First amp, I went small. I'm in a three piece so I needed something other than headphones. This thing sounds great with the bass just plugged in, then I added my pedal board with the para EQ and wow, I'm impressed. Nice bass, clean not muddy or lacking any tone, lots of things rattling in the room needed to be screwed down, I thought it was the amp or cab making weird noises! Loud too. Thoroughly satisfied... for the moment. We'll see how it fits in with the band, but I can't see that will be a problem.