I bought this from The Bass Gallery in London and they were selling a 2017 limited edition Ivory White tolex cabinet. I bought the amp and a cab then decided to add a second cab as it will be impossible to find a second in the future.

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The amp has a class D power section coupled with Aguilar's pre-amp section and is derived from the Aguilar bass pedal which is described as follows:

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This preamp/direct box is so strong and powerful it could only be called the “Tone Hammer”! Based on the respected OBP-3 preamp, the Tone Hammer® features fully sweepable midrange frequencies in addition to bass and treble controls. With the Tone Hammer’s pristine D.I. you are set for the studio or the stage.

To give this tone shaping unit the ultimate flexibility we introduce our proprietary Adaptive Gain Shaping circuitry (AGS). AGS allows the player to kick in an additional gain structure and EQ with the “stomp” of a button. You can now go from modern slap sounds to vintage or overdriven. 18 volt operation gives the Tone Hammer® plenty of headroom to reproduce the most dynamic playing style. Separate GAIN and MASTER controls allow you to dial in just the right gain structure for any instrument.

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So the Tone Hammer head is an amalgam of this front end and a 250 Watt into 8 ohm or 500 Watt into 4 ohm class D amplifier. It's ultra lightweight and portable and connects to cabinets via two Neutrik Speakon connections. Beware, this is the only connection type as no jacks are available on the rear. I was left without a cable suitable for a few days as The Bass Gallery forgot to include the cable we agreed on.

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I  am impressed with the power and tone but will play with it more and investigate the tones possible. I like the fact that it sounds like a valve amp at higher gain and drive settings. Very cool!

You can also get modern sounds out of it too.

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I did a demo below using the XLR out which has 2 settings: Pre and Post. The former is a signal passed to a desk or PA which includes the EQ section and Post passes the signal after the 10dB pad.

I'm using Pre in the demo and 2 basses and I'm trying to give an idea of the sound.