AER Basic Performer

Don't know the year made.This amp is used for gospel and r&b.I find the two channels very usefull with fx loop and headphone jacks.I do wish the power switch was located close to the top.I have used this amp at church with a full choir 2 keyboards drums guitar and I could still hear myself.I still haven't used all the imputs.

I use a roscoe skb 6string neckthru with bartolini pu and preamp.One thing I can say is this amp has the bass I need,infact I have to turn the setting down to 5.The reason I got the amp is because of the tone,that is sweet.this amp holds it own.

I have owned it for a year with no problems and no backup.It was a birthday presant to myself.

I think the the warranty is a year.No problems.

I have been playing for 40 years.I own bagend and hartke 3500 head.I play roscoe basses and yamaha trb 6string basses.I owned warwick pbc fender kramer gibson basses also.There is no comparison with other amps. You love it or you don't.It is pricey but I got mine for $1300.

I acquired a 2006 AER Basic Performer solid-state "acoustic combo" for upright bass, for jazz duo through big band performance. It has two channels. Channel 1 input is a combo socket for XLR and 1/4" jack. The unported bass reflex cabinet houses four 8" twin-cone 4 ohm speakers each powered by a separate 60w power amp. Weight: 52 lbs. It has every conceivable feature including phantom power, compression, notch filter, effects loop, tape/CD-in-and-out, headphone jack, DI-out, foot switch effect on/off and voltage select (see on-line manual for the total package). I will never use most of these. I bought it for its utterly transparent, cleaner-than-clean sound and unsurpassed "presence." This unit is acoustic bass amp nirvana. Comes w/thick padded cover.

I am amplifying a fine acoustic bass using a Shadow transducer pick-up. The amp has no running noise - at any volume. Instrument amplification sounds as if I have headphones plugged into the bass. Distortion is not an option here unless the signal into the amp is coming from a distortion effects box.

No break-downs in three months of use. No knowledge of others having had problems. If anybody out there has encountered problems with the unit, please submit a review at this site documenting them. I'd like to know about them.

I have had no contact as yet with AER's service representatives.

I've been playing the NY metro area for 35 years. I also use and have been extremely satisfied with Acoustic Image products (Clarus and SL) with Raezer's Edge bass cab's (10" and 12"). These rigs are more portable than the 52 pound Basic Performer and sound absolutely great - just not as great as the AER Basic Performer, which I consider the height of acoustic bass amplification.

Would I change anything? Yes. I'd relocate the on/off switch from the bottom of the back wall to a more accessible location.

A rating here of "10" - "Fantastic Value?" - don't now if I can rate the Basic Performer a fantastic value - it's a very expensive amp (MSRP $2,400 with most outlets selling at $1,799). But, as they say, "Ya' get what you pay for." If "10" equalled "greatest acoustic bass amp I've ever used or heard," then yes, it's a "10." So, I'll give it a "9" meaning "very expensive, but greatest acoustic bass amp I've ever used or heard."