More Power. Less Weight.

21/10/2021

bass, combos, ampeg

More Power. Less Weight. />
Given what Yamaha have done with other iconic brands they have acquired over the past 5 or so years, we were pretty excited when Yamaha acquired the legendary Ampeg name back in 2018. Ampeg is arguably THE most iconic manufacturer of bass amps in the world, & while we love them, it did feel to us that over the last few years they had seemed to stop progressing their models & were losing touch with the global trend towards smaller, lighter & more powerful bass rigs ... but the brand-new Rocket combos are just amazing... & even though they’re much smaller (& a LOT lighter!) thankfully they’ve still managed to retain “that Ampeg tone”. read more

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