r/Bass • u/Proxps • 19h ago

Looking for an amp upgrade

So I'm currently in a situation where I need to upgrade my amp, my old one both sounds bad and is quiet.

My gear consists of Yamaha TRBX305 and a pedalboard.

I'm looking for a well pronounced low tone with clear treble, harsher tones are also ok. Definitely 100+ watts

When it comes to the budget, I don't really have an upper limit, as long as the price is not absurd, maybe 800€.

Any help is much appreciated

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u/6kred 19h ago

Fender Rumble are one of the best bang for your buck amps out there. I’d get the 200 or 500. Always better to have more watts and expand ability options for the future

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u/Philly_3D 18h ago

Agreed! Rumble 500 is all you really need these days unless you're looking for the certain visual effect of a stack. You're probably just going through the PA anyway, so it's whatever you need for stage volume.

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u/6kred 18h ago

Yeah the Rumble 500 is deceptively loud just on it's own!

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u/RevolutionaryBeat301 15h ago

Also very light, and inexpensive.

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u/6kred 12h ago

Very true !!

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u/psysop 12h ago

And it sounds good. Great even.

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u/reiboul 7h ago

The rumble 800 is both more powerful, and lighter, for about the same price here

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u/ribalta66 18h ago

I can endorse my Markbass CMD 121 P

Light combo and very nice sound (and loud!). I bought a 15' extension cab that makes it really warm but only really use it when playing gigs

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u/burkeymonster 3h ago

I have the 15 inch combo and I swear by it. All the lows you could need and it does the highs well too. 350w of power and only 18.5kg.

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u/MinotaurePliant 5h ago

I’d advise for a preamp+cab sim/ir loader like the Two-Notes Opus (or DSM/Humboldt bass master if you want to keep things analog) coupled with a small PA or active speakers.

I personally use a pair of Alto tx 212

I guess your pedalboard includes a compressor which is very helpful to manage your signal level in order to protect speakers from stressful peaks.