Genzler® Amplification has introduced the next generation of the company’s 800-watt professional, tour-class bass guitar amplifier: the new Magellan® 800+.
Carrying forward the legacy of night-after-night reliability, the new Magellan® 800+ delivers higher performance and several new features – including improved preamp circuitry, an expanded EQ network, and same rugged chassis and stringent design for which Genzler is well known.
The Magellan® 800+ delivers the most powerful, feature-laden, compact bass amplifier available in its class. This new model offers improved dynamic response and feel; along with superior low-noise thresholds and increased dynamic headroom.
The MG-800+® is a solid-state, all analog design and provides a simple, musical interface, and the tonal palette needed to cover all of the bassist’s amplifier requirements; from natural, pristine, transparent reproduction of the bass instrument to classic, vintage harmonic textures with “weighted feel to the notes”. This is packaged within the classic Magellan styling and all-aluminum chassis, weighing only 6.25 lbs.
The Magellan® 800+ is equipped with an expanded list of features:
- Updated input circuitry for increased dynamics
- All-new foot switchable Drive circuitry delivering a wide range of tube-like harmonics
- New HPF (High Pass Filter) multi-slope, frequency dependent and adjustable between 25-120Hz
- Genzler’s unique Dual Contour Circuit – now foot switchable and separately adjustable
- New 4 Band Active EQ with two Sweepable midrange frequencies
- New high-grade op-amps for lower noise threshold and higher dynamic headroom, throughout the preamp
- Optional dual function footswitch for Drive and Contour functions
- Light weight @ 6.25 Lbs
The Magellan® 800+ design is a dramatic departure from Genzler® Amplification’s current lineup of popular bass heads, the Kinetix® 800 and Magellan® 350. All Genzler bass heads are an ideal match to their line of speaker enclosures, like the Bass Array® Series 2, Nu Classic® and new Magellan® ULV series of bass cabinets.
The Magellan® 800+ amp carries a street price of $1,199.99. For more information visit www.genzleramplification.com.
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