Class D Amp & Cab Question

[Scales]

So I've been lugging combos around for years and I want to try a class D amp for home practice with head phones and a much lighter gig option. I have no experience of owning seperates but have used a variety of them in rehersal rooms. I'm looking at a TC Electronic BQ250 as an entry level option and I'd like a lighter cab for ease of portability, I'll be playing smaller venues as I'm starting up my trio again after lockdown. So my question is what cab should I buy or is there a cab that someone can recommend for this setup?

[grandad]

I settled for the BH250 into 1 or 2 BFOne10s. I can't see me ever changing my amp or cab again. 

[Scales]

Thanks for the input, just had a look, the BF1x10 looks quality!

[BassAdder60]

I would look at the Ashdown ABM 210H Pro Neo cabs which go for around £390

They are very light and compact too

Full sounding cab and very nice bit of kit 

[chris_b]

I have several cabs to choose from but my one cab, cover everything, solution is my Super Compact.

[itsmedunc]

Another one here for Barefaced. Two 110's and a Mesa Subway 800. Cracking rig. The Mesa has headphone and aux connections so you can play along to tracks silently.

[Muzz]

It depends how your trio's set up, but for smaller gigs we use a small triggered kit, and a small PA with 2 x tops and a sub. Guitar DIs into the PA, and I do, too, when I need it (see next). To take a little of the strain off and for simplicity, I picked up a s/h Fender Rumble 100 (I knowwww, a combo, not what you were looking for, but worth a thought) and put a 'proper' Eminence 12 in it for £60 or so, to get the most out of the amp. It's surprisingly good, tho I have the option of a little DI, too...  Tonewise I have a Stomp, so the Rumble's tone stack has never bothered me. The Rumble was a cheap, simple solution.

I'd agree with Chris's recommendation of the Super Compact - I've got a Super Twin (for bigger/louder/non-DI gigs), and the only thing I'd change it for would be a pair of Super Compacts. If I had two of them, I'd use one with a Class D head (I loved my Magellan, so a 350 would do the job, otherwise with the Stomp doing the tone heavy lifting I could use anything, really) for smaller gigs, and both if I was feeling giddy at a bigger gig.

 

Edited May 24, 2021 by Muzz

[Supernaut]

Mark Bass CMD121P for myself - great little combo for gigs with monitor support. 

[Scales]

Thanks for the input all, much food for thought there.

[Steve Browning]

What speaker set-up did you have in your combo(s)? Were you happy with that? That could be a worthwhile starting point.

Similarly, is there any kind of budget limitation?

[fretmeister]

I've had a variety of small cabs before and my favourite was the Barefaced One10. I had a pair for a while and gigged them. At the time they were the very lightest cabs - I'm not sure of GR now make an even lighter one, but I have no experience of how they sound. The One10 has quite a traditional sound.

I only sold to get a Super Twin - sometimes wheels are just easier!

[Chienmortbb]

With the plethora of small lightweight heads, I would go for something a little more powerful. From TC the BQ500 is only a little heavier but much more versatile. The Ashdown RM500 Evo 2 is more expensive but still lightweight and there are others. The 250-300 watt heads are really only putting out about 100-130 watts.

 

[TorturedSaints]

I use my Quilter Bass Block 800 into a BF One10.  Quiet enough for practice and I've used the combination when playing EUB and electric bass with a symphonic band, plenty loud enough. You could overtax the OneTen if you turned the Quilter up too high or used too much distortion but I don't.  Although perhaps a little too 'vintage' in the tone with not very much high frequency sparkle for the combination.