Your Practice Amp - How Much Power?

[timmo]

I have a 50 watt Eden EC10. Really good amp with all the ports i will ever need, and a good sound. Very recently, i bought the Ashdown 15 watt drophead. A really good amp. I love the tone and the gain all the way up sounds awesome. Not as practical as the Eden though, as it has no inputs like headphone and MP3 jacks.

[Norris]

An old powered monitor wedge, probably around 50W but turned right down. It fits in the corner of the room nicely. I only use it to learn the notes or maybe to do a rough multi-fx patch that I'll then refine during sound check

[pete.young]

Phil Jones Bass Briefcase. 100W, in theory.

[lowdowner]

250W Tc BH250 into a Berg 1x10 - but I'm not sure why, I prefer the sound of the Genz Benz 900 into 2xBerg cabs so I should just use the one rig i think...

[Skybone]

A Zoom B3 with headphones.

Or a 400w Hartke...

[Woodinblack]

TC250, so 250 watts. But generally zoom b3 into the laptop

[Bo0tsy]

Phil Jones Bass Double Four user here. 70w but has plenty of low end at low volumes, & it's got enough oomph if I want to play louder. Great sounding amp, and is very compact to boot.

[anaxcrosswords]

An Eden Nemesis 25W for me but I have neighbours downstairs so I have it up to about half power but through headphones - it does the job pretty well and doesn't suffer too much if I also route MP3 files through it. I've also used it to monitor small gigs and it copes well enough.

[The Funk]

As with a lot of people on here, I don't have a practice amp really. I do have a mini rig of my Eden WTX-260 head (about 290W) and an Acme B1 cab. Sounds great and is as small as most practice amps - but I can still pick it up and do small gigs with it.

Edited July 26, 2015 by The Funk

[oldmanrock]

You practice? ;-)

[planer]

I have a little Trace Boxer 15 under my desk at work, at home I either plug my 'phones into my MB200, or I have a Vox Amplug.

[Painy]

This.
Obviously I'm only using one of the heads at home but the cab is 4ohm so drawing the full 450W (hence the need for a second head to power my other cab when gigging). As others here have said, I just turn it down.

[Norm]

[quote name='oldmanrock' timestamp='1437949563' post='2830357']
You practice? ;-)
[/quote]

Vott eees theees "practice" you speeek ov????

Seriously though:-
boss microbass tiny 4 speaker jobbythingy

[razze06]

I use a roland microcube bass, something like 8 watts in 4 tiny speakers, but it's got reasonable sound shaping and amp modelling, rhythm patterns, and a good headphones out.

[Norm]

[quote name='razze06' timestamp='1437986285' post='2830464']
I use a roland microcube bass, something like 8 watts in 4 tiny speakers, but it's got reasonable sound shaping and amp modelling, rhythm patterns, and a good headphones out.
[/quote]
thats the one!
Couldnt quite remember what its called.
Works for me too, the bassman & svt models are pretty good for a home pracky scenario. Good bit of kit.

[Roland Rock]

On the few occasions that I practice amplified at home, I'll go through my stereo. The power amp is 50w per channel, but I go easy on the bookshelf speakers. Sounds lush.

[neepheid]

250W - my RedSub 1x10 combo in combo mode. There's no point in me getting a specific practice amp, the amp I've got is compact enough and has a volume control which turns both ways.

[synthaside]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif][size=3]I have two practice setups at home , one for when the better half is out and one when shes not ;-)[/size][/font]

[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][color=#404040][size=3]My old Behringer ULTRABASS BX1200 essentially a very loud knock off [/size][size=3]Hartke[/size][size=3] kickback , [/size][/color][/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][color=#404040][size=3]This multipurpose beast , its been used as everything from a kickback monitor to my Jam night amp as the Trace lives in our rehearsal studio's storage unit , these things are worth every penny that they go for on ebay ;-) [/size][/color][/font]

[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][color=#404040][size=3]My second setup is for use at my PC , my zoom B3 straight into PC via USB then into a nice set of can's for silent [/size][size=3]practice[/size][size=3] / working on tones for songs ;-)[/size][/color][/font]

Edited July 27, 2015 by synthaside

[CamdenRob]

I use my full rig I just don't crank it, so 600 watt I also have a Wizzy 10 / MB200 set up in the spare room for when Mrs C is watching Glee and I'm not allowed to make noise in the living room...

[Funky Dunky]

40w, 1x10. Way more power than needed but then it's also adequate for small jams.

Made a delicious blackcurrant one just last week.

Edited July 27, 2015 by Funky Dunky

[KevB]

Got a little Marshall B25 mk.2 combo, had it about 15 years. Getting a bit old and now occasionally goes a bit farty but seems to recover by simply turning off and back on again, don't think they make them any more. All I need to be able to hear myself over what I'm playing against from the computer external speakers. Always practice at fairly low volume not had any problems with neighbours.

Edited July 27, 2015 by KevB

[Geek99]

[quote name='Skybone' timestamp='1437942111' post='2830274']
A Zoom B3 with headphones.

Or a 400w Hartke...
[/quote]
Yes
Zoom is enough, and popular with the local residents too

[charic]

I either use BIAS Desktop, Waves GTR 3.5 or my Hartke Kilo (1000w ) into Berg NV610

Never had any noise complaints!.. At this house

[jazzyvee]

Phil Jones Briefcase is what I use and I think it's 100w. Works with a low B too so success all round.

[Musashimonkey]

[quote name='Bo0tsy' timestamp='1437942754' post='2830282']
Phil Jones Bass Double Four user here. 70w but has plenty of low end at low volumes, & it's got enough oomph if I want to play louder. Great sounding amp, and is very compact to boot.
[/quote]
+1 also has a headphone out too, battery powered compatible so super portable, good for campfires and small quieter gigs too.