Power Your Performance - The Gallien-Krueger Legacy 500 500-Watt Bass Guitar Amplifier Head

The Legacy Series represents fifty years of design, innovation and industry experience at Gallien-Krueger. Bob Gallien remains at the helm of the company, still working in the lab daily, as he did in the beginning, to create the best sounding, most versatile, and reliable professional bass gear available.Because the Legacy Series shares the same designer as the 800RB, it shares the same DNA and the same level of innovation, with a more evolved feature set and construction concept.

The introduction of the 800RB in 1980 cemented Gallien-Krueger as a leader in Solid State bass amplification, with its signature growl, clarity, power, and features that were ahead of its time. The new Legacy Series of heads captures that same aesthetic while adding something all its own. From clean, clear, biting tones, to saturated overdrive, the Legacy series has it all. Coming in 500, 800, and 1200 watt class D models, The Legacy Heads are ready for the biggest stages, the smallest living rooms, and everything in between.

To improve performance and reliability, the Legacy Series uses a unique interconnection system that eliminates problems that can develop over time from constant vibration and temperature extremes that gear is subjected to with heavy use. Using circuitboards with gold plated connectors, rather than cables with standard tin connectors, this type of construction delivers a more pure, reliable sound. Features include GK's classic 4 band EQ, Overdrive complete with tone shaping, additional voicing filters such as "Bump", "Contour", and "Presence", Balanced DI with Pre and Post EQ, an Effects Loop, Aux and Headphone connections, and Load capacity selection, to deliver optimum power into 2, 2.7, 4 and 8ohm cabinet configurations.

SPECIFICATIONS

Amplifier

• Power Output: 190 Watts @ 8 Ohms (1% THD+N)
• Power Output: 300 Watts @ 4 Ohms (1% THD+N)
• Power Output: 450 Watts @ 2.7 Ohms (1% THD+N)
• Power Output: 300 Watts @ 2 Ohms (1% THD+N)
• Maximum Input Level: 0.6V RMS
• Input Impedance: 1 MOhm
• Send Output Impedance: 220 Ohms
• Return Input Impedance: 50K Ohms
• Tuner Output Impedance: 10K Ohms
• Direct Output Impedance: 500 Ohms
• Noise: -90 dB (Reference to 300W/450W, A-Weighted)

Equalizer

• Bass: ±10 dB @ 60 Hz
• Low Mid: +6 dB / -10 dB @ 250 Hz
• High Mid: +6 dB / -10 dB @ 1 kHz
• Treble: ±14 dB @ 7 kHz
• Contour Filter: +2 dB @ 50 Hz, -10 dB @ 500 Hz, +3 dB @ 7 kHz

Features

• Amplifier Protection: Full Short Circuit, Thermal, and RF Protection
• Warm-Up Time: 16-Second Muted Start-Up
• Cooling: Dual Variable-Speed 40 × 40 × 20 mm Fans (12V DC, 1.6W Each, 8500 RPM, 10.91 CFM per Fan)

Dimensions & Weight

• Dimensions (H × W × D): 2.4" × 11.5" × 10.7" (61 × 291.3 × 271 mm)
• Weight: 5 lbs. (2.3 kg)

Power Requirements

• 120V/60Hz (U.S./Canada): 552W Full Power, 74W Average Power
• 230V/50-60Hz (Europe): 552W Full Power, 74W Average Power
• 100V/50Hz (Japan): 552W Full Power, 74W Average Power

Manufacturer: Gallien-Krueger
Model: LEGACY 500
SKU: I587850-N-2-WHXD
UPC: 836989003004

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