Model Year: 2002
Price: $900.00 CDN
Where Obtained: Steves music

Fender 200w Solidstate bass amp. Single 15" Speaker with piezo horn. 4band eq with compressor and room balance. No ext.spkr. outlet, which is a big letdown, but it's ok since I don't have any extension cabs.

Sounds great, I really like the tone of this amp, the only problem is that you can only get a single tone out of it, good if you have a tone-bank suck as a POD. Pretty loud for this size of amp, doesn't seem to get much louder when you crank it past 75%.
The room balance is a great feature that they put on this amp, it ajusts the amp tone to match the acoustics of the room, whether it be a soft carpeted room with minimal reverberation, or a large hall with lots of echo, it really helps in making this amp sound great! The enhance swtich changes the EQ to a more 'slap' tone to really make slap tones shine, this combined with the compressor really can make some good sounds, but be careful as over use of these can really trash your tone.
The Piezo horn has a volume knob of it's own located out back, which I always have at 0% because I like my bass :D. The single 15" speaker can really hit some lows and a low B on this amp shows no broblems.

It's an amp, aren't they all the same? I guess some are more complex if they're digial, but most are the same with the gain, eq and volume knobs.

Ain't showed any problems yet, only a blown fuse from the horn, but that was my fault.

Model Year: 2001
Price: $610.00 (new)
Where Obtained: Mars Music / Pleasant Hill Road - Lilburn, Ga.

(1).The Bassman 200 amp has one input with switchable passive or active preamp button next to input. (2).Has gain control knob to match pickups on your guitar to amplifier for maximum output to speakers. (3). Master volume control to adjust overall output. (4). Has other great features I'll add later.

My axe is a Fender P-Bass. Coupled with the Bassman 200 amp I get the sound I'm looking for every time I crank it up. Usually I play Christian traditional and contemporary music, but on occasion I like to play Jazz. If you like to crawl on the bottom, this amp can give it to you. If you like bottom and top for that funk slap and pop it's there for you. Throw in a Zoom 506 II effects pedal and all you need is a drummer to keep the beat. If you're look for portability and power with crystal clear thump and kick this is your destiny.

The Bassman 200 is not programmable and has no effects. Turn on the power and after a few adjustments you're ready to rock. Like any piece of gear you need to learn how to adjust it for the sound you want. You don't have to know rocket science to operate this amp. No video's or training manuals needed.

I have had my Bassman 200 amp for 7 months and I have'nt had any problems with it. Seems to be made to take a few bumps and recover quickly without any permanent damage.

Model Year: 2001
Price: $667.00 (new)
Where Obtained: Mars Music, Raleigh, NC

Gain, Master Volume. Bass Level, Mid Range, Mid Level, High Level. Compressor, limiter, mute button, "enhance" button emphasizes the highs and lows (works good for funk style), "Room Enhancer" knob changes the over all tone from bright to warm depending on the room you're in at the time. One channel input with passive/active switch. Effects loop in the back. Also a output in the back for a tuner (the tuner output stays active while the mute button is in use) and an unbalanced output to a mixer board. I use this amp in a Southern Rock band "Panther Lake". I demo'd this in the store and purchased it because it was loud enough without being distorted. The sound totally filled out a barn I used it in when we played at a pig pickin. It's a mono amp/solid state electronics.

I use this with a Yamaha RBX6JM, Washburn XB200FL, Fender American Series Jazz, Epiphone El Capitan, and a Ken Smith BSRJ5D. Effects used include a Line6 BassPod, Boomerang Phrase Sampler, and a Barber Electronics Deep Fryer. We play southern rock and our style ranges from Heavy Rock to Ballads to funk. It works well with all styles. It's pretty much a middle of the road amp, I don't think I would want to use it without a tone shaper like the Bass Pod. Although it sounds good without the Pod, it just has the one sound to it. It's mostly suited for rock and funk. It's got a good "punch" to it, that when synced up with the drums, provides an experience you can feel as well as hear. I compared this to a SWR 115 Workingman. Although the SWR was a good amp, I really had to play with it to get the sound I wanted. The SWR had a lot invested in tone shaping where the Fender did not. Since I use the Pod, I wanted an amp that would give me the raw power I wanted and let me worry about the tone. It's pretty quiet when not in use. No hissing or feedback unless you have some heavy effect like distortion or flanger dialed up. I bought this amp because it was so clean at high volume. Whatever I put into it (effects, clean signal) is what I get out.

This is not a programmable amp. I got the sound I wanted almost immediatly as opposed to other amps I tried where I had to work with them to get the desired sound.

This amp is rock solid. It's bounced around in the back of my van a bit and nothin's phased it. The grill over the speakers is metal. The front knobs are not recessed, but the back output jacks and knobs are.