make lower-pitched musical instrument, instruments such as the bass guitar or double bass loud enough to be heard by the performers and audience. Bass amps typically consist of a preamplifier, equalizer (electronics), tone controls, a power amplifier and one or more loudspeakers ("drivers") in a loudspeaker cabinet, cabinet. While bass amps share many features with the guitar amplifiers used for electric guitar, they are distinct from other types of Instrument amplifier, amplification systems, due to the particular challenges associated with subwoofer, low-frequency sound reproduction. This distinction affects the design of the loudspeakers, the size and design of the speaker cabinet and the design of the preamplifier and amplifier. Speaker cabinets for bass amps usually incorporate larger loudspeakers (e.g., speakers are more common for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ampeg SVT Classic
Ampeg is a manufacturer best known for its bass amplifiers. Originally established in 1946 in Linden, New Jersey by Everett Hull and Stanley Michaels as "Michael-Hull Electronic Labs," today Ampeg is part of the Yamaha Guitar Group. Although specializing in the production of bass amplifiers, Ampeg has previously manufactured guitar amplifiers and pickups and instruments including double basses, bass guitars, and electric guitars. History Early years (1946―1959) Everett Hull (born Charles Everitt Hull), a pianist and bassist from Wisconsin working with bandleader Lawrence Welk in Chicago, had invented a pickup for upright bass in an effort to amplify his instrument with more clarity. Hull's design placed a transducer atop a support peg inside the body of his instrument, inspiring his wife Gertrude to name the invention the "Ampeg," an abbreviated version of "amplified peg." On February 6, 1946, Hull filed a patent application for his "sound amplifying means for stringed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
