jramm

Thanks for the welcome! Looks cool; didnt know touring ski resorts was a thing! So far we have generally just played around our region (Loire/Rhone-Alpes) but planning for more concerts next year... Being a 15-piece outfit, finding places capable (& willing) of putting us on is tricky!

I've been playing the BQ250 into a BC208. I love the cab, but have qualms about the head. I've found that beyond about halfway on the gain and master volume, I'm starting to get unwanted saturation. I know it is rated at 250W for 4ohm and the BC208 is 8ohm, but I would still expect it to do a bit better than half? I'm guessing they are playing a bit with the specs since they don't specify how much THD. The compressor (or 'Thrust' as it is labelled) also introduces distortion - this may be intentional given its name, but I would prefer clean, fast compression. I borrowed a 500w head from a music school to test it is not the cabinet and found that the 208 can take a whole lot more than the BQ250 was giving before saturation So I am looking for an upgrade to pair with the BC208. I want clean headroom for my funk/jazz band. I dont need loads of watts for the BC208 (I made add a second one in the future, or a different lightweight 2x10) - I was thinking around 300-500w? And my budget is around the same - upper limit of 500 EUR. In this range I have seen: - Ashdown ABM 300 EVO - Ashdown RM 500 EVO 2 - Ashdown Original 300 - MarkBass Nano Mark - MarkBass little mark IV 300 And a whole bunch of hartke - TX300, TX600, LX8500, LX5500, LH500 The Ampeg PF-500 is maybe possible - I've seen a large variation in price for this... My local music store has pretty much nothing but MarkBass and TC Electronic heads, plus some combos. Any recommendations?

Hi I'm James, an Englishman based in France. I am primarily a guitarist but have been seriously playing bass for the past 2 years. Just recently upgraded to a Sire V8. I primarily play funk, jazz and soul and am a member of a 15 piece big band outfit that plays concerts about once a month on average. I was on another US-centric forum which seems to ignore a lot of UK/, EU made gear and obviously they do not have the same prices over there... So I came here to scour for info on upgrading my head!