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Hello Ok so I know I had some good advice on power amps and now Im after some more advice but of a different nature. Very sadly th epifani went up for sale and hopefully should be gone by the end of the night. The problem I now have is that 1. I am amp-less 2. I have No idea what to buy I'm looking at small and light with an approx max budget of £500. so I am looking at: Euphonic Audio: Iamp300 or secondhand Iamp600 OPINIONS? MarkBass : LMK, little mark 250, TA450 (I think) OPINIONS? EDEN: I Dont know if there is anything available in my range IDEAS? I know Dood promotes the use of the MarkBass F1 (bit out of my range) but what do you guys think about these amp and do you suggest anything else. Will of course scount around the forum for opinions too. Thanks.

Thanks again for all the help, just a bit more detail, I am using the epifani and a Ashdown ABM 4x8 Cab which I think is around 500 watt? I basically want something around the 400-800w range I think. Does anyone have opinions on the Crown xs500? there is one for sale on here from SKELF. its £200 with gator case and I'm contemplating it. ARGHHHH decisions. I put the epifani up for sale in a moment of madness, but part of me just wants to sel it still and get an EAiamp or Markbass, so small and easy. thanks again

very very similar to one of the first posts but, about 5 years ago my band was due to play a wedding in a big marquee by a big manor house come posh exclusive hotel. We set up at about 8 ready to go on after speaches around 9:30. So we sat in the marquee and just after setting up someone came down to say there was food laid out and there was plenty of it so help yourselves (BIG mistake), secondly there was a bar in the corner of the marquee as well as a huge agricultural trailer behind the marquee full of ice and more importantly booze! So we went and had some food and went to the un-manned bar for a beer, not being too greedy at this point. So we waited and we could see the speaches going on through the window and it was getting to around 9:30. Playing time we thought......NOPE. 10:00 came and went, more food more booze, we were chatting and jamming a bit. 11:00 came and went more booze, (drummer half cut at this point. 11.30 everyone comes down pissed as farts screaming "lets get dancing". so a little worse for wear we crank up and bust out some Huey Lewis and the News, great. No kidding 11:50 the hotel owner comes down to say that we will have to bring the music to a close at 12:00 for the sake of the other guests. 12:05 we stopped and packed up. Father of the bride comes over and shoves us £1500 for four of us, and says "cracking band loved the music help yourselves at the bar and to food, plus there are some beers out the back help yourselves when you go. WHAT A NIGHT. On the way out 2 huge decks of Bud, my guitarist managed to put a wine bottle between every finger, plus a bottle of JD, vodka and two bottles of coke for mixer stuffed in the drummers case. We didn't even make a dent in the trailer, you would never have known we took anything. Wish they had all been like that.

Hello all, Thanks ever so much for the suggestions, got lots of googling to get on with this morning to check out whats been suggested. Dood, thanks for sorting out the other post, had a bit of a no brainer posting in the wrong place. I have read something about the QSC amps before and they look pretty tasty, and the digital Crown sounds cool too. BIG surprise was the powered Bergantino cabs.....never knew they existed BRILLIANT!!! Thanks very much so far guys, lots to think about.

Hey all, I'm really hoping with all the collective knowledge on here I might get some good advice. Here is the lowdown, I have an Epifani Quest preamp which I have been using with a big old power-amp for about a year. This hasn't been an issue as it hasn't moved but it looks like I may have found me a new band but transporting the set-up could be hard. Basically I would really like some opinions on power amp makes, models, that could go well with the pre. I have no idea where to even start looking. Something light-ish, not hugely expensive, quiet-ish as well. What does everyone else use/recommend? Any comments suggestions gratefully received. Thanks, Nathan

the ashdown was a real hassle to move, a good sack barrow is always a good idea. the reason i got rid of it was because it was way too big, you can get som really powerful small gear now hence i know have a 4x8" ashdown cab which i believe is 500w. tight and compact is the way forward as most of the guys on here will im sure agree with. saying that there is something great about having 5ft of stack behind you.