Official Ampeg Portaflex Club Part IV: Never Too Much

[bassybill]

This thread reached over 1,000 posts so is now closed. Carry on...

[JimmyM]

thank you, bill! you may not own a portaflex but you are a gentleman and a scholar and a hell of a bass player.

we're rapidly gaining on 200 members. don't forget that new solid state portaflex gear gets you in if you would like to declare your fliptop love offically.

the cast so far:

#1 JimmyM
#2 Caca de Kick
#3 Vin_tone
#4 Vintage-Blue
#5 Jazzman
#6 coreyfyfe
#7 jmcgliss
#8 Membranophone
#9 knarleybass
#10 markjazzbassist
#11 ducknturtle
#12 tarzanalog
#13 Main Sale
#14 Swamp Ash
#15 morebass!
#16 sedan_dad
#17 bebop1
#18 BluesDawg
#19 bobyoung53
#20 X Wolf
#21 salcott
#22 esoxhntr
#23 jnewmark
#24 RP50
#25 Chebass88
#26 terlewine
#27 fretlessman71
#28 SWRGonzo
#29 DaveProulx
#30 JoanG
#31 Loudthud
#32 Mike Ranger
#33 Aragorn35016
#34 jimbobv
#35 stingray56funk
#36 Sonic Skip
#37 4bassman4
#38 markjazzbassist
#39 riotriot
#40 McGoo
#41 etinsley
#42 gpmonkey
#43 wallybill
#44 IronRadio
#45 gdthomas
#46 nickyn99
#47 krall
#48 elgato
#49 joplin
#50 vintageampeg
#51 Tom Domino
#52 tilehilder
#53 kaputsport
#54 dlmarquez
#55 mindwell
#56 LittleTed
#57 johnnyt
#58 wellshuxley
#59 randy1kenobi
#60 jvdb
#61 dk123123dk
#62 GGJaguar
#63 baddog
#64 garmenteros
#65 Frank Tuesday
#66 BloozBass
#67 led baron
#68 adbass
#69 nysbob
#70 SteveD
#71 davelowell2
#72 Thomas Peasley
#73 chipshot44
#74 RocketGuy
#75 bluesfan216
#76 stiles72
#77 Etingi
#78 marsbel
#79 catalinbread
#80 cripula
#81 johnk_10
#82 rawdogg
#83 Jamie Bishop
#84 Rickenbackerman
#85 Big John
#86 pgk
#87 Scarvin1
#88 kcmoe
#89 beans-on-toast
#90 shrinkskull
#91 citrone
#92 caseycash
#93 DeluxeRed
#94 rubato
#95 the mad daddy
#96 gcordez
#97 UnDx3 bassist
#98 JMarkD
#99 mrbeezroom
#100 lucien
#101 Kirk Bryant
#102 barrister
#103 jacotosh
#104 gmacc
#105 woodyng
#106 buddyellis
#107 jeefberky
#108 bassgasser
#109 Washishimi
#110 Standalone
#111 brekfustuvluzer
#112 edadmartin
#113 eb2
#114 f64
#115 braydensharrar
#116 Bluesbob
#117 tombowlus
#118 tifftunes
#119 Jocelyn-B15N
#120 tubetone
#121 TwoGearGeeks
#122 Wannabass
#123 audiolux
#124 nalapit13
#125 Music Man Dan
#126 4bassman4
#127 Kindness
#128 iceboxbass
#129 softsupply
#130 Aussie Mark
#131 timmarks
#132 RD
#133 Crackpot
#134 derridiandrift
#135 superreverb
#136 CB3000
#137 drasticDUB
#138 originalscottyg
#139 Tonedeaf Hack
#140 hennessybass
#141 joshwilkesbooth
#142 MR PC
#143 fusoid
#144 shadi
#145 sliderbass
#146 Yisrael
#147 Farfetched
#148 Craig_S
#149 JayAmel
#150 Nighttrain1127
#151 John D
#152 infiniteposse
#153 NecroticImbecil
#153 snowblinder
#154 benmoore88
#155 Alex1984
#156 yeahman
#157 Funkster
#158 danecho283
#159 bigdoug1053
#160 poisonoakie
#161 Tronographic
#162 aborgman
#163 leche
#164 Grantt
#165 wilcocat
#166 dave88
#167 J42
#168 LovesJamerson
#169 Lynrd
#170 gnatshel
#171 JIO
#172 RobJ
#173 anderbass
#174 Slanski62
#175 spider_legs
#176 saxman singcan
#177 RutherfordBrave
#178 buttshaker
#179 TheDialog
#180 Dega500
#181 Robal
#182 Steady
#183 leftiebass
#184 NorwegianPorta
#185 TheCush
#186 johnnydi
#187 bassfreakah
#188 tbof
#189 southpawpa
#190 Flumigator
#191 seungkoo
#192 mg68

