Hartke LH1000 Bass Guitar Amplifier Head

Never mind the value for money. This is just a great amp period, with it's own unique voice. Smooth round and warm tone, and yet also plenty of punch and definition. The way the notes bloom is really quite cool. The limiter has a slight compression effect that is very musical...that's kind of part of it's thing. And it can get incredibly loud...this is a loud 500 watts believe me. It took me a day or so to learn how to dial in the Fender style Eq it's versatile enough. It's a solid professional piece of gear for an amazing price. Downside? Well it's big and heavy vs today's micro amps...it's aint fitting in your gig bag that's for sure. But it comes with handles that make for a comfortable one handed carry... I don't have an issue at all with it... this is an amp you can haul all over and it will get the job done and sound great.

Had the LH500 for a few days now, overall very satisfied. Using it thru two separate Ampeg 1x15 cabs, with my passive Lakland DJ5 bass. Sounds really good. TONS of power. I couldn't even imagine what the LH1000 with an active bass must be like. Unless you are powering two or more 8x10 cabs, I think the LH500 will be all the power anyone would need and plenty more. With my bass's 2 volume pots at ~50% and the amp on 2 or 3, it's plenty loud. The EQ on the amp is a little less sensitive than I expected, but still fine. The LH500 somehow actually makes the volume and tone knobs on the bass more sensitive to adjustments. I think that's just because of how "clean" this amp is. Great bang-for-the-buck. Very solid construction and quality feel. Tone (with my bass and cabs) is really good, not "spectacular", but very good. Maybe instead of 2 1x15 cabs, a 4x10 + 1x15 would provide a more rounded tone, but again, with my current setup, sounds really big, warm and powerful. For the price, there's can't be much better out there. Unless you're playing an arena, this thing has enough oomph for small-medium clubs and outdoor parties. Almost too much for the basement. I would give it 4.5 stars out of 5 if Amazon did half-star ratings. For $349 new = totally SOLID, POWERFUL, QUALITY, BASS HEAD. So far, so good.

I am fairly new to the craft of Bass Playing, and I absolutely love this amp! One of the nicest features is that you can run multiple cabinets with it to dial in a particular sound or volume. I rarely have to use more than 5 on the master gain to completely give me the deep full bass sound that make a room breathe. ( you bass players know what I mean )Simple controls and very clean! I have only used the Bridge (1000W) function a couple times and for small gigs it is more than enough to power 410 or even and 810 cabinet. I usually run two 410 fender cabinets unbridged, and it works sweet! I recommend this amp! You won't be disappointed.

The Hartke LH500 was severely lacking in the power output and tone quality that I was expecting for the price, especially in the lower register (distorted overdrive sound). I paired this with a new Hartke Hydrive HD112 which I was also disappointed with. I took both the LH 500 and HD 112 to local music store and they were nice enough to help me try to dial in the tone and mix and match the amplifier and speaker cab to other heads and cabinets to determine which one was lacking my expected performance. Turns out both were lacking. Im not a performing musician but was in the early 70s and again in the late 90s. I now only play infrequently with friends. I have and use a 100 watt solid state Acoustic combo w/15 "speaker that actually sounds better with greater output and tone quality than the Hartke rig at 1/3 the price. One review I read on the LH500 before purchasing was " where are the other 400 watts ". I agree with that review.

I got this amp after being continuously drown out in a 6 piece band with two guitarists. I am using this amp with a single Hartke Hydrive HX410 cabinet. The amp is set to bridged mode which will send 750W to the single 8 ohm cabinet.I would describe this amp as being good in providing lots of headroom for a clean bass sound. It sounds great in a variety of styles such as Funk/Slap and Hard Rock. The tube pre-amp does not sound too different from the solid state Ampeg PF500. Although the Hartke LH1000 has less tone controls compared to the PF500, I liked the overall sound of the LH1000 better than the PF500.The poor reliability reviews of the Ampeg PF500 and the higher wattage lead me to choose this amp instead of the Ampeg PF500.

Loud, loud, and loud.This sounds crystal clear on it's own. I got used to the EQ setup in a matter of minutes. Start with the bass at 2, mids at 10, and the treble at 2. Adjust from there. Seems strange when you're used to traditional EQs, but like I said, five minutes and you're dialed in. Once dialed in, it works perfectly with any effect I use. I love the SansAmp with it. I can get it to sound like an Ampeg or a GK with the SansAmp.And it's also loud.

I happy about the quality of this amp. I spent a lot of time researching because I was on a budget. I am glad I chose this one. It feels very solid, rugged and well made. I am also happy I can mount this to a rack someday if i choose. I picked this one over the 3500 because of the additional power. I also heard that the new 3500's are not as good as the classic ones. I am playing out of a less-than-top-of-the-line 8 Ohm 4x10, in a punk rock band, and I usually crank this to about 7 or 8, and it barely gets warm. I would love to see what it could do on a high quality 4 ohm 8x10. It has definitely been a step up from my Peavey Max 115. Between the active electronics on my bass and the knobs on this amp, I can usually balance the sound pretty well so as to not lose any highs. Would recommend.