CoolMusic BP80 Rechargeable Amp Review
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- Hi gang…. A few weeks ago I got this terrific rechargeable amp as we do a lot of gigs in Care Homes and similar settings where carrying a lot of kit around was becoming a real pain….so….after a lot of research I treated myself to this beautiful amp which has solved all our problems.
As I say in the video I am not sponsored by anyone but have made my review videos to hopefully inform you of what is out there and maybe this is an option you could consider for your needs?….what are its downsides I hear you say….well…our full Eagle Ukes group has nearly 30 players so this would not have enough channels to mic up more than say 8 players and only 2 lead inputs. We do have a Vonyx Mixer that has 16 channels for venues that require more mics, line inputs and a higher wattage output…the Vonyx puts out 500 Watts a side and is pretty good ( though the volumes are always set at the highest level which is not the case with this CoolMusic Amp ).
They say it’s horses for courses which is true but for the vast majority of the gigs that we do this amp is just perfect….so much so that I felt I had to share the joy of having it with you.
I’d love your comments on anything that I have covered and I’ll do my best to help you though you’ve probably guessed that my technical knowledge is limited….have fun….🥰🎶👍💕
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Love the way you talk and explain everything. Great man, great stuff.
Thanks so much...so pleased I've explained things ok...thanks for watching....👍🎵🎶🥰
I purchased one of these for busking, it’s been a game changer. It’s loud! I love it so much figured I’d get its big brother, the 120 watt BP 60. It sounded a little cleaner, but I couldn’t get it as loud with out feedback. The phantom power wasn’t working either. I sent the BP 60 back, and will use the BP 80, it’s louder; never feeds back. The BP 80 is perfect for busking; and indoor gigs: it’s a little monster.
Hi Timothy.....we've had ours a while now and it's all we use for our uke band. It's fantastic not have to take speaker stands, a mixer deck but instead, with the splitters set up, I can have Roz on Baritone and me on my Tenor uke blasting out and 4 mics for the main singers ...most of the other members in the group use portable voice amplifiers and the group sounds better than ever. Wether for care homes, Hall gigs or we done a few big outside venues it just rocks ..and without being battery powered we never have to worry where they want us to set up...it's really been a game changer...just wish I'd come across it before buying all my previous systems...but...you live and learn I suppose....so pleased you're enjoying yours ..have fun and rock on...🎵🎶💖💕🥰
An amazingly important question that neither Coolmusic nor any of the reviewers I've seen is: What do I do when the battery dies (i.e. can no longer be charged)? Older portable amps used standard sealed-lead-acid batteries (SLAs) that have been sold for decades and will probably be sold for decades to come. SLAs die after three years whether you use them or not. My old Crate Taxi amp, for example, makes replacement easy: unscrew a few screws, disconnect the standard battery connectors, take the old battery out, put the new one in, reconnect the connectors, screw the cabinet back together. My questions for Coolmusic, which are not answered in their manuals, are:
1) What specific batteries you use in your amps (exact models)?
2) Is the amp built in such a way that I can easily replace them?
3) Where I can buy replacement batteries?
4) What are the prospects for these batteries still being sold many years or even decades from now?
Hi Dave...you raise some very important questions about the rechargeable battery which I don't have the answers to but hopefully if you contact CoolMusic they'll answer them for you. You can use the battery lead provided and use like a normal amp but it's the portability of the amp I love. To be honest with the amount of gigs we do if I only got 3 years out of it I would still then buy another as it's made such a massive difference in space, time and weight to when we do our gigs but I'll post again if/ when I ever have any battery issues...thanks again for your comment.
@@EagleUkes Actually I did write to CoolMusic weeks ago and I got no response. An online search finds this cryptic statement in one of their manuals: "The batteries can be changed, but you have to ask a professional to do it." I presume they'd tell you that you need a professional for anything involving removing the screws. On Amazon one can find a variety of 14.8V lithium batteries, but there is no telling which one(s) might fit the CoolMusic amps or whether those particular formats will still be available by the time your battery dies.
