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01-06-2013, 12:37 AM
| | | | Ampeg SVT???
It has been bugging me forever and I keep forgetting to ask...
What the heck does SVT stand for???Please answer me
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01-06-2013, 12:42 AM
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01-06-2013, 12:46 AM
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01-06-2013, 02:24 AM
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01-06-2013, 02:30 AM
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01-06-2013, 05:53 AM
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01-06-2013, 06:43 AM
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01-06-2013, 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by oinkbanana  SVT valve technology | Oh that makes total sense. 
Reminds me of many years ago when I asked a hippie kid to remind me what the D in LSD stood for, and he gave me a condescending "duh you fool" look and said "aci D". |
01-06-2013, 07:59 AM
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01-06-2013, 08:28 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Windsor, ON. | | Quote:
Originally Posted by thedudebrah Sell Victor Tequila? | that's a good one!
I can't think of a good one, other than maybe super value tangerine
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01-06-2013, 08:31 AM
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01-06-2013, 09:14 AM
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01-06-2013, 09:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: St Louis | | | The Wikipedia article stops in the 1970s...... not the most reliable source, although it references the Gregg Hopkins book.
Wikipedia is often *somewhat less than perfect* as an information source
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01-06-2013, 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by BBQV I always thought it meant Super Valve Technology. | This !!!!! |
01-06-2013, 12:33 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Fender Basses, Ampeg, Curt Mangan Strings | | Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South Shore, Massachusetts | | Quote:
Originally Posted by BBQV I always thought it meant Super Valve Technology. | This is what it means. SVT was designed by Bill Huges and gave Ampeg the ability to manufacture amps that could put out 300 watts, compared to the industry average of 100 watts at the time it was introduced in 1969.
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01-06-2013, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by wvbass | http://www.ampeg.com/story.html
"Should Verify Terms"
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01-06-2013, 04:47 PM
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