Recent content by DATman

Ha, I'm not that far behind you age-wise, I'm with ya on the weight thing! Interesting on that stack, wow, I never thought of doing that. But the thought of the one 410 is appealing to me, just for efficiency (and volume). Hmm will think on. BTW, nice looking Jazz (looks 70s vintage?), I had...

Curious: wouldn't the pair of SL 112's be the same as the SL 212? What am I missing? Just seems less flexible (though I have yet to use only one 112 now that I think of it). I should add that I'm pretty interested in the 410, specifically to have the volume for certain situations, and $75 isn't...

Nice, I have been really wanting to check one of those out, but they're not easy to come by up here in Montana. Shipping to MT wouldn't be super cheap, and Sweetwater would ship for free, but this is still a fair price. I have a pair of their SL112's which I like (esp for the weight) but was...

Thanks for all the thoughts and advice -- one thing to know about MT is we are very dry, so condensation is relatively rare. That being said, I think all the cautions are valid. I am going to put the head inside, and may have to let the cab stay in the garage, but cover it more carefully. Or, I...

Hmm, I didn't think about mice -- we do have some. Plus the dang magpies came in and ate a whole box of chocolate eclairs we had there for a few minutes. I do have a light blanket on it now, but critters are a consideration.

If you're willing to carry them back and forth, I might be willing to consider. :thumbsup:

Hey, I live in Montana and (as some of you know based on my thread from some months ago), I had a 1977 blackline SVT and Fridge restored — and I am completely in love. However, the most convenient place to store both are in my garage. Now, it gets cold in MT -- 30 below on occasion, for sure...

Ok thanks for the info! I am going to order a new head grille from FlipTops. Now if anyone sees a vintage horizontal logo plate for sale (non-script of course), I'll gladly overpay for one of those to top 'er off. But will probably have to live without as they don't seem to appear very often...

Huh, I poked around and saw a bunch of 70s SVT blacklines that had the black grille cloth (which I assumed to be how some of those came), but you're saying they were only produced with the blue? If that's the case, I would definitely get a blue one from FlipTops to match the bottom. The black...

You know I vaguely thought about changing out the grille on the head, but decided keeping stuff original that wasn't too messed up was best. Wish I had a horizontal logo emblem is the only thing...

LATEST REPORT: As promised, a few pics of the Fridge post-refurb, and also a report: I ended up spending around $500 in labor for a local upholstery guy to re-tolex the entire Fridge (not the head), and another $150 ish in parts. I had the metal parts relic'd a bit so they weren't way shinier...

Based on what seems like the majority of advice, I just got a Radian JDI passive DI and appropriate cables, then also a Sennheiser 421 mic and short stand. Haven't tried it yet, but psyched to do so, and thanks everyone!

Well thanks to everyone for the info -- TB is such a great resource for this sort of thing. I very much appreciated reading all the perspectives and thoughts, but in summary, seems like the consensus is 1/4" instrument out to DI then XLR to board (other than mic is best, which I am getting a...

Folks- I have gotten a mixed bag of answers to this question, so putting it out to the group... I recently got (and had restored) an Ampeg SVT-300 serial number makes it 1976-79 (Magnavox) blackline. I expect to mic it, but sometimes also DI out to the board, and want the right cable. I have...

Update (short version) for those who are curious... Well, I drove over and offered the guy $1200 for both head and cab (this is the mid/late 70s SVT-300 and 810) which he accepted. He was very nice, and let us try the rig which sounded fine though at the time, we thought maybe it was a little...