Recent content by nickgrooves

UPDATE: Played my outdoor cinco de mayo gig this past weekend. Tried turning the Gain (pre) up a little (9 o'clock) and the post volume at half (12 o'clock). Sounded great but the red limiter button kept blinking on whenever I thumped hard. I turned the Gain all the way back to zero (7 o'clock)...

:bassist: Yah man! Slappin' da Bayasss!

What's that? and how long did that take?

Re: price point, I know that's right! I paid $150 for my head "used" but it looks brand new save a couple scratches on the rear panel. Fan is audible, which is weird for me (guitar amps don't have fans) but once I start playing who cares! The tone controls will take some getting used to since...

Wow that's weird because this manual, same section, omits "rms" and just says "450 watts into 4 ohms" ... behringer () com/assets/BX4500H_P0362_M_EN () pdf

How is that possible? Sounds like you are sending way more watts than those cab can handle.

Cool. Well the real volume/power/wattage/SPL test will be Saturday. We've got an outdoors Cinco de Mayo gig. We shall see!

Well thanks guys for the informative replies. Not sure what all the lingo means (~1% THD?) but I can google :) I had band rehearsal Sunday night, granted it was a fairly small room but the head/cab was plenty loud at 33% [post] volume. My concern about the head wattage is because I don't want to...

Hi gang. This is my first post on the forum, and I'm a closet novice bassist, so please be gentle :) I do have a question about the RMS wattage, but first I wish to add my observations to your comments. I have the behringer 4500. I've noticed the volt meter not moving much, but it does move on...