RickIronWitch

So I played this through a Sunn concert lead with a guitar big muff last night. Fantastic. Such a heavy sound. Real shame about the neck dive, gonna put pennies in the control cavity, any bets howmuch in copper it'll take? Haha

has this gone now?

the neck dive is rotten. No wonder they wouldnt let me try it with a strap in the shop. Apparently though, a nice thick leather strap sorts that problem.

They have a short scale version that's about £80 more, but I found the fret board was badly put together. And really fat ad slow considering howmuch shorter it was. With the humbuckers it has a really muddy/warm tone. Not to everyones taste, but it's perfect for what I'm playing.

Just picked one of these up. Fantastic bass for only £200. Anyone else used these?

500watts together? Cheers

I've just bought a bass terror from prime_bass on here. Once I've bought a decent cab to go with it I'm going to start saving for the AD200B.

[quote name='Musky' post='998536' date='Oct 23 2010, 11:23 PM']Bugera are playing a little bit fast and loose with their marketing. Although they proudly proclaim it's a valve amp it actually seems to be a hybrid. If that's the case then the valve part (the preamp) is class A - but then all valve preamps are class A. They give no clues as to what is going on with their power amp at all, not even an RMS figure for the wattage. Given that they've managed to magic up peak output 4 times higher than the RMS output on their '3600' watt monster, it doesn't exactly bode well for this amp. Class D just means that it uses a switching power supply, and is a proven technology. There's no need to preface the term with 'only' - it's not a rating of an amps quality, and just describes the mode of operation. Congratulations on the Bass Terror BTW. [/quote] Thanks for the info. The bass terror is my first piece of serious gear. Cant wait to get my mitts on it

[quote name='Delberthot' post='997022' date='Oct 22 2010, 01:36 PM']Its its not loud enough then youre either a) hard of hearing and need to see an audiologist or; you're playing Woodstock with no PA support. This is a seriously loud head[/quote] Good stuff. I play in a loud band. That's why I was worried. But by the sounds of it I should be fine. Can't wait to dial a nice chrunchy tone.

Decided to spend a little more and I've gone for the Orange Bass Terror, Its 500 watts RMS compared to the Bugeras 500 watt peak, but does the fact it's only class D change anythin? I hope it's loud enough.

[quote name='Mr. Foxen' post='994670' date='Oct 20 2010, 12:29 PM']If you are going to be rocking really low tunings, you are gonna have to get pretty nice stuff, because non-standard tunings put non-standard stresses on things, and even if they are really good at the price point, they are going to be made to a minimum standard. Also, what model are you asking about, the Marshall copy won't be doing 300w peak or into x ohms, because it is valve.[/quote] Sorry im looking at the BVP550. See the thing is. im pretty new to the gear world as ive never been in a band that has needed serious gear and ive never had the cash. i have a gig next week and my Wimpdown little giant cant handle the lows. i know the little giant is only 350watt at 4ohms, and i nearly blew it at practice last week. i cant really afford anything like Ampeg and i think the Orange bass terror might just be out of my range (if i could afford it, it would be a no brainer). I've heard the BVP is like an SVT3-Pro. i cant really afford more than £400 at a serious push. EDIT: Also this is 550watt peak and the Bass terror is 500RMS, yet the Orange is class D and the Bugera is class A, does the class make much of a difference? (sounding like a proper n00b now sorry!)

[quote name='jonny-lad' post='780011' date='Mar 19 2010, 05:59 PM']I've heard good things about Bugera when I've been trawling through things on the internet...Never heard one first hand though, but they don't seem to carry the reputation that Behringer does. What would be really interesting to me is the 1960 head for that 60s marshall sound, if I had money for something I don't really need...apparently it works quite well for bass as long as you don't need too much power and is good if you're after something like a plexi style tone. Here's a link to a thread about it on talkbass; [url="http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=588894&highlight=1960"]http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.p...;highlight=1960[/url] I also really like the fact that these have bias test points and a bias knob on the outside of the chassis (which I saw in a youtube video where the 1960 head is compared to a marshall) - something that seems like an obvious feature to include on a valve amp, but that, IME, isn't very common. I think with brands like Bugera, you have to take your chances and accept that something so affordable might not be as good as the more expensive equivalent...You could, however, find a bargain because you're not paying for a highly regarded brand name![/quote] sorry to dig this one up but has anyone actually owned one of these? I hear the same behringer bashing story that "my mate has owned 3 of these and they all broke on the first day" but everyone who has owned one has had nothing but good things to say. I just want an honest opinion frm someone who owns one, is 550watts peak/ or 300 watts at 8 ohms going to be loud enough to keep up with my guitarists 150watt Sunn concert half stack and a Marshall half stack? And does anyone know how it handles low tunings (A/B/C#).