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Your opinions on a 10" combo

#21
I've got an old SWR 60W cube with a twelve that rocks hard. I've used it for home, rehearsal, and small jobs. I've also got an Ampeg combo with an eight inch speaker i got for less than $100 new. I got it mostly for a headphone amp but it sounds surprisingly full on it's own.

I hear you on the WM12. I've got one i leave at my dad's house and that sucker is not only heavy, it's unwieldy as well. I love the sound but it serves me best as the house amp at my dads place.
 
#22
I loved my WM10, and the ext cab. Sadly it was stolen. It had finally crapped out, I got it fixed then it crapped again, it got stolen before I got it back to the tech. Along with the ext, my main head rack and 2 other swr cabs.

In its defense, I played it hard, pushed to overdrive for 15 yrs.

For current amps I would say rumble 40 or 100. Both lighter than the wm10, but lacking many of the pro features, such as ext jack, tuner send, parallel loop/blend and a true di. Still a great amp though.
 
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#25
I had a BA-110 for awhile, and it was pretty nifty, surprisingly capable for its size and price point. The competing Fender Rumble product is probably a good get too. I've never played a Rumble that didn't measure up.
 
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Jeff Scott said:
Too bad about your price ceiling as it leaves out some really excellent choices.
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Yeah, I already own 2 combos, 12, 15. Wife would flip if I went $300+ for a 'practice amp' ! I am a small venue/open mic player now. Duo/trio work. Wanting a small amp to carry back & forth to practice & practice at home. The WM12 does fine for small stage, but too heavy for moving all the time. But I am a sound freak,,want all amps to sound good!
 
#28
Picked up a used Rumble 100 V3 for $200 a few weeks ago. I was just killing time in SA browsing and wasn't looking to purchase another amp though. I still use an 8x10 or 4x10 for gigs. Anyway, it looked interesting and was well worth the $200.
 
#29
I still have my a Fender Bassman 25 that I bought for son to practice on 15 years ago. At the time I tried every 10" combo that GC had.....this was by far the best sounding. With tons of features and an honest 25 watts RMS, I would put this on the top of your used market list. Should be able to buy for $50. add an external cab as I did, and it really shines.!
 

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MoeTown1986 said:
I'm trying to figure out how a 110 combo can carry any weight at an open mic. What if there's are drummer or guitarist too? No way a 110 could hang with either.
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Apparently you never had a 110 above 20/30w practice amp grade.

Swr workingman 10 keeps up just fine. Not at cranked half stack metal levels, but you would be surprised. Took me 15 years to kill it, and it was only the power amp chip that needed to be replaced.
 
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ubernator said:
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Apparently you never had a 110 above 20/30w practice amp grade.

Swr workingman 10 keeps up just fine. Not at cranked half stack metal levels, but you would be surprised. Took me 15 years to kill it, and it was only the power amp chip that needed to be replaced.
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No, I haven't. But I had a SWR workingman's 12 and an Ampeg BA115 back in the day and neither could keep up with a drummer or a guitarist playing through a 112.
 
#40
I wouldn't use an Ampeg BA110 if you gave me one for free. Actually I'll say the same for all the current smaller Ampeg combos.
I don't know why people rave about them. Thin boxy annoying tone.
Ditto for the Rumble 40.

I've had both and was totally underwhelmed with each.

I would say in this instance, if you possibly can, spend a couple of bucks and at least get a single 12".
 
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