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12-17-2010, 12:17 PM
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i have a qestion to ask about a 1964 ampeg jet j 12a guitar amp. do they stop making ampeg amps for guitar back in the day? i just need  |
12-17-2010, 12:22 PM
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Endorsing Artist: PCL Vintage Amps | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Victoria, BC Canada | | | I jammed with a guy who had a very high-gain ampeg guitar amp. So I think they still make em. |
12-17-2010, 01:38 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: boston, ma | | | They no longer make guitar amps. The latest were the Lee Jackson head/cab (probably the high gain amp mentioned) and the Jet series reissues during the SLM era, but since the Loud takeover they've discontinued those amps.
As far as the vitnage amp question, what is it? Someone here can almost definitely help... |
12-17-2010, 06:15 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sarasota, FL | | | I think they still make rocketreverb amps. I am pretty sure.
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12-17-2010, 09:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Gaetano Paul  I think they still make rocketreverb amps. I am pretty sure. | They're all listed under discontinued products: http://www.ampeg.com/discontinued.php |
12-17-2010, 10:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Austin, TX | | | As far as I know, Ampeg is no longer making guitar amps, certainly not anything like your Jet. I had a Gemini years ago; beautiful chiming sound.
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12-17-2010, 10:07 PM
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12-17-2010, 11:54 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | yep, ampeg guitar amps are gone. history. archives. shame they never caught on past the early 70's. i love the sound of a cranked ampeg for guitar.
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12-18-2010, 01:19 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Vancouver | | | The GS12R had some of the best tremolo and reverb I've heard, and it is a wonderful amp for blues.
The current Ampeg (LOUD Tech.) also owns Blackheart, so I don't think we'll be seeing another guitar amp out of them any time soon. |
12-18-2010, 02:12 AM
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John K Custom Basses | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Thousand Oaks, CA | | | my '65 reverberocket II (GS-12R) is an awesome 18 watt amp for guitar, and it's actually great sounding on bass too, as long as you keep its volume very low so as not to blow its speaker. |
12-18-2010, 08:48 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sarasota, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by johnk_10 my '65 reverberocket II (GS-12R) is an awesome 18 watt amp for guitar, and it's actually great sounding on bass too, as long as you keep its volume very low so as not to blow its speaker. | Yeah, what if you change the speaker to a bass speaker? 
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12-18-2010, 10:34 AM
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12-18-2010, 03:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sarasota, FL | | | That is beautiful JohnK
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12-18-2010, 04:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: boston, ma | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex1984 The GS12R had some of the best tremolo and reverb I've heard, and it is a wonderful amp for blues. | I did a gig with a guy using one of those and that trem is amazing. Amazingly warm. |
12-18-2010, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by johnk_10 | Now that's pretty. And a big +1 to everybody who likes the old ampeg guitar amps. Guy in my last band used an old Gemini II, what a great sound. |
01-03-2011, 12:40 PM
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01-03-2011, 02:44 PM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Flounder102Bass do you think these amps worth money if they stop making them? | amps don't have collector's value like guitars and basses. and ampeg guitar amps never quite caught on, so sometimes you can find great deals on them.
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01-03-2011, 03:31 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Albany IL | | | Sweet amp John! That's purty!
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01-04-2011, 01:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Santa Cruz, CA | | | Hah!
My dad found a Reverberocket 2 on the curb during a "junk day" in my hometown a few years back - he called my brother who restores tube amps to find out if it was worth anything....
So somebody was cleaning out the closet, thought it was old and worthless and curbed it. It had the black tolex, but was mint with an original dust cover.
My bro has it all cleaned up and in the living room of his house.
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