SWR Black Beauty™ Bass Combo Amplifier
Item# 4420300010
MSRP: $2,149.99
Bill's Price: $1,474.99

Description

Sometimes you need a little muscle, and the newly designed SWR® Black Beauty™ can take whatever you throw its way. This beauty is built like a truck and delivers 400 watts of power (650 watts with a 4 ohm extension cabinet) driving a sturdy SWR-designed 15” speaker and Foster® horn! The classic, full-range SWR tube preamp allows for the most subtle of tonal adjustments, and the Subwave™ octave effect can be engaged in case there are any walls left standing. Solid contruction, plenty of power and a full array of professional features make this beauty a real beast.

Model Number 442-0300-010 (120V US), 442-0301-010 (110V TW), 442-0303-010 (240V AUS), 442-0304-010 (230V UK), 442-0305-010 (230V ARG), 442-0306-010 (230V EUR), 442-0307-010 (100V JPN), 442-0309-010 (220V ROK)
Series Professional Combo Series
Type Bass Combo Amplifier with Subwave™
Description This upgraded version of the longtime SWR favorite is a 400 W, 1x15 + tweeter combo amplifier with full professional feature set and a built-in rack space for the effects unit of your choice. Also includes casters, SWR Subwave™ effect and SWR footswitch (Mute/Subwave) with built-in tuner.
FEATURES:
One 15” Eminence® speaker
One Foster® horn
SWR preamp with Aural Enhancer™
Subwave™ octave effect
Studio-quality Direct Out with front panel controls
Compressor circuit
3-band active EQ
Side-chain effects loop with Blend control
Tuner Out
Tuning Mute LED

FRONT PANEL:
Tuning Mute (push-button switch)
¼” Passive Input
¼” Active Input
Gain control
Preamp clip LED
Aural Enhancer™ control
Subwave On/Off (push-button switch) and LED
Subwave control
Bass control
Mid-Range Level control
Mid-Range Frequency control
Treble control
Compressor control (with Compression LED)
Master Volume control (with Power Amp clip LED)
DI Line/Direct/Direct+Subwave (sliding switch)
DI Mute/Line (sliding switch)
DI Ground Lift (sliding switch)
DI Pad control
¼” headphone jack
Effects Blend control
Power On/Off (rocker switch) and LED

BACK PANEL:
AC power input
¼” internal speaker jack
Speakon® & ¼” external speaker jacks
¼” Tuner Out jack
¼” Footswitch jack
Effects Loop (1/4” Send/Return)
DI Outputs (XLR & ¼”)
Cabinet-mounted attenuator for Foster horn

INTERNAL FEATURES:
(1) 12AX7 Preamp tube
Cooling fan

FOOTSWITCH:
Mute button
Subwave button
Integrated tuner (hold Mute down to initiate tuner)

TUNING:
Front slot port. Specially designed to eliminate unwanted noise.

CROSSOVER:
Third order, 6dB roll-off, 18dB Butterworth high pass 4KHz turnover. The crossover is located inside the Black Beauty’s chassis.

INTERNAL VOLUME:
3.37 cubic feet

CABINET CONSTRUCTION:
5/8” 7-ply, Meranti plywood construction, waterproof glue, All joints Dado and Rabbet, glued and nailed. Extremely heavy bracing.
Power Output 400 watts @ 4 ohms (with internal speakers only)
525 watts @ 2.67 ohms (with 8 ohm extension speaker)
650 watts @ 2 ohms (with 4 ohm extension speaker, US and Canada Only)
Note: Internal speaker impedance is 4 ohms
Impedance (Ohms) 4 ohms
Speakers (1) 15" Custom-Designed SWR Driver, P/N 0077751000
(1) Foster® Horn, P/N 0066395000
Channels 1 Channel
Controls Tuner Mute (Push Button Switch),
Gain with Preamp Clip Indicator Light,
Aural Enhancer,

Subwave:
On/Off Switch
Level
Bass, Midrange: Frequency, Level, Treble, Compressor, Master Volume with Power Am Clip Indicator Light,

Line Out:
Line-Direct-Direct/Sub Switch,
Mute/Live Switch,
Ground Lift Switch,
XLR Pad,
Effects Blend with Pull Defeat Switch,
Power On/Off Switch
Covering Heavy Duty Black Carpeting with Stack Lock Corners and Chromed Stamped Steel Vibration-Free Grille
Weight 105 lbs., 47.7 kg
Dimensions Height: 26.5”, 64.77 cm
Width: 22.5”, 57.15 cm
Depth: 18.5”, 46.99 cm
Power Handling (Speaker section) 400 Watts RMS continuous program
Tube Complement (1) 12AX7 Preamp Tube
Accessories Includes Mute/Subwave™ Activator Footswitch P/N 0077753000,
Casters 0056483000
Cover Uses Cover P/N 0066176000, US MSRP $29.99 (Not Included)
Footswitch Includes 2-Function Mute/Subwave™ Activator Footswitch P/N 0077753000
Frequency Response Power Amplifier: 20 Hz to 17.5KHz
Suggested Speaker Enclosures golight™ 4x10, Son Of Bertha™, Goliath™, Goliath Junior™ (8 ohm), Big Ben™
Input Impedance Passive: 1M ohm
Active: 130k ohm
Output Impedance Effects Send: 220 ohm
Sensitivity 15mV (passive input)
Introduced 6/2009