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Kmonz90

Kmonz90

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Hey everyone. Brand new to Talk Bass but I'm a long time member on some other forums.
Some of you might recognize me.
I have played guitar for well over 10 years, and I have had a bass guitar for about 10 years (now I have 2) but I have never owned a bass amp. I'm a huge Mesa fanboy and would like to get a mesa M6 Carbine bass amp. Most of my gear is pretty professional/working musician level and I really want to skip the whole "buy a cheap combo beginner amp" because I have already outgrown that. I really need something simple I could gig tomorrow if the call came in.

About my basses
Fwiw the Squier is the best playing P bass I have ever played beating out top of the line fender P basses and vintage models that weren't as smooth. The blue color (is it sonic blue?) and the amber lacquer neck are pretty unusual on squiers too I think. I bought the white one on Craigs List with a hard case basically for the cost of the Leo Quan Bridge, the deal was too good to pass up and the flame maple neck plays great and looks good too. Both are set up with D'Addario flatwounds
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Buy the wattage you will be needing.

  • I use a 150 watt Fender for Praise music at our church. It stays at the church and we are all plugged into the house sound system.
  • I have a 75 watt Fender to carry with me on gigs - lighter... If I need more I just plug into the house system.
  • And I leave a 15 watt amp at a small church and it does fine. To give you a better idea on what those 15 watts are doing.... If we get 20 people in the congregation that's a good Sunday. Some of the time the band out numbers to congregation. And 15 watts is fine.

Welcome.
 
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MalcolmAmos said:
Buy the wattage you will be needing.

  • I use a 150 watt Fender for Praise music at our church. It stays at the church and we are all plugged into the house sound system.
  • I have a 75 watt Fender to carry with me on gigs - lighter... If I need more I just plug into the house system.
  • And I leave a 15 watt amp at a small church and it does fine. To give you a better idea on what those 15 watts are doing.... If we get 20 people in the congregation that's a good Sunday. Some of the time the band out numbers to congregation. And 15 watts is fine.

Welcome.
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I have a pretty good idea I will need to compete with two 100 watt half stacks. I don't think I would consider less than 300 watts
 
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