Which combo

[JerryOh]

Looking and going nuts with all the options .Bass combo 25 to 150 watts like playing blues, jazz, soul, gospel and reggae at home only but which would give me this range ?

 

[TrevorG]

Best answer is most of them. Markbass, GK, Genze Benze, PJ, Rumble, Mesa. People have used them all to great effect. Only issue is 150 watts limits the size of gigs you can play.

 

[Jack]

I can heartily recommend both the GK MBS combo and the TC BG208.

 

[1960jbass]

+1 on the GK combos

 

[Dave W]

I'd go with Genzler

 

[JerryOh]

Heard the MarkBass Mini CMD 121P on youtube sounded great

 

[JerryOh]

Heard the Magellan 800 nice .On you tube demos with distortion are horrible . Has anyone heard of a vintage combo RGH or MDH65 .

 

[JerryOh]

Just checked out J.T.on youtube . Using a GK 800rb playing Reggae most reviews do not play a variety of music styles wish they did to see what's possible .

 

[mikewalker]

 

[Yahboy]

Hartke KB15.

 

[Djadja]

Price range is a real question...

I have the Genzler 350 “combo” and love it.

 

[JACink]

I am happy with a Rumble, would you be? I don't know.

 

[JerryOh]

I also like the Eden EC 15 and 28 lows to slapping . Still haven't heard all combos mentioned other than Victor Wooten style. Phil Jones bass buddy sounded good. Some sounds like a band from Bermuda "Justice " nice Reggae sound seem hard to get without some sort of enhancement .

 

[Jim Carr]

I also like the Eden EC 15 and 28 lows to slapping . Still haven't heard all combos mentioned other than Victor Wooten style. Phil Jones bass buddy sounded good. Some sounds like a band from Bermuda "Justice " nice Reggae sound seem hard to get without some sort of enhancement .

What is your budget? Is this for home practice only?

 

[JerryOh]

I would like to stay under $500 but if I could get everything from vintage R&B to Jazz I would go higher. I doesn't have to be a combo . Some videos have the mike in front of the speaker is this what we would hear ?

 

[JerryOh]

What is your budget? Is this for home practice only?

Jim do you have a picture and sound clip of your system

 

[Jim Carr]

Jim do you have a picture and sound clip of your system

I don't use combo's, though I've used or owned over a dozen. They have their place, I suppose, but they are a trap.

Here is my standard rant: Modular rigs are free of the "combo trap" problems, such as: if the combo amp dies, the speaker is useless, or if the combo speaker dies the amp is either useless until the whole thing comes back from repair, or you get to lug a combo with a dead speaker as an amp head for a different cabinet.

Oh yes, the combo lover will tell you "it is so much easier," and yes, if plugging in a speaker cable is too hard, your life will be golden. The combo fans also say "moving a combo is easier," which is fine, if it is actually true. Many combos are huge and heavy, though new lighter ones are more portable than the current ~70 lbs Hartke combos or the old combos like the SWR workingman's 15 or Acoustic 136 I used to schlep.

I have an 800 watt head that fits in my gig bag and weighs about 4.5 lbs. Add a good 30 lb cabinet, and I can load-in in one carry—and I am 68 years old! That said, I am much happier with a large rig with tons of power, but that discussion is for another day.

Clips too big to upload. One of my current rigs, (see the 12/12/6/1 fEARful referred to in my sig):

Here is another, a 15/6/1 + 15sub fEARful:

 

[Jim Carr]

I would like to stay under $500 but if I could get everything from vintage R&B to Jazz I would go higher. I doesn't have to be a combo . Some videos have the mike in front of the speaker is this what we would hear ?

You can play any style with any amp. If you are going to gig, you can even do that with no amp at all, if the PA system is up to it.
I suggest you get an amp within your budget, that you have heard in person, and that appeals to you.

 

[Djadja]

I don't use combo's, though I've used or owned over a dozen. They have their place, I suppose, but they are a trap.

Here is my standard rant: Modular rigs are free of the "combo trap" problems, such as: if the combo amp dies, the speaker is useless, or if the combo speaker dies the amp is either useless until the whole thing comes back from repair, or you get to lug a combo with a dead speaker as an amp head for a different cabinet.

Oh yes, the combo lover will tell you "it is so much easier," and yes, if plugging in a speaker cable is too hard, your life will be golden. The combo fans also say "moving a combo is easier," which is fine, if it is actually true. Many combos are huge and heavy, though new lighter ones are more portable than the current ~70 lbs Hartke combos or the old combos like the SWR workingman's 15 or Acoustic 136 I used to schlep.

I have an 800 watt head that fits in my gig bag and weighs about 4.5 lbs. Add a good 30 lb cabinet, and I can load-in in one carry—and I am 68 years old! That said, I am much happier with a large rig with tons of power, but that discussion is for another day.

Clips too big to upload. One of my current rigs, (see the 12/12/6/1 fEARful referred to in my sig):

The combo "trap" has been addressed by a number of companies. The Genzler 350 is one way of addressing it. It has a head that slides into a removable cradle on the cab, giving you the best of both worlds... In this photo, I had actually removed the cradle, but it attaches to the cab with six machine screws and holds the head, creating a "combo"

 

[Stumbo]

I don't use combo's, though I've used or owned over a dozen. They have their place, I suppose, but they are a trap.

Here is my standard rant: Modular rigs are free of the "combo trap" problems, such as: if the combo amp dies, the speaker is useless, or if the combo speaker dies the amp is either useless until the whole thing comes back from repair, or you get to lug a combo with a dead speaker as an amp head for a different cabinet.

Oh yes, the combo lover will tell you "it is so much easier," and yes, if plugging in a speaker cable is too hard, your life will be golden. The combo fans also say "moving a combo is easier," which is fine, if it is actually true. Many combos are huge and heavy, though new lighter ones are more portable than the current ~70 lbs Hartke combos or the old combos like the SWR workingman's 15 or Acoustic 136 I used to schlep.

I have an 800 watt head that fits in my gig bag and weighs about 4.5 lbs. Add a good 30 lb cabinet, and I can load-in in one carry—and I am 68 years old! That said, I am much happier with a large rig with tons of power, but that discussion is for another day.

Clips too big to upload. One of my current rigs, (see the 12/12/6/1 fEARful referred to in my sig):

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Here is another, a 15/6/1 + 15sub fEARful:

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You got some rigs, Dr. J!