2013 Ampeg V-4B 100W Reissue

[rodl2005]

Thanks Tim. Informative as usual. :thumbup:
The only reason my (ex) wife knew of my 'new' Super Bassman was that it was silver face cosmetics where my (old) Studio Bass has black face 'cosmetics.'

Sadly, that wasn't the reason we ended our marriage tho.

 

[Bass 45]

I have a student that keeps two guitars at my studio.

One of them is a Squier Strat - a newer American made Strat (with the same color scheme) is posing as the Squier for his wife at home.

 

[Jazzbass2010]

Are the 2x12 av cabs available for sale ?

 

[Tim1]

And just to complicate things a very nice B15N Portaflex has just turned up locally on our equivalent of Craigs llist. The urge to bid is huge.

 

[96tbird]

Yeah, you want that b15n at any rate, to have at home or record. That's just going to appreciate. The v4b is for gigging.

 

[JimmyM]

Are the 2x12 av cabs available for sale ?

Looks like beginning of November for them. They're on the way.

 

[Jazzbass2010]

Looks like beginning of November for them. They're on the way.

Thanks looking forward to trying those .

 

[johnpbass]

Do we have any advance scoop on any tonal differences between a 212AV and 2-112AVs? I like the idea of having the 2-112s for modularity but if there's more heft to the 212, I'd have to go with that cab.

 

[feliperigby]

Nowadays Ampeg 410 HLF cabs are made in Vietnan right?
Or anything from Korea?

 

[sleepy_monkey]

Nowadays Ampeg 410 HLF cabs are made in Vietnan right?
Or anything from Korea?

I had one MIA and one that was MIV. The MIV can weighed about 15 pounds or so LESS. No tonal difference that I could tell.

 

[JimmyM]

Nowadays Ampeg 410 HLF cabs are made in Vietnan right?
Or anything from Korea?

Nowadays 410hlf's are made in China, with the Heritage 410hlf being made in the US. They haven't been made in Vietnam since 2008.

 

[60bass]

Nowadays 410hlf's are made in China

Along with about 90% of everything else.

The 410HLF I owned was a MIV and it sounded and held up great in the year or so I owned it. I bought it along with an SVT CL that I think was also a MIV sounded great together. Sadly I got laid off and had to sell them both Now I could afford to replace them but my back won't let me lug those beasts around anymore.

 

[JimmyM]

OK, so what do you think of this setup instead of the reverse?

Have to stop doing the reverse because of the top bowing under weight. So tonight I found this old pack of amp feet I ordered and promptly lost, and I stuck them on top of the cab and set the amp on top. Yeah, it's a little precarious, but not extra-ordinarily so. And I don't do gigs where there's slam dancing and stage diving anyway. I like the looks of the reverse better, but the T formation is growing on me. Buffy's indifferent.

 

[prd004]

Top of what bowing?

 

[Lia_G]

I'd be way too paranoid with that top-heavy setup.

Liam

 

[JimmyM]

Top of the amp.

 

[prd004]

Is the amp housing not made of wood?
I wondered how they got it down to 40lbs. Made me wonder if it was fiberglass or something other than plywood

 

[96tbird]

JimmyM, the T looks good. A sense of danger always adds to any situation.

 

[JimmyM]

No it's wood. Probably a thinner cut than usual. I'd rather they skimp on wood to bring it down to 41 lbs than transformers, though

A buddy of mine on Facebook just bummed me out about the look, though. Said it was out of sync. But floor space issues are always a concern since I bring an upright and our band is a pretty big one with horns.

 

[prd004]

The look is odd.