Stingrayman

On 02/12/2013 at 21:26, Tripehound said:

Make that two rogue units!

Bought one on Saturday after reading and watching a lot of good things said about this amp. I love my Bassman TV15 but I can feel my dodgy knee going when I lift it so the BG250-112 looked just the ticket for smaller gigs, home practice, messing with the effects and so on. Drove from Derby to Sheffield to get it and took it straight to the gig.

I should have known better.

Twenty minutes into the gig, said amp (which everyone had been admiring and commenting on what a smart chap I am) decides to cut out mid song.

I did what any self-respecting bass player would do under the circumstances - I accused the keyboard player of touching it. He proclaimed his innocence, we switched it off and on again and it started working. A situation that lasted around 5 minutes before it did it again. Then again. Abandoned set and took 20 minute break whilst we shot back to our rehearsal rooms to pick up the trusty Fender. Played the rest of the gig through that and of course it sounded great.

Went back to Richtone who exchanged it without a quibble and number two awaits a more thorough QA session at this week's rehearsal. I'm sure lightning can't strike twice....

Before all the BS started it seemed pretty competent and certainly held its own in a large-ish pub room with guitar, drums and keyboard/sax. Shifts plenty of air through a single 12" speaker and, although I just went with flat settings having not had chance to experiment, sounded pretty good. The weight thing does seem to trade off against ruggedness and think it will need a decent padded cover at the very least. A flightcase would rather defeat the object.

I have had 2 of these amps now that both had the exact same symptoms. I bought a second hand one and after several gigs it started to give a moment of speaker rattle and buzz then cutoff completely. After 10 or fifteen seconds it would come back on. I tell you, in the middle of a busy gig it felt like it was off for a lifetime! Being unreliable, I replaced it with a brand new unit. The same thing started happening in the middle of a gig. So it had to go back. 

It’s a real shame, as for the price point, the amp is of good build, is very light, powerful and loud. The toneprint feature is a bit gimmicky and has little practical value.

For sale: Hotcovers padded soft cover for TC Electronics BG250 115.

Located in Swindon, Wiltshire but could post within the UK at cost.

Hotcovers fitted soft cover for TC-Electronics BG250 115 bass combo amp.

Keep your amp dust-free and protected. As new condition. No longer needed.

Swindon.

I bought the BG250 115 about 6 months ago and up till now have been very happy with it. It's a lightweight amp packing a lot of punch and ideal for small venues.

Last Saturday half way through the second set the amp just died away for about 3 seconds then came back on. Of course it felt like an eternity with no sound. I am not sure if it was just sound that went or power to the whole amp that went.

Has anybody else experienced this? I am now left with an amp with very little confidence.

The pub was one of those with very poor power supply outlets and the whole band and PA were running off only one power socket. Not a good idea I know. Could brief power starvation be the problem?

Thanks guys.