Well, my saga about the Ampeg Heritage head with Guitar Center has ended happily, and I'm the proud owner of a 2010 (with Winged C's) SVT Heritage amp. I used it for my first gig last weekend and it was everything I hoped and more - massively, fundamentally bassy, so warm, with excellent, musical note definition and a little top end if and when I need it. Only trouble is my 2 Aguilar SL112s sound like they're having a little trouble keeping up with it (thanks for the warning Jimmy M), so I'm trying to be careful. Hopefully an 810 is in my future!
The story with Guitar Center is they listed this at a really great price - exactly 1/2 of the price of a new one, with free shipping no less, but when I received it it was *not* a Heritage, but a regular old SVT-CL. Nothing against those, but it was not a particularly good deal in that case, and I wanted the Heritage. Turns out their computer system automatically comes up with a Heritage first. Well I've had some problems with GC in the past, and I spent a long time with an apparently ignorant salesperson, who "confirmed" that it was a Heritage and talked with me about how great it (the Heritage, he said) was, so I really put my foot down - after all, I had a receipt in hand stating "Heritage SVT" for that price and dammit I was gonna get it! I was pretty skeptical that GC wouldn't figure out a way to wiggle out of it, given my past history with them. There was another Heritage head on their website in another store, and to make a long story short...they came through! Restored my faith in GC, well, kind of anyway. Happy ending the head is now sitting in my basement and I'm thoroughly loving it!
The story with Guitar Center is they listed this at a really great price - exactly 1/2 of the price of a new one, with free shipping no less, but when I received it it was *not* a Heritage, but a regular old SVT-CL. Nothing against those, but it was not a particularly good deal in that case, and I wanted the Heritage. Turns out their computer system automatically comes up with a Heritage first. Well I've had some problems with GC in the past, and I spent a long time with an apparently ignorant salesperson, who "confirmed" that it was a Heritage and talked with me about how great it (the Heritage, he said) was, so I really put my foot down - after all, I had a receipt in hand stating "Heritage SVT" for that price and dammit I was gonna get it! I was pretty skeptical that GC wouldn't figure out a way to wiggle out of it, given my past history with them. There was another Heritage head on their website in another store, and to make a long story short...they came through! Restored my faith in GC, well, kind of anyway. Happy ending the head is now sitting in my basement and I'm thoroughly loving it!
