The TC Electronic BH500 Bass amp is being hailed as a new generation of bass amp technology. Packed to the rafters with features, the BH500 will gives the modern bassist the tonal variety he or she needs. TC Electronic have ensured that the BH500 head is a gigging dream with everything you'd normally expect from a bass amp plus TC's Spectracomp (a multi-band compressor tuned for optimum performance on Bass), and advanced tone controls to allow you control the amount of emulated tube drive and tweeter volume.
This amp is feature packed, yet easy and intuitive to use so you can concentrate on the next song, rather than worrying about whether your tone has the right amount of punch or cut! Bass amp 2.0 is here!
Here's what TC Electronic say about the BH500 Bass Head
BH500 is the newest addition to our Bass Amp 2.0 line up. Combined with the all-new BC410/BC212/BC210 cabinet range, it stacks up to become any rig you need - for small bar gigs, indoor rock clubs, outdoor stadium concerts, you name it!
The BH500 feature set leaves little to be desired with its razor-sharp, tone-shaping tools such as TubeTone, SpectraComp and bass tuned tone controls. Also, the 3 user memories let you change tone at any given time while the integrated tuner allows you to tune up silently before you rock.
SpectraComp
A conventional compressor is often dominated by the lower string, but with SpectraComp, which is taken directly from the original RH450, you get 'per string' multi-band compression that evens out the compression across all strings. In short, you get an even and rock solid tone that cuts through any mix whether you play fingerstyle, with a heavy pick or slap the strings hard.
TubeTone
The TubeTone effect was originally introduced on RH450. Most transistor designs try to replicate tube sound using one small preamp tube, but why not take the crucial characteristics of a full preamp and power amp into account? Both are essential to the sound when you want that classic tube warmth as well as when you go for a full-on overdriven rock sound with a massive punch!
Presets
BH500 can store three of your favorite tones. For instance, if you need a nice chunk of overdrive on specific passages, presets are king. Not to mention, with great sounding bass tones and seamless switching between them, you will be able to focus on the important thing - rocking out!
Built-in bass tuner
Every once in a while, you need to tune up, and whenever that happens, just let the built-in tuner guide you. It's simple, it lets you tune silently, and it gets you back to rocking in no time.
Tone Controls and TweeterTone
EQ is always a bass essential, so we have equipped BH500 with a great sounding, 4-band EQ which is perfect for shaping your fundamental tone. Further, with two contour filters you can scoop the mid-frequencies, which creates an amazing low-end punch on demand.
The tweeter control is usually located on the rear side of the cabinet, but on the BH500 you can simply adjust the tweeter level right from the front panel. Further, the sound also gets modified slightly with filters giving you a much more intelligent control over the high frequencies that are critical for giving your sound that razor-sharp edge.
Connections
Just plug and play! And for rehearsing or jamming along you can connect your portable music player to the AUX input. If you don't want to disturb the neighbors, plug in your headphones and the drivers will be muted automatically. Finally, you can send a signal to a sound-engineer via the balanced XLR output - or to an audio interface when you are recording the rock hits of tomorrow!
Input Section
- Input connector: 1/4" jack
- Input impedance: 1 MOhm / 100 pF
- Gain range: -96 to 36dB
Tone control
- Bass Center Freq: 100Hz (Gain: +15/-24dB)
- Low Mid Center Freq: 335Hz (Gain: +15/-24dB)
- High Mid Center Freq: 900Hz (Gain: +15/-24dB)
- Treble Center Freq: 1600Hz @ Gain: -24 to 0dB; 4000Hz @ Gain 0 to +15dB
Tweeter Tone
- 0 to 10, L-PAD Cabinet Recreation
Tube Tone
- 0 to 10, Tube amp Recreation
Spectra Comp
- 3 band Spectral Compression
User Memories
- 3 memory locations storing all front panel controls except Mute & Master Level
Tuner
- Bass Tuner, "On" when muted
Tuning range
- B0 (30.87Hz) to G4 (392.00Hz)
Mute
- Mutes speaker out, Phones out and Balanced out
Master Level / Headphones Output
- Studio quality headphone amp
- HP Out Impedance: 40 to 600 Ohm
Mains supply
- 100 - 120V or 220 - 240V 50/60Hz (65W @ 1/8 of Max. Output)
Power rating
Speaker output
Balanced output
- Balanced XLR, Pre/Post Pre-amp
- Bal. Out Max: +2dBu
- Bal. Out Optimal Load Impedance: 600 Ohm
Rehearsal input
- RCA, Left/Right input, fits to iPod
Dimensions
- 462 x 135 x 380 mm / 18.7" x 5.4" x 15.0"
Weight
Finish
- Tolex covered. Handcrafted wooden box
