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Awesome advice everyone, cheers! Think I’ll stick with the LMIII as I like the tone and it’s got a decent punch with my Epi Firebird. Just need a some good overdrive to add that crunch now but won’t so worried about having to add in the DI. The big plus I’ve seen with some Preamps is the aux in and headphones out for practising along with music. Good for where I’m currently at skills wise.

What makes of power amps are particularly good? The idea would be to sell the LMIII and use the money to go towards the power amp and DI. Are there advantages to simply having a power amp and preamp DI - as in simpler unit so less issues?

So I’m really new to the world of bass and know bugger all about using a DI Preamp with a power amp. I’ve currently got a Markbass LMIII and a 2x10 traveller cab which I like a lot but am really interested in getting a decent preamp to be able to get some dirt and a wider EQ. Theres a good deal on a Darkglass Alpha Omega with Aux in that’s got my attention as well as the Bass Butler but…..if I were to go with one of these and then rely on a power amp to then hook up to the cab, does anyone have any suggestions for a good one? And ideally a fairly affordable one around £200-300? Is that a lot or a little for a power amp? And I’d be looking second hand here too. Also, it’d be handy to have 2 speakon outs if I wanted to add a second cab in the future so any ideas would be great if they had that too. Thanks in advance and tell me if I’m getting anything mixed up here!

To Waddo…. Hey yeah I reckon we could do something with 2 bassists ya know. And then I could occasionally play my electric. What kind of thing turns you on music wise?….

Hello all, new here and saying hi. Been a guitarist for over 20years (boooo, hissss!) and recently picked up the bass. Trying my best to get myself into a band or start one so anyone around the Brighton area into punk/folk who wants to get some music made, please get in touch.