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Aguilar Tone Hammer 350

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It might have the same power amp module (B&O if I'm not mistaken), but the GB Streamliner 900 (not sure about the Shuttle 9.0) is tuned to produce quite a bit more output than the TH500. i know as I've used both and the Streamliner 900 has quite a bit more oomph.
 
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I think it would have to be quite a bit less expensive to justify, as the TH500 is already a very small weight/form factor amplifier and relatively inexpensive at that. IMO, if the street price was about $350, the TH350 might be an "ok" deal, but for a few hun more, you can get the big-daddy in the Aguilar digital amp family. I'm guessing the TH350 will be made in China, as opposed to NY for the TH500 as well.
 
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Limeman said:
I think it would have to be quite a bit less expensive to justify, as the TH500 is already a very small weight/form factor amplifier and relatively inexpensive at that. IMO, if the street price was about $350, the TH350 might be an "ok" deal, but for a few hun more, you can get the big-daddy in the Aguilar digital amp family. I'm guessing the TH350 will be made in China, as opposed to NY for the TH500 as well.
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Not supposed to displace the Tone Hammer 500. Our goal here is to make sure that everybody has the Aguilar that is the best fit for them. This Tone Hammer is smaller, lighter, and costs less than the Tone Hammer 500. For many players, it will be plenty of power. It is built alongside the 500 and the DB 751 in our New York city shop. Same parts, preamp, etc...smaller power section. This one uses the B&O ASX 125, which many builders use in their 500-600 watt amps.
Things that are different: EFX loop is gone. Most pedals should be in front of the amp anyway. One speakon only, so you need to daisy chain cabinets. One fan only, which is plenty for this design. 350 watts...continuous....no shutdowns...etc....We expect the street price to be $499. in the USA. Again, built by us in New York.

Hope this helps. We weren't expecting the Premier Guitar ad to publish so soon, so we hadn't done a press release yet!

Happy Holidays to everyone, and a terrific 2012!!!!

Best,
Dave B.
 
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Aguilar/Dave B. said:
Not supposed to displace the Tone Hammer 500. Our goal here is to make sure that everybody has the Aguilar that is the best fit for them. This Tone Hammer is smaller, lighter, and costs less than the Tone Hammer 500. For many players, it will be plenty of power. It is built alongside the 500 and the DB 751 in our New York city shop. Same parts, preamp, etc...smaller power section. This one uses the B&O ASX 125, which many builders use in their 500-600 watt amps.
Things that are different: EFX loop is gone. Most pedals should be in front of the amp anyway. One speakon only, so you need to daisy chain cabinets. One fan only, which is plenty for this design. 350 watts...continuous....no shutdowns...etc....We expect the street price to be $499. in the USA. Again, built by us in New York.

Hope this helps. We weren't expecting the Premier Guitar ad to publish so soon, so we hadn't done a press release yet!

Happy Holidays to everyone, and a terrific 2012!!!!

Best,
Dave B.
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Hey Dave, cool deal! I'm really impressed with my TH500; I've owned most of the popular micro heads out there, and while I thought that (almost) all of them sounded fine, the TH500 is the one that really knocked my socks off.

Any thoughts of building a higher-output version with roughly the same form factor/weight?
 

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