Accidental NAD! US SVT Classic

Sounds like your wife has the same cast iron frying pan that my wife occasionally hits ME with. The only advice I can give is , make sure you have an 8 10 cab to go with the amp. The sound of an SVT through an 8 10 is worth every bit of pain that that frying pan can inflict.

 

great amp! Congrats!!!

 

Find a Berg NV610 and you will have the best 810 made.

 

Be sure and tell "the wife" that this is the holy grail of bass amps and can easily be resold with little to no loss if need be.

As long as you are responsible with your spending (as in this case) your wife should applaud your purchase.

Its not like you just bought some 'weird boutique bass' or something that no one else may want down the road.

 

Same ballpark but a little cleaner and tidier than the 810e. It's a good sounding cab but I'd rather have the 810e, unless it was made between 2000-2006. Those cabs are always darker sounding than the others. And if you can swing it, the Heritage 810e beats all previous 810 Ampeg cabs. Sounds as good as the original flatback 810's with the treasured CTS alnicos, but handles over 3x the power without farting out.

 

Wow, that is one heck of an "accident" to have!
Congrats!

 

Just food for thought: I've played my SVT (2-PRO actually) through many cabinet configurations and one of my favorites is an Ampeg 2x10 stacked on top of an Ampeg 2x15. Moves a ton of air while being somewhat more portable.

 

Cool. Yeah, my 1x15 has casters. But I also have one of those rock 'n roller carts (obviously useless when there are stairs). Another good thing about using two 8 ohm cabinets (yielding a nominal impedance of 4 ohms) is that now your amp is running at the full 300 watts. There is some debate about weather or not it's a good idea to run an SVT at 8 ohms all the time. I've done it for years with no problems.

 

The roof repairs are minor. The big cost is the bulldozers and cranes needed to reset the house back on it's foundation.

Dammit Jim , I'm just a country bass player. Jimmy doesn't like the 2000 to 2006 cabs because as he said , they sound a bit darker than the other year cabs. I think it's because they used a different speaker. What ever the reason , they do sound a bit different. That being said , I have 3 of those cabs and I like them just fine so give them a listen before you totally rule them out. Jimmy might not like them because he has a lot more experience with Ampeg cabs than I do and has a definite preference for what sound he likes........Or it may be because he lives in Florida and the heat and bugs have finally gotten to him.

 

That was no accident!!!

Congrats on entering the Ampeg game with a bang! I started with a V4B and a B15 and havent looked back, just need an SVT and an 810 to complete my trifecta!

Cheers!!

 

Cracker Barrel. You guys are killing me.

 

One advantage to the Berg NV610 is that it's lighter than a fridge. It's no featherweight at 100 lbs., but it's probably lighter than your Diesel 410 alone.

 

Gotta love good accidents. I have had a few. My wife has been semi-indulgent of my behavior so far. Whew!