First gigging rig, advice needed!

[Jellyfish]

Hi everyone, I'm planning to study music performance at college next year and will most likely (hopefully!) be gigging quite a lot. Obviously, it'll be nothing more than smallish venues.

Fortunately, I have a great bass and a budget of £300 to complete my rig with, ideally, a combo amp that is easy to get around. There are many to choose from and I'm really at a loss!

Cheers.

[Lozz196]

Look for 300 watts, and, with budget available, you could look at Trace Elliot, Peavey, Hartke, Ashdown, Laney, Line6, all of which will do combos. However, they won`t be back-breaking heavy, but you`re still looking at probably 40 - 60 lbs. The lighter end gear comes with higher prices.

[derrenleepoole]

A new Gallien Krueger [url="http://www.gak.co.uk/en/gallien-kruger-mb112-bass-combo/60011"]MB112[/url] for £250?

The Ibanez Promethean range gets much love around here. While the little 1x10 combo is out of your price range, the [url="http://www.thomann.de/gb/ibanez_p3115_promethean_combo.htm"]1x15[/url] combo isn't and comes in at £300.

That said however, there are the Promethean copies from [url="http://www.gear4music.com/Guitar-and-Bass/RedSub-BT5110-500W-Bass-Amp/C61"]Red Sub[/url] too which come in at £299. So a 500 watt detachable head in a 1x10 combo, matchable with other cabs should you need it.

[Ian Savage]

First stop: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/forum/20-for-sale-amps-and-cabs/"]http://basschat.co.uk/forum/20-for-sale-amps-and-cabs/[/url]

IMHO, nothing less than 250W, and ideally a 2x10" rather than a 1x15" (I tend to find that 2x10" combos project more than 1x15"s, but YMMV etc

If you're still Birmingham-based, so am I - gonna be off touring (Hull, Leeds, Wrexham, Leamington and probably a couple of others) in the next couple of weeks should you want anything fetching back.