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04-04-2011, 01:26 PM
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This weekend I traded my GK Combo for a minty Ampeg B4R. I was looking for a larger head but was really looking for eithr SWR or GK. I have never been an Ampeg fan but this amp seemed to be the right one to combine with my also newly acquired and equally minty SWR Working Tower 810. And I was right. I have not run it mono yet into the cab but just using one side at like 380 watts(???) I think...it sounds great. Gonna try to see if I can figure out how to rewire a speakon cable so I can run it bridged mono and get the full deal next weekend.
Any who Craig's List is proving to be a bass traders best friend. I scored both the amp and the cab doing trades that have been very onesided in my favor (I think) on consecutive weekends.
Pics coming......
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04-04-2011, 01:29 PM
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The SWR in the top Rack came with the 810! The GKK was a good old TB score 
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04-04-2011, 05:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Virginia | | | Oh man no love for the Ampeg...what gives?
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04-05-2011, 01:15 AM
|  | Bass Inflicted, and lovin' it! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Austin, TX | | | I think a lot of people diss the Ampeg B series amps as cheaper wanna be's of the SVT Pro series. If it sounds good, who cares if it has tubes or not?! |
04-05-2011, 01:26 AM
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Endorsing: Ampeg | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Apopka, FL | | | i didn't see it before now, but i'll give you a thumbs up.
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04-05-2011, 05:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Virginia | | | Ahhhh tube snobs. LOL, yeah I am neither a tube fan nor an SVT disciple. Well I am pretty imprrssed with the B4R. It sounds great with my Stingray and Jazz.
I have sold SVT Pro gear and it is indeed nice stuff but I have a price point for basses and amps and they exceed that for sure. I traded a GK MB210 combo for this amp.
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04-05-2011, 05:12 AM
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04-05-2011, 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by armybass Oh man no love for the Ampeg...what gives? |
No offense, but I think the 700rb-II you list in your sig smokes any of the Ampeg SS or hybrid amps... If you're happy, that's all that matters, though...
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04-05-2011, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM i didn't see it before now, but i'll give you a thumbs up. | This is my shocked face: 
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04-05-2011, 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by georgestrings No offense, but I think the 700rb-II you list in your sig smokes any of the Ampeg SS or hybrid amps... If you're happy, that's all that matters, though...
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None taken...I am a GK/SWR fan from way back...and this truly is my first Ampeg amp in 27 years of playing. But I really do like the way it wounds through the SWR Working Tower 810....
The GK goes through a 20 year old Goliath and it sounds awesome too.
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04-05-2011, 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by georgestrings This is my shocked face:
- georgestrings | not gonna bum the guy out with my opinion, dude. he didn't ask.
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04-05-2011, 01:39 PM
|  | Stuck somewhere in the 90's | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA | | | I think that the B4 and the SVT1000 were the same amp in a different box. I had an SVT 1000 once upon a time. It would get teeth rattling loud, with an 810. Dependable amp, the tone wasn't my thing though.
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04-05-2011, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by JimmyM not gonna bum the guy out with my opinion, dude. he didn't ask. | Just bustin yer chops, Jimmy - although he did sorta ask, with the "where's the love?" thing...
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