Ampeg B100R for Christmas!!!

blastjv · #1 12-06-2010, 09:14 AM

My lovely wife grabbed a used Ampeg B100R for me for Christmas...she's alright!!! (I did send her the link...I'm not subtle)

Should be here any day now...and hopefully I can sell her on the idea that I really shouldn't wait until Christmas morning to try it out...because I need to ensure that it was not damaged during shipping.....

STOKED!!!!!

-JV

Spinal Tapper · #2 12-06-2010, 10:32 AM

Nice Wife you have there! A real keeper, indeed!

DanNowhere · #3 12-06-2010, 11:13 AM

That's a right broad.

blastjv · #4 12-07-2010, 08:37 AM

Received it yesterday, fortunately the box was slightly damaged and she INSISTED I open it up to check it out...

Damn, this thing sounds nice!!!

Very pleased!!!!!

Thanks, Wife!!!

-JV

stiles72 · #5 12-07-2010, 08:43 AM

The B-100R is a great amp! Next best thing to a vintage Portaflex IMO. Enjoy!

dougjwray · #6 12-07-2010, 10:25 AM

Congratulations! I've had one for 10 years and I love it.

whisper14072 · #7 12-07-2010, 10:41 AM

I have the 200R. Yea they are fantastic!!

JimmyM · #8 12-07-2010, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by stiles72

The B-100R is a great amp! Next best thing to a vintage Portaflex IMO. Enjoy!

+1. nice score!

6jase5 · #9 12-07-2010, 12:02 PM

The only thing better is having 2.

You'll love it, the thing never fails me and I can play some pretty good sized places with it. I got a little foldable dolly, use a few bungee cords and can put my box of cables on top, effects rack in the front, bass in backpack straps, one load from the car and I'm in. It really ticks off the drummer.

Just remember that the bass response changes depending on what is or isn't behind that little box. Moving it around can make all the difference imho.

VTHacker · #10 12-07-2010, 02:33 PM

Do you ever run two of them, 6jase5? I have one (bought from a TBer a few months back), and I love it. Wondering if a second one might be worth looking into, just 'cause. If you run two, do you split cable before the input, or do you use some fancy A+B box?

christw · #11 12-07-2010, 02:36 PM

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Congratulations! I've had one for 10 years and I love it.

A wife or an amp?

JimmyM · #12 12-07-2010, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by VTHacker

Do you ever run two of them, 6jase5? I have one (bought from a TBer a few months back), and I love it. Wondering if a second one might be worth looking into, just 'cause. If you run two, do you split cable before the input, or do you use some fancy A+B box?

you can go either way. but if you do, i would probably use a buffer pedal to bring the signal up since each amp will only get half the bass signal. mxr micro amp is a very popular and inexpensive pedal for this purpose.

VTHacker · #13 12-08-2010, 05:09 AM

That makes sense... Thanks, Jimmy. Now, the tough part will be convincing my wife that I need another B100R—just in case I'm visited by the ghost of John Bonham or something.

By the way, JV, congrats on the Ampeg!

blastjv · #14 12-08-2010, 07:00 AM

Thanks.

Hey, you might consider instead adding a speaker out to the B100R (easy mod which I'll probably do to mine at some point), and getting a matching extension cabinet from Fliptops (if they don't have one that would be a perfect match I'm sure they could make one.

-JV

PS - played around with this baby a bit more and loving it more and more...I only wish I could get a little more grind out of it without a pedal, but I can get a great 'aggressive-but-clean-SVT' type tone which is great. Maybe if I keep tweaking I'll find something. This really is a plug and play amp, though. Not a single bad sound to be found in that box...

stiles72 · #15 12-08-2010, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by VTHacker

Do you ever run two of them, 6jase5? I have one (bought from a TBer a few months back), and I love it. Wondering if a second one might be worth looking into, just 'cause. If you run two, do you split cable before the input, or do you use some fancy A+B box?

Not (2) B-100R's, but I do occasionally run my B-100R with a B-15. I split the signal with a tuner pedal and adjust each amps volume to whatever is needed.

anderbass · #16 12-08-2010, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by blastjv

Hey, you might consider instead adding a speaker out to the B100R (easy mod which I'll probably do to mine at some point), and getting a matching extension cabinet from Fliptops (if they don't have one that would be a perfect match I'm sure they could make one.

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The B100R power amp section is rated at a 4 ohm minimum, and these combos came with a 4 ohm speaker. So adding an extension jack and connecting up any other cab would probably end up damage the power section unless both speakers were 8 ohm.

Another option would be wiring two 4 ohm speakers in series for a combined 8 ohm load, but this would lower your poweramps max output to somewhere around 50 watt.

I gigged my pair of B100R combos splitting the inputs with an ABY pedal. It was definitely louder but I found this kinda tricky making quick tone and volume adjustments on stage. If you stack the combos upright, you wont be able to get to the bottoms knobs. If you stacked them sideways the heat generated from the power sections may not be able to dissipate out quite a well.

These combos dont have an Effects loop to link 2 together but you could run the line out from the first to the second. You end up stacking both preamps/eq's in-line at the second combo with this method but it will work with the firsts gain and tone knobs controlling both.

Here's my pair I modded with in-line 1/4" speaker jacks:

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DanNowhere · #17 12-08-2010, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by stiles72

Not (2) B-100R's, but I do occasionally run my B-100R with a B-15. I split the signal with a tuner pedal and adjust each amps volume to whatever is needed.

Your rig is completely badass, I have to say. Nothing prettier than Fender + Ampeg. The rest of the stage is pretty loltastic, though. The little Fender and Peavey in front of the big honking Marshall stacks is especially funny. And who uses 4 Marshall stacks for country, anyway?

blastjv · #18 12-08-2010, 11:40 AM

No free lunch, I guess...

If you really wanted to go that route, I guess an 8ohm replacement speaker plus an 8ohm extension cab might be a good, workable solution...but maybe not worth the trouble or expense.

I plan to use mine for at home practice, possible recording, and possible small acoustic gigs (haven't played one of those in many years, but it's something I'd like to get back to doing). If I ever needed an in between rig, I think I'd like to grab an Ampeg V4 with a 410 sealed cab, or maybe just a 410 cab I can run my SVT into.

-JV

stiles72 · #19 12-08-2010, 12:11 PM

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One of my favorite TB rigs!

sleepytime · #20 12-08-2010, 12:13 PM

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That looks cool. I'd like to hear it.