[tombowlus]

Okay, I'll help start us off with some pics!

Here's my '66 B-15N in its new skin (thanks, Mark!), sitting next to its old skin. Man, that's the first I thought of the snake shedding its skin analogy, but it kinda fits...



I guess I could also call this shot "Vintage, vs Vintage-Blue."

A few more shots of it in its current state:

[Sliderbass]

Tom, Mark's work is really amazing! He did my SB-12 cab and it's dead-on perfect!

[RobJ]

Subscribed!

[joshwilkesbooth]

Hey Tom... you interested in selling your old cab? I got a guy locally that'd be interested.

[stiles72]

Wow, Part 3 went by fast!

[tombowlus]

Originally Posted by joshwilkesbooth

Hey Tom... you interested in selling your old cab? I got a guy locally that'd be interested.

I would like to keep it, actually. For a couple of reasons. But it never hurts to ask!

[JimmyM]

ive got to do a new photo session with my b-15 stack. i'm still using the old pic with the original cab and the fliptops cab. but i've got to get one with mark's cab in it. i have pics of the cab, but not set up as a rig.

plus every now and then, people point out that i had the mic in front of the bar across the speaker. hey, sounded good to me

[tombowlus]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

plus every now and then, people point out that i had the mic in front of the bar across the speaker. hey, sounded good to me

LOL! You're just that damn good, Jimmy (that it doesn't matter where you place the mic).

[JimmyM]

Originally Posted by tombowlus

LOL! You're just that damn good, Jimmy (that it doesn't matter where you place the mic).

haha! if only!

[Vintage-Blue]

Might as well repost the amp I joined the club with!

[JimmyM]

is it wrong to have lust in my heart for an amp? even an amp that makes this sound?:

YouTube - Oliver Powerflex P502

[TheCush]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

is it wrong to have lust in my heart for an amp? even an amp that makes this sound?:

YouTube - Oliver Powerflex P502

That's awesome. "amp worship...is it wrong?"

[Aussie Mark]

Helping to set the mood ...

[bassybill]

^^^^^^ SERIOUS MOJO!!

[RobJ]

Keeping it rolling....





She's been cleaned up since these were taken....

[Vintage-Blue]

Originally Posted by JimmyM

ive got to do a new photo session with my b-15 stack. i'm still using the old pic with the original cab and the fliptops cab. but i've got to get one with mark's cab in it. i have pics of the cab, but not set up as a rig.

A 3x15 B15 stack would make an awesome photo!

[JimmyM]

Originally Posted by Vintage-Blue

A 3x15 B15 stack would make an awesome photo!

right on...i'll just need a skinny camera

well since everyone else is doing it...



and a shot of my head atop my new-at-the-time vintage blue cab:

[seungkoo]

So I gigged my new portaflex combo today. Not what I expected. At home it sounds awesome but within a band setting, it was lacking a lot of low end I was used to. I'm thinking it's because the new rig is a sealed cab design? Should I add another can but a ported cab to fill in the low end?