Practice With a Growl??

If you like the GK sound - maybe a GK MB200 head with a little neo 110 or 112 cabinet and use a wedge Ampwedge Polyurethane Amplifier Isolation Floor Wedge | Musician's Friend to tilt it back?

 

What GK amp do you have now?

GK makes several combo. The newer combos are very lightweight. There is also an older Backline series that you should be able to find used.

As for tiltback, you can just get an amp wedge or tilt back stand.

 

Very tough to get growl out of a practice amp, if by growl you mean similar to what the GK gives you. I can get a pretty decent version of it by cranking my BA108 or BA110 up past the clean point, though. And they tilt. But you do have to dial down your expectations out of a low budget practice amp. Might be better to try a pedal instead.

 

Agreed. One of my considerations for a decent and growly practice rig has been a Fender Rumble 75 (cheapish and tilts back) along with a Tech 21 VT bass pedal.

 

Check out a GK MB112. Just lean it against the wall if you want to point it up. It has GK growl.

 

If you want GK growl, the only amp that's going to do it is a GK.

 

You said you wanted a small practice amp and you've love it to growl like a GK. So, get a small GK combo.

 

I have a Behringer BXL3000 that I use for a practice amp and I can get a nice growl out of it. I've never played the model you listed, but it may do the job. If it's cheap enough, go for it, but check the return policy too

YGMV,

--jack

 

You can only get that classic GK Growl from a RB head. If you want growl at low levels you'd probably want an original GK 400RB and a really inefficient small cab like the Acme Low B1. If you're set on a combo, maybe a used Backline 110 combo? Alternatively you can get a GK 800RB and use the high amp full range with a small inefficient 8 ohm cab.