PJ X4 or PJ Double 4?

[Rob MacKillop]

I need a small amp for home use, low volume, headphone option, play solo or with backing tracks, 4-string bass so no need to be concerned about articulation of a low A 5th string. 

 

Both the Nano and the Double 4 are similarly priced, the Double 4 being slightly more expensive.

 

I'm wondering what the difference might be in sound quality. I don't slap, am more focussed on 1950's to 60's-style jazz playing with either a fretted instrument or a fretless. 

 

Your thoughts would be appreciated.

[Dan Dare]

X4 has a single 4" driver. Double 4 has two, plus an auxiliary radiator and double the output power. That suggests it will be more capable. I've never tried a X4, but I like the Double 4. I'm occasionally tempted by one for practice, but I have several PJB 4x5 cabs and one of those is compact enough, so it would be a bit of an indulgence for me to get one. Are you able to try them side by side? If not and you definitely want one or the other, I'd be inclined to go for the Double 4 because it offers more for not a lot more money.