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New bass player with G.A.S.

I'm a noob here and on bass and I have G.A.S. I recently took up bass to fill a need in my church band. I normally play rhythm guitar, but the occassional lack of bass was hurting our sound, so I gave it a go. Needless to say, I'm diggin it substantially. I got an Ibanez SR500 (which is treating me very well) and a line6 studio 110 and started learning to play. The amp seems to perform well enough for what I need (easy to tote, decent direct out to the board, loud enough to be a monitor on stage), but I'm quite dissatisfied with it. The problem started one day when the drummer couldn't make it one day, the bassist drummed, and I got to play his '78 P bass through his bassman 100/1x15. Now my amp sounds horrible to me, enough so that I have trouble practicing. It's never wholly clean and although it sounds like a bass it doesn't feel like one, if that makes any sense. I will be able to buy a new amp in the next few months, so I'm trying to research what I want now instead of making another uninformed decision and ending up with more G.A.S.

Here's some info that's going into the decision process:
I know I don't need 1000W running through an 8X10 stack regardless of what the G.A.S. says. Our stage volume is minimalist and the drummer is both reasonable and shielded.
I play only at home to practice and about once a month in a school sized auditorium, hence the lack of need for a stadium filling rig.
I liked the pants flappage from the bassman I played, but I also like the sound of the other bassist who plays through an Eden WT-800/Bergantino HT322 setup. The former sounds more rock, the latter more jazz, but both sound good.
The local shop doesn't carry much for bass except a few Hartkes, some Marshalls (which I can't get into), Line6, and an occassional SWR rig. There is a GC close enough, and Bass Northwest is just a ferry ride away when I decide what I want to look more specifically at.
From what I've read so far, it seems that a 2X10 cab/combo or a 1X12 should be able to give enough boom and still provide clarity. I would like it to feel big but still sound musical.
I would like to keep the price under $1000, so no walkabout scout.:(

Without having actually played through any of these amps, here are a few I'm contemplating:
SWR Workingpro 2X10C or 12
Carvin BR510N, or BX500 head and a cab (expandability a plus)
Nemesis 210
Markbass CMD 121P (The eden/berg buy plays this when he doesn't want to haul the big rig around)

The questions I have are:
If my puny 75W are technically loud enough, how much higher should I aim without having to play at .6 volume all the time?
Are the amps I'm contemplating a decent compromise between the booming rock tone and the punchy jazz tone?
Is the 2X10/1X12 a good route to go or should I add 1X15 amps to the list?
Would an upgrade to another 1X10 (GB Shuttle 3.0-10T, Ibanez Promethean, etc) be enough of an upgrade to satisfy the bigger/louder/more gear lust?
Is my thinking reasonable, misguided, or just plain wrong on the process? I know how limited my knowledge is. I don't want to start fifteen degrees off course and completely miss the mark at the end of the journey.

Thanks in advance for any help. Sorry this is so long, but I doubt if anyone wants to drag the info out of me one bit at a time.
 
I would buy an ultralight head like a BX500 and a cabinet, so you've got room to expand more easily. Combos often do not hold their resale value as well and they don't allow you change speakers easily of course.

If I were to do that now I would get:
Carvin BX500
Low Down Sound 1x15 with a Kappalite 3015 in a 2.8-3cf sized box (shallow, wide and tall, so as to be easy to handle).
 
The avatar cabs look sweet. The B210Neo has my eye. Price is within budget too. Sadly, anything I get will probably be a tremendous upgrade. The head will be a harder choice. I guess it comes down to LMII/III, MB2-500, BX500, Promethean, Shuttle, etc. It would be nice to be able to play through them all to make up my mind.
 

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