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Any suggestions for my amp situation?

Hello, first time poster here. I've been playing guitar for a long time now, and just recently I asked myself why I had wasted so much time not (also) learning bass guitar! So I'm really excited to practice, and I may potentially have the chance to play at church services and in a new original project in the near future.

I have a Fender 70's jazz bass that I plan to put flatwound strings on, and I like classic jazz, funk, soul type bass tones. I actually already got a Peavey Mark VI XP Series bass head and a beat up 1X18 Trace Elliot cab from my brother who no longer uses them. I've played through it just at bedroom levels, and at this point it sounds fine to me, but the rig is just a little bit too much for me to be transporting everywhere and would be overkill for church and practices without a drummer/full band. So I'm trying to figure out what the smartest purchase would be.. My budget is a wide range around $500, and I don't mind looking for used.

1) Get a combo.
2) Get a smaller cab.
3) I also could get a new head and cab rig, but from what I've read on here about these Peavey heads, they are built like tanks and are a decent value for what they go for. However, the head is still pretty heavy to carry around so there may be a few benefits to looking into a more portable head and cab.

Any advice is appreciated, thanks! :bassist:
 
Something like a Gallien Kruger MB115 1x15 200 watt ultra-light combo seems up your alley. Light weight and should have more than enough power to do your church gig. Also has an XLR out so you can go through a sound board if you want.

I still have my first 250 watt 1x15 combo that I bought when I was starting out. It's nice to have around even if you move on to something a little bigger later. And really, most of the time I could get by with it.

You're Peavey amp is cool, but I wouldn't drag that around too much.