Ampeg Rocket Bass RB-210 500W 2x10 Bass Combo Amp Black and Silver

Product was purchased for a band's live gigs. It sounds good and should be powerful enough for smaller - mid sized venues.

This amp happened to be on sale and I needed something for an outdoor gig that would be easy to carry but sound almost as good as my heavy 410 cabinet. This amp delivered! Good sound quality!

I also tried out the Fender Rumble 200 and 500, and the Ampeg RB-115, and liked the sound of the RB-210 the best so I bought it. GC didn't have a new one in stock, so I had it shipped to my house. Box was perfect, so no shipping damage... unpacked it, plugged it in (with the volume on low, of course): bzzzzzzz 1 of the speakers was blown! How does this even happen? Then, I emailed Ampeg's customer service, fully expecting them to want the serial number to trace the quality control, etc... Nope! Just "we're sorry that you had this problem" no offer to help resolving it in any way... Obviously I returned it and bought another brand. I couldn't convince myself to take a chance on another Ampeg! And yes, GC confirmed that 1 speaker was blown...

First off, I've never been a huge fan of Ampeg. I've been playing bass for 33 years and had all kinds of amps. Peavey, Ampeg, SWR, Markbass, Eden, ect.... I had Markbass 410 and 210 cabs with a Little Mark Tube 800 head, and decided I didn't need all this for the gigs I'm doing. Mostly festivals where I have to move my stuff for other bands between our sets. I had planned on going with a Bose Katana 210 combo because of all the added features, but this Ampeg was sitting right beside it at our local guitar center. As soon as I plugged into the Ampeg I knew it was what I was looking for. It sounded great, and the 3 band eq with ultra low & ultra high were all I needed to dial in any tone I needed. Then I hit the SGT button and that sealed the deal. I hated the overdrive circuit on the BA combos Ampeg put out, but this one sounded awesome. And the weight, it's as light if not lighter than the Markbass stuff I've used. Easy to pick up and move around with one hand. My only issue with this amp is the tweeter. With it on, I get a constant hum. I keep it turned off and notice no difference it tone though. So the tweeter is really unnecessary with this amp. I bought a PF-115LF to go with it and it sits perfectly on top of the cabinet.

I play in 2 bands. One country and one rock n roll. I needed something with enough power to push through the double guitars in the rock band and also something with good tone and control for the country band. The Ampeg covers both.

Mine failed after owning for 4 months with less than 30 hours use and never turned the volume up past 20%. Was using it at practice today and it just shut off. The blue LED power light went out. Then it was on, off, on, off, on, off, etc.. When I was shopping for a bass amp I went to Guitar Center. The first Ampeg on the floor I tried, didn't power on at all. The manager got a different copy out of the back and it seemed fine. Looking back on it, maybe there's a design flaw. It sounded better than the comparable Fender amp they had in stock so I went with it anyway despite the first in-store copy not working. I have to wait now until next week to find out how Guitar Center is going to resolve this.