In defense of the SVT-350H.
 

I know its got a bad rap...and lets face it there are different flavors of ice cream for a reason. Different folks like different things.

Anyway...thanks to reading some of Jimmy M's post on the subject of Ampeg EQing, and talking to the folks at Ampeg. I realized how to really make this amp work....and needless to say I was using a beat up old MIM 80's Fender 4x10 that was in so bad a shape a local Pawn Shop didn't want it. LOL

The number one thing with these puppies is the gain control....it seems ok to bring it up to 5 where it starts getting a little grindy and clippy. Some natural pre-amp over drive so to speak. Then without messing with the graphic EQ work your lows and highs first and then use the ultra-mid to compliment them both. Remember using the mids will cut into one or the other.

Then if you need the graphic EQ...work with it in a way to compliment your your analog settings. It can be a bit of trial and error but believe it or not the amp is not as sterile as many make it out to be when EQ'ed right with the gain up a bit.

Believe it or not I used a Behringer BDI-21 pedal with its SVT setting and for 30 bucks with the right amp settings I made the SVT-350H sound pretty darn good...very old school Ampegy.

Its just a matter of playing around with the settings and EQ but the ticket is getting that EQ up to 5/10 or 12'o'clock.

Who cares what anybody else thinks, if the amp works well for you it is a good amp. I also have a VT pedal and a BDI-21 pedal. For the price difference there really isnt that big of a difference between the two, the VT pedal is built alot stronger but the tone is almost identical.

If it works for you, it works. It's not my favorite amp of the Ampeg line because it's the most atypical amp of their line, but a lot of people keep buying them so they're doing something right.

if you already have a sansamp (or sansamp copy), try running that straight into the effects return (or power amp in, whichever) and bypassing the ampeg front end entirely.