SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
There is a guy who's doing repros and they are supposedly $12.00 a piece the website is being updated right now and he's going to also have different colors for the center. Link Removed
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2013 Ampeg V-4B 100W Reissue Pt2
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There is a guy who's doing repros and they are supposedly $12.00 a piece the website is being updated right now and he's going to also have different colors for the center. Link Removed
Well you could buy 6 of this dude's knobs for two of Bruce's. They look pretty cool. But that's a lot of scratch to spend on knobs. The knobs I have don't cost me anything anymore 
SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
I got an email from him this morning sounds like a great guy he's a musician and he started making knobs for himself but people from all over the world wanted them so he started making them for others he also said he's getting things lined up with a reseller over here in the states here is another picture of the V4-B with the knobs the quality of the knobs is really good I'm going to snag some.
alexclaber
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Respect to Alex and Barefaced. What cab is that and why does it have Fender grillcloth?
That's a Super Twin, one of the Generation 3 range of Barefaced awesomeness! We always use that cloth when we use cloth because it looks groovy.
Rich stole my thunder but when I have time tomorrow or Thursday I will post a pic and fill you guys that like those knobs in on an affordable secret.
BASTARDS! Now my thunder is doubly stolen!
Those are pics of my amp with the Rotary Relaunch knobs. I have had their first prototypes for a week now (too busy to post). They are PERFECT, and I mean PERFECT in every way. I am one picky SOB and if they can please me, they have it nailed. They are even more perfect then the knobs on my Dan Armstrong reissue so go for it.
These knobs are a bargain and totally change the look of the amp. Well worth it in my opinion and fixed the one complaint I had about the V4BR.
SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
BASTARDS! Now my thunder is doubly stolen!
Those are pics of my amp with the Rotary Relaunch knobs. I have had their first prototypes for a week now (too busy to post). They are PERFECT, and I mean PERFECT in every way. I am one picky SOB and if they can please me, they have it nailed. They are even more perfect then the knobs on my Dan Armstrong reissue so go for it.
These knobs are a bargain and totally change the look of the amp. Well worth it in my opinion and fixed the one complaint I had about the V4BR.
lol sorry about that
your amp is gorgeous congrats and how did you get the old knobs off without scratching the faceplate?
lol sorry about that
Mine pulled off without too much effort (no tools).
SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
A new V4B wouldn't be a problem but on some old amps, it can be difficult to remove the knobs. If you pull too hard, it is possible to rip the shaft out of the pot.
Believe it or not, there are tools called knob pullers. Here is a video of a couple intended for instruments from Invalid Link Removed that would also work with some amps. It would depend on the knob's shape and how close they are to one another.
Yup, the knobs pull straight of with ease.
If you look carefully at the first photo, you will see that were the knob tapers down and meets the faceplate, that it fits perfectly inside the black silkscreened ring. This was an area of concern that some had thinking that these knobs wouldn't look right with this faceplate but they look like they were made to work together.
I think Ampeg would have used the aluminum knobs if they weren't trying to hit a price point with the V4B. Keep in mind that the manufacturing cost on these is about 10 times that of a plastic SVT knob.
If you look carefully at the first photo, you will see that were the knob tapers down and meets the faceplate, that it fits perfectly inside the black silkscreened ring. This was an area of concern that some had thinking that these knobs wouldn't look right with this faceplate but they look like they were made to work together.
I think Ampeg would have used the aluminum knobs if they weren't trying to hit a price point with the V4B. Keep in mind that the manufacturing cost on these is about 10 times that of a plastic SVT knob.
SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
SirMjac28
Patiently Waiting For The Next British Invasion
Thanks beans I could really use one of these on a couple of older guitars I have.
Speaking of knobs, here is an old one:
I was having a lesson with a bass instructor. She told me that most guys play bass with a pick - she reckoned that this was because they learn the wrist action naturally during adolescence. I noticed that she played fingerstyle. I asked "Did you learn that finger action during adolescence?" She nodded sheepishly.
I was having a lesson with a bass instructor. She told me that most guys play bass with a pick - she reckoned that this was because they learn the wrist action naturally during adolescence. I noticed that she played fingerstyle. I asked "Did you learn that finger action during adolescence?" She nodded sheepishly.
