However there are a few additional considerations.
Head and cabinet vs combo.
When it comes to the bass guitar the same main differences between a head and combo apply as outlined about.
The stack was made popular by the rockstars of old.
As a bassist i always found it much easier to find powerful compact heads and cabinets.
Jimi hendrix pete townshend slash and the like.
An amplifier is exactly that a machine designed to increase the volume of the guitar.
Stack is another term for a guitar head cab rig the two components being stacked on top of each other.
So coming back to the topic of the article i have two choices either i go for the tm18 12 combo or i go for the tm18 and the tm112 cabinet.
Many people do not know the difference between head cabinet stack and combo amps.
Head and cab for bass.
Other than the lack of reverb in the tm18 head and the price difference are there any real benefits or disadvantages of one over the other.
Combo the second configuration is a combo short for combination of both head and speaker cabinet.
A head and cabinet rig splits the weight of the amp into two pieces and can be easier to move but the real difference is that in a traditional stack the cabinet is a 4 12 with a closed back.
Electric guitars need to be amplified in order to hear them louder than a simple acoustic guitar.
A half stack refers to a head with a single cabinet while a full stack is a head with a vertical column of two cabinets.