badmonkey666

I have the H&H BassMachine 250 watt head. It has a fantastic sound to it, but it has been modified by my bass tech. He's uprated all the capacitors, bypassed the phaser and made a custom soundswitch pedal to switch between channels 1 & 2 or run them both together! Gives a real nice "ampeg" growl. I run it through an H&H BL215 cab which has 2 x 500w Eminence drivers. Very very loud. Easily wipes out the lead guitarists Marshall stack Ho Ho! It will be on ebay very shortly as the Laney Nexus valve head is on its way.

I have had my Bassmachine head for around a year now, bought predominantly for the smaller gigs, and also because it came with a 2x15 cabinet. The speakers in the cab were original HH rated at 100watts each, although i've upgraded these to 500w Eminence Delta Drivers now. I have the tech sheets for this head, including wiring diagrams (bonus) and it says -output power : 250w into 4 ohms -Input impedance : 1M Ohms -Compressor control range : 40dB -Bass control @ 50Hz : +12dB -9dB -Mid contro @ 200Hz : +3dB -3dB -Treble cont @10kHz : +14dB -8dB -Graphic eq range: +/- 12dB @ 70Hz, 125Hz, 350Hz, 820Hz, 2kHz -output to mixer: 20mV, 200 Ohms -signal to noise ratio: 75dB -Dimensions: h-228mm, w-692mm, d-311mm -Weight : 16kg The heads originally came with a 3 way footswitch with features for switching between channel 1 & channel 2, and for turning the effects (phaser) on or off. Unfortunately mine didn't but I had one made for it. (try locating an old 7pin din plug these days!!!) and its great. The only problem I had with this amp was it was fading and distorting in both channels. This was traced to 2 faulty capacitors, so they were replaced with original HH ones and its been fine ever since. It drives 2 cabs at just under full volume (min load 4 ohms) quite happily all night long, without so much as breaking a sweat. I have to admit though that this was an ebay bargain. I won't disclose how much I paid for it, but I can say I recently saw one for sale in France for approximately 180 quid. It wasn't immaculate, but everything worked, and it didn't have the footswitch. Spares are readily available from these guys here www.majelectronic.co.uk. Hope this helps and good luck when you come to sell it. Don't let it go for peanuts though. A good one in full working order is rare!! Oh yeah, and thanks for the link to our website!! Regards, Daz www.reverenddrivetrain.co.uk