Delberthot Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 I'm 24 hours away from buying myself a Gallien Krueger MB210 combo and have seen something that might beat it. I normally use a Gallien 700RB II which I have just sold and was really looking for something lightweight and that is what drew my attention to the MB combo But, and I was told never to begin a sentence with but, Thomann are doing the BG500-210 combo for £419.05 which is a hell of a lot cheaper than I've seen it elsewhere. Gallien - £496, 350w on its own or 500w with another cab, 15kg, limiter, Gallien's own brand neo speakers TC - £419.05, 500w on its own and no facility to add another cab, 32kg, compressor, 3 user presets, tuner, Eminence neo I like a punchy tone, the ability to have something a bit dirty as well and I've read a lot of good things about these but its twice the weight of the Gallien. Is it twice the quality? I hate moments like this. just when I thought I had it all worked out something comes along that makes me think again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highfox Posted October 9, 2011 Share Posted October 9, 2011 I can't really help you decide... but can tell you I have been using a BG500 for over a year and a half now and had no real problems with it other than the little preset buttons falling out. Which has surprised me as I have been half expecting it to clap out, as I'm a beleiver in you only get what you pay for. I'd say it's pretty good value for money, has a lot of features and you can get a wide range of sounds out of it, it's also pretty loud and I had no problems with it keeping up with the band 2 fairly loud guitars etc. It has now been demoted to my home practice and standby amp, it lacked a little bottom end for the sound I was after and also the DI out on mine seemed to distort the signal post eq (not sure why that was)! All in all a decent budget amp.. and if you buy from Thomann I know they have a decent returns policy, so I'm sure you'd be covered if you didn't like it. Btw when I was looking at buying a combo I was also looking at the GK stuff and would of probablly bought the 212 combo if it had been available... Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delberthot Posted October 9, 2011 Author Share Posted October 9, 2011 Thanks for that. I think the weight is pretty much the killer for me and what's going to make me decide on the GK amp 32kg vs. 15kg Think I'll pay the extra and get the GK combo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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