Fender B-DEC 30 Digital Entertainment Center Bass Combo Amplifier (30 Watts, 1x10 in.)

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Tilt Back Cabinet. RCA Auxilliary Input Jacks. Headphone Jack.

The ultimate bass playing experience! The B-DEC 30 is an entertainment center and a fantastic training/teaching tool. Combining performance loops covering most musical styles with teacher loops to help develop and refine the "bass-ics," the feature-loaded B-DEC 30 provides hours of fun while you naturally improve the skills that will make you the best bass player you can be!

Features:
Tilt Back Cabinet

RCA Auxilliary Input Jacks for Playing Along with Tape or CD

Headphone Jack

The most popular bass amps and effects models combined with musical loops for endless jamming fun!

Drum beats, guitar and keyboard sounds along with a guide bass track each of which can be muted

Internal synthesizer with MIDI interface allows playback of any MIDI file. Song storage allows those MIDI files to be stored inside the amp

Record function for listening back to what you have played with a critical ear, to help facilitate rapid improvement

Easy to use bass tuner at the touch of a button

Internal phrase sample allows can sample your playing and help with critical listening of your playing

"Teacher" loops demonstrate basic musical concepts

Complete method book has transcription and tablature for every preset along with suggested techniques, areas of focus and playing variations

Model Name: B-DEC 30 Bass Digital Entertainment Center

Model Number: 2354200000 (120V, 60Hz) USA

Series: B-DEC

Type: Solid State Bass Amplifier Combo

Output: 30 Watts

Ohms: 8 ohms

Speakers: 1 x 10 in. Fender Special Design 4 ohm, 40 watt Speaker, 1 High Frequency Piezo Horn

Channels: 1 Channel

Controls:
Front Panel Features and Analog Controls: Input Jack, Headphone Jack (for silent practice), Volume, Bass, Mid, Treble
Central Digital Controls: Drum Menu, Loop Start/Stop, Tuner/Song Mode, Play/Stop Record (Phrase Sampling), Overdub, Aux Menu, Utility Menu, FX Menu, Amp Menu, Save, Exit Preset selector wheel
Rear Panel Features: Power On/Off switch, Speaker Out (8 Ohm min, full power internal, unplug internal cable for use with external cabinet), AUX In (RCA style input jacks for use with CD or MP3 player), Removable IEC style power cable, Line Out for recording or to feed to a PA system, MIDI In/Out jacks for sending and receiving MIDI songs or info, Rear panel input jack for jamming with a friend or for use in a teaching environment, Footswitch jack for use with optional footswitch

Covering: Black Carpet with Black Metal Grille

Weight: 33 lbs. (15 kg)

Dimensions:
Height: 17 in. (43.2 cm)
Width: 15 in. (38.1 cm)
Depth: 14.5 in. (36.83 cm)

Footswitch: Uses Optional "ULT-4" 4-Button Footswitch for Mode Select, Start/Stop of Backing Tracks and Phrase Samples, Program Select, Tuner Slect, (Not Included)

Introduced: 7/2006

Notice: Product Prices, Features And Specifications Are Subject To Change Without Notice

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-488-1818

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 4 out of 5 stars. (14 ratings)
Submitted July 1, 2013 by arlingtonguitarshop dotcom in Arlington, TX

"Amazing sounds out of this thing"

Overall: 4 out of 5 stars
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Not a powerhouse, more on par with a 20w level, but the effects and models sound amazing. Has 75 user/75 factory presets. To get great sounds out of this, you need to go in the menus and tweak them. Has a lot of dirty/distortion preset models, for some reason (actually sounds excellent with a guitar) and change them, has a SWR (California) model and a 80's (G-K) Slap, trebly model thats amazing, also does a Ampeg tube pretty well (i used FBA grind). All the complaints about weak volume can be handled by going into the menu and increasing Amp vol, preamp, gain, parameters to 9-10 (defaults to 5), then wham,! power doubled! Now Discontinued, Its the swiss army knife of bass practice amps, and drum machine to boot. Great rehearsal amp!

Musical Background:

Professional repair for 10 and amateur musician for 23 years

Musical Style:

Rock, Christian, Blues guitar and Bass.
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