Vintage 70's Ampeg V2 - Very cool!

[Mark Olson]

So I'm borrowing a friend's vintage Ampeg V2. This amp really suprised me with the amount of balls it has. The newer Ampeg stuff, I find I have to turn the bass up on it to get as much low end as I'd like. With the V2 the low end was fine with the volume and bass at noon, and I was playing through my guitar cab! (Earcandy 2x12", ported, Eminence Vintage 30 and Greenback copies). I've gigged on a V4, but with the V2 I could get some distortion rocking, a real wonderful sounding distortion at that, and still have plenty of volume.

If anyone is interested I could do some soundclips to show the kind of distortion this thing does. I'll be doing some recording in the coming days anyways so I could probably slip that in at some point.

Anyone else like using a V2 on bass?

[Deluge Of Sound]

I'm always interested in 70's amp distortion. Clips please.

Sidenote-if the situation ever arises, you're more than welcome to give my '73 OR120 a test.

[Mark Olson]

Cool cool. I will try to do some clips tomorrow. This friend of mine also has a V4BH, a vintage V4, and a vintage West amp (100 watt version of whatever Grand Funk Railroad used to use).

[Destructobot]

I have a V2. Basically half of a V4, but with more plate voltage for a bit different sound. The tone stack is active - noon is flat. Great guitar amp. Underpowered for bass unless you have monster cabs (it'll handle 2 ohms), are recording, or doing a very quiet gig.

[Mooblar]

Wow! Super clean V2!



I use this one every now & again when I use the stereo outputs on the Ric.

[KramerBassFan]

Nice V2's, I like my V4.

And i'll like it more once it stops blowing plate resistors.

[Jefenator]

I was not aware of this model. Looks like big fun!

IME for those occasions where you don't need more wattage, it sure is nice not to have to carry it!

My Sunn 200s currently fits that bill quite nicely. But if I had the chance to get that in Ampeg flavor, it would be pretty hard to pass up!

[chanson]

Originally Posted by Mooblar

Wow! Super clean V2!



I use this one every now & again when I use the stereo outputs on the Ric.

Is that your Sunn cab? If so, what model is it?
That is indeed a super clean V2 though.

[Mooblar]

Hey Chanson!


I was commenting on Destructobot's V2. It looks cherry, mine has a few scratches and the obligatory "cigarette" burn on top, but is in original condition. It's a Magnavox era amp.

That's my Sunn 6-10 Concert Lead cabinet you see there. A guitar cab, 6 ohms.



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Size in relation from right to left, Sunn 610, SVT Flatback, SVT Tiltback, & Acoustic 301

[coreyfyfe]

Originally Posted by Jefenator

I was not aware of this model. Looks like big fun!

It's a post-71 B25. They continued the B25B but the B25 became the V2.

[Mark Olson]

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page...songID=9519850

There's some extra noise and clipping going that might just be my computer, I don't know. At any rate, the distortion I'm hearing in the room is just the musical stuff. And I've got my bass wah which I kick on here and there. Wilson Effects Mark Olson custom bass wah, check it out.

[paganjack]

Cranked tube amps just sound pure awesome. 70's Ampegs have a great growly throaty depth to them.

If I had a cab that could comfortably handle it/a band that needed it/no neighbors, I would dime my Buster all the time.

[Mooblar]

Sounds Sweet Mark!


Thank You!

[Mark Olson]

Thanks and you're welcome! I'm sorry about the extra noise and the bad clipping in that clip.

For the record I'm running the amp with all of the knobs at noon, except the reverb which is set more around 9 o'clock. I am using some reverb.

[Destructobot]

Yeah mine is like a museum piece, I have no idea how it managed to stay this untouched for 30+ years. Got it from a guy on TGP a couple years ago.