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GK MB 200 vs tc electronic bh-250 ? Which one ?
- Thread starter Pimmsley
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If the fan is too loud in the PF350, I will just turn it up dude!
I will keep trying. I've got an extension cable around here someplace with 1/8" ends. I will find it tomorrow & try it. The headphones were a bad choice. They would essentially turn into a bad microphone in that jack.
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bdwgml,
FWIW my MB200 is quiet. Ultra quiet. No hiss even with the amp turned up past 3 o'clock and the mids on full and treble up 3/4 of the way. With a 2x15 cabinet, it's pretty loud. I suspect yours has a defect.
Ken R
FWIW my MB200 is quiet. Ultra quiet. No hiss even with the amp turned up past 3 o'clock and the mids on full and treble up 3/4 of the way. With a 2x15 cabinet, it's pretty loud. I suspect yours has a defect.
Ken R
I suspected the same after spending a week trying different ways of shielding my bass, LOL.
I plugged "noisy MB200" into gOOgle & Voila, TB was full of threads about the same problem.
hissing was a complaint of some of the early MIC ones before they brought assembly back inhouse.
I found my 1/8" male to male cord today & wrapped a piece of tin foil around one end, then clipped an alligator clip on it & hung it from the handles of the amp, which are metal.
Then I connected the other end into the aux jack, but there was no difference.
His amp must have an individualized fault, or maybe we're talking about a different problem.
I was in the same position, and got the BH250. Didn't get to try the MB200 because I could not try it out. I like the TC just fine, it does warm and fat, but also modern and clear. I have been doing metal songs in rehearsal and it sound massive through a custom 4x10 loaded with eminence speakers, and I only turn it up to noon, or slightly past it. After the 2hs the BH250 is cool, does not break a sweat.
Great grinding tone. I use the Bassman patch on a Zoom B2 and stright to the amp. And a classic vibe 60s jazz squier with seymour duncan quarterpounders tuned to D standard. Very pleased with the setup so far.
Go try them out!
Edit: I meant I didn´t get the MB200 because I couldn´t try it out, but it was the amp I was aiming at. Still, very satisfied with the TC. It's just a little amp that you can carry anywhere. Around these parts most rehearsal spaces have provided cabs annd heads, so it's just load the head, bass and cables and off I go to make noise
Great grinding tone. I use the Bassman patch on a Zoom B2 and stright to the amp. And a classic vibe 60s jazz squier with seymour duncan quarterpounders tuned to D standard. Very pleased with the setup so far.
Go try them out!
Edit: I meant I didn´t get the MB200 because I couldn´t try it out, but it was the amp I was aiming at. Still, very satisfied with the TC. It's just a little amp that you can carry anywhere. Around these parts most rehearsal spaces have provided cabs annd heads, so it's just load the head, bass and cables and off I go to make noise
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Have no experience with the TC.
but at one time I had 4 MB-200's
Down to three now.
Sold one, too cheap.
Love them! All mine are quiet!
but at one time I had 4 MB-200's
Down to three now.
Sold one, too cheap.Love them! All mine are quiet!
I returned the gk115 and bought a TC bh250 and a peavey 4x10 headliner cab and i'm very happy with my decision. Although I absolutely loved how much you can mess around with the EQ on the combo, I just felt that 1)The low end on the 15" was just overpowering and 2) I was looking for the best combination of portability and sound. So when I tried out the mb200 I was loving the GK sound but decided to take the gamble on the TC BH250 which I had never played.
The way I see it all the micro bass heads have limited EQ customization, however the BH does a really good job of maximizing the possibilities with only a bass, mid, and, treble knob. AND I am a huge fan of the tone print function which goes a huge way in creating your own tone including adding more drive. (Spectracomp N Drive
).
And a little story for everyone whose in between the beginner and intermediate scope of things. This was my second amp purchase (first big amp) and I wanted to make sure whatever I bought could be heard with heavy drums and high gain guitar. I like to play everything from rush to system of a down to jamming some heavy metal. The first couple of times I would play with my friends I was using a SVT-4 with a heritage 8x10 cab. Didn't want to mess with the EQ so I only just tweaked the gain a little bit. It was OK.
But just the other week I decided to bring my BH250 and hook it up to the 8x10 and I was blown away by how nice this thing sounds when pushing 8 speakers. I was never too low, I put it up to 12 o'lock and it was the loudest the bass ever sounded in that practice space. I am very happy with this purchase and has got me kicking myself of how many hours I spent taking watts into account. The good thing about micro bass heads is that they are micro. You don't like it, send it back save yourself the $70 dollars it cost me to return my GK combo. I got my TC off amazon from Chicago music exchange.
