Well, I got what I’d paid for: BAM200 fail!

[MarkA]

It gets warm but to the touch it feels the same temperature as my GK MB500 or Quilter BB800 when using those amps, same bands and venues.

More good info, thanks.

 

[txhawaii]

Is yours is a recent purchase? Are you pushing it very hard when you play?


Good to hear. (Noted that yours was bought 2 years ago.) Does yours get very hot when you play?

i got mine on Friday from amazon. it was brand new and it looked like it had never been out of the box.

i'm an amateur player in my bedroom so its not like I'm pounding out 200 watts for a concert. but it does get warm just sitting on my cab when i leave it on for an extended time. I would be concerned it could be a fire hazard if I put papers on top of it. thats probably an exaggeration but who knows.

i have an Ampeg solid state taking it sweet a$$ time coming to me from Reverb and I will probably send back the bam to amazon in another week. i don' have a need for two amps like this.

however, if I were a gigging musician, this bam would likely stay in my travel case always. it seems a very reliable backup at least to me from my little experience with it.

 

[MarkA]

no no i got mine on Friday from amazon. it was brand new and it looked like it had never been out of the box.

So it's a recently purchased, new amp from Amazon, you're not pushing it hard, and it's running really hot despite that, correct?

 

[txhawaii]

So it's a recently purchased, new amp from Amazon, you're not pushing it hard, and it's running really hot despite that, correct?

yes its hot...warmer than expected...warmer than the top of an older iMac.

 

[Hasty]

Is yours is a recent purchase? Are you pushing it very hard when you play?


Good to hear. (Noted that yours was bought 2 years ago.) Does yours get very hot when you play?

In all seriousness, I've owned mine for at least 3 years. I use it frequently at home to practice but it has also been gigged multiple times with electric bass and double bass. I've mixed it with a MAS 16, MAS 28, and a few different 112 cabs. Works best with the 16, but sounds pretty good with all combinations so far. I've pushed it pretty hard and never experienced a hiccup.

 

[MarkA]

yes its hot...warmer than expected...warmer than the top of an older iMac.

I'm afraid I don't know how warm old iMacs get, but I gather that the amp is toasty. Is it hot enough to be uncomfortable to touch?

i got mine on Friday from amazon. it was brand new and it looked like it had never been out of the box.

no i'm an amateur player in my bedroom so its not like I'm pounding out 200 watts for a concert. but it does get warm just sitting on my cab when i leave it on for an extended time. I would be concerned it could be a fire hazard if I put papers on top of it. thats probably an exaggeration but who knows.

i have an Ampeg solid state taking it sweet a$$ time coming to me from Reverb and I will probably send back the bam to amazon in another week. i don' have a need for two amps like this.

however, if I were a gigging musician, this bam would likely stay in my travel case always. it seems a very reliable backup at least to me from my little experience with it.

I think I replied before you expanded upon your post. My concern would be that, though tiny and convenient (and people here seem to like the sound), it might not be a very reliable backup amp (given the failures reported and that yours seems to be running hot).

Does the fan on yours come on?

 

[Searay]

As I sit here between my '72 Super Lead and my SVT CL. I wonder, why?

 

[Jeff Hughes]

My friend bought one for his rehearsal space. After the comments here, I suggested he cancel the order since it had not arrived.

He didn’t, and I used it last night with the master around 9-10 oclock for about and hour and a half with no problems.

 

[Hasty]

As I sit here between my '72 Super Lead and my SVT CL. I wonder, why?

As I sit here between my iPhone and my bluetooth headphones I wonder… why what?

 

[mcnach]

As I sit here with my kazoo, I wonder...

 

[HaphAsSard]

Must...resist...inappropriate joke...

 

[Saetia]

"blowed up real good"...

My pops always says this.

 

[cxc]

Ok…add one more to the list. Mine went bad after about six hours play time. Sent back to Amazon.

 

[gidbass]

And the honeymoon is over. About six hours of play time (not being pushed) and poof... Smoked up with an awful burnt electronics smell.

Back to Amazon it goes...

 

[DJ Bebop]

Ok…add one more to the list. Mine went bad after about six hours play time. Sent back to Amazon.

And the honeymoon is over. About six hours of play time (not being pushed) and poof... Smoked up with an awful burnt electronics smell.

Back to Amazon it goes...

 

[Redbrangus]

"blowed up real good"...

My pops always says this.

It was an oft-repeated phrase in SCTV's "Farm-Film Report" sketches, in which two rural farmers in bib overalls would report on the day's farm commodity prices and then review a current film. The two guys were fans of big effects movies, and their highest praise was that something "blowed up real good...yup, blowed up REAL good." It was an operative expression in my business to describe particularly catastrophic failures for years and years; even my old lady has found occasion to use it.