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Well not that loud but acoustic hard hit drums with loud cymbals and 150w Stereo guitar set up. The PA does kick and Vox only. Doesn’t have to be featherweight that’s what trolleys are for lol 
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150 watt guitar amp? I'm getting killed in my loudest band with a guitarist using 35 watts!

 

My usual rig is 700watt amp and 2 x 112 cabs, Aguilar and Barerfaced.  Light, loud and the best sound I've had so far. My trolley gets no use these days.

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6 hours ago, chris_b said:

150 watt guitar amp? I'm getting killed in my loudest band with a guitarist using 35 watts!

 

My usual rig is 700watt amp and 2 x 112 cabs, Aguilar and Barerfaced.  Light, loud and the best sound I've had so far. My trolley gets no use these days.

Yep! I'm completely off my trolley as well.

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One of the decent small heads and a Barefaced Super Compact would be a great choice.Due to back problems and other health issues I had to go the lightweight route. I used Galien Kruger and Genz amps with a SC in some very loud situations.👍

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I mentioned it elsewhere in a similar thread but the Eich BC112pro is light, sounds massive and there’s one for sale here. The tilt back function (using a clever steel rod) means it points at you, not your ankles, so you can hear it perfectly, but it’s not one of those awkward triangular shaped boxes. 

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10 hours ago, Lozz196 said:

Gotta be a Fender Rumble

I have a Rumble 500 combo, and it’s great! Use it in a blues rock 3 piece with a loud guitarist and

it doesn’t struggle at all. Easy lift, compact and sounds ace. Many people who bought the 2x10

extension that goes with these have never needed to use them, the combo being enough on it’s 

own. 

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I have an Ashdown 2x10 combo, that more than holds it's own with a loud rock band, it could in fact go even louder.

 

200w @ 8Ohms (internal speakers), 300w @ 4Ohms (with a cab). Never tried it with a cab, it's loud enough for my needs.

 

Not the lightest though, at about 25kg, but it was reasonably priced when I bought it. Like most combo's with only a top handle, it's awkward to carry.

 

There's a lot to be said of the newer, lighter combo's, plenty of them are coming in below 20kg. 

 

Would I buy another combo? Absolutely.

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2 minutes ago, Skybone said:

I have an Ashdown 2x10 combo, that more than holds it's own with a loud rock band, it could in fact go even louder.

 

200w @ 8Ohms (internal speakers), 300w @ 4Ohms (with a cab). Never tried it with a cab, it's loud enough for my needs.

 

Not the lightest though, at about 25kg, but it was reasonably priced when I bought it. Like most combo's with only a top handle, it's awkward to carry.

 

There's a lot to be said of the newer, lighter combo's, plenty of them are coming in below 20kg. 

 

Would I buy another combo? Absolutely.

 

Yep, but if O/P's guitarist is using 150w, none of the figures above matter? 

 

I think the problem is that plenty of combos will go loud - i.e., could go even louder - but in my experience most will not sound great doing so. Even the best bass combo ever made - Mesa Walkabout 12 - can struggle when things get messy. OK, it can compete in most situations, but it may not compete in the optimal way (and as far as I'm concerned I don't want my amp to compete I want it to win!). So, I moved from the Walkabout combo which was struggling at times, to the Walkabout head with two Bag End 12 and voila, still an easy load in/out, but both the volume and the tone I was after 👍  

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19 hours ago, Stealth said:

You tried one Lozz

I’ve heard one (the 500 combo) in a pretty loud band where it was very impressive, and I have one myself, the 800 combo, but have been - to my shame - too lazy to actually use it yet. Maybe this week’s rehearsal if not raining.

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I have one of those rare Ashdown Neo 400W 1x15 combo’s that I’ve found to be plenty loud enough on its own in a variety of band settings. Mine lives in its flight case on castors and that seems to do the same thing as those sexy Auralex isolation pads as this thing punches way above its weight. 

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