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Aguilar Tone Hammer 350

#241
Got my TH350 yesterday and took it right to a rehearsal with fairly loud drums and single guitar. It was pretty remarkable. Through a newer AE210 it had plenty of volume and grunt. It also sounds great on its own.

This might be my favorite micro amp yet. I really dig it.
 
#243
Last week I ordered a TC Electronics BH250 to use for practicing at home & as a back-up for my Eden WT405. Nice features & pretty loud for 250 watts, but I couldn't resist grabbing an Eden WTX264 for the same price yesterday. After about 2 hours I sent the WTX right back! :rollno: I am expecting my TH350 tomorrow :hyper: and will see which one I keep.

I'm just wondering will I miss having an adjustable compression, auxillary input, & headphone. In then meantime, can anyone compare the TH350 to the Eden WT405? (Tone, versatility, etc)
 
#251
pauliebass said:
I'm no tech guy on amps. I think the architecture on this guy is an amp that is always wide open and the master volume is part of the preamp. This might cause problems with adding an aux in and headphone out. Am I totally messing this logic up? Probably.
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There are lots of headphone/CD-mp3 practice solutions in the market, already; perhaps Aguilar is just not interested in these being silent practice amps, maybe they want people to go out and do gigs with them? :bassist:
 
#252
Jeff Scott said:
There are lots of headphone/CD-mp3 practice solutions in the market, already; perhaps Aguilar is just not interested in these being silent practice amps, maybe they want people to go out and do gigs with them? :bassist:
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True. But it still doesn't negate the fact that a headphone and aux-in jack would be money. Why buy a headphone rig when you could have one built into your amp? It would make practice quite a but easier when all I would need to do is line out from an iPod or my laptop into my amp.....then head phones on and volla! Just saying'
 
#253
g4string said:
True. But it still doesn't negate the fact that a headphone and aux-in jack would be money. Why buy a headphone rig when you could have one built into your amp? It would make practice quite a but easier when all I would need to do is line out from an iPod or my laptop into my amp.....then head phones on and volla! Just saying'
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It makes sense on these smaller heads too which are destined to be practice/small gig amps.
 
#254
g4string said:
True. But it still doesn't negate the fact that a headphone and aux-in jack would be money. Why buy a headphone rig when you could have one built into your amp? It would make practice quite a but easier when all I would need to do is line out from an iPod or my laptop into my amp.....then head phones on and volla! Just saying'
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I agree. I had that on my TC head and used it all the time.
 
#255
g4string said:
True. But it still doesn't negate the fact that a headphone and aux-in jack would be money. Why buy a headphone rig when you could have one built into your amp? It would make practice quite a but easier when all I would need to do is line out from an iPod or my laptop into my amp.....then head phones on and volla! Just saying'
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Having finally sold my Shuttle, I'll be picking up a TH amp this week (350 or 500 is to be determined), and I fully intend to gig, and gig often, with it. That said, I am really going to miss the headphone out and aux in jack on the Shuttle. My amp often ran our backing tracks at practice, or was used to play a tune that we were covering so that we could listen to how a part of it was done. My use of the headphone jack certainly didn't preclude me gigging and playing with it - quite the opposite...it facilitated practicing and eventually gigging more.

I don't know enough about electronics or amp design to know if adding those two jacks would compromise the circuit in any way or not, but what little knowledge I do have makes me think that it wouldn't, and if that is the case, what prevents them from being added? Furthermore, if those jacks existed, then whatever money I'll have to spend on a headphone amp or other solution now could be going into Aguilar's pocket, which would make them happy.

Don't get me wrong, I cannot wait to get a TH amp in my hands and start playing it, but missing those features hurts a little.
 
#256
Well, this thread convinced me - I've gone and bought a TH350, should be here in a week or so. All the real-life stories from gigs and practices that talked about how potent this "little" amp was sold me on it. In the end, it just didn't seem to make sense to pay $200 more for the few extra watts of the TH500 that probably add up to about 1.5dB of extra volume (i.e. just perceptible), especially when that $200 gets me a good part of the way towards adding another cabinet and increasing my volume that way. It was also rather persuasive to discover that the power module in the TH350 is the same one that was in my Shuttle 6.0, and I found that amp to be plenty loud for all the applications I used it in.

I cannot wait for it to arrive, and to give it a good run-through!
 
#258
blindrabbit said:
Well, this thread convinced me - I've gone and bought a TH350, should be here in a week or so. All the real-life stories from gigs and practices that talked about how potent this "little" amp was sold me on it. In the end, it just didn't seem to make sense to pay $200 more for the few extra watts of the TH500 that probably add up to about 1.5dB of extra volume (i.e. just perceptible), especially when that $200 gets me a good part of the way towards adding another cabinet and increasing my volume that way. It was also rather persuasive to discover that the power module in the TH350 is the same one that was in my Shuttle 6.0, and I found that amp to be plenty loud for all the applications I used it in.

I cannot wait for it to arrive, and to give it a good run-through!
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I used the same logic and am glad I did. I love my TH350. It's an amazing little amp.
 
#260
"Plenty of headroom and volume !"

I agree. I played another gig with the TH350 and my GB 2x10 on Saturday with a full rock band. This thing never sees more than 12 on the master. Lots of power and great tone, of course.

After playing it for a few months I find that I keep the tone controls and gain set in one position all night and simply adjust the drive knob between 0 and 3/4 depending on the song and the particular bass I'm playing.

Good stuff!
 

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