Ampeg B100R

cheyenne · Post by **cheyenne** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 3:42 am

Lets hear some reviews.

I know a few of you out there own one of theses. Reliability? Tone? Weight? Construction? Boomy? Tight?

I may have a line on a good used one.

I continue on my constant quest for the perfect small combo.................

loendmaestro · Post by **loendmaestro** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 9:10 am

I love mine. Best solid state combo I've ever played through. Simple controls, no frills, great vintage tone. I've had it a little over a year - no problems. Not too heavy, I do suggest casters though. Seems well constructed. It has quickly turned into my main gigging amp for small shows (which is about all I play anymore.)It mics/records really nice.

Ricks sound EXCEPTIONALLY good through it.

No tweeter or XLR out, but they're introducing a B200R that has a tube preamp, tweeter & XLR out supposedly this month.

mrtidy · Post by **mrtidy** » Sun Mar 12, 2006 11:52 am

I use mine exclusively for guitar and I love it. Loud with just enough edge for our alt-country band. Although for bass (which it is intended for), I found it wasn't loud enough (clean) to keep up with our drummer.

firstbassman · Post by **firstbassman** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 4:50 am

For what it’s worth, when I was shopping around, it was the best (warmest) sounding combo amp I tried. I wound up eventually getting a separate head (Ampeg) and cabs (Ashdown and Avatar). [Look ma, all “A’s!”]

iamthebassman · Post by **iamthebassman** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 6:41 am

On gigs where the $$$ is low, in order not to spend it all on crew, we cut corners and don't have the backline brought from storage, set up, etc. We bring amps from home. I bring my Ampeg combo. It works/sounds great, but would be better with an XLR out. I get around this by using a SansAmp Bass Driver DI.

soundmasterg · Post by **soundmasterg** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 5:04 pm

I like these Ampegs. A guy uses one at a local blues jam I go to and has a Harmony semi-hollow bass with flats that has bottom for days on end. If I plug the RIC in afterwards, I have to turn the bass way up to get anywhere close to the bottom his bass has. But the amp sound snice with just about everything through it.

apollo11 · Post by **apollo11** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 2:08 am

At the 2006 NAMM show, Ampeg announced the release of the B200R, which has a single 15 and 220 watts. I'm not sure when it will be available.

That will be one heck of an addition to the B100R.