Loud Lightish Combo for loud Rock Trio?

[Norris]

There's a reason you never see Rumble 500's in the for sale forum. Just saying 😃

 

Yes, I have one too

[StingRayBoy42]

I like my Markbass CMD 121P - I use it in a pretty loud rock band, it's a one handed carry and I've never been told it's too quiet... I rarely have the master volume past about 4.
Used price is usually less than £500.
 

[Anatonic]

Forever a lurker, but never a poster... however, I'll add another thumbs up for a Rumble 800 - I've used mine now for the last 5 years across a number of different bands and I rarely go past 70% on the Master, even with a loud drummer in a classic rock covers band... I also have the 212 extension cab, which I did hook up for a couple of gigs that were in larger venues, but it damn well nearly ripped my trousers right off my hairy matchsticks that I decided the combo alone was enough... as such it never gets used.  I'm fortunate enough that for larger gigs we always bring in a sound/lighting company anyway, so I typically DI in and use in-ears for those occasions and let FOH deal with the rest (I still get enough punch/feel from the cab behind me)

 

I will say however, that the GAS is strong... I'd love to go the other way back to a beefy ABM rig and large cabs to move some air, but the reality is 95% of the time it wouldn't get used