Ampeg PF350/500 Part VI

[samjazz]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

1. Dead in the middle of the woofer unless you want the tweeter, and then you'll likely have to experiment a little with it. Me, I turn the tweeter off so no matter.

2. Depends on the mic...with a 57, right on it.

3. Whatever...I did it at a medium volume, and I did it at a low volume. If you can give it some juice, you can keep mic volume down and reduce bleed, but don't blow out the rest of the band or anything.

Also, with a 57, I recommend blending mic with a DI for the lows since the 57 doesn't have much on the low end.

Thanks Jimmy for this input I am going to print this out and take it with me tonight and discuss with my sound guys and see what I can get shaking. I never would have thought to use a blend fo mic-ed and DI-ed inputs, amazing!!!

[Metal Jockey]

Hello all. I'm an owner of a new PF-500, playing it through a Genz Benz NeoX 112T, and so far it sounds great.

I want to hook up my Sans Amp BDDI as well but am not sure of the order of connections.

Do I plug my guitar into the input on the Sans Amp first and then connect the Sans Amp (via output) to the PF-500, and if so, through which input? Is it the input on the front of the PF-500 or one of the FX jacks on the back?

Thanks in advance!

[Grateful]

Originally Posted by Metal Jockey

Hello all. I'm an owner of a new PF-500, playing it through a Genz Benz NeoX 112T, and so far it sounds great.

I want to hook up my Sans Amp BDDI as well but am not sure of the order of connections.

Do I plug my guitar into the input on the Sans Amp first and then connect the Sans Amp (via output) to the PF-500, and if so, through which input? Is it the input on the front of the PF-500 or one of the FX jacks on the back?

Thanks in advance!

Bass>SansAmp>PF-500 (Front Input Jack)

[Metal Jockey]

Originally Posted by Grateful

Bass>SansAmp>PF-500 (Front Input Jack)

I am grateful for you, Grateful!

[samjazz]

I tried the advice Jimmy and just WOW! I like it! Thanks. I haven't tried the bddi out to the house yet, just the mic-ing, but that will be next. I have attached a photo.

[JimmyM]

Nice, Sam! Digging the Gibson, too. I have a broken 60 EB-0 that I keep threatening to restore and I never do. This is the year, though!

[adrian mccullou]

My miced 350. It works well, not the best mic for the job but decent nevertheless. You can sort of see how I have the EQ set at as well. I dig it anyway.

[Mr L]

Just bought the 350 here on TB. Planning on using it in my bands rehearsal space with a 115. This is going to be perfect for rehearsal as it's a very small space.

For gigs I'm wondering whats the biggest rig i could power from the 350? Could the 350 handle two 115s? or a 410? Or would it be simpler to just go DI and use the 115 as a monitor? Or mic the 115?

[mazdah]

PF-350 can easily handle SVT-810E or two 115 or two 210 or two 410HEs or PF-410HLFs apr one B or SVT-410HLF. And two Pro Neos :P

Did I miss something?

I use mine with PF-115HE. I will add PF-210HE in the future for ultimate rig.

[JimmyM]

Originally Posted by Mr L

Just bought the 350 here on TB. Planning on using it in my bands rehearsal space with a 115. This is going to be perfect for rehearsal as it's a very small space.

For gigs I'm wondering whats the biggest rig i could power from the 350? Could the 350 handle two 115s? or a 410? Or would it be simpler to just go DI and use the 115 as a monitor? Or mic the 115?

Sure it's simpler to go DI from the head and use the 115 as a monitor. Micing the cab sounds great if you have a decent mic, though. AKG has one called the P2 that's only $100 but looks like it would be great for micing bass cabs. But even if you bring your own mic, you will find that unless you hire the soundman yourself, some of them will balk at your mic and make you go DI. But I really dig micing cabs and would do it still if I hadn't got a REDDI.

And you can use any size cab rig you want with the PF350 as long as your total speaker impedance doesn't go below 4 ohms.

[Mike in Chicago]

The DI is really nice on the PF's. I hear they're nice on the 7's too (wink)...can you tell how much I''m gassin for a 7? They (soundmen) always like the DI...I understand since I'm always messin around with stuff.

[samjazz]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

Nice, Sam! Digging the Gibson, too. I have a broken 60 EB-0 that I keep threatening to restore and I never do. This is the year, though!

My 69 delivers a very vintage and deep tone, but I need an EQ to remove some of the "muddiness." I would love to see before and after pix of that '60!!

[Grateful]

Originally Posted by Mr L

..just go DI and use the 115 as a monitor?

This is how I anticipate most of our gigs going. The last sound guy mic'd the guitar amps and went straight to DI for me and the keys.

[johnpbass]

Received the new PF350 yesterday. Sorry about the crappy cell phone pic - I took a quick shot as I was heading out the door this morning.

[Jwood]

Does anyone have insight or experience running a SVT through two PF cabinets?

[carl h.]

Originally Posted by Jwood

Does anyone have insight or experience running a SVT through two PF cabinets?

I regularly run a PF500 through 2 svt cabs with no problems. I wouldn't think there would be an issue going the other way. Keep the Ohms where they should be and you're good.

[JimmyM]

Originally Posted by Jwood

Does anyone have insight or experience running a SVT through two PF cabinets?

I do. Pretty terrific. If you have an older SVT without the ohms switch, you'll have to daisy chain them into the main speaker out of the SVT. Otherwise, just have it set to 4 ohms.

[Grateful]

Update on an update. First gig last night with the PF500/PF115LF rig.

The place we played has a great sound guy and everything goes direct to FOH. It does tend to get vocal/monitor-heavy on stage, and that is where I have had some issues in the past: being able to hear me without playing over the FOH mix.

It was great. The rig definitely provided the 'thump' I needed to hear and no gripes from the sound guy. I took the rear casters off for a little 'tilt' and that was enough. The cab still stayed on top without moving and I could hear. This worked much better than the 4x10 I had been lugging around earlier. I wish he had been mic'ing the cab, as I loved the way it sounded on stage....

No issues all night with amp or cab, so next time I won't bring the 4-Pro as backup (though I'll not be selling it...).

So now it's off to acquire another 115LF for unsupported gigs.

[johnpbass]

Finally got a chance to play throught my newly arrived PF350 over the weekend. My initial reaction is that this is a GREAT little amp! Warm "Ampeg" tone. I love the simplicity of the EQ (give me a mid centered at 500 and I'm good to go!). Really nice clean tone, and you can get a bit of drive in there as well.
I'm running the 350 through 2 Genz Focus 15s whick are very warm and mid-present so the whole package works very nicely! The amp sounds great through the whole range but seems to have a lot of response in the highs - I'm finding that I have to roll the treble way back even with the bottom cab's tweeter off and the upper cabs tweeter at -6db.

[sonyz92]

Just got my rig set up and I have to say I am very pleased. Ampeg PF-500 paired with the SVT-410HLF.
At first I had problems when turning the volume up a bit, it would make a POP! noise and then cut out for 2 seconds.
I figured out that I have to use the on-board compression to avoid overloading the gain stage (I play with an Ibanez 305-DX and the output from that bass is very hot!). After I figured that bit out, its a great combination. I love the tone.
It gets that really thick growly sound on the low B with enough mids to cut through. Even the higher notes are bassy!
Also, the FX blend is a great feature for someone like me who uses alot of effects for solo things.