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2013 Ampeg V-4B 100W Reissue

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Depends if you want clean tube, or dirty tube tone

Originally Posted by chunkstyle
So to get that nice power tube grunt with a setup like this you crank the master and control volume with the gain, right?
 
#23
so.. this has 6l6s like the v4bh. does anyone know if it has the same "weak" 100 Watts as the v4bh, or is it more a beast like the original?
is the rumor that this has more headroom than the original true?
 
#29
Different how?
they both are a passive tone control with pre-tube(s) and power tubes into a power transformer? Same tonestack even? So what is it you think is different other than one has 4 power tubes, or 5 or whatever vs. 2 powertubes.

Unless I am incredibly mistaken, all tube amps, are pre-tubes, power tubes, and a power transformer at there basic level.
 
#30
Very Cool. I really like that 100w tube amps are coming into style with this and the Fender 100T. I have found that 100 watts is pretty good. I played the heck out of an old bassman 100 and there was only one time that I thought I could have used a little more headroom... big outdoor stage with not the best monitors or sound guy.

Never got interested in the 100T. Mainly because of the "modern" channel. I really like the simplicity of this amp. That is my speed.

I had a V4BH for about 3 gigs and got rid of it. I was using some pretty bad speakers at the time, but just never got a sound I liked. I kind of want one of these.
 
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obimark said:
Different how?
they both are a passive tone control with pre-tube(s) and power tubes into a power transformer? Same tonestack even? So what is it you think is different other than one has 4 power tubes, or 5 or whatever vs. 2 powertubes.

Unless I am incredibly mistaken, all tube amps, are pre-tubes, power tubes, and a power transformer at there basic level.
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I just meant in terms of power. And FWIW, if it's like the orignal, it has active midrange.

I already asked this in the new cab thread. What are the signal path, wiring, schematic, boards, and transformer like compared to the orginals? Also, I am disappointed in the low end response of the new cabs (spec-wise at least). How about a dual or a fat*ss single 15? What color is that grill cloth? AV and Heritage stuff has two diff grill colors, right?
 
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wighat said:
I just meant in terms of power.

I already asked this in the new cab thread. What are the signal path, wiring, schematic, boards, and transformer like compared to the orginals? Also, I am disappointed in the low end response of the new cabs (spec-wise at least). How about a dual or a fat*ss single 15? What color is that grill cloth? AV and Heritage stuff has two diff grill colors, right?
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Yeah, the Heritage and the VR have different cloths. This is closer to the VR cloth.
 
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