Overall User Ratings

"Try it...you'll have no regrets."

Feature:
Well layed out and easy to configure to whatever style you are playing. And my playing ranges from Church bass to classic rock.

Quality:
Nice unit. Put together very nicely. Built to last.

Value:
For what I paid and the results I get...I'm very satisfied.

Desirability:
It has a very clean appearence and the layout is super.

Sound:
Wow...I use the Ampeg B2R to drive my Peavey 410TVX amp and I am more than thrilled with the results. I was looking to spend a considerable amount on a Hartke unit until I tried the B2R and was hooked. It was actually a great value. I use a Peavey Cirrus 5 string and it handles all of the ranges quite well.

Overall:
This will most likely be my main unit for the foreseeable future...or until Led Zeppelin re-unites and John Paul Jones is unavailable and I need MORE POWER!!!

"QUIET!"

Feature:
It had everything NECESSARY I suppose. After playing the SVT-3PRO it seemed a little minimalistic on the features though.

Quality:
I didn't have it very long, but it seemed pretty durable. And it was nice looking. Yum.

Value:
I think this amp had more power it would be fantastic. But it doesn't.

Desirability:
This thing is sexy, I will give it that. It's a pleasure to use.

Sound:
Don't get me wrong here, this amp sounds wonderful, I loved the sound, and I was sad I had to replace it, but it was QUIET. It was amazingly quiet. And I tried the other one in the store, which was the same, so it wasn't just my particular amp. My Gallien-Krueger 800RB, running only 200 watts at 8 ohms, was louder. Pushing the full 350 watts at 4 ohms through a BSE-410HLF was barely enough to hear myself through the mix. I play punk, I admit, so I need a fair amount of volume, but if you're playing harder rock, metal, anything like that, you're probably not going to be happy about the volume.

Support:
N/A

Overall:
It sounds great, but it's way too quiet. It upset me. What bothers me is this: Ampeg makes a preamp, the SVP-PRO. It's very similar to the B-2R preamp, plus a few more features, and tubes (it's basically the SVT-3PRO preamp). And it's about $50 less than the B-2R. Now if you stick a power amp on here, Like a QSC RMX 850 for $300, which is 830 watts at 4 ohms bridged, you've got quite a setup. In other words, If you spend $300 more, you've got an amp much like the B-2R, except with twice as much power, more features, and a tube preamp.