[quote name='bungle' post='893622' date='Jul 13 2010, 12:37 PM']I have an EB-180. It was my first bass amp and I gigged plenty over a 2-3 year period with little bother. I found it to be very reliable, and have no complaints, I just replaced it because I fancied something bigger.
It competed well enough at small gigs against a noisy drummer and two 50W fender guitar amps, but it needed DIing at anything bigger. If you really are competing against 300W (!) guitar amps you'll struggle, but I'm assuming that's a typo for 30W?!
I still have the amp and keep meaning to shift it, if you're anywhere near Leeds then we could work something out? £120? I have some pictures somewhere....
FWIW, you might be better off looking at the F/S section on here for a budget combo - if you've got £300 to spend you're money will go much further than buying new.[/quote]
Cheers Bungle, No type O the Guitarists both use 300W combos, however they are generally only at half volume and both of them use guitar sounds that are easy for the Bass to penetrate. I used a 200W Peavey for a gig on Friday night and it punched through OK, even at half volume.
I am in the Glasgow area, so no joy on that front, I will look at the gear section
cheers