Recommendations for Practice Amp

[Sephiroth 420]

I'm looking for a new practice amp and am wondering what recommendations you may have. Here's what I've come up with so far:

• Fender Rumble 40/100, $200-300
• Ampeg BA110, $200
• Acoustic B100C, $250

The specs are all nearly identical. The Ampeg and Acoustic have a wedge-like thing happening. All but the Ampeg have some form of XLR out. They all (if I remember correctly) have a 4-band EQ and built-in overdrive, not that I use drive much. Thoughts on sound quality, reliability, etc?

 

[4stringmf]

I have always loved my SWR Basic Black. It's a great sounding and LOUD 120W. Has a CD and headphone input too. Never had a problem with volume in a band practice setting either.

 

[buldog5151bass]

Rumbles are a great value. Others than comparisons with more expensive amps, I've never heard a negative.

 

[filmtex]

I’ve been using an Ampeg BA108 for a couple years now and just bought a BA210 to use as my main amp. I think they are both really fine. I’ve used the 108 on many occasions for gigs with FOH support and now the 210 is doing a great job. They both seem to have that “Ampeg” sound. As far as reliability, I had a waitress dump five gallons of sweet tea on my BA108. After it dried out and I cleaned the outsid with ArmorAll it works just fine. Lucky I guess.
I’ve heard good things about the Fenders and used Acoustic gear for many years. Any way you could go try them, all out?

 

[Sephiroth 420]

I’ve been using an Ampeg BA108 for a couple years now and just bought a BA210 to use as my main amp. I think they are both really fine. I’ve used the 108 on many occasions for gigs with FOH support and now the 210 is doing a great job. They both seem to have that “Ampeg” sound. As far as reliability, I had a waitress dump five gallons of sweet tea on my BA108. After it dried out and I cleaned the outsid with ArmorAll it works just fine. Lucky I guess.
I’ve heard good things about the Fenders and used Acoustic gear for many years. Any way you could go try them, all out?

I will go out and try them, but my GC's pretty far away. For now I'm mainly gathering information and figuring out which amps I'm going to test. I'm also waiting for GC to at least get a few of them in stock. Right now their website shows some lower wattage Rumbles and much higher wattage Ampegs out of the models I await giving a test drive. Patience, I guess...