AMP amps!

Personally, I think they sound a hell of a lot better and an SWR (and I've owned my share of SWR's). It's (BH-420) my favorite all solid state head period...

 

The Thunderfunk is the current state of the evolution of the AMPs. I'm very happy with my TFB550, but am interested in comparisons with its predecesors ... I bought the TFB because it was so highly praised by bassists

 

If you want a comparison, hit up Brad Johnson. He has em all (AMP BH-420, Gibson GB-440 and a Thunderfunk or two).

 

anyone able to do a quick compare and contrast on the 220, 250, 260, and 420?

thanks

 

Linky?

 

No Kidding? Any reason?

 

Opportunistic, basically.

 

I'd say the 250 is VERY transparent...like it's not there...oh yeah, that's because there was no 250

The quick compare and contrast is that the 220/260 are simplified. Only three bands of sweep EQ (vs. 4 on the 420), no limiter, crossover frequency is fixed at 1Khz, only one volume (no gain/master, no clip LED), a few pounds lighter.

 

Actually, there was a 250. It was a dual channel model.
I was talking to Russ a couple of years ago and I asked if he happened to have anything laying around and he told me he wished I had gotten hold of him a week earlier because he had just gave a 250 to a friend. I don't remember the specific details, but I remember him saying something about it being 2 channel.

 

Well K-Frog if the 250 exists it's a scarce one...never seen or heard of it so it must have come out in the final year of the company's life when they also made one last stab at speaker cabs (I actually HAVE seen one of those...they put the ports inside the handles!!!).

The catalog sheets I have from a year before they went under don't list it but do have the equally rare keyboard and guitar amps.

 

I saw one (a 250) for sale on Ebay a few months back and yes it was dual channel. It was up for auction in the UK and the shipping would have killed me (I emailed him for a quote). So yes, they did exist...

 

I had only seen one prior reference to the 250 before talking to Russ, him confirming the existence, and the rarity of them.


I didn't realize they did guitar amps until I saw a broken one in the basement of a local music store about 6 months ago. I can't help but wonder how nice they were, given our love of the AMP bass heads.

 

There was a two channel recently on eBay, it was north of Baltimore IIRC. First time I'd ever seen one.

Anyone want an XB-15?

 

C'mon Brad, the XB-15 is just too cool!!!

I use mine as part of my practice rig

It's too bulky to take it on gigs, I just bought it for grins...

 

What's a XB-15?

 

Me too. Now it's just taking up space in my garage.

 

It's a convertible 1-15 cab.

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=23173

The case is a sleeve, the cab itself has an open bottom. When fully extended it's a Big ported 1-15:

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=18114

 

Yep, that's the same rig I use for practice...honest!!