TC Electronic launches BAM200

[TalkBass]

With 200 Watts of cutting-edge Class-D power in your corner, this minuscule bass head punches well above its weight class.

Mighty MOSFET
A specially designed high-voltage MOSFET preamp gives BAM200 its warm sound and immediate feel of an actual tube amp, while the responsive 3-band EQ provides a broad tonal palette that lets you lay down the law in any musical genre.

Fits in your pocket
Despite its rugged steel construction, BAM200 is incredibly small and easily fits the pocket on your gig bag as you go from gig to gig, combining superior portability with a dynamic and punchy tone with loads of low-end.

Rig for any gig
Featuring a DI Out and Ground Lift switch, BAM200 easily connects to home studio recording equipment and to FoH (front of house) sound systems at the gig for a great tone – no matter the size of the venue.

The built-in studio-quality headphone amp with speaker emulation lets you convert BAM200 to the perfect practice machine for the ultimate gigging workhorse.

 

[.:Aidan:.]

No mention of the EQ frequencies anywhere, not even in the manual.....

 

[Scottgun]

Price?

Also, does plugging in headphones disable the speaker output?

 

[rashrader]

No mention of the EQ frequencies anywhere, not even in the manual.....

Maybe they don’t know what they are?

 

[LenMinNJ]

Sweetwater has it for $149.99.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/BAM200--tc-electronic-bam200-200-watt-compact-bass-head

 

[Jesuguru]

Sweetwater has it for $149.99.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/BAM200--tc-electronic-bam200-200-watt-compact-bass-head

Wow, that's half the price of the TC Elf (its obvious direct competition)... looking forward to comparisons!

 

[FingerDub]

No mention of the EQ frequencies anywhere, not even in the manual.....

They are EXACTLY the same as the Elf.

Wow, that's half the price of the TC Elf (its obvious direct competition)... looking forward to comparisons!

For $150 I can get a used TC BH250 with a tuner, aux in...tone print and 250 watts, etc...no comparison there for me. If these smaller ones end up going for $75 used. I'd buy one just to keep as an absolute backup back up in my gig bag but that's about it.

 

[Greyvagabond]

Sweetwater has it for $149.99.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/BAM200--tc-electronic-bam200-200-watt-compact-bass-head

Wow that is an INSANE deal. I'm sad I got a MarkBass Blackline for a backup amp a few months ago for nearly twice that!

 

[non]

No mention of the EQ frequencies anywhere, not even in the manual.....

says it right in the manual:
Tone Controls Bass ±15 dB @ 80 Hz, shelving/ Middle 400 Hz @ Gain: ±15 dB/ Treble ±15 dB @ 4.2 kHz, shelving

 

[Scottgun]

What kind of cab do you guys think would go well with this?

 

[Slough Feg Bass]

depending on the efficiency of the cab, I'd probably use with a 1x12 or 2x10 for small bar gigs or coffeeshops or jazz gigs.

 

[Tnavis]

A backup to my backup amp! Small enough to keep in the glove box of my car.

 

[.:Aidan:.]

says it right in the manual:

Oh, those are actually pretty great EQ points IMO
Where did you find it? I could only find the "Product Information Document" and "Quick Start Guide" on the TC site and assumed that was all that was available

 

[non]

Oh, those are actually pretty great EQ points IMO
Where did you find it? I could only find the "Product Information Document" and "Quick Start Guide" on the TC site and assumed that was all that was available

the specs are on page 21 of the the quick start guide.

 

[MegaSwing]

It would be perfect with an Aux input.

 

[hardtop]

They are EXACTLY the same as the Elf.



For $150 I can get a used TC BH250 ....

Where? 5 on Reverb right now; cheapest is $209, after that odd-man out, the average of the rest is about $240 shipped. I'm not trying ot be argumentative, I am really interested... Id pick one up in the $150-$170 range.

 

[bassically_eli]

It would be perfect with an Aux input.

Agreed. Maybe you could use some kind of splitter to connect an instrument and another device to the one input at the same time?

 

[bassically_eli]

It looks like there is one big difference between the Elf and the BAM200: the gain knob. The Elf has a three-way gain control. As you turn it up, it engages first a compressor and than an overdrive circuit. That sounds like a really cool feature, but some players, especially upright players, seem to hate it due to the compressor. Apparently, it totally squashes the tone of an upright (which is exactly what you'd expect from a DB+compressor). I haven't seen this feature mentioned anywhere for the BAM200, but it's absence could be good or bad.

 

[FingerDub]

Where? 5 on Reverb right now; cheapest is $209, after that odd-man out, the average of the rest is about $240 shipped. I'm not trying ot be argumentative, I am really interested... Id pick one up in the $150-$170 range.

I've seen a couple guys on here pick one up for 150 or 175.

I like mine so much that I would pick up another just as a backup. Or if these 200s used can go for less than a hundred and I would definitely take one imstead.

I'm also struggling with gas right now though I really want to get a nice class D head maybe a Fusion.

 

[BlueShox]

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/de...BFmN_yDKux7kl3ySztuwuVhyuADiu07hoCsAIQAvD_BwE

$149 on preorder