@@DaveZiffer ...thanks again Dave for your info....I'll try and contact them myself to see if I can gain any information on battery life and replacement.
@@DaveZiffer I tried contacting COOL MUSIC...never got a reply.
I picked one up with birthday money. I had a terrible week busking. I haven’t been using amp for two years busking. Decided to try this amp: I already had a clip condenser for my banjo. It has been a game changer. My busking tips have grown exponentially. I use an e bike, it goes in the front basket.
That's brilliant to hear Timothy....we use ours at all our gigs and it's never let us down....good luck with your busking....👍🤗🎵🎶
Thank you for the info about the wireless transmitter and the amp! Very interesting!
No problem ..always happy to try and help....😊👍🎵🎶💕
Thanks for the wonderful review, wanted to use it with my condenser mics, saw the phantom 48V and XLR connection and bought straight away. Splitter and wireless transmitter are great future options too! Thank you
We use our condenser mics on it with the splitter so we can have 2 of them...it's such a great amp and one of the best things I've ever bought...it's so portable with being rechargeable....👍😊🎶🎵
Sounds Very interesting!
THANKS !
Sold! Thank you sir. Very helpful
So pleased to be of help....we just love ours and use it for running our Eagle Ukes class and all the gigs we do....it really is brilliant...have fun with yours...👍🎶🎵💕
I really enjoy your reviews Graham. I would love to see one on the Seagull Merlin and your thoughts. Your reviews are well done and appreciated.
Thanks Anton....we have a Seagull instrument ( which was given to us ) which is a nice instrument but not a patch on a ukulele's versatility in my books...😊🎵🎶👍💕
I understand Graham. It is a fun instrument for sure
Great review, I just ordered one as I finished your video!
That's great Mark...hope you enjoy it as much as we do...👍😊🎶🎵💕
@@EagleUkes after your descriptive and enthusiastic review, I have no doubt that I will. One of my guitars will supposedly let me output to three different amps at once (elec, acoustic, and synth), and since I didn’t own an acoustic amp, this will be one of them. It doesn’t come till next week, but I can hardly wait.
@@markcross2696 ...we do a lot of gigs in care homes and having lug around speaker stand, speakers mixer deck etc this has amp made life just wonderful and has stacks of volume for all situations...worth it's weight in gold for me...👍🎵🎶😊
Love that you do things for folks in care homes. Music is such a wonderful way to lift people's spirits. My amp arrived and I've been smiling ever since. I put the Acoustic output from my Godin through it and its crystal clear. I then streamed music from my iphone via Bluetooth and equally impressive and quite loud, but still clean all the way at the highest volume. I will be bringing this onto my boat tonight and will try not to scare the fish or my neighbors. Cheers & Blessings! @@EagleUkes
@@markcross2696 thanks for your lovely comment Mark and so glad you're pleased with it...we love ours!!..it's great playing in the care homes we always seem to make their day and have them singing along with us....we get asked back again and again so we must be doing something right...😊..sending you our love and best wishes..👍😊💕🎶🎵🥰
Great revue by someone who knows about get ins, amps and gigging. I bought one! and it’s a lot cheaper than the ‘established’ battery powered units..it’s ideal.
Thanks Denny...it really has been a Godsend to us especially for the majority of the small to medium gigs we do...saves lugging around a load of heavy gear...just wish I'd got one years ago...would have saved me a lot of money...ah well....glad you like it...👍😊💕
Hi Graham, we loved the review. We loved it so much my oldest daughter bought it for me for Father's Day. Love it's blue tooth capability. We were looking for a good sounding speaker for outside and now we can enjoy great sounding music in the backyard. And a great amp to boot! Thanks again!
That's great news William...and I'm so pleased you like it as much as I do....it's been a God send to us and our group...I just wish I'd found out about it a long time ago...sending you our love and best wishes...👍☺️🎶🎵💕
Great tip on the wireless receivers, I'll be checking them out, cheap as chips! By the way, if the duct tape doesn't do it, or you're still getting a bit of crosstalk, you could also just use a short male to female jack extension lead out of the amp, and plug them in there, so that the receivers aren't sitting right slap band next to each other sticking out the face of the amp.
