Review Demo - EBS Magni 500 MA15 Bass Amp Combo HD

Read the review: http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/24773-ebs-magni-500-ma15-review For close to three decades, Sweden’s EBS has been designing and developing premium amplification and effects for bassists. The company that started out making their wares by hand in a basement in Stockholm has become a major force, with players from Tal Wilkenfeld to Billy Sheehan employing their gear. EBS amps have become more powerful and more lightweight over the years, and to further their mission of power and portability, EBS has introduced the Magni 500 series of combos—available in either 1x15 or 2x10 speaker configurations. I took a look at the 1x15 and found a solid combo with tremendous attention to detail in its construction—all of which is tailored for the gigging musician. The 250-watt MA15 features a slew of controls and thoughtful options that provide a variety of tone profiles. For starters, the character-filter button engages a pre-shape filter that operates independently from the other preamp functions. So if you’d like to cut back on the mids a bit and boost your lows and highs prior to really digging in and tweaking, press this button. The comp/limit dial sets the ratio for the onboard low-noise compressor/limiter that helps prevent the amp from distorting when approaching loud volume thresholds. The filter-active button engages the EQ/filter section directly to its right. The section has the expected bass, middle, and treble dials, but also a rotary dial (freq.) to determine the frequency range of the mids (100 Hz to 6 kHz), and an advanced high-pass filter labeled “bright.” The rear panel houses just about everything you could ask from a gigging combo, including a balanced output, a ground-lift switch to eliminate pesky hum, a pre/post EQ switch, an effects loop, a 1/4" headphone jack, a Speakon out for running another cab, and an operating voltage selector switch. Click to continue to read the review: http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/24773-ebs-magni-500-ma15-review