Advice for an all round amp

[Edenburgh]

Hi all, looking for an amp for my son.

I'm fortunate enough to have three amp setups (home, rehearsals, and gigs) and my son has been able to borrow these as required.

Trouble is he's going away to Uni and will now need his own amp for the same 3 scenarios : silent practice, rehearsals and gigs.

Is there a single solution that you could recommend that would fit the bill?

Spec would need to include:

Aux In (or Bluetooth)

Headphones

Enough headroom for his MM Stingray

Enough volume for rehearsals and gig backline.

Handles FX ok.

DI out.

Ideally a combo but let's not rule out separates.

Reasonably portable (I remember dragging a Peavey TKO around in my youth, not fun).

Budget : £450 (either new or S/H).

 

Looking forward to suggestions/recommendations.

[Mudpup]

A Fender Rumble 500 combo seems to be the go to response for this type of post usually. They pop up used fairly frequently or a new one is a little bit over budget for you

[loudspeaker]

I have a Laney Digbeth 500w head, I really like it for gigs and practice, very flexible tones with FET and tube emulation channels which can be blended, tilt eq, aux in and headphone out both with their own volume control. there is a 200w 2x10 combo version

 

This guy has a good demo 

 

[Lozz196]

1 hour ago, Mudpup said:

A Fender Rumble 500 combo seems to be the go to response for this type of post usually. They pop up used fairly frequently or a new one is a little bit over budget for you

Yep, good call

[casapete]

Another +1 from me for the Rumble 500 V3 combo. All the amp he will need and more!
If the seperates route is preferable the Rumble 500 head is also a great choice.

[pbasspecial]

The Ashdown studio range is worth a look too. I have the studio 210. You can add an extn speaker for the bigger gigs when necessary. 

[la bam]

I love my Laney Digbeth. 

Headphonesaux in

500w

2 channel

Lightweight

Great amp. 

[Edenburgh]

Thanks all, looks like there's a couple of solid contenders here to try out.

[ebenezer]

I would go straight for the 800 rumble and know you always have plenty of headroom.

[casapete]

7 hours ago, ebenezer said:

I would go straight for the 800 rumble and know you always have plenty of headroom.

I’d agree, although getting an 800 combo or (even head/cab) s/h would be unlikely on

the OP’s budget of £450. 

[ebenezer]

Whoops!!...didn't see that,  in that case, spend more.

[Jack]

I think I got mine for about that. For some reason the digital modelling ones seem to be a bit cheaper than the normal ones though. 

 

I only came here to say "Round? They're all squares, mate" and it seems that now I've accidentally been a little helpful instead.