DESCRIPTION

The Magellan 800 has an authoritative identity that has completely captivated professional bassists worldwide. When you plug into this amplifier, you are immediately greeted by the signature Genzler feel. Incredibly high-headroom, and lightning-fast transient response. If you are a player who demands to feel deeply connected to your instrument, where you can dictate the character of your tone entirely through your touch, this amp is an absolute revelation.

What sets the Magellan 800 apart from the crowded lightweight amplifier market is its dual-channel contour and voicing circuitry. This powerful feature effectively turns this single, highly portable head into three distinctly different amplifiers. First, you can leave the contour knob at zero, which delivers a flat, highly transparent response. Think of it as playing through a massive, 800-watt, studio-grade active DI box. It is the purest representation of your instrument.

Engaging the contour control unlocks two additional tonal curves. Curve A delivers a modern, slightly scooped, and highly articulate character that is absolutely perfect for slap techniques or aggressive pick playing. Curve B provides a vintage-style EQ curve that gives you the thick, low-mid chewiness of a classic all-tube amplifier, but without sacrificing the ultra-fast responsiveness and massive headroom that solid-state power provides.

Beyond its remarkable tonal flexibility, the Magellan 800 is packed with all the essential, premium features that a modern gigging bassist actually needs. It features a studio-grade DI output, 3 band active EQ section with semi-parametric mids, headphone out, effects loop, and aux in. Most importantly, it delivers a crushing 800 watts of clean power while remaining remarkably lightweight, as it clocks in under 7 lbs.

This head will cover your stage volume needs, whether you are playing a quiet jazz club or a massive outdoor festival. If you are looking for that one definitive, desert-island amp that can sound incredible in any stage, and seamlessly adapt to any genre, you need to experience the Genzler Magellan 800. It is a modern masterpiece of bass amplification.

From Genzler:

Inspired by the courage and spirit of exploration, the Magellan® 800 represents the pinnacle in the next generation in lightweight, high-output, versatile, bass amplification. With Genzler's years of research, design and manufacturing expertise, they have developed this model utilizing stringent design parameters for form, function, fit and finish. The result is an 800 watt professional high-powered tour-class bass guitar amplifier weighing only 6.25 lbs!

This is exactly what players have come to expect from the Genzler® design team — performance, versatility and reliability. From natural, pristine, transparent reproduction of the bass instrument to classic, vintage harmonic textures with “weighted feel to the notes”, the MG-800 provides the tonal palette needed to cover all of the bassist’s amplifier requirements.

The expanded feature set and output power level make this amplifier an essential tool on the global stage, and with its universal power supply, the Magellan® 800 can be used with any voltage around the world without modification.