Thanks for that info and I'm sure your tip would work but the duct tape really does the job....we do a lot of gigs and they have been a godsend...👍💕🎶🎵☺️
We bought one while ago, and it's been great for both solo performances and in our trio.
Hi Lyndon...we love ours...so portable and a great sound from it...👍😊💕🎵🎶🥰
@@EagleUkes Absolutely! How do you replace the batteries if you ever needed to?
@@lyndonwbournon ....everybody seems to ask that question and I have asked CoolMusic but no reply as yet .....I would hope the amp can be recharged many hundreds of times so should never become a problem....😊🎵🎶
@@EagleUkes Thanks, Graham.
Thanks for that Graham
Glad to be of help....👍☺️🎵🎶
Your review led me to ordering this.
I hope you enjoy it as much as we do...infact I hardly ever use anything else for any size gig now as the portability is fantastic and, with use the mic splitters, I fit up 2 condenser mics and 2 dynamic mics plus me and Roz plug our Ukes in and that's enough for the band we take out...if it ever goes bang I'd certainly order another as it's paid for itself already....👍😊💕🎶🎵
@@EagleUkes I'll keep you posted
@@JohnCrisis-fo1gq ...thanks John...I'd love to hear how you get on....we use ours every week to run our class then out to gigs...I love the USB and Bluetooth facility to we can play music through it whilst we're setting up and packing away...just fantastic...and wow can it go loud...we've never pushed ours past 3/4 and most smaller gigs the halfway setting is enough...👍🎶🎵🥰
@@EagleUkes so far I'm really digging it
@@JohnCrisis-fo1gq ...so pleased to hear that John....ours is in constant use and has never let me down.....I'm just still amazed by it to be honest....👍😊🎵🎶
I love my BP40D! It fits on my 50cc scooter so I can take it busking. I get about 4 hours of battery life wailing on my strat over tracks. I love it so much I'm thinking about getting a second one as backup! Glad you are digging your BP80!
Thanks for the info on your amp...they are fantastic and it has made gigging so much easier for us instead of taking speakers,stands etc...sending you our love and wishing you every success with your busking....take care on your scooter...I was knocked off my moped in my youth and left with a life long injury....car drivers don't seem to watch out for us..😔
@@EagleUkes thanks, and sorry to hear of your scooter accident. I'm on an island, and can't afford a car so it's been my only choice for years. I know I'm risking my life every time I get on that bike with all my gear, but it's worth it to get to play live music!!!! Probably the most fun I've ever had in my life (not counting Grateful Dead concerts ha ha), and couldn't have done it without my little CoolMusic amp! Peace!
Hey man, your message caught my eye🤣 i too busk and drive 50cc scoot. Can you help me , i dont know which amp to buy the BP40D like yours with the two speakers or the BP80 like the gentleman in the video. I dont want a cheap thin sound, i like a bit of bottom 😂😂😂(sounds dodgy) i cant decide
Hi Luke....my BP80 amp would seem a bit large and heavy to try and carry round on a small scooter so I'd tend towards LonePigsy's experience of the smaller amp as he says he manages ok with that....I've since got a 15w Ammoon amp which is really small and cute and ideal for when I hold our Eagle Ukes class...it may not be loud enough for outside busking but do check my review out..good luck...👍😊💕🎶🎵
@@lukedrifter100 the power brick that charges the BP40D died on me last week and I had to get JBL Partybox 110. The JBL has way more bottom end, but I find it's not as clear as the Coolmusic.
Hi Graham, Brilliant stuff, great video. Lots of tips love the tape on the senders' great amp me and the wife use the ukulele cordless systems I find I have to charge them every gig Graham I was thinking of buying the more expensive ones because sometime I forget to charge them up and have to go back to the jack plug I was looking at the more expensive one as a option and see if we get a longer playing time it just a wee thought we have the AER 80 watt Pro it's a great amp with 4 inputs I think I will try the Splitters Graham many thanks God bless you and your family fa your Scottish fan Ricky
Thanks Ricky...we do have to charge the wireless pick up and receiver after every use but have got into a habit of doing that straight away.
