I let the bass guy from a band I do sound for from time to time (ok - 2-3X a month) use my Genz last night. 2nd time he used it, and I DI it into the board.
He uses two 4-10 mesa cabs, a Mesa carbine head with like 57 rack mounted units (ok - 4-5 anyway). AND DI's it into the PA.
He was able to put the Genz into the sweet spot, no effects except for a flanger he uses on one or two songs, and his comments were funny. He said I always have trouble getting a sound I like and struggle all night long. THIS was easy - and the sound out front was GREAT! I had sat in for a few songs, so he could hear it. It was funny - I could see the realization that maybe he didn't need that extra 275 lbs of gear for a lot of these gigs.
It sounds great - but he never actually gets to wind it up -