Behringer BX4500H Head

[bassking511]

im looking at heads in the 300-450W range for about under 400 bucks. I saw the Behringer BX4500H. It's $250 and 450W...is it any good

also i heard the ashdown Mag 300 h is good( but it's only 307 w)


any advice, thanks
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Ibanez GSR 200, Transparent Red Cherry
ghetto 15w keyboard amp( soon to be lit on fire in my yard)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[Kronos]

I wouldn't get a behringer. I have one, and I regret getting it

PLEASE SEARCH, THERE'S TONS OF INFO ON BEHRINGER.

 

[lame(B)ass]

The Behringer is nice for that price. But if you go used, you can find much better deals.

 

[SBassman]

I have done well with my Behringer 300w head.

 

[Bradweiser]

People seem to really be negative on Behringer, however I think that most of it is simply people going along with the crowd rather than really commenting on personal experience.
That being said, I haven't tried any of their cabs, but I do have the BX4500H and for the money it's fantastic.

Yes, there are features on it that I could certaintly do without (like the octave down feature) but it's been good and reliable to me for almost a year now.

 

[Theonestarchild]

I had a BX1200. The ultrabass is useless, and I would play it at volume 4 gain 10, and it would start smelling like burning plastic. I think the power supply fan died. Had it for 29 days, sent it back on the 33rd day to zzounds. Thank god I did. Get a much nicer head for the same price used. And I am speaking from experience. But yes, most of the people on here are "Ampeg this" and "eden that".... If you're looking for low cost, get a used peavey or something.

 

[i_got_a_mohawk]

im looking at heads in the 300-450W range for about under 400 bucks. I saw the Behringer BX4500H. It's $250 and 450W...is it any good

also i heard the ashdown Mag 300 h is good( but it's only 307 w)


any advice, thanks
------------------------------------------------
Ibanez GSR 200, Transparent Red Cherry
ghetto 15w keyboard amp( soon to be lit on fire in my yard)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Get a Peavey Firebass 700 or Max 700 (same head with different coloured faceplate), ive seen them brand new condition on the US ebay for $300, and they are really good heads for the price, really powerful too, 475 watts @ 4 ohm and 700 watts @ 2 ohm, peavey rate things really conservativley IMO aswell, because its pretty damned loud , oh, and i would doubt you would have to worry about it breaking , only downside is it might be a little on the heavy side, but im not complaining because it weighs less than half what my SVT-II does in its case!

 

[Plain Old Me]

My guitarist had a Berhinger. It crapped out fairly quickly, and dealing with Berhinger service was like trying to find a needle in a haystack. The stuff is not bad sounding, but theres a pretty good chance that the head dies and then you are left with pretty much nothing. Look used for something better.

 

[daffy]

I have had by BX4500 head and BB410 cab for about a year now and I'm very happy with it. I spent over 2 months looking for second hand stuff in shops and on eBay and couldn't find anything reasonable at even twice the price I paid for the rig.

At a gig the other week, I lent my rig to the other band's bass player and she was so impressed with the Behringer sound I ended up having to talk her out of selling her Fender head and EV cab! At least three other people came up to her/me and said how good she sounded that night too.

Turns out she has an EV 115 cab and I think she probably needs a 410 of some sort but she is still going off to buy the same rig as me (she's keeping her other head/cab as well though!).

 

[Luke73]

im looking at heads in the 300-450W range for about under 400 bucks. I saw the Behringer BX4500H. It's $250 and 450W...is it any good

also i heard the ashdown Mag 300 h is good( but it's only 307 w)


any advice, thanks
------------------------------------------------
Ibanez GSR 200, Transparent Red Cherry
ghetto 15w keyboard amp( soon to be lit on fire in my yard)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

I've owned Behringer, and Ashdown.

In fact, I currently have the Ashdown Mag300 head.

Seriously - get the Ashdown. It's much nicer.

The difference between 300watts and 450 watts is actually very little (almost nothing) in volume terms.

 

[Plain Old Me]

The difference between 300watts and 450 watts is actually very little (almost nothing) in volume terms.

It takes 10X the number of watts for something to be 2X as loud.

 

[Luke73]

It takes 10X the number of watts for something to be 2X as loud.

That's very true, and the wattage must double for the volume difference to even be perceptible.

Like I said - there's almost no difference between 300w and 450w

 

[Plain Old Me]

What cab are you using?