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In the days before venue provided backlines and the musicians were the road crew, every gig with a bassist was a heavy gig.

A few minutes with Google suggests Syn-Cordion made amps under its own name and for Tele-Ray. It seems that the "rotating sound" capability was/is somewhat prized.
 

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every gig with a bassist was a heavy gig.
Oh, I know. I was that bass player. My heaviest rig was a rack system with a 200-watt per side stereo amp and a digital effects preamp. I bi-amped into a 2x10 + 1x18 cab. I was young (strong) and stupid.
 

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Oh, I know. I was that bass player. My heaviest rig was a rack system with a 200-watt per side stereo amp and a digital effects preamp. I bi-amped into a 2x10 + 1x18 cab. I was young (strong) and stupid.

HAH ! ! !

HAH ! ! !

One more HAH ! ! !

While I was roadie for a popular band - and the bass player did not have money to buy decent bass rig - I brought him a stack w a preamp - CARVER 2x600W@4ohms / 2x450W@8 ohms power amp - and two cabinets - each having JBL E140J + 2x JBL E110H in series - thus having total two JBL E140J parallell in one channel - and four JBL E110H series/parallell - so total impedance was 8ohms per channel - max power was 900W via 6 JBL speakers.

Loud and clear it was.

And heavy - cabinets about 45-55kg each ( over 100 lbs ) plus amp rack about 30 lbs

Well worth it.

ps - I never asked why he did not buy his own amp - I had some other paid use for that system besides.
 

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At least I was smart enough not to gig with my Ampeg V-4B rig. Not quite SVT heavy, but close.
 
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At least I was smart enough not to gig with my Ampeg V-4B rig. Not quite SVT heavy, but close.
+ 1 on "I was young (strong) and stupid"!!!

I used to carry my VT-22 in and out of bars by myself all the time during the 1990s. I can just barely lift half of it now; it would probably kill me to lift it up to chest height and walk around with it like I used to (cue "The Things I Used To Do", Ike & Tina's version)...

 
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