Practice amps that don't sound awful. Go.

[Quilly]

Barely used eminence 10" driver .suitable as a midrange speaker. 500w 8ohm HEAVY ferrite speaker . Excellent quality 

[fretmeister]

The old Roland Bass Cube 30.

 

Still got mine despite my posh Barefaced / DG M900 / Tecamp Puma rig.

[RandomBass]

6 minutes ago, fretmeister said:

The old Roland Bass Cube 30.

 

Still got mine despite my posh Barefaced / DG M900 / Tecamp Puma rig.

Plus one to that. Used regularly at home and in practice for the past 8 years. Never missed a beat and always surprises with its output.

[Graham]

The little Peavey TNT combos sound great, far better than they look like they should.

 

[Dan Dare]

EBS Session 30.

[Grangur]

12 hours ago, fretmeister said:

The old Roland Bass Cube 30.

 

Still got mine despite my posh Barefaced / DG M900 / Tecamp Puma rig.

 

12 hours ago, RandomBass said:

Plus one to that. Used regularly at home and in practice for the past 8 years. Never missed a beat and always surprises with its output.

I've got one for sale in the marketplace right now. They're pretty good, i just don't need it.

 

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[Deedee]

Old Marshall Bass 15 watt.  Haven’t touched a dial for about 6 years - sounds great every time.

[VTypeV4]

Peavey Microbass - great little thing despite it's size and being a bit basic. Not sure what the newer ones are like but the models from the late '90s / '00s punch well above their weight.

[rushscored4]

Any of the Fender Rumble V3 series. All come with great vintage tone and are ridiculously lightweight. I've even gigged with my Rumble 100 V3 which cost £260 new and is powerful enough for small to medium sized venues like most of the pubs we play.

[chris_b]

The best low volume amp and cab I use for playing at home is my regular Aguilar TH500 and a Barefaced One10. If I add the second One10 the sound is wonderful.

[rushscored4]

2 minutes ago, chris_b said:

The best low volume amp and cab I use for playing at home is my regular Aguilar TH500 and a Barefaced One10. If I add the second One10 the sound is wonderful.

Great rig but possibly not the cheapest option as a practice amp. Mind you the OP didn't mention budget to be fair. 

In fact his post doesn't match the topic title at all! 

[chris_b]

42 minutes ago, rushscored4 said:

In fact his post doesn't match the topic title at all! 

No but my interest is in trying to sound better.

IMO if you can sound this good playing at home why settle for anything less.

[pineweasel]

7 hours ago, chris_b said:

The best low volume amp and cab I use for playing at home is my regular Aguilar TH500 and a Barefaced One10. If I add the second One10 the sound is wonderful.

I find the fan noise of my TH500 too irritating for low volume practise. 

[Geek99]

ampeg ba108

[chris_b]

1 hour ago, pineweasel said:

I find the fan noise of my TH500 too irritating for low volume practise. 

Yeah. I don't find it's too bad, but I have to zone out the noise on mine as well.

[MartinB]

10 hours ago, VTypeV4 said:

Peavey Microbass - great little thing despite it's size and being a bit basic. Not sure what the newer ones are like but the models from the late '90s / '00s punch well above their weight.

I got one of these as my first amp back in 97. Still use it for rehearsals - we run a mini-mixer into it and it handles bass and vocals.

[rushscored4]

2 hours ago, Geek99 said:

ampeg ba108

We have one of them in our rehearsal room and it's pretty good.

[Bigwan]

I will once again toot the horn for the Line 6 Studio 110...

The Roland Cube 30 is also rather awesome!

[Geek99]

1 hour ago, rushscored4 said:

We have one of them in our rehearsal room and it's pretty good.

It’s a steer that I got from @Norris

[Cat Burrito]

3 hours ago, Geek99 said:

ampeg ba108

It's what I use and it's the best practice amp I've owned.

[foxyFuze]

Ibanez Promethean P3110 (or its larger cousin the 5110).  Small and powerful.

[Norris]

3 hours ago, Geek99 said:

ampeg ba108

I'll be bringing an example along to the East Mids bash, if anyone wants to see/hear/smell/touch/taste one

[CameronJ]

Any Phil Jones combo

[Dan Dare]

How are we defining a practice amp, here? Size, price, power?

[CameronJ]

8 minutes ago, Dan Dare said:

How are we defining a practice amp, here? Size, price, power?

A good question, to be fair