Product: Fender BXR 300C Head
Price Paid: US $200 used
Submitted
11/01/2005
at
08:23am
by
Jay-Jay
Features
:
9
I've been playing bass since 2 years now and have a lot of gigs with my band.
We play in bigger areas. And sometimes our drummer made me going crazy because he was too loud. So I decided to buy a bigger better amp. It was the top of the Fender BXR 300 C -Combo.
It has got 300 watt onto 4 ohm (Of course it' a transistor amp whitout any tube amps).
It's extremely loud when I play it onto my Mesa/Boogie Diesel 2x15. I think it's made in the 90's, but not sure. It has got a deltacomp, preamp in/out, boost on high and low, 4band EQ.
Sound Quality
:
9
im playing a vision black beauty and it even sounds great.
A very dynamic sound in any case.
you can use this amp for every style you need (blues, metall, grunge, pop)
If you pump it on a higher level by using the boost you should be careful with your ears cus' it's so f***** loud.
the EQ let you choose every style you need.
Reliability
:
No Opinion
there have never been problems on it.
It never broke down and always made, what i wanted to.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
I bought it on ebay so i can't tell you anything about the company.
Overall Rating
:
9
I'm playing it for two years now and i'm getting more and more exited.
I just can tell you:
Buy and enjoy if you like transistor-power
Product: Fender BXR 300C Head
Price Paid: US $100 used
Submitted
09/17/2001
at
09:10pm
by
Todd H
Email: harmony-central at toddh<dot>net
Features
:
7
This amp has a CJ on it's Quality assurance label which evidently means it was built in October of 1992. I've got the head only--scavenged out of its original cabinet. This model has red switches for low and high enhance, 3 band eq with sweepable mid, deltacomp compression for clipping protection and an effects loop all on the front panel. Minimum impedance is 4ohms. Plain vanilla amp.
Sound Quality
:
7
It's okay. I use it for rock, and I find it lacking in power, and it gets a little flabby at times. The sweepable mid is a nice touch and allows for a decent variety of tones. The low boost is useful for quieter shows to compensate for loudenss. The high boost is essentially an "add hiss" switch and I avoid it.
Reliability
:
5
Now that the amp is 9 years old and on its 3 owner, it's showing some signs of distress. The jacks are all rather loose. The amp cuts out every once in a great while when playing at high volume--even if it's just acting as a preamp with no speakers plugged into it. I suspect the loose input plugs may be to blame. For only being this old, I'm surprised it's in such bad shape.
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
6
A friend had it laying in his garage after it cut out on him in a gig and the fan quit turning--I suspect it was due to thermal issues since he was running it without a side panel thereby defeating the cooling design. He sold it to me very inexpensively and it has served me well in a pre-amp capacity. I have a 4ohm (thought it was 8ohm...but learned otherwise!) 1x15 cabinet and an 8ohm 2x10 cabinet, and the resulting 2.66 ohm load really upset this amp during a gig and it cut out repeatedly--which is to be expected since I overloaded the output. In hindsight, I'm surprised it didn't simply burn up. The head was worth $100, but not much more given its condition.
