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2013 Ampeg V-4B 100W Reissue
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Yep. A fair amount of studios for sure. Some garage dudes like was mentioned. Some very serious players. And some dealers who hold onto them as showcase pieces for their shop until the right person comes along.
I made that box: works great. But coming out of the ext. amp takes only input to the pot. There is no return to the amp. I tried that and it didn't work. Unplugged the return and hey, master volume. The old v4b doesn't have a loop.
I've never tried either, though I thought the original that ampeg sold was a single cable that plugged into the "ext amp" input. Fliptops sold a version of it for a while, here's one from ebay. I meant in this case you can think of the ext amp in/out jacks as basically an effects loop since that's kind of like what they are - a preamp send and power amp input - though the impedances may be different than something that is strictly an effects loop.
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Well i thought it made sense to me afterwards. They're parallel so there's no input, aren't they? Its all output, It's not going to work as a loop is it?
No expert but I think the idea is you're just grounding out part of the signal, right? Plug it into the jacks which are in parallel with the signal feed into the power amp and it sends some of the signal to ground like turning down a MV control.
I loved my old V4-B and served me very well for many years. Having parted with it over 10years ago, I would certainly say I miss it.....but....If I was to buy a "new" all tube amp in the price range of the new V4 ( sacrilege, I know), I would grab a Bugera BVV3000. They're both made in Asia, one just happens to be hand wired, oh...and 300 Watts. 💣🔨
Nope. Those are made by Beh . . .beh . . .beh. I can't even say it.
I know who makes them. I don't own one, but I've been thinking about it. I use amps from the guys in Stockton CA. 😈
For what it's worth, [Invalid or Expired Link Removed], not wired. And they say that about [Invalid or Expired Link Removed], which look like this inside. That's no different from any other mass produced amp.
I'm not a Bugera salesman or their attorney, just saying that I like that there is an alternative to the V4-B in its current state and for less money. I've owned many Ampegs and loved them all, but that was then and this is now. Ampeg has changed hands so many times that I might actually be the owner this week. I'm certainly not an Ampeg hater, here's a pic of me with my first SVT circa 1985. I paid $75 for it and tortured my neighbors until I learned how to play and then I really tortured them.
I have both a Bugera BVV3000 (SVT clone) and 1960 (Plexi/Superbass clone). The former will probably never be gigged but is in one of my rehearsal spaces and makes me smile every time I fire it up 
. The master generally stays at 1-1/2 and the gain WFO 
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The 1960 suffers from having a passive tone stack
but will probably be gigged at some point. If you understand what the EQ does it's really not a problem to get a good sound out of it - pretty close to the '67 Bassman 50 I have but twice the power. The $340 shipped I spent on it as a restock is about 1/4 what the 100T and V4BH go for .
. The master generally stays at 1-1/2 and the gain WFO .The 1960 suffers from having a passive tone stack
but will probably be gigged at some point. If you understand what the EQ does it's really not a problem to get a good sound out of it - pretty close to the '67 Bassman 50 I have but twice the power. The $340 shipped I spent on it as a restock is about 1/4 what the 100T and V4BH go for .
That's fine and all, not trying to discuss the merits of Behringer products, just pointing out there is a difference between hand wired and hand built.
Hand wired: a human hand plugged in the molex connectors between pc boards ( which were populated and wave soldered by machine)..
Hand built: a human hand assembled the stamped steel chassis and mounted those pc boards using a pneumatic screw gun. Oh yeah, put on the knobs and decals.
Hand built: a human hand assembled the stamped steel chassis and mounted those pc boards using a pneumatic screw gun. Oh yeah, put on the knobs and decals.
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