Downunderwonder

Watts worked fine for me. Easy to see, no decoding required, simple and effective.

Nope. A cab needs several tens of watts at least for a drummer to hear anything. Depending on what is coming from your DI you may even need another preamp to make a signal for ANOTHER AMPLIFIER that feeds your cab.

Exacerry! Never mind the colour, go back and buy it.

I haven't played with the VT but you are right on track. On TB the almost famous Jimmy Miller once did a A/B listening challenge with a VT and a RedDI which is the gold standard for a tube DI. Only 75% could pick the RedDI which is only vaguely better sucess than a 50% wild guess when you consider that the audience are 'expert' qualified bassists.

If the guitar combo works for you then no point in spending up on gear until you need a rig.

Wins the prize.

Clear as mud.

Btw where is the EQ balance control?

Jazz Ebony Original??

What are the new EQ settings?

Good luck with that. Last I heard the chips in the compressor section are all out and no more to be had.

How ever did Mason get before a judge? Do that.

Try Faital or Beyma.

I am quite fond of the DIY heavy cardboard plus duct tape creations. If you do it well enough it will work as a cab stand, maybe not a combo though. Some people use recycled coreflute plastic tenporary sign material.

All this but Punk should also have either a buzz cut or 'lawnmower' cut, no gel.

Be very careful about the replacement amp getting the exact airflow as designed. There's going to be special measures to take away heat from tubes as well as the power amp. It won't be the same inside by a long shot.

So it's a layer of Marmite in a jar of peanut butter on sale, or you misunderstood and tried out a mix yourself in the interests of science?

Amp gimmicks that don't work: Have you tried to read the positions of the knobs on Peavey's 'Trace Elliot' green backlit stuff in the dark? There's a reason Trace put the UV light out front of the green markings, so you could see it in the dark!

Gotcha. So they are rank amateurs. The real pro marketeers would be horsing around.

That looks like it's a jar of peanut butter branded Marmite. Whatever sells I suppose. Next there will be Marmite Honey and Marmite Raspberry Jam next to the Marmite Marmite.

Charlie must be the censored version of something chooice.

Not a gimmick as such but master volume controls that get to full output at halfway are very common.

If you are just looking to make some noise you can probably get busy with your PA just fine. Many moons ago, before I got to buying a rig, I played at many an open mic with only a passive bass straight into the mixer. Was it the greatest bass sound ever? No. Did it entertain the bar? Yes. The trick is to not try to get too much low end out of it. Low bass causes the PA speaker to work harder than its design purpose of amplifying voice and higher register instruments like guitars and whatnot.

Good luck then. I really don't get guitar playing loud in the bass range. Reduces the bass to something like a 44gal drum with the top off being hit with a 4x2.