A cool looking V4B case for iPhone. Looks just like a mini V4. If I had an iPhone I'd get one.
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2013 Ampeg V-4B 100W Reissue Pt2
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A cool looking V4B case for iPhone. Looks just like a mini V4. If I had an iPhone I'd get one.
Hello
The link just went to a generic Ebay search - no specific item.
But you have me curious
Sorry that was the mobile link
Maybe this one:
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Shoot, that's the french ebay. Anyway you get the idea. Fun looking V4B reissue case for iphone.
Ahh - thank you.
Yeah - I saw that one a while back - but I am afraid to give up the protection of my current overbuilt Iphone case.
There is also one out there with an SVT-VR image on it.
Both are unlicensed I assume
This showed up yesterday 
Sounds sweet and is actually my first venture into an all-tube amp. I was worried about 100 watts through the 210AV cabs being enough but I don't think this thing is going to break a sweat keeping up with what is thrown at it. I think this is going to make a very nice gig rig. Probably going to run the cabs vertical with the amp on bottom or just sitting to the side for gigs rather than how it's stacked in the pic.
Edit: I thought I'd mention that I ordered this from MF and they gave me a super price. Definitely recommend calling or emailing rather than just buying from the website - it's worth your time.
Sounds sweet and is actually my first venture into an all-tube amp. I was worried about 100 watts through the 210AV cabs being enough but I don't think this thing is going to break a sweat keeping up with what is thrown at it. I think this is going to make a very nice gig rig. Probably going to run the cabs vertical with the amp on bottom or just sitting to the side for gigs rather than how it's stacked in the pic.
Edit: I thought I'd mention that I ordered this from MF and they gave me a super price. Definitely recommend calling or emailing rather than just buying from the website - it's worth your time.
I've been experimenting with playing mine through a couple of different cabs. Normally I run mine through an SVT410HE, but just because, I hooked it up (separately) through an Ampeg PF210HE and a Fender Neo410. Just sounded incredibly good through each. This changes things regarding what to use for what gigs, Assuming aesthetics aren't important, this amp is a viable option with any number of cabs.
Dan
Dan
Wow, that rig looks familiar...where have I seen it before?
Yep and your posts regarding the cabs helped me make up my mind to try 'um out. Thanks!
Glad I could be of help...just hope you dig the cabs with a band as much as you do nowYep and your posts regarding the cabs helped me make up my mind to try 'um out. Thanks!
I love them but they're medium duty and a little bit high tuned, but the lows come back nicely IMHO if you give the bass knob a slight boost.A little tip, though...the top will sag if you put cabs on it, so I came up with a piece of shelving at Home Depot that's the same width and I put 4 rubber feet on the corners so the sides of the head box take the weight and is reinforced so it won't sag.
Yeah, they definitely don't go as low as my Aguilar SL112 cabs but, to me, the sealed 810-like sound out of the two 210AV cabs is where it's at with this amp. Thanks for the tip on the shelving.
Been trying the new V4B out with all my current cabs: a 2010 8x10e, a Markbass NY 804, a Bag End S15-D and a 28 year old grey rat fur covered TL606 with an EVM-15B that's been my go to cab since the 80's. While it sounds really good with all those boxes there's just a little more magic going on with that EV. My pal Maurice Bourassa (a top notch cabinet builder and restoration guy) built it for me back in the day and now he's going to do a re 'n' re with a blue/silver Ampeg grill cloth. Pics in a couple of weeks.
so there's a guy that's done a pretty negative YouTube review of the V4b... what do you guys who have one think about what he has to say? I would link it but I can't on my phone.
I think I saw this too. The excessive hum he talked about is the only thing that concerns me. I'm wanting one of these pretty bad.
I'm guessing you mean these:
I can say that mine does not have any hum nor any of the cosmetic issues he spoke of.
I can say that mine does not have any hum nor any of the cosmetic issues he spoke of.
Pretty harsh review....but he seems to know what he is talking about....of course he could have gotten a bad one. I haven't really heard any other huge complaints like that guy though.
Sounds like a whiner to me. Most of the time he's saying it sounds really good and everything's working fine, but then he whines about the cosmetic "issues" that aren't really issues and price (despite buying one). Dead giveaway of a whiner
+1
I tested one for a magazine here in Europe over the last few weeks and it had none of these issues whatsoever. And if you know your (vintage or modern) tube amps in the field, these issues are nothing to worry about.
The only thing that worries me is that the guy prefers Peavey above Ampeg tone (which the new V-4B DEFINITELY has tons of). That's pathological ;-). He'll discover when he starts playing actively again.
I tested one for a magazine here in Europe over the last few weeks and it had none of these issues whatsoever. And if you know your (vintage or modern) tube amps in the field, these issues are nothing to worry about.
The only thing that worries me is that the guy prefers Peavey above Ampeg tone (which the new V-4B DEFINITELY has tons of). That's pathological ;-). He'll discover when he starts playing actively again.
That review left me feeling that there were some obvious things that could he could have tried to resolve the hum issue.
When a new amp hums out of the box the first thing that you look at are the tubes. If the power tubes were not well matched, the amp is going to hum. Checking the glass envelope temperature with an infrared sensor isn't a substitute for measuring the cathode current and setting the bias if necessary. The overall temp for the pair on the right was higher than the temp of the other two. That indicates an imbalance. Simply swapping two of the tubes might have helped.
When a new amp hums out of the box the first thing that you look at are the tubes. If the power tubes were not well matched, the amp is going to hum. Checking the glass envelope temperature with an infrared sensor isn't a substitute for measuring the cathode current and setting the bias if necessary. The overall temp for the pair on the right was higher than the temp of the other two. That indicates an imbalance. Simply swapping two of the tubes might have helped.
I noticed that the feet on mine were not lined up symmetrically. But in a MIC amp that sounds great every time I've turned it on I can live with minor flaws I might not be inclined to in a $2500 MIA Heritage V4B. Expecting the quality of a Ferrari when you paid for a Fiat is irrational. The things than matter all seem to work well on this amp. So far I'm sticking to my assessment that Ampeg got it right with the new V4B.
