nickyd_77

Thanks guys,

Gives me something to think about. I like the looks of the Orange stuff, makes a change from the normal black boxes! Has anyone tried one of the Ampegs?

Also, does anyone no anywhere around Hertfordshire that I might be able to try out a few different ones? The Bass Centre in London doesn't seem to stock Ashdown, Ampeg or Orange.

Another question. When using a combo, would they still sound OK on a tilted stand? Just that I have always had a stack so have had a speaker near ear level, I'm just wondering how different it will be to have a combo way down there on the floor!

Thanks again.

Nick

Hi all,

I've just joined this forum as I'm after a bit of help choosing a combo.

If I give a bit of background that might help. I used to have an Ashdown 500RC head with the 1x15 and 4x8 mini cabs. It sounded wicked, but unfortunately it got nicked just before Christmas. So I need to buy some more gear. Whilst this set up was great there are two problems I face. One is that they don't make the mini cabs anymore and secondly is that I would ideally like a combo for size reasons. My band used to keep our gear in a lock up and after it getting nicked (for the second time, even from a different place!) we have decided to flog the remaining PA and lights and just hire that as we need it. Therefore I need to keep my bass rig at my house and space is very limited.

So this is why I am looking for a combo.

The gigs I do are either function work where the whole band goes through the PA, or theatre stage work (tribute acts). So I need something pretty pokey but it will mainly be used as a monitor as opposed to backline, if that makes sense.

Sound wise I essentially play pop/rock covers and the tribute stuff is Take That and Michael Jackson. So I need a bit of an all rounder. I used to have the valve cranked on the Ashdown as I liked it a bit dirty (wahey!)

I was looking around for amps and realised its been such a long time since I bought gear I don't really know what's good. I liked the look of the Ampeg Ba600 210 and the Ashdown Tourer 210. Are these any good. Does anyone have any decent suggestions or advice?

Many thanks in advance!

Nick