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For sale Trickfish Bullhead 1K amplifier w/bag & rack ears

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For sale (NO TRADES PLEASE) is a Trickfish Bullhead 1k amplifier with the newer Trickfish amp bag (which I bought new for this amp). The guy I got the amp from had it rack mounted, so it has some scratches on the top and bottom, but otherwise is in very good shape. Comes with the rack ears as well as the power cord and printed manual. I think I have the box somewhere too.

Asking $925 fee free shipped to the lower 48. I'm on the northwest side of Chicago, local deal saves shipping. Any questions or want more pics, let me know.

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Bullhead 1K – TRICKFISH AMPLIFICATION

From the manufacturer:

"The Trickfish team has put all of our experience and skill into making the Bullhead 1K a truly musical piece of equipment. The design goals were modest: build a pre-amp that had the lowest noise floor possible so when we record it’s nice and quiet, employ powerful EQ’s so we can shape the sound in the most musical way possible and utilize a stout, no-nonsense power amp that delivers when you’re digging in and pouring on the heat. We kept it simple and clean so that it would be easy to operate on stage – big knobs that are easy to grab and full size switches to minimize fumbling.

Featuring the acclaimed Mike Pope designed low noise pre-amp integrated with a tour proven, 1000W Class D power amplifier, the Bullhead 1K offers all of the professional features and performance expected of a Trickfish product. Housed in a robust aluminum chassis, the powerful head offers a wide variety of tone-shaping capabilities via a 4-band EQ and 8 frequency select options.

Bullhead 1K Specifications

Power Output:

4 Ohms: 1000W @ 1% THD
8 Ohms: 1000W @ 1% THD

Power Amplifier: Class D

Power Supply: Switch-Mode Power Supply

Pre-Amp: Low noise solid state

Input: ¼’ Phone with switchable attenuation
and rotary gain control

Input Level Indicator: 10 Segment LED Ladder

EQ: 4 Band Switchable

Shelving Bass and Treble with selectable Hi-Pass frequencies

Low-Mid and Hi –Mid -Variable Gain, Band Pass EQ with selectable frequency/ bandwidth options

Master Volume: Rotary Control

Line In: 1/8” mini jack

Headphone Out: Stereo ¼” Phone jack

Mute Switch

AC Mains Power Switch with LED Indicator

EFX Loop: Series/Parallel selectable, w/ground lift

Tuner Out: ¼” Phone Jack

Mute Footswitch: ¼” Phone Jack, Latching type switch

Direct Out: 600 Ohm Balanced, XLR, Pre/Post, Ground Lift and Level control

Speaker Outputs: 2 x Neutrik Combi-Connectors accept NL2, NL4 or ¼” Phone

Chassis: Aluminum

Removable Rubber Feet: Adhesive backed

Rack Ears (Optional)

Size:

(H x W x D in.) 3.39 x 15.1 x 8
(H x W x D cm) 8.6 x 38.41 x 20.32

Weight: 6.7 lbs / 3.05 kg"

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MattLplaysBass

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I'm just copying and pasting specs from the manufacturer's site, but a search here on tb found this- looks like they measure in "peak" and not "rms" like everyone else does. It's a plenty loud amp, that's for sure.

And the link included there doesn't work any more, but I think this is the power module used

S-PRO2 - Pascal Audio

I emailed to ask them a question regarding their power ratings years ago and didn't understand their reply. I'll see if I can dig up that Convo. The key here seems to be if "continuous power" is the same as RMS, and that most manufacturers, I believe, use the 1% THD rating, not the lower one.

EDIT:
Here's the question I sent them. (Seems like I worded it rudely without intention.):

"Hi I'm a bit confused by something so I thought I'd bring it to your attention, in case it helps. I notice that your Bullhead 1k amp is rated at 1000W peak at 8 ohms. That's it--no other information. This is confusing because just about every bass amp manufacturer uses watts RMS rather than peak watts to describe their amp's output power. They also tell you how much power the amp puts out at 4 ohms. You've chosen not to give this information and I wonder if it was a decision you made on purpose or if there was a mistake. You have a fairly expensive amp geared toward people who know something about amps, even if we're not engineers. It seems like a strange oversight. Thanks for reading."

And this was Trickfish's reply:

http://www.pascal-audio.com/downloads/S-PRO2_Datasheet-1_20.pdf

"Here is some detailed info on the power amp module. We've added extra capacitors to improve the peak handling capabilities of the module.

There is a lot of confusion and misinformation on the veracity of RMS specs and we chose not to add that spec as it's relatively meaningless when someone is evaluating an amplifier. Not every amp manufacturer uses standardized test protocols to arrive at their data and an RMS rating tells you nothing about the ability of the amp to handle transients.

The more important spec when it comes to music is the peak rating. In other words, how does the amp handle transients? That tells you about the dynamics of the amp - basically the headroom you'll need to evaluate the musical properties of the amp. In actual playing situations this the more important spec.

FYI - We've measured the BH1K at 1275W at 4 ohms with 1% distortion."

This was 2017 so I don't know if the specs have changed since then.
 

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