Hi, I'm looking to get new amplification (mainly to save me hiring at gigs) & wondered if anyone could help me narrow down my selection.
I need something that could fill a town hall of about 300 folk or have no trouble outdoors in a beer garden & be able to fit in with & not get lost under the noise from a Vox AC 30 & a Marshall 100 watt thingy. I recently used a Trace 715 combo, but it's only 100 watt & felt it was too little power & too much ready to fart.
The band I play in is a rock band, & use a lot of different styles from needing the depth of fingers to the punch & pop of slapping.
I have been looking mainly at these:
Ashdown ABM 500 III 210 combo
Ampeg BA300 210 combo
Ampeg B2RE Head & 410 cab (£679 from Dolphin)
GK 700 RBII 210 combo
Roland DBass 210 combo
and most recent after reading forums & could push to it if it's gonna be what I need..................
MarkBass CMD 102P combo.
Any advice here to narrow them down would be great (and save running around trying to try em all). I need a decent amount of bass but need clarity for playing up high as there is quite a bit of that too.
Other question.........
Would I be right in going for a 210 combo & adding a 15 cab at a later stage or would it make more sense doing things the other way round, 15 combo & 210 cab later?
My initial outlay can't really exceed about £800 & that's at a push as I could get the Ashdown 210 & a 15 cab for that or just the MB CMD 102P.
I have also been looking at the Roland & tried it & thought it sounded pretty good, but this was just in a shop so hard to tell if it would sound as good in a gigging situation.
Ciao for now,
gsj
