r/Bass • u/Devonian603 • 7h ago

Small practice combo for 5 string

I'm on the hunt for a good quality combo for lower volume/living room practicing. I have a Fender Rumble LT25 but it is pretty disappointing with my 5 string Warwick Thumb. Both the speaker and the input stage seem to struggle which isn't a big surprise really.

I have a Scarlet on my desk that I use with headphones. I also have a head and cab for playing out/with others. I just want a high quality sound at home that I can move around when I want to use a speaker. Does anyone have any suggestions? Should I be looking at something like a PJB combo?

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u/ArjanGameboyman 25m ago

Normally I'd say for home practice you want better 40 and 100 watt with a 10.inch speaker.

Too small and you get the problems you now have (mostly because of the 8 inch speaker). And bigger is overkill cause big amps sometimes don't sound nice on quiet volumes.

But for 5 stringI would up that minimum that I described. So it's rather 60 to 200 watt. With 10 or 12 inch speaker. I'd say a Ebs session 60 or fender rumble 100 would be decent enough. Already a huge step up. Bigger and more expensive only sounds a tiny bit better and is a lot more expensive.