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Part of the secret is getting away from the cab.
The other piece is having enough headroom - 100 watts isn't going to cut it for me. 200 watts from 4 KT-88's in my YBA-200 is barely adequate and that includes the 50 seat rooms ... Running out of power with the GK 1001 is not very likely ... My old Bag End 2x10 could get too loud for most stages I've been on given enough clean power. I've always preferred to spread the sound around stage a bit though so running a cab each side at lower levels has been a better plan for me...
Obviously the amount of speaker covereage you need and the amount of power you need varies dratically by musical setting. I don't consider that the setting's I've been in the last few years were real loud though. With the Crackertones the rhythm player/lead singer had a Deluxe and a hollow body Gretsch - feed back city if you aren't careful on small stages. The lead player used a Princetone Reverb with a JBL 10 - so no stack's to compete with. There the GK & a 2x10, 1x12 setup was adequate, not runnng at it's limits for sure but - in the reliability zone. I could have done that gig with a smaller rig but - I would have been pushing it hard all the time - and that is a great way to fund some repair guy's kid's college fund. Gearing up a bit is a good plan for the long term of you're going to be a bassist...
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