Best Sounding (most powerful) small bass amp?

[mike13]

Hi Dave,how are you?,yeah it was great,it was on the south coast,did you sell your fretless?

[mike13]

Hey Olie,it's a fair bit of playing,but the sets were not back to back so you get chance for a beer or two in between

[David Houck]

I'm fine, thanks!  I'm like Olie, that sounds like a bit more of a workout than I could pull off.  The fretless Series I?  No, it's still here.

[mike13]

I think it depends on the guys around you,two of the bands are 7 piece,4 rythym 3 front line trad jazz plenty of freedom in the music to move around and we only work festivals,do about 7 a year all over OZ

[gare]

I'll second the Markbass. I've used a LMII head for 4 years and have had no problems. Also like the 2x10 combo and the Jeff Berlin model. Both are 300 watts @ 8 ohms and outputs for an additional 8 ohm cabinet..bumping it up to 500 watts.  
But like Olie said, not the cheapest on the market.

[kilowatt]

I have an Eden Metro and the thing has punch to spare. It's not cheap, or light, but it sounds great. If needed, and I know you have larger rigs, you can drop a 410 under the metro and cover just about any gig. You could then unload some larger stuff to free up some funds.
Good luck. Let us know what you come up with.
 
Regards,
Pete

[57basstra]

Thanks guys for all of the tips. I am still shopping and looking and as we all know that is a good deal of the fun.
 
Has anyone had any experience with an Ashdown? This one would be a Mag 300 with a 15 speaker. Supposed to be 308 watts at 4 ohms at about 65 pounds. (This one is nearby driving distance at a good price it seems.)
 
I may just set up one of my stacks and have at the guitar players.