i stopped by my local GC last week to pick up some strings for my acoustic guitar. I play several instruments other than bass, but my guitar doesn't get as much play as I'd like, so it had been awhile since I last changed strings.
While my wife and I wandered around so I could see if anything caught my eye, we started talking about how I was considering going back to using an amp again (I've been ampless for about three years now, with a pedalboard handling my tone shaping needs.)
She hits me with an unexpected bombshell and tells me I should buy an amp, like that day!!
So I started fiddling around with what the store had in stock. After playing through a couple Ampeg wedge combos, I noticed a TC BG250-112 so I gave it a shot. My wife liked the tone better than the Ampegs and immediately told me I should I buy it.
I wasn't entirely sold. For one, I prefer 15's rather than the the 12" combo they had in stock, and I wanted to do a bit more research before pulling the trigger.
So home I went to continue my shopping online, hopefully settling on something before the wife changed her mind.
I ended up ordering the BG250-115, as well as the Switch 3 footswitch for it.
I haven't had a chance to use it with the band yet, but I've spent several days now getting things set up to sound nice with my pedals, not to mention some quality time going through the available Toneprints to see what will be most useful in my cover band.
I gotta say, I'm really digging it so far. It seems like it will have plenty of power for my purposes, and I really like the way they did the EQ on these amps. The onboard tuner and Toneprints are a nice bonus. I'm totally impressed with how well the octave effects track. No warbly crap on low notes.
I always play with PA support, since I own the PA my band uses, so I wasn't looking for an amp that can put out huge amounts of volume, though at 250 watts it has plenty for most of the places we play. I needed something small to use a a monitor for myself, and this seems like it's gonna do the job just fine.
Now I just gotta buy an amp stand for it so I can aim it towards my head so I don't have to push the volume too much to help keep the stage volume down.
While my wife and I wandered around so I could see if anything caught my eye, we started talking about how I was considering going back to using an amp again (I've been ampless for about three years now, with a pedalboard handling my tone shaping needs.)
She hits me with an unexpected bombshell and tells me I should buy an amp, like that day!!
So I started fiddling around with what the store had in stock. After playing through a couple Ampeg wedge combos, I noticed a TC BG250-112 so I gave it a shot. My wife liked the tone better than the Ampegs and immediately told me I should I buy it.
I wasn't entirely sold. For one, I prefer 15's rather than the the 12" combo they had in stock, and I wanted to do a bit more research before pulling the trigger.
So home I went to continue my shopping online, hopefully settling on something before the wife changed her mind.
I ended up ordering the BG250-115, as well as the Switch 3 footswitch for it.
I haven't had a chance to use it with the band yet, but I've spent several days now getting things set up to sound nice with my pedals, not to mention some quality time going through the available Toneprints to see what will be most useful in my cover band.
I gotta say, I'm really digging it so far. It seems like it will have plenty of power for my purposes, and I really like the way they did the EQ on these amps. The onboard tuner and Toneprints are a nice bonus. I'm totally impressed with how well the octave effects track. No warbly crap on low notes.
I always play with PA support, since I own the PA my band uses, so I wasn't looking for an amp that can put out huge amounts of volume, though at 250 watts it has plenty for most of the places we play. I needed something small to use a a monitor for myself, and this seems like it's gonna do the job just fine.
Now I just gotta buy an amp stand for it so I can aim it towards my head so I don't have to push the volume too much to help keep the stage volume down.
