Beware of Plastic BM800's

[billkaroly]

I ordered two cheap $9 BM800 bodies from AliExpress and they are all plastic. The saddle is molded in the frame. I'm donating them to a local thrift store.

These others are pretty good though.

 

[micolas]

I ordered two cheap $9 BM800 bodies from AliExpress and they are all plastic. The saddle is molded in the frame. I'm donating them to a local thrift store.

These others are pretty good though.

Thanks for the warning and the link

 

[Paul W]

These others are pretty good though.

Do they have the transistor on the PCB, or an unpopulated spot there because it's in the capsule housing?

(That won't matter to people who intend to replace the board, but it will to people who want to do the standard board mods.)

 

[k brown]

It doesn't hum like crazy?

 

[micolas]

It doesn't hum like crazy?

Can be used for special FX

 

[Екатерина]

In fact, as long as the shielding plastic shell is well done, it can also be used very well. Carbon fiber reinforced plastic is still very strong, and as long as qualified shielding is added, it is a perfect thing

 

[micolas]

If, however, the body is plastic, you can still shield it electrically/electromagnetically, inside, it depends on how creative you are. And in the case of resonances, vibrations, solutions can be found.