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[orangejulius3]

If it ease your mind. I played the GK MB200 through my 4ohm GK NEO 412, as well as my 4ohm Bergantino NV610. Both sounded great.

I think any single speaker 4ohm cab is your limit point. You have be careful not to push the amp to hard. Your speaker will fart out or blow.

I've also used my BeyerDynamic DT 770 pro headphones through the line out. It sounded nice and crisp. My headphones couldn't handle the lows so I had to cut low mids out.

 

[KingOlav]

Thanks!

 

[hsech]

MarkBass CMD-112P Combo. Or Carvin MB10. either one is small and very light weight. Both are over 200 Watts. The Carvin is relatively cheap, the MarkBass is rather pricey, but is a killer small combo.

 

[Rotation]

If I were planning on relocating and doing a lot of traveling I'd consider the Korg PX5D. Tiny headphone amp with decent stereo USB audio interface, several amp & cab emulations, loads of effects, rhythm loops, powered by USB or AA batteries, etc. I've gotten a lot of use out of mine. Have a look through the user manual if it seems interesting.

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If you're going to pause in one location for a while, maybe buy a cheap used combo there that you can resell easily when it's time to hit the road.

A couple of people have recommended Genz Benz Shuttles. I have a 3.0-10T and am really happy with it but I haven't done straight A-B sound comparisons against other small combos. Great build quality, small, light, loud, good EQ, expandable, line in, phones out, effects loop (so can be used as a power amp with something like a Tone Hammer preamp pedal or the PX5D). Like OP I don't gig, but the Shuttle 3.0's DI has a good reputation on TB and the pop-out kickback legs in the cab help make it suitable for stage monitor purposes. Relatively pricey but if you can handle the "buy once cry once" thing you might consider it.

 

[edencab]

So basically here's what I'm going through ampwise right now:

I sold an amp that I really shouldn't have. It was a Fender Rumble 150. I really liked it. I'll leave out the back story, but essentially one of the reasons I sold it was because I felt it would be too big to easily take away to college when I go back for my masters. (I live in NY and I plan to go to school in either New Brunswick or British Columbia...)

I'm well aware that questions like "what's the best amp" are not only totally subjective, but also asked several times a day on here, to which is often replied at least once, "it's a matter of opinion."

My question is more about what size of an amp I should get next, which would strike a balance between portability and balls. I felt like the Fender amp didn't have enough highs in the EQ to really get definition, but I did like its ability to rattle my windows.

I even don't mind small ones; I once played on a little 15 or 30-watt Peavey bass amp on which I was actually surprised by the amount of lows I was getting from it.

So to recap: do you personally own an amp that you feel has well-defined highs and house-crumbling lows in equal measure? And is it large or small?

I play live maybe once a year, and only with my friends, never in an actual concert. I mostly play by myself and plan to do a lot of travelling within the next year.

Thanks for reading.

Traynor (products made in CANADA) makes 3 killer combos
Small Block line SB110 120watts and SB112 or 115 @ 200awtts, all 3 have tweeters 20/25/30 lbs.....I've played in the store , they kill....I have the SB 200H head only, it is same size /idea as the GK Mb200.....I run it through an Eden 15" cab....ka-BOOM...you'd get much respect for playing a Canadian product.....Traynor = Yorkville.....tons o' street cred