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02-01-2013, 11:17 PM
| | | | Ampeg B-15N
got this tonight...only two owners...
original owner female gospel singer bought it in '65...
sold it to my brother in laws brother 3 years ago...
got it for $500    
Last edited by dzaneh : 02-01-2013 at 11:24 PM.
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02-01-2013, 11:18 PM
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02-01-2013, 11:20 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Atlanta, Ga. | | | Great score! I've seen them for $1.5k and more, in Atlanta.
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02-01-2013, 11:29 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Atlanta | | | Wowzas! Nice score and great to know its history. Congrats!
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02-01-2013, 11:29 PM
| | | | Blazin' deal! This could be a NC (cathode bias, 25w) or a NF (fixed bias, 30w) depending on when in '65 it was made.
EDIT: It looks like it has the wider cross member across the speaker so it's likely a NF. Could you post a pic of the inside? I'd like to see if this is one of the double baffles with the smaller ports.
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02-02-2013, 12:10 AM
| | | yeah it's NC...   |
02-02-2013, 12:13 AM
| | | | he said the woman had it in a closet for 35 years...
with the bass & a microphone she plugged into the amp when she sang...
played it at his house with his bass for a few hours & played about 45mins when I got home...
SOUNDS GREAT !!
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02-02-2013, 12:21 AM
| | | That's likely one of the very last NC's made, I have a NC from a couple months earlier that has the narrower cross member. I can't see the ports in the baffle from that pic, but since its an NC it should have the standard size ports - the very last double baffles had smaller ports, but I've only seen that on NF's. Another thing I've noticed about the '65's is the chrome colored speaker baskets on the square mag CTS's - most were painted black. Quote:
Originally Posted by dzaneh  SOUNDS GREAT !! | Yes they do!
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02-02-2013, 12:36 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Western NY | | | Hell of a deal! Congrats.
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02-02-2013, 01:33 AM
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02-02-2013, 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by dzaneh | Yep, those are the standard size ports. |
02-02-2013, 01:45 AM
| | | | seems to be in really great shape only just a few small "snags" in the tolex... |
02-02-2013, 04:10 AM
| | | | Congratulations on the new amp. I feel that the NC is the most desirable model.
It looks like some maintenance has been done, which is a good thing. The power supply has been re-caped. The speaker cable has been changed as well as the cab connector. A lot of these amps have had this mod. Also it looks like the power transformer was changed. This is fairly common as well as the old ones like to blow. You have a better transformer in there now than the one that came with the amp.
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02-02-2013, 09:01 AM
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Originally Posted by beans-on-toast Congratulations on the new amp. I feel that the NC is the most desirable model.
It looks like some maintenance has been done, which is a good thing. The power supply has been re-caped. The speaker cable has been changed as well as the cab connector. A lot of these amps have had this mod. Also it looks like the power transformer was changed. This is fairly common as well as the old ones like to blow. You have a better transformer in there now than the one that came with the amp. | cool...good to know...
I sure the original owner had any work that had been done to it done...my brother in laws brother said he rarely used it,because he didn't want anything to "happen " to it... |
02-02-2013, 09:31 AM
|  | Keepin' the Groove Alive ! | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Stax 1966 | | Nice. Funny about the wiring on some of these B15's. On my '71, the green wire is attached to the Red marker on the speaker terminal, which I assume is positive. On yours, it's not. Guess it depends on who was doing the wiring that day at Ampeg . 
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02-02-2013, 09:41 AM
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02-02-2013, 09:52 AM
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Originally Posted by dzaneh got it for $500 | "Stole it" you mean!!! 
j/k, sweet amp!!!
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02-02-2013, 09:56 AM
|  | Registered User | | | | Very nice score! Nice pictures too. Now rock that thing  |
02-02-2013, 01:47 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by dzaneh cool...good to know...
I sure the original owner had any work that had been done to it done...my brother in laws brother said he rarely used it,because he didn't want anything to "happen " to it... | Bah, that amp will outlast you and your brother in law both  People think of B-15's as delicate, but they're actually tanks. I use mine on gigs all the time.
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02-02-2013, 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM Bah, that amp will outlast you and your brother in law both People think of B-15's as delicate, but they're actually tanks. I use mine on gigs all the time. | cool !! | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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