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10" practice amp

#41
Not a combo but works for me: Ampeg PortaBass PB250 head and a PB110H tucked next to the dresser. Upstairs in the music room I've got an Ampeg PortaBass PB800 with a PB112H that can handle any playing outside of church that I might find myself doing. Two full channels if I need fretless and fretted. I like these as they are highly portable, reliable and built like tanks!
 
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#42
I miss my workingman 10, victorville stole it. That thing kicked, I played it over drums and guitar all the time, it broke up nice when pushed. I even gigged it a few times. It did finally die, I had it fixed (new amp chip), and it died again, but got stolen before I had a chance to bring it back to the tech. The extension cab getting stolen hurt too, since I played well with my rumble 200 combo.

LA series, meh! Rumble 40 is the way to go nowadays.

Another honorable mention in the bedroom/acoustic range is the peavey minx 110, the one I had was an early 90s 30w, I think some later versions upped the power to about 50w. The microbass 20w 8" was cool too, but the 10" was nicer. For a short time my rig was the minx110 lined out into a kb300, which really improved the tone, adding a decent bass preamp to the kb300 which was rather flat sounding otherwise.

Get a rumble 40
 
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#46
Carvin MB10. Mostly because it can be expanded into another 8 ohm cabinet! Also because it has compression and gain built in; puts out a lot of low end @200 watts, and when I add my Ampeg PF115HE, it kicks ass@ 250 watts! All around great little combo amp for practice ans small to medium venues!
 
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#50
home practice only ... or , home , band practice , plus maybe a small not tooooo loud gig ...

big diff in price and power ...

i bought a used Ibby 3110 ... single 10 w/coax tweeter , 200 watts , 250 w/ext cab ... 28 lbs ... found it for $250 ...

liked / had a Carvin MB10 ... nice little useful amp for around $300 new ..
 
#52
I don't know if they still make them, but I have a very cool Yorkville (Traynor)50KW Power Wedge. Two channels, both w/1/4" instrument inputs. One channel also has a mic. input, the other has a stereo RCA. Also a line out/return, and headphones jack. VERY versatile, and handles a B string w/ease, and the tone is sweet. It has a tweeter, but no adjustment, so sometimes (for bass) it's a bit trebly.
 
#54
Take a look at the Eden EC10 combo if you can. 50-watt amp with all the basics including stereo media input, headphone out, effects loop, tuner out. Here's a short video demo of it. This little EC10 sounds surprisingly good. Street price is $179 to $199.

Lord knows what Eden is using for the intro track on these demos. Sounds like crap to me - exactly opposite of the sound I want personally and not at all like the item demoed.

 
#55
I use an Acoustic AB50. This is the wedge-monitor shaped 1x10" 50 watt combo that was discontinued a few years ago. I paid about $120 for it on blowout (in the box) through GC. This is my primary gigging amp in my acoustic Beatles band (signal is run from an outside DI to the PA system.). Love it.
 
#56
I use a Peavey Max 158. 8" speaker, 20 watts. Bought it on a closeout for 50% off. It's a great practice amp, built in tuner etc. I don't know how it stacks up against the others, but it sounds good and you can crank it pretty hard and it does fine, good tone maybe a little scooped. Bass, treble, and midrange knobs aren't very dynamic though. It has a couple of buttons you push that are supposed to do something I guess, but they have minimal effect.
 

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