1970s Ampeg SVT Head

[TheRhealDeal]

I have an Ampeg V9 and have been wanting to pair it up with an Ampeg SVT from the 70s. A friend of mine said that the head would blow up if I ran the two together because it'd be working too hard. Is this true???

[sedan_dad]

V9 head or cabinet? SVT head or cabinet? Blow what up because what's working too hard? Little help here.

[TheRhealDeal]

sorry, i have the v9 cab want to add the svt head. my buddy said the head would blow up because it'd be working too hard to power the cab (we play pretty loud)

[BogeyBass]

No its not working to hard the V9 has been paired and sounds great with a 130watt Ampeg V4B.......

A tube SVT only has a 4ohm and 2ohm tap, so the only importance is to have a proper impedance match.

In fact if I remember correctly the v9 is a 4ohm cabinet so you could run 2 V9's on the 2ohm tap. And the only thing it might hurt is your ears.

[Downunderwonder]

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[Downunderwonder]

I read it's tuned for guitar. SVT might blow it up.

[coreyfyfe]

Originally Posted by TheRhealDeal

I have an Ampeg V9 and have been wanting to pair it up with an Ampeg SVT from the 70s. A friend of mine said that the head would blow up if I ran the two together because it'd be working too hard. Is this true???

Bull. Period. The V9 head was an svt power amp with a slightly different preamp so if it was going to blow up an svt it would have blown up a V9.

All that said, the V9 cab was a guitar cab, but that isn't saying much since the original svt cabs used "guitar" drivers as well. They don't do a ton of lows, but when you have a lot of them you get a good low-mid presence that really punches. With the V9 cab I'd be a little more conscious of your volume levels and make sure you aren stressing the speakers, but as long as its a 4 ohm load the head will be fine.