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Amp head advice please!

Firstly, hello! I'm new to the forum!

I'm after a wee bit of advice please! I'm looking for a new head, mainly for back up and practise. I bought an Ampeg B5R secondhand not so long ago for a too good to be true price, and guess what? It was too good to be true - broke down but got a full refund.

I'm now after a new rackmount head. The choice comes down to a Hartke LH500, Warwick Profet 5.2 or Ampeg B2RE. I wondered what peoples opinions on these are - pro's and con's, known problems, value for money etc?

I play in a funk band, and my main rig is a Trace Elliot V-Type 1x15 combo with a Hartke 4x10. For practise/back-up I'll be running it through the 4x10.

Thanks for any advice!