Want to buy an Ampeg SVT Classic but dont know which amp to sell. Need your opinions

willrwilli · #1 12-03-2011, 08:45 PM

Ok about a month ago I found a 70's Musicman 130 watt head on Ebay and I have had tube fever ever since. I have been playing at my current church for 13 years and I hardly ever have to move my main rig. So I have decided to buy a head I have wanted for years which is an Ampeg SVT Classic. I know all about the weight but since I will not have to move it I am not concerned about it. I am a total gear head and have way to much stuff right now. I currently have a Genz Benz Shuttle 2-10 combo, Walter Woods High Power Stereo head, EBS TD 650 and a A.M.P. BH 420. I am leaning towards getting rid of the EBS or the Walter Woods heads. Here is where I am torn. Since EBS is a bigger company It will be easy to get another one of these down the road if I choose to. The Walter Woods on the other hand is so much more unique. But over the years has the Walter Woods lost its mystique? There are more amps on the market that do the high power low weight thing than ever before, but do they really compare to the Woods? Any help would be appreciated even if you could list any amps on the market that you feel would be a good replacement for the Woods (if I decide to sell it and then want to buy something similar)

JimmyM · #2 12-04-2011, 12:22 AM

You have a Shuttle to compare the Woods against. Honestly, I've never played a Woods. Heard them on gigs with other bassists before, though. Nice sounding amps, but I didn't hear anything that you couldn't get with other micros. Between keeping it and getting an SVT-CL, I'd bid the Woods good luck in its new home. They still have a pretty big cult following, and it's likely an easy sell. You can always use a nice and relatively inexpensive micro combo, and you have a good classic SS amp with that A.M.P. So the other stuff is expendable IMHO. Honestly, so would the A.M.P, but I haven't seen where they get a whole lot on the used market, so I'd probably hang onto it rather than sell it for too little.

Enjoy the CL...still one of the 3 best amps on the market (the other two being the SVT-VR and the SVT 2 Pro).

willrwilli · #3 12-04-2011, 11:27 AM

Yes selling the Woods is what I am leaning towards right now. Might put it out there later today