bgw 750C, thoughts?

[Goldjazz]

I have the opportunity to buy several of these amps cheap. They are, however, ex rental gear so I assume they've had a long hard life. My thoughts are bridging a pair of them for monster amounts of power for the low end on my 4343's or other adventures such as triamping. Anyone had experience with these?

Thanks

[SEAWOLF97]

I have a 250D & a 750D and really like them.

The "D" does put out more than a "C" , but the C is no slouch either'
and I understand hard to find down under.

They are very well built.

PM member "Loach71" with tech Q's. ....he's THE BGW expert.

[Goldjazz]

I have a 250D & a 750D and really like them.

The "D" does put out more than a "C" , but the C is no slouch either'
and I understand hard to find down under.

They are very well built.

PM member "Loach71" with tech Q's. ....he's THE BGW expert.

Thanks Seawolf will do, yeah I don't recall seeing bgw's very often here.

[martin2395]

I've been reading a lot about the BGW's and they seem to be perfectly suited for bass duty.

Do you have any chance to take a look at the internals before purchase to check for bulging caps / replaced transistors?

[loach71]

I've been reading a lot about the BGW's and they seem to be perfectly suited for bass duty.

Do you have any chance to take a look at the internals before purchase to check for bulging caps / replaced transistors?

After you have renewed the psu caps, level pots and r&r'ed the tantalum bead capacitors with low esr electrolytic caps, you will find the vintage 750 b /c / d to be sonically suitable for most any use.

Just watch the volume control -- the prodigious current drive capabilities of the 750 b /c / d can easily fry most speakers.

[Goldjazz]

I've been reading a lot about the BGW's and they seem to be perfectly suited for bass duty.

Do you have any chance to take a look at the internals before purchase to check for bulging caps / replaced transistors?

Yeah I doubt I'll have the chance to do that but will try to take a look out for those things, good thinking.

[Goldjazz]

Just picked these up, so I got 2 x 750C. So can bridge. Haven't fired them up yet, will post impressions and pictures when I get a chance. I also picked up another Perreaux 6000c to go with the 6000b I have so I definetley have enough power now