waldemar Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Hiya. Been looking for a combo for ages now and still haven't managed to make a decision. It's for practice and (eventually) small gig purposes. Recently spied this: [url="http://www.hughes-and-kettner.com/products.php5?id=99&prod=BK%20100"]http://www.hughes-and-kettner.com/products...p;prod=BK%20100[/url] Don't really see them in the shops, so before making an effort to go and visit a stockist, I have a couple of questions to anyone who might be in the know... 1. Will they do warm, round and bluesy without the mud? 2. How much of an issue is the lack of a DI (in favour of a 1/4" line-out jack)? 3. Reliable? 4. Anything better for blues/rock around the £300 mark? 5. Am I better off spending the extra ton and getting a Phil Jones briefcase? Pfff. Of course, it's a Tecamp Puma for around £500 that I really want, but keep missing the buggers... Bah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 For £300 I'd be looking in the for sale section of BC for something used which is both better and more powerful. Not that H&K are rubbish but the BassKick (BK) is at the bottom end of the range and used is going to get you a lot more for your money. H&K are reliable or at least the top end stuff us that I am aware of. As for the tone... that really depends what you plug into it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkonthehill Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I had the BK200 for a while. Its a really good combo and will do a small/medium gig possibly upto to 50-100 folk. However as Warwick says there are other combos for the price with alot more headroom. The versatility in these combos are great and will easily do the warm bluesy sound and then can channel in lots of top end for some slap. I found the switchable tweeter at tad fearce and not really usable with my Jag, in saying that I think that may have been the Jags fault with its poor grounding. The only real bad point of these amps is the resale. Even though they retail at over 400notes, you will find it hard to move on once your ready to try something else. Soundwise I think you will love these and ignore the bottom of the range talk as that doesnt even come into it. I never DI'ed it so not sure about the 1/4" jack question. The only real issues is the headroom that it kinda lacks and of course resale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubs Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I'd be looking to get the most out of my money in the 'For Sale' section of this forum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waldemar Posted February 28, 2011 Author Share Posted February 28, 2011 Cheers guys. Okay, it looks like something used is the way to go - just out of interest, though, I came across this earlier: [url="http://www.eden-electronics.com/products/gigrigs/egrw264.asp"]http://www.eden-electronics.com/products/gigrigs/egrw264.asp[/url] [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-EDEN-WTX264-EX100-EGRW264-BASS-AMP-PACKAGE-w-FREE_W0QQitemZ400195502953QQcategoryZ64397QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DDLSL%252BSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BIEW%252BFICS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3D8%26pmod%3D400188170972%252B400188170972%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D7413040026956150966"]and spotted a new one going for around £330 on ebay (from the musicfarm)[/url] Of course, the postage and duty are going to hammer me if I went for that one, but does anyone do them in the UK at a comparable (or up to £400) price? Ta! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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