Over summer I've been searching for a small combo bass amp to play acoustic gigs and to use for practice. I wanted something small and light but yet still reasonably powerful. A "kickback" design is also what I'm after too. This is where the speaker is angled in its cab to be firing up at you - much like the file back speakers we all love and hate at our feet at the front of stage. As I got more into this search I discovered maybe I could "kill two birds with one stone".