Nice chat with Ryan at Trickfish this week. The Bullhead Mini Combo, debuted at NAMM, should be available this summer. Not to overstate the obvious but it’s the BH Mini combined with their mini 12” cab. The head to speaker is wired internally…as opposed to off the back of the amp thru a hole in the back of the cab. Nice touch. ~ $1500 there about. I’m looking for warmer weather!
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Trickfish Bullhead Mini Combo
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Just saw where Trickfish has the mini 500/mini 112 combo at NAMM 2025. Wonder if it’s the same combo they said was going to be released last summer? They really never mentioned it in their namm video even tho it was in the background. Anyway, looking forward to hearing it, but also wondering why they aren’t really talking about it. Thanks
I'm also very interested in this. They demoed it at NAMM 2024, but never released it. Now it was demoed at NAMM 2025, and seems to be a part of the new lightweight series (L112-MiniCombo), but in their latest newsletter they say that "The L series, including the L410, L115, and L112 Mini, will start shipping mid-March". They don't mention the combo here, so maybe the release for this is postponed once again. Picture below from the Trickfish Facebook page. It seems the knobs aren't like the Mini 500, but we don't see it from above. I'm hoping this is the lightweight, great sounding amp I've been waiting for, for both electric and upright. I've sent them an email asking about the combo.
I hope it's released soon, but taking 2 years, more delays and really not mentioning the combo in the Namm video has me a little concerned as to why they aren't really pushing the combo. Maybe it's not to their liking or Trickfish" worthy," I could be wrong and I hope I am ... it's just a little odd that they aren't really talking about it. Hope it's great because I intend on getting one. Thanks for the update.
I have no specific Trickfish insight, but I do know that getting new products through full development and then FCC/UL certification can take a long while. They're obviously very actively pursuing new product development and all the stuff that consumers don't actually see can take many many months to get through for each new product. So yeah, they may have debuted something a year ago with hopes of releasing last year, but the reality is that a proof-of-concept is a LONG way from production ready, no matter how good the prototype looks.
I totally understand that these things take time, and a combo amp is a first for Trickfish, so maybe feedback means they want further development before release. This is by no means a criticism, it's just a sign there's people who really like their products and are eagerly awaiting their first combo offering.
Here they show the combo and it is in fact the BH 500 Mini amp. I'm so looking forward to this:
Being a rather small company, they have to juggle development, manufacturing, and marketing.
The Bullhead 3k required a massive amount time and money.
Getting out the lightweight series of cabinets was obviously their next priority and rightly so, IMO.
So some messaging glitches and some delays are going to happen.
Personally, I was hoping for some lightweight L208 and L408, but they have to judge what the market demand is for everything.
The Bullhead 3k required a massive amount time and money.
Getting out the lightweight series of cabinets was obviously their next priority and rightly so, IMO.
So some messaging glitches and some delays are going to happen.
Personally, I was hoping for some lightweight L208 and L408, but they have to judge what the market demand is for everything.
I got an answer quickly, as I usually do from Ryan, and he said they're hoping to have everything in the shop to complete them in 4-5 weeks.
Bueller?
Bueller?
About the Markbass combo compare:
I haven't heard any of the newer combos, but I've heard a lot of Markbass clips and I've heard clips of the BH 500 with the L112M and I'd choose the Trickfish for sure.
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