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Practice Amps

#6
I love my Ampeg BA115. Small enough to fit in the front seat of my car. Loud enough to be heard over guitar, keyboards, and drums when we practice, and you can usually find someone selling one cheap on ebay.
 
#9
+1 for the (USA built) Ampeg B-100R. Mine has been absolutely bomb proof with superior tone. I also picked up a now discontinued SWR Workingman's 10 that I like alot. It's smaller, lighter and more portable but still has excellent tone. You can often find good used ones on Fleabay.
 
#14
Man, those Markbass amps are lifesavers! It usually takes me a solid half hour to load up after a gig with my bass, upright, amp rack and 4-10", but since getting the Mini CMD121P, I loaded up Saturday night within 15 minutes. And most of that was because of the upright. And I had the best sound I ever had. And instead of 5 ghastly trips up the stairs to my apartment, I only made 2 and they weren't all that bad. And for quick and dirty gigs with just an electric, I can enter and leave like a sax player!
 
#16
SteveC said:
The Roland Cube 100 blows the Ampeg 112 away. It will work as a practice amp and can handle small gigs.
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Indeed. The Roland is one of my favorite pieces of gear. I suspect many players would need nothing more. I also like the SWR WorkingPro 12 combo (not the old WorkingMan stuff), which has excellent tone. The Ampeg BA112 does sound very good, but doesn't measure up to the Roland.
 
#17
+1 on SteveC and Nedmundo's comments...
I used to have the older version of the workingman's 12...
that was a nice combo amp...
not sure about the newer versions of the workingman's or the workingpro's...
have not had a chance to use them...
the cube's are really awesome for practice, small gigs, and can crank out some volume for such a little package...
 
#18
Nedmundo said:
Indeed. The Roland is one of my favorite pieces of gear. I suspect many players would need nothing more. I also like the SWR WorkingPro 12 combo (not the old WorkingMan stuff), which has excellent tone. The Ampeg BA112 does sound very good, but doesn't measure up to the Roland.
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I picked up the Roland last week and played a pub gig on the weekend. Picture a room about the size of the bar on the TV show Cheers. Two guitarists using 40 watt tube Fenders and a drummer. Only vocals through the PA. I had the gain up full as per the manual for a bit of grit, and the master volume about three bars from quiet (in simpler words, set at 1). The volume on my Sadowsky was between 1/2 and 3/4. The amp more than carried the band. This thing is loud and has good depth.

FWIW I have Markbass and SWR gear as well.
 

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