Laney Digbeth 500H Bass Head | Test

FET & TUBE (tube emulated overdrive circuit) pre amp sections.
500W RMS at 4 Ohms Bass Head (when running at 8 ohms it will produce approx. 250W).
Tested with:
00:00 Laney R115 (1x15)
09:23 Barefaced One 10 (1x10)
10:44 XLR/D.I. Audio
Instrument Cable: REFERENCE Dammi Un Cavo
I preferred to don't pair it with the related Laney DB series and, instead, to use Laney R115 not because I already have it or because it is cheaper... but because Laney R115 weight is 20.6kg while Laney DBC410-4 weight is 25.3kg.
A bass head (in my opinion) should have the following features:
- active/passive switch (or separate inputs)
- be fanless (no hardware background noise so you can use it even for study at home)
- having XLR out
- have ground lift
- have a tuner output
- have a headphone output
- don't weigh a lot
- be solid
- have a good sound :-)
In addition:
- have a wide range of mid options
- have a fx loop
This bass head, apart active/passive switch (and for fanless read below): has all!
It may seems big size but it's not so heavyweight as it seems (7.1kg).
Also, you must consider it's super solid so a case is not required to move it all around.
Hardware is absolutly silent. The DB500H’s output stage is fitted with a high efficiency output stage which is passively cooled. There is a fan on it, but it should only come on in extreme high power usage or during a fault condition. In normal use I doubt it will ever come on.
It also features an internal noise gate to prevent eventual hum.
For details:
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[@Kraz3e987]

Love my Digbeth 500! I use it at church, it actually usurped my Genzler Magellan 800 in terms of church usage. It’s very easy to dial in a nice “set it and forget it” warm/drivey tone out of these. where as with super hi-fi amps like the Genzler you really have to coax a nice warm tone out of them with lots of settings. I’m happy to have my Magellan at home though haha, I love noodling around on that thing.

[@paultraynorbsc627]

Nice Demo 🎵🎶🎸🇬🇧

[@christopherstorrier5560]

Shame their QC is terrible...ordered 2 x 500w & 1x 200w versions of this amp...i really wanted it bad but i got 3 unplayable amps all with terrible microphony, bad channel levels ,different on all amps....bet you Nathen East's was'nt a mess...23 bass's, 9 new cables....28 amps & they all worked perfect apart from the Digbeths who after 23 bass's & 28 other amps Laney claimed it was my fault...?!?!?!....i did'nt built 3 second rate microphonic amp's Laney did....as usual were just cash cow's ,only the famous & KZbinrs get working bass gear...we get rubbish , just like Harley Benton, a disgraceful company of crazy people who build beautiful bass's but could not wire a plug.....90% of their bass's are unplayable & as usual only guitarists get set up guitars, us bassists have to buy, finish & fix our Fender bass's.... strangely the Digbeth pedal version works excellent, no noise even after it went flying across the room after trying to get the velcro backed pedal of my pedalboard....weird....i know many ,many of these amps were returned as the whole batch,mine included, were faulty....being lied to by Laney did not help or their promise of something for my disapointed son after receiving 3 microponic Digbeth amps...thanks for nothing Laney....never buy Laney...their owner was a bass player as well...i wish i could be Nathan East for a day & bag a hand built version....his does not have microphony...i bet it was hand built by Laney but were just cash idiots...never will i buy Laney again ,or the 28 people who tested my 3 Digbeth amps...the worst built amp ever...yet my fault..only been doing this for 50+ yrs, what would i know after a lifetime of fixing Fender bass's as their QC is non existent unless you pay over £2000 min now, thank god i got my Fender bass's yrs ago,even if i did have to rewire, sheild & fix every (many) problems first...high frets etc,usually just not compressed onto fretboard properly, & now almost no frets at all, crazy 1.38mm height frets is not my idea of thin & tall according to Fender...what the hell Fender,i want my 'real' jumbo frets back not thin wire...now so much harder to play...?!?!?!...do they ever listen to anyone, NO never.....enjoy your working one bud...i could'nt buy 1 decent one out of 3...