Advice on best bass combo for silent or headphone practice?

[BassOrWhat]

Hi

 

Any thoughts on a practice combo amp with a decent headphone output? Looking at spend up to £500. It's for home practice only. Not concerned for recording at the moment. Ideally something with small dimensions.

 

I've just seen a fella playing a Markbass CMD 121P that sounded fab. Any other recommendations?

 

Kind regards

 

 

 

None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.

Paul McCartney

[chris_b]

If this is for silent  practice, why have speakers at all?

 

Checkout a Palmer Pocket Amp Bass.

[PaulThePlug]

Zoom B1Four...?

[BassOrWhat]

Thanks chris_b and PaulThePlug

 

Good point about why have speakers. I do occasionally get the chance to play at volume but the majority of my practice will be with headphones plugged in.

 

 

 

 

None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.

Paul McCartney

[BassOrWhat]

Boss GT-1B seems to be a good bet as well for silent practice.

 

 

 

 

 

None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.

Paul McCartney

[stewblack]

I've used a ton of options but the Joyo Badass Bantam head is really good.

Why any better than the rest?

 

Bluetooth.

 

Connect your phone to it wirelessly, wherever you are in the room you can play along or use metronome app or whatever other rehearsal tool apps you like. Headphone 🎧 friendly too.

 

[fretmeister]

Cheap interface and use plugins with your PC?

 

Amplitube free with a smart phone and interface?

 

Loads of options really. When I play on headphones I use an Audient iD4 interface and my ipad. Amplitube can import all the songs from iTunes so I can play along easily.

[Buddster]

Ones I've used.... 

 

-Fender rumble, headphone o/p, aux i/p

-Zoom b1 four, headphones, aux i/p, drum tracks 

-NUX mighty plug 2. Headphones, Bluetooth, its own app for different modeling, no leads. 

 

All are under £500 so there are probably better if you are spending that much, but these have been very good to practice with. 

[Paddy515]

Tech21 VTbass 500. Job done

[Paddy515]

2 minutes ago, Paddy515 said:

Tech21 VTbass 500. Job done

Not a combo I know but with headphones, will do the job.

[evan47]

The new BOSS Katana 1 x 10 should be ideal for home practice.

It has a 1 watt mode, headphone socket and more than enough effects to keep you entertained.

Seems to be reasonably priced too.

[pete.young]

Pretty hard to beat a Phil Jones Bass Double Four.

[Nebadon2000]

On 18/04/2022 at 13:14, BassOrWhat said:

Hi

 

Any thoughts on a practice combo amp with a decent headphone output? Looking at spend up to £500. It's for home practice only. Not concerned for recording at the moment. Ideally something with small dimensions.

 

I've just seen a fella playing a Markbass CMD 121P that sounded fab. Any other recommendations?

 

 

On 18/04/2022 at 13:14, BassOrWhat said:

Markbass CMD 121P does not have headphone out or aux in

Micromark and Mnimark have both

 

 

 

 

Edited April 23, 2022 by Nebadon2000

[BassOrWhat]

Thank you to all the Basschatters who've replied. I decided to go for the Micromark 801 Marcus Miller. Very happy.