Tone Hammer 210 combo.... Looks nice. 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[agedhorse]

17 hours ago, Beedster said:

 

I've not found any evidence of the manufacturer asking bassists themselves what they need from a small form factor combo in the was Mesa/ @agedhorse have been doing recently. Perhaps they'll need to do some after the fact market research re cases etc? 

I'm always interested in what players have to say and what THEY would like to see. 

[asingardenof]

Victory for function over form, I feel

[Dan Dare]

On 27/01/2026 at 00:14, synthaside said:

I'm just not sure if id bother lugging that bloody bastard around for it's 300 watts .. it's a vibe for sure but I think they mention in the video that you can't put a expansion cab on it and kts tuned for the full power out of it's setup.

 

It's going to fall into the too small to gig without pa support and too expensive to make sense for smaller players . 

 

To give Aguilar their due, they use genuine ICEPower modules in their amps, so claimed wattages are accurate. 300W, done right, is plenty for small to medium venues unless you are playing detuned doom or similar. Until class D came along, we were quite happily using 100W (maybe 200W at a push) amps and nobody worried whether they'd be loud enough.

[synthaside]

34 minutes ago, Dan Dare said:

o give Aguilar their due, they use genuine ICEPower modules in their amps, so claimed wattages are accurate. 300W, done right, is plenty for small to medium venues unless you are playing detuned doom or similar. Until class D came along, we were quite happily using 100W (maybe 200W at a push) amps and nobody worried whether they'd be loud enough.

A Fair shout ...  but at this this price point ... your weekend warrior has more options than ever ... this combo amp is the price of a shitbox car , but it feels to me that they could have  
liked to have seen a version of their "500" or  " 750" head not a 300 model.

Hopefully we see some people with the claws on A/B it against a like priced seperate setup.  

Edited 7 hours ago by synthaside

[Dan Dare]

3 hours ago, synthaside said:

at this this price point ... your weekend warrior has more options than ever ... this combo amp is the price of a shitbox car , but it feels to me that they could have  
liked to have seen a version of their "500" or  " 750" head not a 300 model.

 

True, but Aguilar is not an entry level brand. It's expensive stuff, not least because it's made in the US. Plenty of us weekend warriors are prepared to pay the price of admission (I run an AG700). 

 

Aguilar seems to be trying for a vintage vibe with this combo. Personally, I like it, but I appreciate it isn't for everyone.

 

There are many hobbies where the stuff can cost as much as a crap car. When I tot up what I've spent on fishing tackle in recent years, it's more like the price of quite a reasonable car. I realise I'm fortunate to be able to do so. You pays yer money and takes yer choice.

[AndyTravis]

On 23/01/2026 at 22:13, Beedster said:

It’s like the old SWRs, never thought it was a good design, style over function

Yeah that was my first thought…

 

”oh look…like the old SWR combos”

 

and then I stopped looking