Gallien Krueger Legacy 800H Bass Head Amplifier

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. 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.

Features

• Four band active EQ
• Foot Switchable Overdrive with Tone Control
• "Bump", "Contour", and "Presence"
• Voicing Filters
• Balanced XLR Output with Pre and Post EQ
• Unbalanced ¼” Send and Return
• Aux Input and Headphones Output
• Twist Lock Speaker Outputs
• 2, 2.7, 4 and 8ohm Load Capacity
• 11.5” Width x 11” Depth x 2 3/8” Height
• 800 watt model

Specifications

Output Power:

• 400W @ 1% THD+N, 8Ω
• 800W @ 1% THD+N, 4Ω
• 800W @ 1% THD+N, 2.7Ω
• 800W @ 1% THD+N, 2Ω

Input/Output Specs:

• Maximum Input Level 0.6V RMS
• Input Impedance 1M Ohms
• Send Output Impedance 220 Ohms
• Return Input Impedance 50K Ohms
• Tuner Output Impedance 10K Ohms
• Direct Output Impedance 500 Ohms

Noise:

• Legacy 800 -90 dB reference to 400W/800W, ‘A’ weighted

Equalizer:

• Bass +/-10dB @ 60Hz
• Lo-Mid +6dB/-10dB @ 250Hz
• Hi-Mid +6dB/-10dB @ 1KHz
• Treble +/-14dB @ 7KHz

Voicing Filters:

• Contour +2dB @ 50Hz/ -10dB @ 500Hz/+3dB @ 7 KHz

Amplifier Protection:

• Full short circuit,thermal and RF protection. Stable into reactive and mismatch loads. 16 second muted warm-up.

Cooling:

• Two 40X40X20 mm Variable Speed Fan
• 12Vdc, 1.6Watt Per Fan
• 8500 RPM
• 10.91 CFM / FAN

Dimensions:

• (HxWxD): 2.4”(61mm) X 11.5”(291.3mm) X 10.7”(271mm)
• Weight: Legacy 800 5.8 Lbs (2.6 kgs)

WATCH: Watch: Gallien-Krueger Legacy Series Demo