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TC Electronic Debuts RH750 Bass Amp
Bass Gear

TC Electronic Debuts RH750 Bass Amp

TC Electronic has announced their newest compact bass head, the RH750. Sporting several features of TC’s RH450 model (see our review), the RH750 offers a boost in power (750 watts, 1200 watts peak) and a new TweeterTone control. TweeterTone offers what TC dubs as “intelligent HF control”, allowing the player a wider range of sound control, from modern- and vintage-style...

Gear Watch: TC Electronic Blacksmith Bass Amp
Bass Gear, NAMM 2011

Gear Watch: TC Electronic Blacksmith Bass Amp

TC Electronic’s bass amp 2.0 line has just gotten a little bigger and a lot louder with the introduction of the Blacksmith. The amp shares many of the same features as its siblings, including an integrated chromatic tuner, four-band EQ, SpectraComp ‘per-string’ compression, TubeTone tube amp recreation, and TweeterTone high frequency control. Three user presets are also available for versatility....

Win a TC Electronic BG500
Contest

Win a TC Electronic BG500

Don’t Miss Out: TC Electronic and No Treble are teaming up for an ultimate gear contest! One lucky Grand Prize winner will receive a TC Electronic BG500 bass amp. Four first-prize winners will receive one of two TC Electronic PolyTune tuners, a Nova Delay pedal or a Nova Repeater pedal. Five runners up prize winners will receive a coveted No...

Gear Watch: TC Electronic BH500
Bass Gear

Gear Watch: TC Electronic BH500

TC Electronic has announced the BH500, their newest addition to their Bass Amp 2.0 line up. The BH500 provides two tone-shaping tools, TubeTone and SpectraComp, with three user memory settings. SpectraComp is a conventional compressor taken from TC’s RH450, offering “per-string” multi-band compression to even out compression across all strings. TubeTone, also originally offered in the RH450, is designed to...

Gear Review: TC Electronic RH450
Gear Reviews

Gear Review: TC Electronic RH450

Technology is a beautiful thing, and TC Electronic’s RH450 head unit is just another reminder of how sweet it can be. The amp is a solid-state head with a built in multi-band compressor, semi parametric EQ, and tube simulator. It features 450 Watts with a switchmode power supply and Class D power amp. With a handful of cool studio-quality features...

Gear Review: TC Electronic BG500
Gear Reviews

Gear Review: TC Electronic BG500

“Small. Under-powered. Lackluster tone.” These words come to mind when one thinks of a bass combo amp. We’re pre-programmed to assume this as most combo amps are all those things because most combos are beginner amps. TC Electronics’ has set-out to destroy the old combo amp negative connotations with its new BG500. The BG 500 bass combo amp comes in...

Apps

TC Electronic Announces PolyTune for iPhone, Free Download Promotion

TC Electronic has announced that they will soon be releasing the iPhone version of their revolutionary PolyTune pedal tuner. The new app, which is a 1:1 port of the original, will be available for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. The PolyTune allows players to tune all strings simultaneously by strumming on your bass (or other instrument), even down to...

Bass Gear

Gear Watch: TC Electronic BG500 Combo Amps

TC Electronic is introducing the new BG500 bass combos at the Frankfurt Musikmesse 2010, which runs from March 24th to the 27th. The 500-watt BG500 is available as a 1×15 or 2×10 combo, each equipped with a 1″ tweeter. The BG500 combos share many of the same features as the company’s RH450, including the SpectraComp multi-band compressor and TubeTone control...

Bass Gear

Gear Watch: Staccato’51 Bass Head

TC Electronic has customized their RH450 head with a new sound design specifically for Tower of Power bassist Francis Rocco Prestia. The Staccato’51 has the same look and feel of the RH450, but there are plenty of new features to differentiate this model. World Ready Power Supply – a built in power supply that operates from 90-240V, no need to...

Bass Gear

Gear Watch: TC Electronic RS410 Released

TC Electronic has announced the release of the RS410 Cabinet. The RS410 features 4×10” speakers (plus high frequency driver) running at 8 Ohm 600W. It also boasts an anti-scratch finish and uses a dual-component ‘anti skid’ surface treatment helps the cabinets hold together when stacked. The guts are rigged up with two high-quality Speakon connectors as well as a heavy...

Amps

TC Electronic Announces RS410 Bass Cabinet

TC Electronic new RS410 bass cabinet is the latest addition to their line of cabinets, adding to the existing RH450 bass amp and RS lines of cabinets. The RS410 features four 10″ drivers plus a high-frequency driver, custom made by Eminence. The RS410 is an 8 Ohms and 600 W cabinet. Here’s a clip of bassist Steve Bailey demonstrating TC...

Bass Gear

TC Looking for “Test-Pilots” of New RebelHead450 Bass Head

After decades of producing revolutionary music electronics, TC Electronic debuted its entry into the bass amp market at the 2009 NAMM show in Los Angeles. Says Uffe Kjems Hansen, head of TC Electronics’ instrument amp section, and bass player since the early 80s: “I’ve always loved bass so much, so when opportunity knocked and we got a chance to do...