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SWR Black Beauty Bass Combo Amplifier (350 Watts, 1 x 15 in.)

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Product Description

SWR's Black Beauty combo amp features a custom SWR 15-inch bass driver and high-frequency horn tweeter in a 4-ohm speaker configuration -- driven by 350 watts RMS (450 watts using a 4-ohm extension speaker cabinet). In addition to dramatic, new chassis graphics (featuring the SWR badge in classic chrome), the Black Beauty has inherited a very popular effect from the SWR Mo' Bass soundstation -- the SWR SubWave -- producing clean, pure and accurate octave signals. A Subwave Footswitch with a hardwired 1/4" cable (for connection purposes) ships with the Black Beauty as an added bonus. zZounds is an authorized dealer of SWR products.
Front Panel Specifications
Dual independent input jacks compatible for both active and passive instruments

Gain control with LED peak clipping indicator

SWR's exclusive Aural Enhancer circuitry

Subwave (with Level control)

Subwave Illuminated on/off switch

Limiter

Limiter Defeat Switch

Active bass and treble controls

Variable mid-range EQ

Effects Blend Control

Master Volume Control

Power On/Off Switch

Steel chassis

Rear Panel Features
Side Chain Effects Loop

Balanced XLR Output

XLR Mode Switch (Direct, Line, or Direct + Sub)

Tuner Send

Subwave Footswitch Jack

Extension Speaker Output

Three-way tweeter control switch:
(full-range, -6dB, tweeter off).

Extruded Heat Sink

Other Specifications
(1) 12AX7 Preamp Tube

Frequency Responce:
(Power Amplifier): -3dB @ 20Hz and 40KHz
(Speaker Complement): -3db @ 45 Hz and 13.5 kHz

Dimensions (W x H x D): 23 in. x 25-7/8 in. x 18-3/8 in.

Weight: 95 lbs.

Power Output:
350 Watts @ 4 Ohms
400 Watts @ 2.67 Ohms (with 8 ohm extension speaker)
450 Watts @ 2 Ohms (with 4 ohm extension speaker)
Note: Internal speaker impedance is 4 ohms.

Signal-to-noise Ratio: -72 dB (<10 millivolts typical)

Edquivalent Input Noise: 9 microvolts

Input Impedance:
Passive/Active Input: 800K Ohms
Active Input: 60K Ohms
Effects Return: 27K Ohms

Output Impedance:
Effects Send: 100 Ohms
Tuner Send: 100 Ohms
XLR Balanced Out: 750 Ohms

Speaker Complement:
(1) 15 in. custom-designed SWR driver
(1) Foster Horn

Power Handling: (speaker section) 350 Watts RMS continuous program

Internal Impedance: 4 ohms

Tuning: Front slot port. Specially designed to eliminate unwanted noise.

Crossover: Third order, 6db rolloff, 18db butterworth high pass 4KHz turnover. The crossover is located inside the Black Beauty's speaker enclosure.

SPL: 100 dB @ 1W1M

Cabinet Construction: 5/8 in. 7 ply, Maple or Birch plywood construction, waterproof glue. All joints Dado and Rabbet, glued and nailed. Extremely heavy bracing.

Finish:
Black carpeting with stack lock corners.
Black Stamped Steel Vibration-Free Grill.

Chassis Material: Steel
SWR Warranty
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If you have additional warranty questions, please call the manufacturer at 818-253-4797
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4.5 out of 5 (30 ratings) Rate and Review This Product
"Sound Fantastic....Quality questionable !"
Sound: What can I say, probably one of the best amps I have ever used and thats 35 years in the business. Sound quality and control cannot be faulted. Quality is questionable, no doubt it is bullet proof build quality but the on/off switch seems a little fragile and on mine there is a very sharp edge to the grate covering the heat sink on the back. Small things I know but cut your finger on the way to a gig and youre in trouble!! Weight is perhaps another problem unless youre built like a gorilla !
Style of Music: jazz blues
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Sound: It has no tone that is worth bragging about. It's OK. Feature: There is an octave function on this amp that would be cool if it actually worked on every note on the neck. It has a cool foot switch for it though that worked sometime. Quality: It looks pretty BUT I was the first one to use it as the house bass rig. OK...there was an acoustic act on before us but after about one song....something blew up on it. Actually I think it blew when we were checking it. Maybe it was just one amp out of a million and I got the bad one BUT it didn't let a good taste in my mouth for the amp or SWR. Value: Well...if it would work for longer than 5 minutes with out blowing up it might be worth the money. The Wow Factor: Like I said it looks pretty BUT if it is only going to break.....who cares!
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