Need help to choose an AMP

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Hey guys, I need your help to choose an amp for practice at home and also a few gigs.

Option 1: Bass Amp Peavey MAX100
Up to 100 watts of power
10 ″ Premium Speaker
DDT speaker protection ™
Pre-gain control with TransTube gain increase ®
Three-band equalizer with Overdrive, Contour, Mid-Shift, Bright and Kosmos switches.
Tuned and ported seals
Kosmos-C low-end improvement
Accurately balanced direct interface with earth elevation
1/8 ″ auxiliary input
1/8 ″ headphone output
Chromatic tuner with silencer
Packed width: 17 ″ (43.18 cm)
Packed height: 21.5 ″ (54.61 cm)
Balanced depth: 16 ″ (40.64 cm)
Packaged weight: (31 lb)
Price: $224.

Option2: Peavey Max112

  • 200 WATTS at 8 ohms
  • DDT speaker protection
  • Previous gain control with Transtube gain increase
  • 3-band equalizer with Punch, Mid-shift and Bright controls
  • Speaker of 12 «
  • Low-end psycho-acoustic improvement.
  • Built-in direct output with elevation to ground
    price: $231.75

This would be my first amp ever, and I would like to use for practicing at home but also play some gigs, perhaps for around 50 people. I’m not sure which one would be the best fit for me, any comments or advice will be greatly appreciated.

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I have a Rumble 500 which is entirely too big for most of the rooms I play. But My Ampeg Rocket Bass 50 watt might be a bit small. Look for one that has the XLR output jack on the back so you can hook in to someone’s PA system if you need to. Something in the 100-200 watt arena would more than enough for smaller events. Compare the peavey to Ampeg stuff, they’ll be similarly priced and good quality.

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Is the MAX 112 an older model? If so then get the 100.

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The MAX112 seems to be a discontinued model. However the difference doesn’t seem all that big compared to the newer models.

As you are planning on gigging, the main issue might be power (even though both have a direct out to go to front of house).

This video gives some useful information on which amps to use, even though I don’t think anyone would need more than 500W nowadays (unless they have roadies to lug the amps around :sweat_smile:).

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