I own quite a few amps (Markbass, Ampeg, Ashdown, Hartke, Bugera, Line 6, GK and Trace Elliot) and like them all for what they do. Some needed extra effort for me to understand how to get my tonal preference but I am happy to gig with any (not the 75lb Bugera though!) but my go to is my 10 year old class AB Markbass LM3. If I don't need as much power I'm happy to use my recently acquired TE AH200. I really couldn't care less what a rig looks like, it's only the sound for me. I find it mildly amusing when pot bellied middle aged pub rockers (that includes me btw) suddenly get fussy about what the backline looks like. To me black, white, silver, red, flurescent green, yellow or whatever are all fine.