Hartke Model 3500 Bass Amplifier Head

10-band graphic EQ.

This product is no longer available at zZounds.

We recommend this product instead:

Main

Hartke 3500A Bass Amplifier Head (350 Watts)

    • New $499.95
    • List: $659.99
      • SAVE: 24%
  • Installment Plan:4 payments of $124.98
    • free ground shipping
    • In stock
    • 27 people rate: 7 out of 10

The HA3500 includes selectable passive or active input, tube and solid-state pre-amps, variable compression, 10-band graphic EQ, high/low frequency contour control and a direct XLR output. Learn More...

Shop our website for related products:

(In most cases, a product is unavailable because it has been discontinued by its manufacturer.)

customer reviews

Rate and Review This Product:

41 People rated this product : * * * * * * * * * * 8 out of 10

5 People wrote reviews

* * * * * * * * * * 9 out of 10

"get it and play it, then judge for yourself."

Feature:
the amp comes with regular eq and an equalizer that does wonder with active basses. the analog tube preamp is just plain what i was looking for and to complement it comes a solid stae preamp that you can use separately or in combo with the tube preamp. a bit of both in any combination sound just plain great.

Quality:
the finish is alright; the sound is good, the control are just great; the chassis is sturdy and well assembled but the pots and jacks are the worse part of the whole unit. a poor quality pot destroy your sound in no time flat when it start to be loose and flutter when vibrating; the jacks are alright until you jerk the cable once to many time; the jack threaded neck in molded in plastic over the metal sleeve and the nuts are ripped of very easily. BEWTTER QUALITY POTS AND ALL METAL JACKS ARE A MUST FOR AN IMPROVEMENT. I HAVE DONE THIS A WHILE BACK AND HAD NO MORE PROBLEMS. TOTAL COST: $39.58 FOR PARTS.

Value:
good.

Desirability:
what's about making a nameplate that stays up there? the one that comes with the unit have sticky back and when the glue dries out, the nameplate falls of and get lost or stepped on.

Sound:
better than marshall, peavey and many others i have own and played for years since 1967. i just got rid of my 1100 watts peavey rig because of weight, size and my back!!! the sound was not to bad but does not justify the size of the rig. come on over to hartke.

Support:
THANKS TO GOOGLE I FOUND THE DISTRIBUTOR " SAMSON " AND COULD NOT GET ORIGINAL ALUMINUM REPLACEMENT SPEAKERS.

Overall:
as long as it take until my taste for sound change which i doubt or until the thing blow up and then again, i'll fix just like i've fixed everything else.

Submitted: 5/12/2005

Style of Music: anything that sells from classic to rock and blues

* * * * * * * * * * 2 out of 10

"save your money. and get an Ampeg SVT350H..you'll thank me later"

Overall:
i bought this head and it sounded great in the music store. i brought it back to the studio where my band practices. plugged it into my cab at a low volume and started playing. i went to turn it up to like 3 and all of a sudden it made this awful sound and shut off. so i took the fuse pannel out..and it blew a fuse. so i figured, no big deal..i will just buy some fuses. went back to the music store..got the fuses i needed. lets just say i went through all five of them. as soon as i turn the head on it shorts right out. which means this head is actually doing its job, however. i think you get what you pay for. if i were you. i would just save up the money and get an Ampeg SVT350H. thats what im doing..i played through my drummers brothers svt350h. all i can say is its amazing.

Submitted: 3/16/2005

Read all reviews...

30-Day 100% Satisfaction Guarantee Applies On This Item - Buy it, and if it isn't just right for you, return it!

About This Product!
Description
Docs
The Hartke Systems Model 3500 Bass Amplifiers offers all the newest concepts in bass amplification.

Features
Power to spare - a full 350 watts into 4 ohms.

Hartke's unique Transient Attack¬ circuitry ensures that every nuance of your bass performance is reproduced faithfully.

Two Pre-Amp input knobs, allowing custom blending of tube and solid state sounds.

Ten bands of high-quality graphic equalization, allowing you to create a broad range of tonal colors for your bass instrument. A dedicated in/out button allows you to preset an equalization curve.

Two fully adjustable contour knobs (high pass and low pass) provide further control over shaping your bass sound.

A built-in compressor not only adds real "punch" to your bass sound, but also allows you to smooth out volume differences between notes.

Two independent inputs accommodate both passive and active bass guitars.

Protection relay circuitry protects connected speakers from dangerous overloading, and prevents "thumps" when powering on or off.

Effect loop send and return jacks allow you to connect to professional outboard effects processors.

An effect Balance knob enables you to adjust the relative amount of Send ("dry") versus Return ("wet") effect signal being routed to the speaker outputs.

An electronically balanced direct output provides a means of routing signal to professional mixing consoles in both live performance and recording environments. A ground loop switch helps prevent hum or buzz from entering the signal, and a pre/post switch allows the direct signal to be derived either before or after the amp EQ section.

LEDs show you the settings of the graphic equalizer in low-light environments, as well as a 2-color LED that continuously shows the status of the compression circuitry in response to your playing.

Rugged construction makes the Model 3500 eminently roadworthy.

Technical Info

Power: 350 Watts at 4 Ohms; 240 Watts at 8 Ohms

Selectable Tube and Solid-State Preamps

Rotary Bass and Treble Contour Controls

10-band graphic EQ

Adjustable Compression

Balanced XLR Out

Total Harmonic Distortion: Less than 1% at Rated Power

Signal-to-Noise: Approx. 78 dB

Effects: Send and Return

Bipolar Design

Passive/Active Input Jack

Rack-Mountable

Dimensions: 2U Space, 13 in. Deep
catalog

what our customers say about zZounds

"You truly are the best out there. Prices are great, all the products I need are always in stock, and delivery is lightning quick!" - customer on August 16, 2008

Free Catalog

First Name Last Name
Address 1 Address 2
City State
Zip Email

Would you like to receive periodic email notices of new items, special buys, and promotions? WE WILL NOT SHARE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WITH ANYONE ELSE. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Tell us

Is there something you want to tell us? How can we serve you better? Want to see different products? Is this shirt ugly? Let us know!