This one - http://www.zzounds.com/item--AMPBA112
 
I might have an opportunity to jump on one of these, used.
Back in the days, I trusted brand names, so the fact that it's an Ampeg comes into play.
But I know next to nothing about bass amp - besides a few names: Hartke, Trace Elliott and Ampeg. 
And Acoustic too I think. W/ the pale blue thingie...
But nowadays, brands mean little if anything...
 
As I said before, we're only looking for a little practice amp for my wife who's starting out on bass.
Budget amps seem to come w/ 8" speaker mostly - but this one is a 12".
If I need to record bass, I will do it DI or buy a Bass POD - or ask one of our friends who has one of those dream rigs...

Since I have the Marshall micro stack with 2-10" I favor this one.

Looks really nice, but, you mean for a beginner? I was thinking, humble cube, you know...

There are 2 kinds of bass amps.
 
1) The kind you play with a drummer.
 
2) The other kind.
 
 
My favorite little Bass practice amp was hand made in Canada:
 
 
 

 
 
This one's not mine...  but it's the same model and era as the one I have here.
 
There's something comforting about playing a practice amp that is 45 years old yet still sounds fresh and ready to go.
 
 
best regards,
mike
 

mike_mccue
There are 2 kinds of bass amps.
 
1) The kind you play with a drummer.
 
2) The other kind.
 

 
This ^


Those big dream rigs are often optimized for pumping out desirable tone at high volume - which is a difficult feat with a bass, and one that doesn't necessarily translate to "good recorded tone".
 
For low volume playing I sometimes just use a guitar amp - you just need to keep the volume low enough to avoid making the speakers do things they don't want to do (!), and also set the pre gain low enough to avoid ugly distortion on those formidable transients bass players invoke. The main differences between modern guitar and bass amps is lots of clean headroom, different speakers/cabs, no reverb and different EQ.
 
If you're looking for a good practice/recording amp, you sort of have to try them to find something that sounds the way you want. Some people want dark and wooly and others want maximum punch, some want clean and others want a little hair, some want all boom and others want some twang. They do try, but it's hard to get all of the options above from a single amp.

WWBD?

mike_mccue
There are 2 kinds of bass amps.
 
1) The kind you play with a drummer.
 
2) The other kind.

Here's a picture of the two kinds.
 
HTH.
 

Rain
Looks really nice, but, you mean for a beginner? I was thinking, humble cube, you know...

Well, yes. They don't get much smaller do they? Did you read the dimensions?
And a strong point for a beginner IMO is to have nice enough equipment to keep them
interested. Anyway that's some of my reasoning for the suggestion. YMMV.
(she didn't get a used bass did she?)
 
What else new compares for that cost? I admit I'm not up on bass equipment and the
mini stack is a strong feature for me as I mentioned.

I'm currently using the head version of this amp.  It's working great for me at church.  I read good reviews about this combo.
 
http://www.zzounds.com/item--TCEBG250

spacey
Since I have the Marshall micro stack with 2-10" I favor this one.

Damn that is cool!