Your amp sounds great with it having 4 channels and the splitters are great if you need more mics...
God Bless you all...👍🎵🎶💕😊
Hi, great review. Is it possible to record songs using the aux output?
Hi Matthew...I'm not sure...in the blurb it says it can be used record so you should be ok...it's not something I've looked into to be honest...the good thing is you can return it to Amazon if you're not happy with it....we just love it for our class and use it in all our gigs and it's never let us down and has saved so much time in setting up as well as far less to lug around. I wish I'd got this before all my mixer, speakers,stands etc but hey ho you live and learn...😊🎵🎶
Great review. One possible strange question seeing its a amplifier ! can it be turned down low enough for practice in the home and still enjoy the reverb and courus whitout neighbours banging on the wall. ?
Yes....it can be turned down Stu to a very low level....we use it in our home which is a mid terraced house but keep the levels down and not had any neighbours complaining.....it's a fabulous amp...👍😊🎶🎵💕🥰
Thanks Graham, i was going the Hivibe or tonewood way but with having 2 main guitars this is the obvious answer plus a mic slot as well , i'm going to puchase the BP80.
@@stuberesford4115 ...I'm sure you won't be disappointed Stu...we love ours...it's been a game changer...👍😊🥰🥰🎵🎶
Hi Graham just bought this amp today after watching this review. Extremely happy, sound is fantastic for my needs. Much love from 🇦🇺🌏🦘
Thanks fantastic Fenella..☺️..I'm so pleased your happy with it. I continue to use mine every week and for everything...it's so versatile...and I've even used splitter on splitters so I can use 6 microphones along with 2 lead instruments....it's the main band system we use now and so much more portable than our other big system....sending you and yours and all in Australia our love and best wishes..👍😊🎵🎶💕❤️
Thanks! agreat vid.... do you have a link to the Y cables?
I'm sure I got mine here
www.amazon.co.uk/Splitter-Adapter-Female-Extension-Microphone-1-Male-2/dp/B07B6N6DWH/ref=asc_df_B07B6N6DWH/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=218769691561&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13679777346361294946&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046800&hvtargid=pla-524474476062&psc=1
and
www.amazon.co.uk/SiYear-Microphone-Unbalanced-Converter-%EF%BC%881-5Meters/dp/B07KD8MNY2/ref=asc_df_B07KD8MNY2/?tag=googshopuk-21&linkCode=df0&hvadid=310886142184&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1294867706736391170&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9046800&hvtargid=pla-633910145424&psc=1
Would this be ok for a small acoustic solo gig in something like a social club
Definitely....it's got great volume if needed....👍🎶🎵😊
Do u get a bit of white noise/hum when turned up full blast without any instruments plugged in?
Hi....never had mine turned up past 3/4 to be honest but I've just got it out and turned it to max volume and there is a very slight noise ...not any hum though
Hi Graham, hows it going? Could you run a bass thru that??? Tony in Normandie
Hi Tony...I doubt it...I'm sure bass need special bass amps due to their lower frequencies....I know one of our Eagle Ukes members ran his bass uke through my other little amp and it's never been the same so not worth taking the risk....though you could contact CoolMusic and get an official reply....👍😊🎶🎵
Can this amp power a pedal? 9V out? I want to power a NUX Optima Air...
Not sure Steven...you'd need to contact Cool for Music about that...👍😊
Roz is probably in the other room thinking....what the heck is Graham up to THIS time?! LOL
...haha...she actually encouraged me to do this review as it's saved us both humping so much gear around and we thought other folks may benefit...it's a brilliant amp....😊👍
Sending you our love and best wishes and thanks for always raising a smile with us...👍😊😆🎶🎵💕
The only thing about heavy splitter? Make sure the cables are supported so you don't wear out the jacks
Thanks for the info...👍😊
Gr8 Review...duct tape included!😂
Thanks so much....I had to give the duct tape tip Incase folk went wireless...thanks for watching and for your lovely comment ...👍☺️💕🎶🎵
Can i use it for recording on my pc?
