Rickresource Rickenbacker Forum

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.................

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.

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.

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!”]

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.

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.

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.