leopbass

It's a very good bass head. Very clean, very transparent. Powerfull. It has, like gallien krueger's heads, 4 tone controls: bass; lo mid; hi mid, high. And 3 switches for boosting low, highs and scoop mids. Says it has an onboard compressor. I'm not sure, you can't notice. Xlr balanced output with separate volume control. Effect loop too. And, here in argentina, it is not so expensive

An Argentinian brand that makes bass and guitars amplifiers for the last 40 years. Some of them are eminence equipped. They make their own speakers as well. This cab in particular is a small model, lightweight, very powerfull and sounds really great. They are cheaper than international brands here in Argentina.

I had a Vox Amplug 2 bass. I saw some videos where they compared them and it convinced me. Now that I compare both, I personally like the Blackstar better for two main reasons: sound quality and background noise (hum). This Blackstar has the possibility to choose between a classic, modern sound (which sounds emulating an Ampeg) and distorted. Against the Vox that only has one sound and only changes the gain level. Another important aspect is that it does not introduce as much background noise as the Vox: it is much quieter. It has gain and volume control. Some find it better in the Vox that the drum machine has independent volume and not in the Blackstar. I like the sound of the latter better compared to the Vox, which sounds much duller, more opaque, although the tone is at 10. I see it as much more versatile than the Blackstar.