I'm not sure about that...it does have other inputs for phone etc...
How long does the battery last, say, at a gig?
We e had 4 mics plugged in on splitters and two Ukes and it's done a 3 hour night with no probs...I'm sure it'd go for 2-3 hours more as after a gig the useage we've had only takes 1/2 hour to fully charge again....its the best thing we've bought in years...just wishes id come across it years ago...hope this helps...😊👍🎶🎵
Hi mate, im looking to upgrade to either this one or the 120W version.. $60 difference on my end but not sure if ill need 120W for busking. Im currently using the JOYO AC40 but it only has 2 6.5 inch speakers and it cant handle when i go wild on the guitar 😅 cheers
Hi Aston...the BP80 ( 100 watts ) that I have is loud enough for all our gigs but if you can get 120watts for just $60 more then I'd be tempted...it's always great to have a bit more in reserve for when you want to go wild...👍😊🎵🎶...I must admit I've only ever had mine on 3/4 volume but all our gigs are inside so the volume will be less outside so I'd say treat yourself and go for the 120W.....please let me know how you get on....👍😊🎵🎶🥰
@EagleUkes they just dropped the price on the 2 biggest Cool Music amps on ebay so i grabbed the 120W! Should see it next week, very excited. $347 down from $399 🕶
@@EagleUkes the 120 dropped to the original price of the 100 😎
@@astonsweeney ...brilliant...go for it...have fun...👍😊🎶🎵💕
How's your 120w BP60 amp going? Sound clear and louder? I am deciding between 120w and 100w.
Duct tape is pretty much the repair kit for my coroplast bicycle camper
It certainly comes in handy...🤣😂..thanks for watching and for your comment..👍😊🎶🎵🥰💕
The only issue I can see with this is the lack of a footswitch connector. So I'd still have to carry my effects box to switch up for a solo
@@Stig4997 ...thanks for pointing that out....I don't use foot switches so never a problem...🤗👍🎵🎶
@@EagleUkes I doubt if it's a problem for most. I play with a group of a dozen or so ukuleles and I want to play acoustically during verses but boost for a solo. My uke doesn't have a readily accessible volume control
@Stig4997 ...hi....in our Eagle Ukes group I do all the solo parts but have an Aklot Acoustic tenor so dead easy to twist the volume up then down again....so a brilliant, low cost uke and by far the best uke I've had...👍🎵🎶💕🙂
works for electric guitars??
Yes it's an amp for guitars as well as Ukes and any other instrument that plugs in with a 6.35mm jack...👍☺️
Can I run my pedals thru it?
I don't use any pedals Lyle so I'm not too sure...I just use the mic and line inputs...for my mics and instruments...I'm sure if you contact CoolMusic or a dealer they would help you...👍😊🎶🎵
Thanks Graham. Does the bluetooth work well without any interuptions ? Have you use it at all ? Cheers.@@EagleUkes
@@lyledouglas8324 ...the Bluetooth works great Lyle....we use it in the intervals at our gigs so we can play music to the audience usually off my phone or iPod....I also use a USB stick at times for interval music....it really is a great amp and the fact that it is rechargeable makes it so portable....no need to worry about a long mains lead from a socket....it's not let me down yet and is my main system for small to medium size gigs now....saves so much hassle carrying speakers and stands and stacks of cabling around.....👍😊🎶🎵
I was thinking of getting the BP60d to use for electric guitar have you or any of your mates tried an electric guitar thru yours? Do you think it would sound ok with vocals also?@@EagleUkes
@@lyledouglas8324 Hi Lyle...I'm not a guitarist so no one has ran an electric guitar through it...just electro acoustic ukuleles which sound great...especially with the reverb and chorus effects you can add on from the amp...👍😊🎵🎶🥰