Pro Bassrider 400 - In Stock Now -£949.00~
General OverviewWelcome, and many thanks from Indie for choosing our Bassrider 400.
The Bassrider 400 is a bass amp combo with many cool features that any bass
player will find very usable. Whether you're gigging, recording, practicing or
just beginning the Bassrider 400 will deliver the goods.
The Bassrider is a 400 Watts RMS into 8 ohm valve hybrid amp. The combo is
fitted with a Celestion BL15-400 8 Ohm 15" bass driver and also an 8 Ohm
200 Watt 1" HF driver. The HF driver can be attenuated via a switch on the
rear panel with 3 different settings. Standard (0dB), Padded (-6dB) or
Disabled.
The cabinet has been designed in such a way that the driver is angled
slightly upward, giving the user a far better listening perspective whilst
using the amp. There's no longer any need to seek out an old beer crate to
stand it on, or a stick to lean it back against so you can hear yourself!
The Bassrider 400 can also be configured with extension speaker cabs for
bigger venues, or simply more oomph! With the addition of an 8 Ohm cab
(minimum handling of 400 Watts RMS) the total output will rise to
600 Watts RMS.
Adding a 4 Ohm cab (minimum handling of 600 Watts RMS) the amp will
deliver a huge 800 Watts RMS. Using the built in limiter will ensure a clean,
powerful bass sound at very high SPL's.
As mentioned earlier the Bassrider 400 is a hybrid amp utilising a valve
preamp stage, allowing the amp to deliver a warm analogue sound. The
demise of the valve a few years ago left many amps sounding brittle and
unexciting, but over time players, designers and listeners have all agreed
that there simply is no substitute for a valve amp.
So Indie decided to incorporate an 'old school' valve front end into the
Bassrider 400 thus allowing the natural tone and yumminess (if that's a
word?) of an analogue instrument to shine through. The valve preamp
accurately reproduces and very often can beautifully emphasise the second
harmonics and further overtones that transistor amps nearly always fail to
capture. And additionally, when driven a bit harder that natural valve
compression and clipping adds even more punch and grit.
The Bassrider 400 truly is a hybrid amp, combining classic valve technology
and tone with modern controls and features. Designed by musicians not
laboratory technicians, it's built to last and is simple to use.
We at Indie sincerely hope you enjoy playing, using and owning it as much
as we did designing, building and testing it.
Many thanks, from Indie.~
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