Myxu

Hi there, so let me start off with quick introduction as this is my first post - so I am an amateur musician who after 15 years spent with electric guitar decided to learn how to properly write a bassliness, and now after 2 years spent as a bassist I’ve started to feel a GAS for getting myself an amp. As my experience with bass gear is still limited, I wanted to reach out to You for an advice. So my background is I’ve been playing in the rock/metal band which is based around 90’s/00’s music and for the last year I’ve been using the HX stomp that I had in my guitar setup (used as FX unit only, no amp sims in the rehearsal setup involved) paired with Darkglass Alpha Omega Ultra (used as single setting always on pedal) - (size/weight wise) it’s simple pedalboard that I am plugging in front of anything that’s available in rooms We are rehearsing. Generally, I am pretty happy with the results, issue is though - there is one room where Ampeg SVT3 Pro is available and anytime We manage to book a slot there, I feel like the sound I am getting is just on another league comparing to the results on the other rooms with different backline, and the difference to my ears is so huge that I started to thinking about getting myself the amp to have similar joy wherever We play (unfortunately our Drummer is a sound engineer with work schedule all over the place so simple solution to book a weekly slot in that room is not possible…). As I am so much happy with the sound I am getting out of that SVT and as used SVTs are not that expensive I am generally leaning to getting myself one, however, since I am already after the phase of lugging tons of gear around I wanted to check if there aren’t any lighter/more portable alternatives out there I should check out prior pulling a trigger? One thing I’d like to highlight is that I don’t want to compromise the sound much - if I were to feel anything is missing comparing to the results I am getting with SVT I think I’ll just accept the additional 13 kg in the rig. I guess since I am using Alpha Omega constantly, obvious answer would be to look at the Darkglass head, however, issue with that is I am feeling that Ampeg is placing crucial role in the signal chain. I’ve played few different heads (mainly some ashdowns, so I think it may be a lower range comparing to SVT), haven’t been able to get such results, and whenever I play anything else it’s a constant tweaking, where when I plug to this SVT it’s just everything at noon, tube gain to 3/4 and I am delighted. A bit similar thing happens when I record stuff - Alpha Omega with IR is good at it’s own, but placing it in front of the SVT is way better (with preference to SVT comparing to other models / Profiles), which also puts me a bit off of the Darkglass heads as I think their design is pretty much pairing their pedals with clean solid state power amp? Last thing to state is this is pretty much limited to the rehearsal setup - I haven’t gigged as a bassist yet, but going through the feedback of my friends who work as a sound guys locally I think I’ll just use HX with Alpha Omega as a direct setup with in ears monitoring (having no space in flat for a bass cab / being happy with direct tone being another factor here). Thanks for help in advance and sorry for a text wall! cheers.