Greetings everyone,
'I've been playing bass for a year and so and now decided to join a band and start to gig. It's time to upgrade my amp. I own a Fender Rumble 15 W that however good as a home practice/entry-level amp, it is definitely not for a band practice and live setting. I've been searching the market and learning more about amplification like ohmage,impedance, watts so on and so on.
It's really overwhelming given that are a lot of brands and since I don't live near a big store like Thomann I can't really try them myself having to rely mostly on online reviews and demo videos.
I play mostly Metal on really low tunnings I would need an amp/cab that can bear a lot of low end but with versatility to cut through the mix, B string, Overdrive and Fuzz without cranking or burn out. I really dig a floor-shaking powerful tone.
My budget would be at around 1000€. So far the ones that caught my eye are the following:
Head:
Hartke LH 1000
Cab:
Hartke HyDrive HD410
Head:
Ampeg PF-800
Cab:
Ampeg PF-410HLF
Head
Peavey MiniMega
Cab:
Peavey Headliner™ 410 4x1
My main basses:
Lakland Skyline 44-64 GZ PJ
Ibanez SR305E
I really want to get this right because these things are expensive and to return them it's a pain in the rear... According to you more experienced bassists out there, what would be the safest bet? If you have any other brands or head/cab combination recommendations you know and tried out, feel free to suggest.
Thank you very much for your help!