tc electronic BH250 Reviews

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.

Nice little head

The head is a very good one for its size and price. The power handling is enough for small gigs, even with the head alone. I am using it in a bi-amping setup so, it's more than enough. Driven through a 15" Ampeg cab it sounds pretty decent.

The build quality is outstanding - all the switches appear to be able withstand a fair amount of torture. The pots are not noisy and are moving smoothly.

The TonePrint feature is both a pro and a con - it is useful if you can find a useful one on the site. The bass heads are not supported by the tone print editor, so you are stuck with the stock ones. Also, I did find that some of them don't work at all. However, this is not a dealbreaker IMHO.

Unbeatable at this price.

At this price point you'll do well to find better. Using with a 2 x 10. Very punchy and lots of head room.

TC Electronic leading into the future of bass amps!

Well I am truly stoked with this product. Taking into consideration its ridiculously cheap price compared to what you get, this item is a must have or any bassist. Love the tone print idea, have been experimenting with it and everything is going just fine. Only drawback about the tone print is that the delay effects aren't always as good as you'd expect, but all the other effect (flanger, octaver, overdrive, chorus, etc) are awesome and so easy to use. I would most definitely buy also the Switch 3 effects pedal as it would facilitate changing toneprints while playing live. This thing is ridiculously protable, so small you wouldn't believe it, but the power output that comes out from it is astounding.

Well done TC Eelectronic for putting this little bad boy into the market.

Fantastic Little Amp

Love the Portability / the Price / the Tone Print Function / The Connectivity and especially the Built-In Tuner.

Bought this for quick changeover / short Fest appearances and love everything about it

bass head

excellent timing

Excelent

Nothing to complain about. I never had an Amp of quality before, so it's just perfect for me. Easy to use. Nice and clean sound. The Toneprints are awesome. The tone control are way better than any other, because of that complex system. I can make a lot of sounds with it. It's light weight and small, I carry it inside my bass soft bag. And it is beautiful. I haven't had the chance to test it very much with max power because it's just too lound for what I intend that is practice at home and use it at the church (its a small church).

I recommend it and would buy it again.

Great piece of kit

Great little bass amp, nice and powerful and tiny, fits in a gig bag and sounds great. TonePrint seems a bit gimicky but it's handly to have a basic chorus/overdrive built into the amp.

Perfect for small gigs, quet practice with headphones and DI recording.

Lots of volume

This one sound more like my old hartke ha3500 in a head to head volume comparison - the sound of the TC is much warmer and clean than any other amp I have tried.

A great head for such a small size

I recently bought this to replace my old heavy bass head. I am very impressed with this little head. Firstly I love that it is so small and light. It fits in the pocket of my gig bag. I use it with the TC Electronic BC2x10 cab and I find it has more than enough volume for any gig I play. The Toneprint feature is great. First download was the Duff McKagan chorus, and I use the Speactracomp compressor in the other. Using the optional footswitch I can turn on or off these live. The footswitch also allows me to mute the head for using the onboard tuner. The tuner is very accurate and has no problems with the low b string of my 5 string jazz. Overall this is a great head. The only down point is that the tuner doesn't support alternate tuning, otherwise it is perfect for my needs.

BG250

Great bass head I adore the sounds and portability the toneprint feature is a great plus (I only really use the spectracomp patch) only downside I found when used in conjunction with the switch 3 pedal the volume of the second patch drops considerably and I have to mess with the settings when I change patches this might me unique to mine or might be something that can be fixed with a software update but was the only problem I have otherwise a fantastic head for the price and size and would gladly recommend it as I would any TC Electronic product.