aja What would you recommend to play drum sounds through at practice? I heard the Fender 15G or Roland Cube 15 are both good choices.
AlanRatcliffe Drum sounds need full-range amplification - i.e. something more "hi-fi" or PA that can do low to high frequency sounds. Usually these amps will have either multiple small speakers or big speakers and a tweeter. Acoustic, keyboard and bass amps often work well, as do small PAs. Then it's down to the power needed, which depends on how loud your practice is - and 15W solid state guitar amp probably isn't going to cut it in most situations. If you're playing with small amps (or amps that can be turned down - like modellers), a small amp can work, but if you're using bigger valve amps you're going to need lots of power (because of the low frequency kick drum sound) - roughly the same as your bass amp or about twice the power of the guitar amps. If you need a smaller setup for personal practice, maybe look at the Fender G-DEC amps. Drums and accompaniment built in and doubles as the guitar amp. Also look at amps with auxiliary inputs like some of the Cube series, and use a separate drum machine (Roland/Alesis or even a laptop with MIDI files). In a pinch for low volume personal practice, a little HiFi can even work. Otherwise, don't mess around, get a drum machine and a small PA system (which has the huge advantages of also working with vocals and giving you something you can do smaller gigs with). Even when you upgrade your PA to something bigger, your first small PA system can be used as your first monitor system.
TomCat If you're on a tight budget you can also look at the Roland KC 60 Keyboard amp. Also doubles up as a handy Acoustic amp as well.
aja Thanks guys for the much appreciated insight! For now I will try use my Roland AC-60 and maybe later get one of those nice keyboard amps ?
