Ampeg V4 Club

[3mrhythm]

Yeah I tranfered the shock mounts from the vt22 setup.

I will probably just keep my ev 15L. That's built into a flight case.. mqaybe this summer I will make a matching cab for it and put the ev in that. I really like a unified look on stage.. right now I will be using a small keyboard stand to hove it over the cab. The reverb spring shakes a ton when it sits directly on the cab..

[3mrhythm]

Finished the front today. Took the emblem off my spare vt22 cab.. found some old metal stuff that looks like a screen.. and had the square aluminum left over from a fish tank lighting project... I'm really digging the front now.. looks super aggressive.


I think for the markings on the face I am going to get single letters and numbers made up...

1. 2. V1. V2. T. M. B. R. S. G. P.

Something like that.. might even hand paint them.. we will see

[seventhsunbass]

Ok, I just got my first V4B and damn, what a tone! From the treble timber of a Ric to the fat thump of D. Dunn, all from one amp and my G&L. I traded a Fender BXR 60 to a guy who had the Ampeg stored for 20+ years. He didn't want to work on it and just wanted an amp to practice. I got a full set of JJ's and an RCA NOS from Fliptops.net and had "The Old Pro" repair shop in Finksburg MD clean out the crud and touch up a few solder joints. The whole thing totaled just over $300. While my Mesa Buster Bass 200 is a fat, ballsy powerhouse, the Ampeg V4B is a mid and high tone machine. So if I may...Sir, I would like a number, please.

[Bulltrout]

Originally Posted by seventhsunbass

Ok, I just got my first V4B and damn, what a tone! From the treble timber of a Ric to the fat thump of D. Dunn, all from one amp and my G&L. I traded a Fender BXR 60 to a guy who had the Ampeg stored for 20+ years. He didn't want to work on it and just wanted an amp to practice. I got a full set of JJ's and an RCA NOS from Fliptops.net and had "The Old Pro" repair shop in Finksburg MD clean out the crud and touch up a few solder joints. The whole thing totaled just over $300. While my Mesa Buster Bass 200 is a fat, ballsy powerhouse, the Ampeg V4B is a mid and high tone machine. So if I may...Sir, I would like a number, please.

Looks like a nice one. Good score.

[j_rod]

It's a VT-22 on a home build headbox, not bad for my first try.
Regretfully had to go back to solid state for more volume. The V4 just couldn't keep up with a clean tone.

[christw]

Here's my '77 I mentioned I was getting...

[tarim69]

Mine (which is for sale BTW)

[astack]

How many V4 watts = SS watts? Somehow I'm more worried about shredding my speakers with the V4 than my TH500.

I'm not using exactly a wimpy cab, either. My pair of deltalites should take nearly the full output, yeah? They model to be excursion limited to 240W in my enclosure and can take 500W thermal. The V4 is listed as having 260W "max peak music power" per the manual listed on the V4 site. I don't run the bass knob much past noon and have an fdeck HPF in front.

So, be worried or not? It just sounds so good with the volume cranked, it's hard to restrain it. At that point I wouldn't be able to hear a train crash through the wall, much less if my cab's farting.

[birdman14]

Originally Posted by j_rod

It's a VT-22 on a home build headbox, not bad for my first try.
Regretfully had to go back to solid state for more volume. The V4 just couldn't keep up with a clean tone.

Originally Posted by seventhsunbass

Ok, I just got my first V4B and damn, what a tone! From the treble timber of a Ric to the fat thump of D. Dunn, all from one amp and my G&L. I traded a Fender BXR 60 to a guy who had the Ampeg stored for 20+ years. He didn't want to work on it and just wanted an amp to practice. I got a full set of JJ's and an RCA NOS from Fliptops.net and had "The Old Pro" repair shop in Finksburg MD clean out the crud and touch up a few solder joints. The whole thing totaled just over $300. While my Mesa Buster Bass 200 is a fat, ballsy powerhouse, the Ampeg V4B is a mid and high tone machine. So if I may...Sir, I would like a number, please.

#73: j_rod; V4B
#74: seventhsunbass; V4

[Pills Are Yummy]

Originally Posted by tarim69

Mine (which is for sale BTW)

I don't think that's a v4?

[3mrhythm]

found $200 b2 cabinet locally.. 2x15.. would that be the ideal cab for a v4? would be easier that making one lol

[3mrhythm]

Originally Posted by Pills Are Yummy

Around $500. I could go $600

v4b that needs some work in saco..

http://maine.craigslist.org/msg/3583971124.html

[jbd5015]

Ill take a number!



cheers,

-Jeff

[astack]

V4B project alert in the Bay Area:

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/msg/3584755861.html

(not mine, as usual)

[themacinator]

Pretty rough, I'm nearby on vacation and if I felt like I could get this on the plane I'd offer about half that. Could be 300 or more in repairs and that doesn't cover cosmetics.

[68Goldfish]

My v4b brothers...can I get some testomony on how well I can expect my new stingray and my v4b to get along?

[themacinator]

I have a mid 70's V4B and a Stingray HH4. Been a while since I paired them but if I recall my amp sounded better with any of the passive basses I've used it with.

Cabs have been an SVT 410HLN and a self made 210. Something about the active basses and the V4B just didn't work as well for me.

I always Y-jacked the inputs so maybe that has something to do with it.

[3mrhythm]

this 2x15 cab should be in my possession by tuesday!

[3mrhythm]

pics of the speakers.. didnt happen to get pics of the rears from him



anyone have an idea of what speakers those are?

he said its a b2 cabinet in the listing.. i'm guessing its a b25b ?

[Bass 45]

Yeah, it looks like a B-25B cab. The originals speaks were Eminence (with the square magnets) or Altecs. If those are the originals, I would say Eminence for the lack of the aluminum dust cap.

*congrats by the way. That should be a great anchor for your squid boat.