Best Solid State Bass Guitar Amplifier Heads in 2026

ATOMIC from JOYO's BantamP series is a very compact and portable 20 Watt tube head. that gives you the British clean sound, the one that has hollow mids and a beautiful bell like character. this amp delivers a briliant bite and has shaped the history of rock music through the ages.

The ATOMIC brings all of that history into your living room in a very compact way. you'll be amazed by the crystal clear and the cutting drive sounds. its drive channel has a great mid gain sound and is just perfect for pop/rock sounds and indie rhythms.

The ATOMIC also has a CLEAN channel that can take pedals really well, which makes it flexible and a great little companion for many situations where your "big" head is just not sensible. Use a TS-type pedal (like the JOYO Green Legend or Vintage Overdrive) to push it into higher gain territory and hear it sing.

250 Watt portable micro bass head amplifier for stage and studio

Demo 300W 2-Ch Bass Amplifier Head

Pure Analog Preamp Design with Super Wide Tonal Range from the Pristine Chime to Classic British Crunch, to Roaring Hi-Gain

Max. 20W Pure Solid State Output Power sounds and responses like Vacuum Tubes Amp with Rich and Harmonic Tone

AUX IN & Phones jack with Cab Simulator for directly plugging into Audio Interface or PA System

RMS power output:  100 watts @ 8 ohms

Preamp: Solid-state

Power amp: Solid-state

500 Watt portable micro bass head amplifier for stage and studio

Compact and lightweight design for ultimate portability

Cutting-edge Class-D amplifier technology for incredible power and sonic performance

Pure Analog Preamp Design with Super Wide Tonal Range from Motown Era Vintage P-Bass Low Mid Thing to Modern Day Super Ultra Fat Low-End Stuff

Max. 20W Pure Solid State Output Power sounds and responses like Vacuum Tubes Amp with Rich and Harmonic Tone

AUX IN & Phones jack with Cab Simulator for directly plugging into Audio Interface or PA System

(Very important !)Please read carefully before purchasing! The amp head doesn't make sound itself and requires extra cabinet/speaker(speaker not included), as many customers said the amp doesn't make sound and returned the product, so we have to remind the buyer that you need to buy an extra 4 ohm cabinet to work with BADASS.

Since BanTamP series received great reputation among the customers, they strongly recommended on JOYO’s website that they want a BASS tube head from the BanTamP series. JOYO Badass is specially designed for Bass guitar, the Bass head adopts preamp tube!

JOYO Bantamp Badass features one 12AX7 preamp tube that is compatible with all bass cabinets with impedance above 4ohm, ranging from 1X8 to 4X10.

Adjustable power Output

Reverb

Softube Emulated output

Weighs only 3 lbs.

350 watts @ 4 ohms, 175 watts @ 8 ohms

Balanced Output: XLR balanced output with pre/post EQ and ground lift switch

200 Watts @ 4 Ohms

3-Band EQ with +/-15 dB cut/boost per band

XLR DI & 1/4" Headphone Out

Mid Tone Control: Ultra;*Speaker Cabinet Sold Separately

Preamp: Solid State

Power Amp: MOSFET

Use: The Terror Bass is back and it sounds better than ever. With a valve preamp and a 500W Class D solid-state power amp, the all-new Terror Bass sounds closer to the flagship AD200 than ever before

Class D Power Amplifier: The Terror bass is a 500 Watt hybrid amplifier with a valve preamp and a Class D, solid-state power section. All-analogue valve tone in a portable, compact lunchbox head

Pad for Active Basses: The pad switch on the front of the Terror Bass reduces input sensitivity by 6dB, optimizing the amp for active or passive basses

600 watts RMS into 4 ohms

DDT speaker protection

Pre-gain control with TransTube gain boost

700-watt Solid State Bass Head with Drive Control

Balanced DI Output

FX Loop

Single Channel Class D Power Amp

Footswitchable Compression

Variable Input Sensitivity for Active or Passive Basses

500W @ 4 ohms, 250W @ 8 ohms

Class D power amp

Bass, Mid Level, Mid Frequency, Treble tone controls

250 Watt portable micro bass head amplifier for stage and studio

Ultra-compact and lightweight bass cabinet design

TonePrint knob for signature effects created by some of the world's greatest bass players

25-watt Micro Guitar Amp Head with Spirit Tone Generat

Unfiltered Line Out

Emulated DI Output

1,000 Watts continuous into 4 ohms (1,500 Watts burst power)

Gain control with crunch button

Built-in optical compressor with defeat switch

1 Kilowatt of Power (@ 4ohms)

Premium JJ 12AX7/ECC83S preamp

Variable Compression

200 Watts @ 4 Ohms

3-Band EQ with +/-15 dB cut/boost per band

XLR DI & 1/4" Headphone Out

Power: 15 W - Preamp: 3 x 12AX7 tubes - Power amplifier: 2 x EL84 tubes

Channel: Single with switchable boost - EQ: 3 band

Controls: Volume, reverb, treble, middle, bass, gain, boost

AGUILAR 515016 AG700 BASS AMP HEAD

BanTamP XL series features a channel switching footswitch, 6 knobs--specifically speaking, 2 channels can be controlled independently, now we have better control over the volume of CLEAN Channel and DISTORTION Channel, and adjust their GAIN, TONE and VOLUME independently.

METEOR II maintains everything about the first generation of METEOR, 20 Watt head, compact and portable. It gives you a modern high gain sound with a lot of dirt and bite. Based on a more modern British approach to heavy sounds, it excels in a variety of genres.

The amp operates with a single 12AX7 tube in the preamp and uses a solid state power amp. the FX loop enables you to put your time based effects (or Phasers, Flangers and Choruses) behind the drive section and keep the effects sharp and not prevent them from being too muddy.

BanTamP XL series features a channel switching footswitch, 8 knobs--specifically speaking, 2 channels can be controlled independently, now we have better control over the volume of CLEAN Channel and DISTORTION Channel, and adjust their GAIN, TONE, VOLUME and VOICE independently.

TWEEDY features dual channel, American classic vintage tone, the DISTORTION has a lttle bit of FUZZ, while the CLEAN sound has rich lows. It recreates the classic Rock and Blues of the 20th century.

Especially, what makes this amp so unique is its VOICE knob, you can boost or attenuate the mids according to your guitar playing, meanwhile, adjust VOICE knob combined with Gain knob, you are able to get more interesting tones.