Just remember, it only uses speakon.
This is definelty a +1 to TC but not to sway anyone from going GK, I loved the tone from my MB combo and was blinded by master craftsmanship that goes into their products. I just decided to take a chance with the BH instead and I 'm happy I did.
Also any one get their hands on the Peavey micro bass head yet?
The way I see it all the micro bass heads have limited EQ customization, however the BH does a really good job of maximizing the possibilities with only a bass, mid, and, treble knob. AND I am a huge fan of the tone print function which goes a huge way in creating your own tone including adding more drive. (Spectracomp N Drive
).And a little story for everyone whose in between the beginner and intermediate scope of things. This was my second amp purchase (first big amp) and I wanted to make sure whatever I bought could be heard with heavy drums and high gain guitar. I like to play everything from rush to system of a down to jamming some heavy metal. The first couple of times I would play with my friends I was using a SVT-4 with a heritage 8x10 cab. Didn't want to mess with the EQ so I only just tweaked the gain a little bit. It was OK.
But just the other week I decided to bring my BH250 and hook it up to the 8x10 and I was blown away by how nice this thing sounds when pushing 8 speakers. I was never too low, I put it up to 12 o'lock and it was the loudest the bass ever sounded in that practice space. I am very happy with this purchase and has got me kicking myself of how many hours I spent taking watts into account. The good thing about micro bass heads is that they are micro. You don't like it, send it back save yourself the $70 dollars it cost me to return my GK combo. I got my TC off amazon from Chicago music exchange.
Just remember, it only uses speakon.
This is definelty a +1 to TC but not to sway anyone from going GK, I loved the tone from my MB combo and was blinded by master craftsmanship that goes into their products. I just decided to take a chance with the BH instead and I 'm happy I did.
Also any one get their hands on the Peavey micro bass head yet?
4 years after the first posts....
I'm looking for a very simple bass head to use when I host jam sessions. I bring a Walter Woods now which seems to really confuse people...when I look at the knobs after someone has used it I realize they can't even find the volume knobs! You know, the one marked MASTER
The GK and TC both have only one volume knob and simple EQ...nothing to confuse folks.
Since local GCs can't be bothered to stock either of these (everything is "ship to store in 7 days") I can't evaluate the tone myself.
Pertinent facts:
I tried a Fender Rumble 500 and wasn't happy with it, the voicing was so far from flat causing me EQ issues when I played DB at the jams. I also tried a GK MB115 (Chinese) but was really unhappy with the voicing of the cabinet...hyped lows and not enough definition. The jam leader asked me to stop using it, in fact, so I sold it.
I'm leaning GK at this point because the high mid EQ is voiced nicely for my DB and the TC mid is voiced too low, but my #1 concern is reliability, the head has to be bulletproof. I figure after being used for a few years, owners here could comment on that.
I'm looking for a very simple bass head to use when I host jam sessions. I bring a Walter Woods now which seems to really confuse people...when I look at the knobs after someone has used it I realize they can't even find the volume knobs! You know, the one marked MASTER
The GK and TC both have only one volume knob and simple EQ...nothing to confuse folks.Since local GCs can't be bothered to stock either of these (everything is "ship to store in 7 days") I can't evaluate the tone myself.
Pertinent facts:
I tried a Fender Rumble 500 and wasn't happy with it, the voicing was so far from flat causing me EQ issues when I played DB at the jams. I also tried a GK MB115 (Chinese) but was really unhappy with the voicing of the cabinet...hyped lows and not enough definition. The jam leader asked me to stop using it, in fact, so I sold it.
I'm leaning GK at this point because the high mid EQ is voiced nicely for my DB and the TC mid is voiced too low, but my #1 concern is reliability, the head has to be bulletproof. I figure after being used for a few years, owners here could comment on that.
I owned the BH250 for 3 years and reliability was never a concern. Matter of fact I don't think there are many complaints on it here if any on reliability. It seems the amp heads are pretty reliable but the combos for some reason had some issues. In any case all of my TC heads have been very reliable and the EQ is quite versatile. The only reason I no longer have the BH250 is because I also purchased the BH800 when it came out and was not really using the 250 much. So again, reliability should not be a concern. However if you already think it sounds dark, maybe you shouldn't buy one then because it will always be in the back of your mind bugging you.
