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Behringer BXL450 Ultrabass Bass Combo Amplifier 45 Watts 1x10 in

When a stack is too high and a practice amp just doesn't cut it, then this truly affordable wedge shaped Bass Workstation with a powerful 10 in. high impact cone speaker is exactly right! With 45 watts of output horse power, your performance will never run out of breath. Feature:
It's a bass amp, how many features do you need? The EQ feature works well and lets you shape the sound over a wide range, but the slide pots were crackly out of the box. They got better with use.

Quality:
Overall quality is good, except for the dirty slide pots. It's reasonably well built, but it's a living room amp, not a road amp.

Value:
Excellent value in this price range.

Desirability:
It's not terribly sexy, but its value makes it appealing.

Sound:
The sound on the clean channel is smooth, tight and punchy. It loses the fundamental frequency and "doubles" below about 80 Hz, but you have to expect that with a low-power 10 inch. The distortion channel sounds gross to me - I would never use it, but that's just me. The amp is clean and has no hum, hiss or grounding problems.

Ease of Use:
Easy enough. The controls on the distortion channel are a little odd, but I don't use them anyway.

Support:
Can't rate - don't know.

Overall:
It suits my purposes fine. I like its sound and size. Behringer dominates the bass combo market in this price range for a good reason. If it went away I'd replace it with another one or maybe one a little bigger for a fuller bottom end.