I decided I would sell off some older equipment and pick up a small practice amp. My favorite music store, Mike Carey Music, had two of these just coming out of the box. Mike said take it home and try it. It's a pretty dececnt 50w 3-channel PA with a tiny footprint. It sells for about $125-150, but I traded my SC88 and SR16 for this baby. It even has a power sub out jack to really beef up the sound for regular PA use. I'm very satisfied with this new new amp.

http://www.powerwerks.com/page/PW50-20.aspx

Cass you could buy the amp for $125?...and you decided to trade an SC88 and a SR16 for it instead!!!...You lost money

Fran, SC88's have been going for under $100 on eBay lately and the SR16 might bring about $75 tops. Deduct fees for two ads and maybe PayPal fees too; I'd be very lucky to net $150. I feel a quick trade with a good friend is worth it. Thanks for looking out for my well being

Hi Cass,

Congratulations on your new Powerwerks PW50 unit:






I like that it weighs only 14.7 lbs, and in addition, its ultra affordable $125 budget price too.
I assume you can easily link two PW50's together for 'stereo' (so critical imo esp for Yamaha arrangers) and double the power output & room coverage as well.

Are you planning to use it strictly as a guitar and/or arranger keyboard practice amp or for small gigs (solo guitar/arranger keyboard) too?
How does the bottom end (bass) sound?
In addition to acting as an onstage personal monitor, do you think the PW50 alone (or two together) will deliver adequate volume for a small venue and with sufficient bass presence to convincingly emulate an arranger keyboard acoustic combo (bass/drums/piano) as well?
Thanks.

Scott - First, thanks for the videos, they are very helpful. As for your questions, I bought this mainly to use at home with a Roland Discover5 I recently picked up. Since I have a Bose Compact, I don't forsee the PA50 replacing it. But it could easily be used as a decent backup. It can be linked to another amp and used in stereo, as you said. It also has a subwoofer out; a great accessory. I have an EV SXb120 powered sub and I think the two units would be an excellent small crowd setup

Wow Cass, where in the World were you able to get a Discover 5 ?
How do you like it and how does it sound with the PW50?

I'm also curious as to how your S910 would sound on the PA50.

Thanks for the "heads up" on the PW50, and keep us updated on how it performs.

Hi Cass, this looks cool. Have you ever tried a Roland CM30? I'd be interested in a comparison.

@ Larry - I found it on eBay; I did a specific search, it wasn't selling. I've owned one before. I pretty much ran all volumes - Discover, PW50 channel and master volumes at top levels and didn't get any distortion. The Discover piano was very sharp and I had to put treble at 9 o'clock and bass at 3 o'clock, but them all sounded well. I may be sell it, if you're interested...

@Graham - I've owned two pair of CM30's at different times and liked & used them until I bought my Bose Compact. Surprisingly, I like the sound of the PW50 better than a pair of CM30's. The Roland's have a tendency to distort at higher volumes, not the Pw50. Bass response on the Roland may be slightly better, but not enough to make a difference. Controls and channels are pretty much the same. I used my CM30s in a NH situation and feel confident I could use my one PW50 to do the job of two CCM30s.

Wow, thanks Cass, that's quite an endorsement, because I am really impressed with the Rolands.

Cass...
Just to clarify, you feel there is sufficient bottom end on one PW50 for NH jobs.

How big of a crowd do you think a pair of PW50s could handle...and again your opionon of punch on the lower end?

If a sub was needed, do you think the Bose L1's sub would do the trick?
Eddie