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07-28-2011, 09:04 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chicago, IL | | | Ampeg converted from Mesa
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Ok I received Ampeg SVT 2 SLM ERA.
I just wanted to sell it, untill i tried it. It is so rich in harmonics, that Mesa 400+ sounded very poor and dry in comparison to it. I fell in love with Ampeg sound at instant. It has more bottom than Mesa and more heights. I would say that it beats Mesa in every way, dont get me wrong Mesa is a great amp but Ampeg is unbielevable. It is more hi-fi than Mesa, but still has lot of warm, tubey sound.
I love it. |
07-28-2011, 09:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Bunyo  Ok I received Ampeg SVT 2 SLM ERA.
I just wanted to sell it, untill i tried it. It is so rich in harmonics, that Mesa 400+ sounded very poor and dry in comparison to it. I fell in love with Ampeg sound at instant. It has more bottom than Mesa and more heights. I would say that it beats Mesa in every way, dont get me wrong Mesa is a great amp but Ampeg is unbielevable. It is more hi-fi than Mesa, but still has lot of warm, tubey sound.
I love it. | Are you JimmyM in cognito? |
07-28-2011, 09:12 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chicago, IL | | | Hehehe.
I know that Jimmy advertises Ampeg a lot. I know why right now.
Sorry guys just tought I will share with you. I always tought I will stay with Mesa forever.
I was wrong. |
07-28-2011, 09:33 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | | You might need new tubes in the Mesa then. I didn't find the 400+ any of what you described. |
07-28-2011, 09:35 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chicago, IL | | | Tubes were half a year old, Sovteks. I previously I had Tung Sols, that sounded much better but they went off after a year and half. |
07-28-2011, 09:38 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | | What about the preamp, and cab? |
07-28-2011, 09:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chicago, IL | | | Pream tubes were Tung Sols. Cabs are two 1x15 Mesa RR. They sing through an Ampeg beautiful. Ampeg sounded much more fresh and juicy. |
07-28-2011, 09:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | | Odd. I played my Mesa 400+ through a 410. Maybe that was the difference. |
07-28-2011, 09:44 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Chicago, IL | | | And did you compared it to Ampeg SVT 2 pro when played one by one?
Its the comparison. |
07-28-2011, 09:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Harpers Ferry WV | | | I have owned just about every Ampeg head made since the early 90's or used it in a studio environment lol. A couple before the 90's as well. |
07-28-2011, 09:52 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cleveland, Ohio | | | i have the MESA 400 and with KT88s its awesome. Those 6l6 tubes just arent bassy enough to me. Ive had and played through a few Ampegs. i just dont like them much anymore, personally. But hey whatever makes ya happy. |
07-28-2011, 09:59 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Amarillo, TX | | | Ha! Welcome to the dark side. I dig my VB2 a lot, but nothing, NOTHING compares to an SVT, imo.
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07-28-2011, 10:23 AM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by baileyboy Are you JimmyM in cognito? | Ha! Didn't you see that he's from Chicago and I'm from Florida? You can't make that stuff up! 
Well I can't say anything bad about Mesa tube amps except 12 power tubes is crazy.
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