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It has both a DI Out and Line Out and whilst most people might not think 120 watts is a lot and prefer a lot more wattage for headroom with bass, it's plenty loud for gigging and I use a Sire Marcus Miller with a very powerful, active 18V preamp and it stays clean. OK inbuilt fx and tuner, too as well as other, useable models.
Here's the spec - https://www.roland.com/global/products/cube-120xl_bass/
Edit: I keep the gain at between 9-11 o'clock
Then again, one of those Rumble studio 40s would do for acoustic gigs.. the choice, the choice...
But it’s far easier to make a decent Fender copy.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
In 1984 or 85, I tried a fretless Jazz Sound Bass at the Allbang & Strummit shop. I have no memory of trying the more recent, non-Japanese production basses. This means either that I have not tried a recent Tokai or that I have but it left little or no impression.
Tokai seemed to do well though. nearly £400 seems top heavy. i know Hondo Rick copies do well due to the Hooky connection (while he couldn't wait to get rid of his) so maybe this is spillover from that.
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
A Jazz can give a wider tonal variety but arguably a P sits more comfortably in a wider range of mixes...
In my opinion, the mongrel PJ pickup configuration does not provide the best compromise of both ...
... unless it is the old Seymour Duncan Active EQ series "switch" pickups. This is because these pickups are cheating. The shapes of the housings have no influence on how the innards sound. Inside, the P and short J versions are identical.
Getting back to your opening post, £300-400 minus £120, leaves a notional £180-280 to put towards amplification (or bass guitar upgrades).
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself
i ended up buying a used GK 1x8 combo of @dindude which is awesome. Got everything well under budget! Happy days