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Far too good for the price...
I use this amp for extreme metal - black metal, thrash, and doom. I've used this for a few months now, playing a lot of gigs, and have lent the amp out to quite a few friends. It has taken all these tasks on and performed admirably.
The build quality of the amp is great. It's a nice solid body, all the input jacks are nice solid metal, and the switches don't rattle around or get loose. One minor complaint is that the knobs don't feel massively solid, but keeping the amp in a flight case negates this problem. I've never actually used the handles (due to the aforementioned flightcase), but they are solid enough that I would completely trust them.
The sound of the amp is great. There isn't a separate gain control, so the sound is very clean, but I happen to like this. It takes pedals with ease as well, so distortion isn't a problem if needed. The outputs are really easy to use, the manual explains everything one needs to know clearly and simply. Running at 8 ohms through a 4x10, the amp sounds great. Running the full 500 watts through a 4 ohm Ampeg 8x10 is amazing.
The amp is plenty loud enough for just about any situation. Despite being 500 watts and solid state, I've found that it is loud enough to match, and even overpower full band setups - certainly, in my power trios, I am constantly having to turn it down - I've never taken it beyond 7 at a gig. In full bands that I've lent the amp to, it's perfectly capable of matching two 100 watt tube guitar heads.
Overall, this amp is an absolute steal for the money. If mine gets broken or stolen, I would not hesitate to get another one straight away.
The build quality of the amp is great. It's a nice solid body, all the input jacks are nice solid metal, and the switches don't rattle around or get loose. One minor complaint is that the knobs don't feel massively solid, but keeping the amp in a flight case negates this problem. I've never actually used the handles (due to the aforementioned flightcase), but they are solid enough that I would completely trust them.
The sound of the amp is great. There isn't a separate gain control, so the sound is very clean, but I happen to like this. It takes pedals with ease as well, so distortion isn't a problem if needed. The outputs are really easy to use, the manual explains everything one needs to know clearly and simply. Running at 8 ohms through a 4x10, the amp sounds great. Running the full 500 watts through a 4 ohm Ampeg 8x10 is amazing.
The amp is plenty loud enough for just about any situation. Despite being 500 watts and solid state, I've found that it is loud enough to match, and even overpower full band setups - certainly, in my power trios, I am constantly having to turn it down - I've never taken it beyond 7 at a gig. In full bands that I've lent the amp to, it's perfectly capable of matching two 100 watt tube guitar heads.
Overall, this amp is an absolute steal for the money. If mine gets broken or stolen, I would not hesitate to get another one straight away.
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I was amazed!!!
Great amp. I upgraded from an old harley benton amp to this one along with a Hartke VX410 and a Hartke 115 B XL. Okay the two amps are obviously uncomparable. So about the Hartke:
Great and versatile sound with simple equilizer controls. You can adjust your sound to any kind of taste and music easily and fast. It is actually really hard to not like the sound this amp makes. One downside is that it is kinda heavy and transportation would be a problem. Other than that the quality looks great and the price is affordable. All in all the Hartke LH-500 is a great semi-proffesional amp and i would recommend it to every kind of bass player.
Great and versatile sound with simple equilizer controls. You can adjust your sound to any kind of taste and music easily and fast. It is actually really hard to not like the sound this amp makes. One downside is that it is kinda heavy and transportation would be a problem. Other than that the quality looks great and the price is affordable. All in all the Hartke LH-500 is a great semi-proffesional amp and i would recommend it to every kind of bass player.
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Awesome!
I recently joined a death metal band, and i needed something that would deliver a really big and heavy bass sound, and also a really loud amp since the boys in the band tend to get really loud. So i looked around for quite a while, i looked at combos, i looked at different types of stacks, i really searched high and low.
Eventually i settled on this amp and it really suits me perfectly, it is a workhorse of an amp, the build quality is really top notch, and the sound of this amp is fantastic! you can get a really wide variety of sounds with this amp, and you can play pretty much any genre with it. The interface is very straight forward and easy to use. All in all it is a fantastic amplifier.
Would absolutely recommend it for anyone looking for a real workhorse gigging amp!
Eventually i settled on this amp and it really suits me perfectly, it is a workhorse of an amp, the build quality is really top notch, and the sound of this amp is fantastic! you can get a really wide variety of sounds with this amp, and you can play pretty much any genre with it. The interface is very straight forward and easy to use. All in all it is a fantastic amplifier.
Would absolutely recommend it for anyone looking for a real workhorse gigging amp!
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Easy understandable and powerful!
I couldn't want anything more, a lot of headroom and easy understandable controls.
Sounds great!
Sounds great!
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Great sound for rock/metal
I play a 5 string Bass and this amp really sounds great for rock and metal. It is simple to set up and use, with no unnecessary/gimmicky features - it amplifies your Bass and has basic tone controls with an additional "Bright" switch (I personally don't use this but it does what it says). Note- this amp is 500w only when run into a 4ohm cab and 350w into an 8 ohm cab. The bundle option with the Harley Benton 4x10 cab will only give you 350w output!
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So good we bought 3!
I absolutely love these amps! Absolutely perfect for the rehearsal rooms/recording studio I run. So simple to use and virtually impossible to dial in a bad sound.
We've rack mounted all 3 of ours in 2U ABS cases and they've held up well to the constant use and abuse in our rehearsal rooms.
Very Loud, very simple to use, very punchy and very durable and great value for money.
We've rack mounted all 3 of ours in 2U ABS cases and they've held up well to the constant use and abuse in our rehearsal rooms.
Very Loud, very simple to use, very punchy and very durable and great value for money.
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Good hybrid amp for low money
If you want only a powerful hybrid bass amp head, and don't need any extra features like graphic eq, built in overdrive, tuner, than this is the perfect one. Easy handling, great sound.
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Great power and tone
The valve pre amp makes this amp, it is extremely versatile and can produce fat warm old school bass without sounding muddy, and modern Hi-Fi tones with punch and crystal clear clarity,
exceptional value if it cost ¤1000 it would be worth it.
I'm playing jazz and classic rock stuff in a 3 piece band I use Usa Precisions including an active deluxe plus, this amp is a great match for my Warwick cabinets,
delighted with my purchase, and fast free delivery from Thomann.
exceptional value if it cost ¤1000 it would be worth it.
I'm playing jazz and classic rock stuff in a 3 piece band I use Usa Precisions including an active deluxe plus, this amp is a great match for my Warwick cabinets,
delighted with my purchase, and fast free delivery from Thomann.
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Great value powerful amp
It is what it is, it gives great tone across the frequencies when paired with my gk 2x10. The rest of the band noticed immediately the difference in sound quality over my previous ashdown mag250.
It's simple but effective
It's simple but effective
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lh 500
nice sound and price! But problems with fans and thermostat
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