Ampeg PF350/500 Part VI - Page 11

arai · #**201** 02-11-2013, 01:23 AM

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Originally Posted by 60bass

Wasn't the debut and release of the new PF series at the Jan 2011 NAMM show? Hard for me to believe that after two years these same issues are still showing up...

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It is crazy.

sbpark · #**202** 02-11-2013, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by arai

It is crazy.

Yes, it is crazy. I swear I just turned the damn thing on and it popped like a firecracker and shot a big blue spark out.

So what are people who have ditched the PF500 switching to?

arai · #**203** 02-11-2013, 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by sbpark

Yes, it is crazy. I swear I just turned the damn thing on and it popped like a firecracker and shot a big blue spark out.

That sounds dangerous

Lucky you don't have a cat like mine that likes to sit on whatever new comes into the house.

96tbird · #**204** 02-11-2013, 06:50 AM

To be fair, yours blew up. Most others just have issues with them cutting out, then working again. Yours died. It happens, even to Markbass, etc.

60bass · #**205** 02-11-2013, 08:25 AM

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Originally Posted by JimmyM

GC doesn't give people poop about returning stuff in their return policy grace period.

+1 I've NEVER had an issue with any return at GC for any reason.

SpectorDetector · #**206** 02-11-2013, 08:28 AM

I've never run mine through a cab, just through headphones. For the like 3rd or 4th day of using it it had an electrical burning type smell coming from it, then it stopped. I think I should take the thing to the dealer and plug into a cab and make sure it works!

fivestringgecko · #**207** 02-11-2013, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by JimmyM

I can make my B-15 mellow and soft, or I can make it angry and hard. Like pretty much every other amp ever made, it has controls that let me dial up any tone I want.

You said what I really meant with my long winded post. Lol

5sg.

sbpark · #**208** 02-11-2013, 10:50 AM

Well, off to GC to give the PF500 another shot. Now the Dilemma is do I get a second 115 cab or get a 210? YEs, we all know about the general concensus here to not mix drivers, but I think it would make for a more versatile little rig, being able to use either cab on it's own with slightly different sounds from each vcab or having a little mini stack!

mazdah · #**209** 02-11-2013, 10:54 AM

I played PF 350 thru 210 + 115. Don't care what everybody says, they sound great together. And I don't care how much power each cab gets or how louder/quiter 115 will be. It's my "to go" rig, currently I only have PF 115 and I miss sweet mids from PF210.

MP87 · #**210** 02-11-2013, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by mazdah

I played PF 350 thru 210 + 115. Don't care what everybody says, they sound great together. And I don't care how much power each cab gets or how louder/quiter 115 will be. It's my "to go" rig, currently I only have PF 115 and I miss sweet mids from PF210.

I'd be interested to hear more about anyone's experience with mixing these cabs

mazdah · #**211** 02-11-2013, 11:03 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rsVPpMm9sak

You can hear some nice samples here.

Frankjohnson · #**212** 02-11-2013, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by 96tbird

To be fair, yours blew up. Most others just have issues with them cutting out, then working again. Yours died. It happens, even to Markbass, etc.

Not exactly true - Cutting out - never again to power up is pretty common -

shredhead68 · #**213** 02-11-2013, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by MP87

I'd be interested to hear more about anyone's experience with mixing these cabs

I absolutely love using the two in combination. I've heard it called "engineering with your eyes" both here and elsewhere - and by guys that know a lot more than I do, I might add; but seriously, to my ears, using the PF210HE on top of a PF115HE brings a fullness to my tone that I just don't hear/feel when using just one or the other. Each of the components sound perfectly fine individually; the mids seem a little more defined with the 210 and the 115 seems to get a little lower - used together is just a whole other level of rich, creamy Ampeg sweetness that sounds just about perfect for what I'm looking for and at 4ohms there's plenty of volume on tap. YMMV, IMO and all that jazz.

sbpark · #**214** 02-11-2013, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Frankjohnson

Not exactly true - Cutting out - never again to power up is pretty common -

It powers up just fine, but no sound. Seems to me like a cap blew up or a fuse blew. Why dont they just have an accessible fuse that the owner can check? You'd think they'd incorporate something like that into the design.

sbpark · #**215** 02-11-2013, 11:23 AM

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Originally Posted by shredhead68

I absolutely love using the two in combination. I've heard it called "engineering with your eyes" both here and elsewhere - and by guys that know a lot more than I do, I might add; but seriously, to my ears, using the PF210HE on top of a PF115HE brings a fullness to my tone that I just don't hear/feel when using just one or the other. Each of the components sound perfectly fine individually; the mids seem a little more defined with the 210 and the 115 seems to get a little lower - used together is just a whole other level of rich, creamy Ampeg sweetness that sounds just about perfect for what I'm looking for and at 4ohms there's plenty of volume on tap. YMMV, IMO and all that jazz.

Nice to hear of someone using both the 115 and 210 together. In all hoenstly that's what I am going to do as well. I really think it will make for a nice little rig.

shredhead68 · #**216** 02-11-2013, 11:47 AM

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Originally Posted by sbpark

Nice to hear of someone using both the 115 and 210 together. In all hoenstly that's what I am going to do as well. I really think it will make for a nice little rig.

It really is, and it's nice having the option to take one or the other (or both) depending on the size of the venue or type of music, etc. The footprint is pretty small for a bass rig, doesn't take up much room on the stage and the cabs are fairly light to carry - I schlepped mine up and down three flights of stairs twice a week for a year before joining this new band. Now I leave the 115 at the rehearsal space and the 210 in the living room for home practice and just take the head with me back and forth. My back (herniated disc) loves me for it !

Frankjohnson · #**217** 02-11-2013, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by sbpark

It powers up just fine, but no sound. Seems to me like a cap blew up or a fuse blew. Why dont they just have an accessible fuse that the owner can check? You'd think they'd incorporate something like that into the design.

Sorry - not yours - I meant A LOT seem to cut out - power off - never again to power up

96tbird · #**218** 02-11-2013, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Frankjohnson

Not exactly true - Cutting out - never again to power up is pretty common -

All I'm saying is most of the failure that I have read about here haven't involved a release of the "magic smoke".

JimmyM · #**219** 02-11-2013, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by 96tbird

All I'm saying is most of the failure that I have read about here haven't involved a release of the "magic smoke".

I have never seen anything about PF amps smoking. The majority of problems I've seen have been brief cutouts or going into fault mode and not coming out.

jumbodbassman · #**220** 02-11-2013, 03:20 PM

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Originally Posted by sbpark

Yes, it is crazy. I swear I just turned the damn thing on and it popped like a firecracker and shot a big blue spark out.

So what are people who have ditched the PF500 switching to?

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