NBAD - TC Electronic BH250

[neepheid]

That's New Backup Amp Day, BTW.  Yesterday this BH250 came into my possession.  Had a quick razz on it last night and I was very impressed.  Sounded really good at neighbour friendly levels through a Markbass New York 121 cab.  I think I'd get a knock on the door if I cranked it, and that's at 8 ohms.  I'd get an earful if it was one of my neighbours, but if it was the other one, he's probably bring a guitar round for a jam.  One cool neighbour is better than none I guess.

 

Anyway, I digress.  Yes, great wee amp - despite only having three EQ bands, the frequencies seem well chosen and have a big effect on the tone when they're swept from min to max.  The built in tuner is super handy and very responsive - the LEDs dance around while you're playing, it's quite fun to watch!  But the secret weapon is the Toneprint.  I thought this would be little more than novelty value and a toy to p!ss about with but I loaded up the Spectracomp Toneprint and it's actually really good - really smooths out the playing and makes it punchier, better than any single control compressor has any right to.  I was super impressed with it.  I think I'm just going to leave it on Spectracomp and have at it.  And thank <insert deity>, there's a mute switch (plus the power LED blinks when it's engaged - nice).  I like to have a mute switch on my amps.  I was a little sceptical about the lack of preamp gain control beyond an active/passive switch but the gains seem to be set sensibly and it didn't seem to be clipping horribly.

 

Have a pic.

 

 

Very happy with this for my home practice/recording amp, and it's nice and small (not as small as some like the BAM200 or the TE Elf) but certainly not a chore to take to the gig, just in case.

[bigthumb]

A really handy little amp what with the tuner. I've only used mine for home use with the 1x10 cab but yeah, nice tones and the comp is great. Plenty loud enough to drown out the neighbours shouting and screaming! I'll be taking it to the NYE gig as a back up but now as the band is rehearsing in a much smaller room, I might leave the EBS at home. 

[spongebob]

Looks good. 👍 

 

I’m still torn between this and the BQ500….prices will probably hike by the time I’ve decided. 
 

Can’t decide if the extra umph is worth it, or given TC specs, how much difference it would make in the real world.