tc electronic BH250

Not enough and the beam thing is dump.

I sent it back and I try to choose between the bq500 and ( mostly) the solidbass 600 from Harley Benton

Head

Nice product. It does, what a musician needs.

Small and lots of power

great head, really small lots of power and 2 effect options, you will need a pedal selector switch for using both.

TOP AMP

GREAT AMP - PACKS A GOOD PUNCH AND VALUE FOR MONEY PRICE....

Nice amp, stupid toneprint and tuner

The amp itself works fine, sounds good, EQ is good for bass. The Toneprint is stupid, first of all it doesn't load all available tone prints but only the ones which are BH250 compatible, but more important, the editor doesn't work with the BH250 format. So you're stuck with presets that you cannot even tweak!

For a chorus/phaser that might be acceptable, but for a dynamics plugin it is hit and miss, also because the unit doesn't have an input gain, so you have to guess where the threshold kicks in.

TC makes a great separate tuner and it is therefor a total mystery to me why the included a less than basic tuner with two leds for the tuner and 4 for the strings, resulting in 6 leds that you cannot switch off. (result, a lot of flickering lights while you are playing)

This unit was designed by the marketing department...

I decided to send it back, and go for the Trace Elliot Elf which is a basic amp, but a good one.

The extra bells and whistles of this unit could have been nice, but were implemented so poorly that I can only recommend this for the amp functions.

Great little head

Great sound, small and easy. Toneprint option is great to have.

I'm missing only send and return.

Power of this small thing is great, it really suprised me for 250w.

Without the FX it is great

I have been using this little amp for about a year in our band's rehearsal room with a TC 212 cab and it really sounds good, no complaints at all. The cab has too much bass (sounds crazy I know) and I can easily dial it out, so the EQ is nice. I just wish they have added the option to change the frequency band as I am not too happy with the MID frequency settings it has but for the price I think it's fine. The build quality is superb and it looks beautiful in person too. It's small enough to just pick it up and go and the DI on the back sounds clean and transparent.

Cons:

Oooh how much I liked the idea of having an option for some TC effects built-in. It is pure garbage. Not only does half of the presets sound strange (not to mention the volume issues) but it is 1 out of 30 times when I can "beam" the preset to the amp. I will stick with my pedals and never use this feature. The cooling fan is OK but a bit loud if you are at home practicing.

All-in-all for the price this cannot be beat.

Stop looking

What's good about this amp?

* Lightweight and small footprint - fits in the pocket in your gigbag.

* Pre or Post EQ balanced DI - choose your post/pre EQ for the FOH feed so that "your" sound is heard and adjust your volume on stage without affecting the FOH feed.

* Mute switch - great for changing instruments or tuning up or for leaving stage.

* Built in tuner - always on so you can always check to remain in tune.

* Passive/Active input switch - adjust your gain to suit your instruments.

* TonePrint - beam your favourite TonePrint. The one knob is simple and very effective! I love the combined TonePrints and Mark King's flanger. I use the TonePrints with a 3 way pedal switch by "Loopi Pedals" (which features a mute switch and 2 TonePrints switches - for the TonePrint currently stored in the amp and one for the previously stored TonePrint ... so you have access to 2 TonePrints just like the bigger BH550 and BH800)

* Mini jack input - jam along to your mp3 or drum machine.

* Headphone out - this thing sounds fantastic through headphones! Essential for practicing.

* TC's intelligent EQ (Bass: 80Hz @ Gain: -24 to 0dB; 100Hz @ Gain 0 to +15dB. Mids: 500Hz @ Gain: -24 to 0dB; 800Hz @ Gain 0 to +15dB & 0 to -12 dB. Treble:

Center Freq.: 1800Hz @ Gain: -24 to 0dB; 5000Hz @ Gain 0 to +15dB). A small tweak goes a long way in adapting your sound. It's hard to make this sound bad no matter which way your turn the knobs.

* Quiet fan - I don't even notice it's on when it's on.

* Great for practice as a headphone amp AND great for rehearsing AND great for the studio AND great for a gig (with or without a speaker cab). I'm loving this little amp!

* International voltage - play this in any country in the world.

What's not good about this amp?

* If a wanted more EQ (hi and lo mids) and a seperate gain/volume I would go the BH550 but I think the little BH250 is a winner.

Very practical head

I bought this head go multiple purpose but mostly I really liked the simplistic design and the innovative tone knobs .

I'm not a big fan of complex amps, so the 3 knob equalizer is just perfect.

TonePrint feature is actually very for those who don't like carrying effects around and don't use them much either , very good presets to choose from.

Pros :

Lightweight

Sturdy and well built

TonePrint feature

Tuner is very good even for 5 and 6 string bass

Cons:

none

Hope that's helps !

Poison hides in small bottles :)

I use the bh250 with ts electronic bc210 bass cabinet. It sounds very good and is perfect for my needs - rock band + blues band, rehearsal, gigs.

I was very impressed about its capabilities such as volume, handling and the toneprint feature. I really like the fact that its small and really, really, really easy to use and get a right sound out of it.

The only thing I have to mention as a con is that I had to service it once (after about 2 year of using it). After getting repared, works as new.