Advice for a bass amp (400-500€ range)

Heabow

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Aug 24, 2011
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Hey,

A friend of mine would llike to get a good bass amp head to play with his hardcore band. He wants something "as tight yet brutal as possible". He already have a cab (Fender 4x10") and ideally a small amp would be even better.

His budget is 400-500€ and he preferably wants to spend his money at Thomann (sort of credit note or something). Stage use mainly.

At the moment, he has three options: Ampeg, MarkBass and Ashdown (the last two are maybe not powerful enough to play with a band?)

What do you think of these three guys and what would you choose instead?

Edit - he also uses an SVT pedal by Tech21 for color and distortion.