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What are your thoughts on the Behringer BX4500H?

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Jimmy Fitz

Feb 15, 2008
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Missouri
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I'm needing to push a TVX 412 Peavey cabinet. For now my budget it extremely tight. I am about to plunge and buy a Behringer BX4500H head to go with until my finances allow me to get what I want.
I want to know your thoughts, experience, and othewise here. For now I am not playing out anywhere. I have been away from playing for 20 years and have decided to get off the sidelines and do something again. Is this going to do the job for now? What is the dependability on these heads.
 
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I bought a behringer(3000a somethingsomething) and the fuse actually blew 3 times after 15 minutes of playing each time, and yes, the voltage and everything was correct. So i got my money back and saved up for an Ampeg Ba-115.:)

Conclusion: no more behringer for me
 
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I got a Behringer K3000FX a few months back, and it hasn't blown up yet (even the horn still works). With my bass plugged into it directly, it doesn't have the volume you'd expect a 300 watt amp to have (then again, the passive pickups on my 40+ years old bass may not be as strong as they once were). Plugged through my amp modeler/effects board, though, I get plenty enough volume to fill out a band without pushing it hard at all. I've only used it at practices so far, and on a gig it'll be more of a stage monitor, as the band pumps everything through the PA.

From reading the comments here , I've been kinda leery of the amp, which has initially affected my enjoyment of the thing. But from a couple months' experience, I think it's a good value for the price paid. I'll let y'all know how I feel when/if I smoke it!
 
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The Behringer BX4500H is supposed to be a decent enough amp. But it doesn't have much power. It says 450 watts but I knew a guy who made it clip easily.

As an alternative to this I would hit your local craigslist and hunt for a good deal on a used Carvin or something. My buddy picked up a used Carvin R600 a few years back for $200. Granted it has issues, it was a steal.
 
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I've been working on a guy who has a Peavey Mark VIII Bass head. 600 watts would do it and the price is right. I figured the Peavey would be a more dependable head but now the guy has become impossible to reach by any means of communication.
 
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Jimmy Fitz said:
I've been working on a guy who has a Peavey Mark VIII Bass head. 600 watts would do it and the price is right. I figured the Peavey would be a more dependable head but now the guy has become impossible to reach by any means of communication.
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To throw in my $.02 here... I personally would recommend a used Peavey Head.. any of them would pummel the Behringer in terms of quality. I've got a Mark IV right now while I'm waiting to get my Mark VI repaired, and they're just BULLET PROOF. The Mark VI is getting repaired b/c the previous owner did something stupid with it, but I've never had trouble with Peavey's reliability. I plan to always have one as a backup! (Although, with my Genz Benz as my main head, I probably won't NEED a backup)....

Peace
 
#11
The amp you speak of is the worst bass amp ever, as voted unanimously by everyone. :p

There is a school of thought here in my town that Behringer is the German word for cancer. As we all know cancer spreads, and as such everything that connects with a Behringer product is destined to get cancer and die - including the operator.

THAT SAID...

I do own a Behringer rack tuner, midi pedal, DI box, two small mixing desks, a power amp, a compressor, an effects unit, a couple of mics and a few other bits and pieces and I haven't needed to book myself or any of my gear in for chemo yet. I did however lose a feedback destroyer to cancer, and my V-amp 2's horrid sounds forced me to take drastic preventative measures (I sold it) to avoid ear cancer.
 
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gjsven said:
The amp you speak of is the worst bass amp ever, as voted unanimously by everyone. :p

There is a school of thought here in my town that Behringer is the German word for cancer. As we all know cancer spreads, and as such everything that connects with a Behringer product is destined to get cancer and die - including the operator.

THAT SAID...

I do own a Behringer rack tuner, midi pedal, DI box, two small mixing desks, a power amp, a compressor, an effects unit, a couple of mics and a few other bits and pieces and I haven't needed to book myself or any of my gear in for chemo yet. I did however lose a feedback destroyer to cancer, and my V-amp 2's horrid sounds forced me to take drastic preventative measures (I sold it) to avoid ear cancer.
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As you can tell, there are people who love and hate Behringer gear. In your situation I would not hesitate to get a BX4500. I have been using one for a couple of years now and it has been great. I am now looking at upgrading to something a little higher end but for the price it's been better then I expected. I should also note that I am using a Sansamp BDDI with it to dial in my sound and keep the BX4500 set flat on the EQ. Good luck! :)
 
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I too would rather have a peavey. I've owned the amp you were talking about too. It was loud, but I didnt' really like the tone, couldnt really do a lot of adjusting even though it had what looked like it should have been a nice parametric eq, it was definitely lacking in low end. For me at least it was dependable though.
If its all you can afford , then its all you can afford, but see if you can play through one first , that is if you can't find anything else
 
#15
I've got the bx4500h, and I play it through a behringer bb410 cab. It sounds okay through a passive bass, but not great. When I play my active through it, I have a ridiculous amount of flexibility in the sound. So if you have an active preamp on your bass, I would highly reccomend the bx4500h. Also, if it breaks down and you are a registered owner, get it looked at by a behringer guy. When mine died (it was my fault), the guy just shrugged and gave me a new one free. Pretty nifty.
 
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i have a bx3000t that i got in 2004 when i was getting back in to playing after a few years off. it was all i could afford at the time, and it served me well until i could get something better. i still have it. it still works. never had any trouble with it, either.

it doesn't sound all that good, though. and you can definitely, definitely find something infinitely better and used for the same price. i picked up the swr workingman's 300 i use now for $200 used. it's a mighty fine amp. i got an old acoustic 370 head for $150 a few months back. not too long ago, i saw two peavey firebass heads for sale in a local shop, they were $200 each used.

go used! so much more bang for your buck!
 

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