New: Tech 21 VT-500 Bass Amp

[CharlieC]

Reminds me of the Aguilar Tone Hammer 500, but still is very interesting!

 

[murphy]

interesting

 

[kringle77]

Great! Im thinking one of those buttons is a mid shift? Now, if it is reasonably priced, it will be a big winner. Id actually think about building myself a combo amp around that.

 

[Rudreax]

This is pretty cool. Would love to try it.

 

[PaperbackRyder]

neither the head nor the 1x12 cab is shown on the website...???

 

[CharlieC]

I think it could have benefited from a front panel MUTE button, provided it has a dedicated TUNER OUT jack on the back panel, else perhaps it's a "moot" point.

 

[4StringsEnough]

Sounds like Tech 21 have finally sorted our their pricing. This thing looks awesome!

 

[woodyng]

Sounds like Tech 21 have finally sorted our their pricing. This thing looks awesome!

I've been waiting for this! The 2 channell 1000 watt version was just overkill for my needs. (And wallet).

 

[Musicman20]

Yeah this will do.

 

[mrufino1]

Wow, very cool. I love my vt bass and I'm sure this sounds great.

 

[4StringsEnough]

I believe in the video he said it was 8 ohm (unless you have 2 cabs which would then be 4 ohms each) which means I'm out. I currently play an Ampeg SVT but have a GK MB200 which I hate the tone but it's just there to throw in my gig back as a backup. I would replace it with this if it was a 4 ohm amp.

Err...are you sure you fully understand ohmage?!! The speaker cabinets are rated in ohms. The head has a minimum load which, in this case, is 4 ohms. Just the same as your MB200. And just the same as 99% of other solid state/class D heads. So this is as much of a "4-ohm amp" as almost any other. ;-)

 

[heavyfunkmachin]

Price? Specs? Date?

kind of excited...

 

[rodl2005]

I believe in the video he said it was 8 ohm (unless you have 2 cabs which would then be 4 ohms each) which means I'm out. I currently play an Ampeg SVT but have a GK MB200 which I hate the tone but it's just there to throw in my gig back as a backup. I would replace it with this if it was a 4 ohm amp.

As @4StringsEnough said. ...the CABS are 8 ohms each. The AMP will run at 300w @ 8 ohms and 500w @ 4 ohms, most likely the amp won't do run safely at 2 ohms (as your SVT {CL is it?} won't run safely at 8 ohms but will be OK at 4 or 2 ohms [actually the SVT-CL will most likely run fine at 8 ohms] & your mb200 will run at about 100w @ 8 ohms and the full 200w into 4 ohms).
It's pretty usual for s.s. amps to run exactly the same. Usually it's only ALL TUBE amps that put their full rated power into whichever impedance load (ohms) they're safe to run at. e.g. the SVT-CL will put its 300w into either 4 or 2 ohms. The Fender Super Bassman - 300w into 8,4 & 2 ohms, the Orange AD200B - 200w into 4 or 8 ohms.

 

[Jeff Scott]

And, so it begins..........once again!

 

[TheCouchBassist]

neither the head nor the 1x12 cab is shown on the website...???

Agreed. I scoured their website yesterday, but didn't find the head (didn't look for the cab).

 

[Sav'nBass]

Yeah that does look interesting. They make great stuff.

 

[MJ_Sotti]

I was just starting to think about a micro...my favorite bells & whistles are on T21 stuff, or the PFs...but we all know how painful that could be.

 

[4StringsEnough]

I was just starting to think about a micro...my favorite bells & whistles are on T21 stuff, or the PFs...but we all know how painful that could be.

IMHO Tech 21 does Ampeg better than Ampeg does Ampeg. I'd happily take this new VT Bass 500 over a PF500. YMMV.

 

[woodyng]

And, so it begins..........once again!

Errr,ah...what?

For me,GAS begins again.......is that what you're referring to?

 

[tech21nyc]

As @4StringsEnough said. ...the CABS are 8 ohms each. The AMP will run at 300w @ 8 ohms and 500w @ 4 ohms, most likely the amp won't do run safely at 2 ohms (as your SVT {CL is it?} won't run safely at 8 ohms but will be OK at 4 or 2 ohms [actually the SVT-CL will most likely run fine at 8 ohms] & your mb200 will run at about 100w @ 8 ohms and the full 200w into 4 ohms).
It's pretty usual for s.s. amps to run exactly the same. Usually it's only ALL TUBE amps that put their full rated power into whichever impedance load (ohms) they're safe to run at. e.g. the SVT-CL will put its 300w into either 4 or 2 ohms. The Fender Super Bassman - 300w into 8,4 & 2 ohms, the Orange AD200B - 200w into 4 or 8 ohms.

Correct. The amp needs a 4 Ohm load minimum. The cabs we make for this are 8 ohms. There was no point in trying to find a single 4 Ohm 12" speaker that would safely handle 500 watts RMS. The cabs are light, I just picked one up. Rear ported with a switch for the HF driver.