I'm looking at buying some TC electronic gear soon just wondered if anyone has tried them out before?
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TC electronic bass head & cabs - any good?
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Yeah I'm looking at the BH500 with a BC410+BC210. TC say that that this set-up is do-able.
- Apr 3, 2003
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Both 8 Ohm cabs? or is the 410 a 4 Ohm cab and the 210 an 8 Ohm cab?
I would recommend you try before you buy. As with all gear some people love the TC sound, others like something else.
If that is the case, then I would not pair the 210 with the 410. Both cabs would see the same amount of power, which means the speakers in the 210 see double the power of the speakers in the 410. This may not be a problem when using the TC amps as they have a history of power spec abuse (The RH amps claim way higher power ratings than their amps are capable, but I am not sure if the BH has the same shenanigans going on). But as bass players we sometimes are fickle and might move on to a different amp.
If I was buying two cabs from TC to use, it would be two of their 212's.
No. The BC410 is 4 ohm only. Most TC heads are designed to happily handle a marginally odd impedence (5.3 ohm or something?) so you can use one of these 410s with one of the smaller 8 ohm cabs, but running a pair of them would theoretically require a 2 ohm head (I think the Ohm thing goes in the other direction too because the BH500 can apparently support two of these cabs. It must go down to 3.1 or something?)
The BC410 is not one of my favourites. 500w is a low rating for a 4 ohm cab. It would not be pairable with many non-TC head units.
If you're keen on TC I'd say that while the price of the BC stuff is tempting, you're better off saving for the RS cabs which are great gear.
The BC410 is not one of my favourites. 500w is a low rating for a 4 ohm cab. It would not be pairable with many non-TC head units.
If you're keen on TC I'd say that while the price of the BC stuff is tempting, you're better off saving for the RS cabs which are great gear.
i have bh500 2 off 2*12, great rig solid reliable, played small gigs with 1cab and back of lorry outdoor 2000+ volume great and traveled well, really load. going to pick up 2*10 january to be able to handle all situations. tone is sweet can dial in all genre of sounda with effects. would say 4*10 + 2*12 would be best compination.
Not really. For a 410 it is actually a pretty honest rating. I would be more suspect of anyone selling a 410 claiming a power rating that is much larger than 500 watts. Full range 10's that are cheap enough to use in mass market cabs are going to reach their mechanical limits much sooner than their thermal ratings.
I dunno. Honestly I wouldn't touch any cab with less than 800RMS at 4, just because you pretty much be mostly limited to amps rated at 500w or less. It's a good cab for the money if you're going to stick with TC amp heads (which is what they want you to do) but it wouldn't be of much use to you if you wanted to upgrade to a higher rated 4 ohm amp from a different company later down the track, like a 1001 or SVT7 for instance.
That's why there should always have an 8 ohm option. It's super irritating that they don't do it but the reasoning is sound. If you want a good 8 ohm 410 from TC you need to pony up and get an RS.
I never said 4 Ohm 410's made any sense...
The point I was trying to make is that power ratings are thermal and dont actually tell you how much power the cab will handle before it pops. In a 410 with the average driver that is going to be around 500 watts regardless of the impedance of the cab.
I started out with the BH500 which introduced me to the TC sound. After some A/B:ing and test of the sexy TonePrint feature I got me a BH250 with a RS112 cabinet.. and if it hadn`t been for my good friend mr. Showoff and his RH450 guestapperance on late night rehearsel I would have been satisfied with that.
Now I have the RS112 + RS210 and a RH450 setup and are heard through the 2 guitarists Marshall VM2266 stack (full), and the medium loud drummer,-s attempt to drive out my brain through the nose..
Had Fenders, Ampegs and Peaveays Combos plus some EBS and Trace rigs before but will never go back to those again - Weight contra backache have won me over (have no raiders or roadcrew on my kinda gigs)
Now I have the RS112 + RS210 and a RH450 setup and are heard through the 2 guitarists Marshall VM2266 stack (full), and the medium loud drummer,-s attempt to drive out my brain through the nose..
Had Fenders, Ampegs and Peaveays Combos plus some EBS and Trace rigs before but will never go back to those again - Weight contra backache have won me over (have no raiders or roadcrew on my kinda gigs)
I run the TC Electronic BH250; TC makes much bigger amps, but this one is perfect for my needs. Its got a built in tuner, a very responsive EQ, line out for the front of the house, 250W RMS, can run multiple cabinets, and of course the new Toneprint capabilities. With the Toneprint feature, I am able to add a single effect at a time through my iPhone; I just select the effect, point the phone at the pickups, and beam it across to the amp. I usually use the Tube Drive (makes it sound like an overdriven tube amp) or the SpectraComp (which is an individual string compressor). It's also very reasonably priced, and as a guitar player converting to bass, I didn't need some huge head cranking out 900W, just something for practice, bar gigs, and such. I run a few pedals out front to provide some texture, and the head takes them well. The best thing about it is the miniature size of the head which fits in my bass guitar gig bag, so I am able to take just one trip from the car to the stage - bass and head in a gigbag, pedals and cables in a small over the shoulder pack, and an Avatar 2x10. At this point, I am all about a reliable rig thats easy to setup, and this is perfect. At home, I am stacking the Avatar with my 4x10 cab, which essentially gives me a 6x10 that is plenty to rumble the walls of my house.
SOOOO much information to be found in established threads really. The rh450 megathreads would be where I would start - even for the BH heads etc.
