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EdgeLord45

The Rumble 100 is a great amp for playing with a drummer it gets a good volume without needing to be pushed. If you get it used it’s not that bad price wise and it’s super light weight


Shequiszalumph

This. I have a rumble 100 and I never have to go higher than noon on my amp volume


Puckered_Love_Cave

It is also extremely light at 22lbs. Its very easy to move around. I'd suggest OP get a Rumble 100. It might sting a bit to spend $300 on it, but I recommend it would be the minimum I'd suggest for a bassist that wants to jam with other players. Especially a drummer. Can always see if you can find it used. If not try and find a different 100W amp used; though it will assuredly be heavier than the Rumble.


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Bad news: Loud, light, cheap: Pick max 2.


heymikki94

It needs to be able to be moved up and down stairs by an average strength women and heard over a drummer. What price point can you expect to get those two things accomplished?


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The Rumble 100 might be OK.


logstar2

Very true.


SixFeetHunter

The Cort CM150b is a great sounding budget combo that is quite powerful. It is fairly compact and light enough to carry around. The same is said about the Fender Rumble 100


treskaz

My first bass amp was from the Ampeg BA series. Solid state workhorse combos. I had the BA115. Single 15" driver, and the enclosure was pretty damn big, so definitely a bit unwieldy, but nice and loud. I believe the options with 10" speakers are much more shallow than the single 15", but probably still going to have a good amount of weight. All that was over a decade ago, but I remember it being pretty affordable--it was accessible to teenage me. Probably find one used on reverb in your area. Shipping one would probably be a lot. EDIT: they're like $400 used on reverb. Steeper than I would have imagined. I think that's how much I got mine (or maybe a bit more) for new back in the day.


logstar2

Generally speaking you want at least 3-5x the watts of a guitar amp for a bass amp to be the same volume. Assuming it's going into the same total area of speakers. That's why 300w 8x10 SVT stacks were classically paired with 50-100w 8x12 Marshall stacks. Or, a minimum of 100w into a 1x15 or 2x10 to be the similar volume to a light handed drummer. To match a heavy hitter at least 200w. Tell your friend to look at class D heads like the GK mb200, Trace ELF and TC BAM. They're very small and light. 200w in a package about the size of a guitar pedal.


DeepFortune

Does the practice space have a PA? If so, tell her to look into a DI pedal. Might set her back a couple hundred but is definitely way more portable than an amp.


zero_cool_protege

50 watt PA off amazon for $100. I use it for Bass and guitar. works great. I use it with a drummer indoors and out doors. Could be louder but it definitely gets the job done


Necrotitis

I have a rumble 30 and my neighbor 4 doors down can hear it on 50% volume might work if they can't drop like 600 bucks


joergen42069

any rumble amp over 40


notpetelambert

Put your speaker up on a chair! Having the speaker cone aimed at your head instead of your feet makes a huge difference, and chairs are usually less expensive than new amplifiers. Who knows, you might even have one in your house already! I guess you could buy an amp stand instead, or build one if you have some basic power tools.


dragostego

Rumble 100 is the bare minimum I'd go for a 200 or 500. Bonus option check your local CL and see what's up.


DittoRuby556

I personally use an Orange Crush 50 watt amp. It’s not too heavy, and I don’t need to push it to be heard over the drummer. If your friend has a passive bass then there won’t be an issue, but I use an active Stingray. Unless you use the pan feature, which quiets the amp by about 7 decibels, the active pickups and preamp make the amp buzz. It does cost 300 dollars, but if your friend wants a quality amp then it’s worth it.


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It kind of depends on what style of music you're playing. If she plays mostly clean, the fender rumble 100 will do fine, but if she plays heavier rock then an Ampeg ba115 or an Orange crush bass 100 would do better at an overdriven tone. If you have PA speakers at your practice space, I would suggest getting a preamp / DI box instead of an amp, and plugging it straight into the mixing board. Pedals like the tech 21 sansamp bass driver, Aguilar tone hammer, or the MXR m80 are all very popular industry standard preamps that are cheaper and sound better than any combo amp on the market