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Behringer seems to have acquired that particular cachet enjoyed by Skoda cars back in the 80s. In my experience, quite undeserved - I've owned several bits of Behringer kit over the years, and none has ever let me down, whereas some big name gear I can remember...

Not having a tuner out socket, I use the 'send' of my effects loop for my tuner, a little Korg tabletop one that just sits on top of the amp. I have a pedal tuner as well, but the Korg is honestly more convenient - less cables snaking around the stage can only be a good thing

[quote name='icastle' post='1162402' date='Mar 14 2011, 09:21 PM']That would depend on how Proel have defined their '500W'. If they've done it 'Behringer style' then in real terms those cabs are probably about 120W each.[/quote] Don't exaggerate The Behringer B215D powered cab is rated at 550 Behringer watts (peak power in other words) and 345W RMS. Having said that, I do wish manufacturers in general (not just Behringer) would quote power as RMS into 4 ohms, and into 8 ohms, and then we'd all know where we stood

[quote name='Bucket Head' post='1161686' date='Mar 14 2011, 12:59 PM']yea ok ill have a look and see if i can find any info about that on their site, i suppose i cud try it, it has a sticker on the back that says "london guitar aid" which is a repair company so maybe he alredy changed the transformer bit :S i cud just plug it in and try i suppose buut wud be lame if it blew up ;(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((([/quote] Please don't just plug it in anyway - it really is very likely indeed to blow up Do you have a friendly local music shop with a repair service? I know if it were mine, I could take it in to my usual place and they'd check it out free of charge, and give me a price for a decent working internal repair. If you could do that, then you'd have a solid place to start considering your options...

Excellent, pro quality kit. Specs [url="http://www.swrsound.com/support/manuals/html/basicblackom.php"]here[/url]. Well worth the cost replacing the transformer, or the cost and inconvenience of an external one. If you got this at usual car boot prices, you've nabbed a real bargain

[quote name='tomb' post='1153771' date='Mar 8 2011, 01:43 PM']I live in a small island where all you can find is Marshal, Roland and and occasionally ENGL... and bass combos are really hard to come by here with decent power, i generally stop seeing combos at 60w... except for Roland, but they are way to expensive for me[/quote] Then I think you could do a lot worse than give one a try - it'll probably be among the meatiest bass rigs on the island and yes, the BP150 has had some very good reviews. Come to think of it, I've not read a bad one...

Never tried one, but the local(ish) music shop where I buy 90% of my kit, and who have never let me down on anything technical, sell them. I asked about them, seeing that they looked quite smart and were so cheap, and they said they were not at all bad, good tone, quite loud for their rating - but they found they needed to give them a going over before they put them on sale, just to tighten up the odd loose bit, and so forth. Might be as well to try and find one in stock at a place you trust, rather than simply buying one online?

Just noticed that the Selmer Goliath 50 cab in the linked picture used the Audiom 91, rather than the 90. Don't recall having had the back off mine to be able to tell you which it had. Not sure how the 91 differed from the Audiom 90, except cosmetically - same power rating and impedance.

Many years ago I had a Selmer Goliath reflex cab with one of these drivers. (There was a 100W model as well.) No idea what yours is worth, but it's an absolute classic, and if anyone had a Goliath or similar with a blown speaker, I imagine they'd be very interested indeed. Here's an original [url="http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/selmer/speakers/spk19.html"]50W Goliath[/url], with pic of driver. Here's a later [url="http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/selmer/speakers/spk13.html"]100W Goliath[/url] with an Audiom 100 driver. Not that the cab pics help you - just me being nostalgic

I keep meaning to try on of these [url="http://www.ampeg.com/products/classic/microvr/index.html"]Ampeg Classic Series Micro VR[/url] stacks. (There isn't a convenient local Ampeg dealer that I know of...) Very good reviews, e.g. in Bass Guitar Magazine, especially with 2 of the SVT210 cabs. The head weighs 10lbs, and the cabs 25lbs each. OK, it's 'only' 200 watts, but I wouldn't be too surprised if my trouser legs flapped just a little with those 4 10s in a vertical line!

Vox Bassmaster - red plywood short-scale 2-pickup thing. 1965. Bought brand new in Camden Road, Tunbridge Wells. Very nearly put me off playing bass altogether.

Seems a fair price - I've seen one go for £350 just the other week. With the flight case it's probably a minor bargain!

I say, what remarkable tosh, old chap! Being an old un, I have (un)happy memories of a certain [url="http://www.vintagehofner.co.uk/selmer/speakers/spk15.html"]Selmer Goliath[/url]... Maybe that's why I and my back find lightweight rigs such a fascinating subject these days...?