Aguilar Tone Hammer 500

[jbarks]

Anybody else waiting for this to come out? Street price is US$699... less than half the price of my AG500 and way less than the price of a DB751. Am thinking this + a 1x15 would be amazing.

 

[jenwei]

nice and affordable!
the controls are pretty much same as the tone hammer pedal

 

[jbarks]

Yup.. it's the TH preamp with a SMPS. Keeps the weight down at 4lbs/1.8kg:

http://www.aguilaramp.com/products_amplifiers_TH500.htm

Will be announced at NAMM, with release in March. Think this will be my next Aggie head!

 

[shinobi]

that's it lah....

 

[freezer000]

I also want one! drool...

btw, how does aguilar heads compare with markbass? Anyone did a comparison b4?

 

[jenwei]

in my opinion, aguilar always reproduce the most pure n original sound of the bass without adding too much character to the tone..

 

[jbarks]

Got news from TY—they will be bringing these in. Will have price soon.

 

[freezer000]

Got news from TY—they will be bringing these in. Will have price soon.

hope the price is good. The markbass F1 is selling riduculously expensive and the place where they are selling it is not even following the US street price.

 

[fretless6]

I'm sure it will be local voltage. Quite glad its TY bringing it in rather than Davis though. Davis' Aguilar pricing was insane. Their $5000+ DB359 is still sitting in the store collecting dust.

 

[freezer000]

I'm sure it will be local voltage. Quite glad its TY bringing it in rather than Davis though. Davis' Aguilar pricing was insane. Their $5000+ DB359 is still sitting in the store collecting dust.

oops my bad for not reading properly. I just realise from the link of the Aguilar head, its say switching mode power supply, which I think means universal. . Yay for TY, ... for D_ _ _ _.

 

[jbarks]

SMPS doesn't necessarily mean universal—it's up to the individual manufacturers... but Aguilar has a history of allowing end users to change the voltage on their own I changed the voltage on my AG500 pretty easily (jumper and fuse switch), and Dave Boonshoft even sent schematics.

Would love a DB359 some day, but that thing is HEAVY—even the 3U DB751 is lighter.

 

[lordie]

this head with ty bringing it in doesn't help to reduce my GAS resolution this year. *sigh*

 

[freezer000]

this head with ty bringing it in doesn't help to reduce my GAS resolution this year. *sigh*

GAS cannot be reduced, it is an incurable syndrome. Just go with the flow. "Less does not mean more, more means more."

 

[jbarks]

this head with ty bringing it in doesn't help to reduce my GAS resolution this year. *sigh*

Sorry bro, I tried...

 

[lordie]

1 of the things i always wanted when i come back to SG, was a decent amp i sorta outgrown the practice amp here.

 

[shinobi]

class D amp = order from overseas

 

[freezer000]

Any news of this amp coming in?
My GAS syndrome is acting up...