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Ampeg just dropped a bomb on Facebook...

#261
Giorgetto said:
I'm an old tube head fan from way back and I'm just dreaming here, but.... I would love to see a 30 lb 150 watt all tube Ampeg head. Until something like that shows up, I will have to stick with SS heads/combos. As far as the V4BH, I thought it sounded great but it was 100 watts and a little too heavy for me.

Giorgetto
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If only it weren't for those pesky transformers, George ;) I suppose they could do it if they used SMPS instead of a power tranny and made the output tranny as small as possible. The only amps I've seen like that are the Peavey VB3 and the Markbass CL 300, and I've yet to play either, so I have no firsthand knowledge, but I have to admit I like big oversized transformers.
 
#262
hodgy said:
What are the features of the Fender 100T that are so awesome that people would like to see in a theorhetical Ampeg 100 watt head?
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pretty good suggestions in this 3d.

My take is:
- make it as wide as an SVT-CL and VR, or the V4BH, and not wide as the older model.
- 2, 4, and 8-ohm stable at same output.
- make it as powerful as the older one, that should be close if not more powerful than 120W.
- preamp as close as possible as the V4B vintage one.
- it needs the DI, as the later SVT CL and VR
- with common preamp tubes, and power tubes (6L6 or 6550)
- beefy transformers, again, as close as the older one.
- weight is NOT a problem

and to not cut corners on the sound to add features
 
#264
Jim C said:
Is it me or does this entire public announcement on Facebook sound like a way to gain publicity based on their past?
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Oh, I don't know about that, they didn't really "announce" anything, did they? I don't do Facebook so I didn't see for myself, but JimmyM originally said they just put up a captioned picture of some V4Bs.

I think it's more like a way to do a little market research. As an Ampeg lover (I have two) I'll play, maybe they'll build my dream amp :D.

Personally, I find a 100W tube amp is plenty loud enough to match stage volume with (almost) any drummer, as long as you like the sound of a tube amp being pushed hard, which I do. Anything beyond that is up to the PA, so a DI with a high-quality transformer is essential. Make it switchable between pre-eq (after the all-important first tube gain stage), post-eq but pre-master, and final output (attenuated off of the speaker output).

Both of my Ampegs (SVT-3Pro and SVT-CL) have preamps with a gain control and master volume, and I like being able to saturate the preamp at any volume level, so I'd like to see that in any new amp.

Everyone's been discussing the various merits of 7027As, 6L6GCs and 6550s... I'll go in a different direction and say the output stage should be a pair of KT88s. Run them at high voltage and 100W clean should be no problem. Separately adjustable bias, so matched tubes aren't needed. Being able to switch it from fixed-bias full power to self-bias class A at around 25W would be a nice touch. Don't skimp on the iron, the last couple posts got that right! (But do make it narrower than the V4BH.)

And I'd gladly pay a premium if Hodgy built it. :)
 
#268
JimmyM said:
If only it weren't for those pesky transformers, George ;) I suppose they could do it if they used SMPS instead of a power tranny and made the output tranny as small as possible. The only amps I've seen like that are the Peavey VB3 and the Markbass CL 300, and I've yet to play either, so I have no firsthand knowledge, but I have to admit I like big oversized transformers.
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Markbass CL 300 was " meh" in my opinion
 
#269
i have yet to play thru a fleaweight switching amp that made me go "yeah". plenty of power and tonal options sure, and i'm Not knocking them. but there's this hollowness to their core tone, for lack of a better word. there's just something about power tranny iron (solid state) heads or all iron (tube) heads that has'nt been morphed yet. the switching amps i've tried in backline situations have been 4 different markbass rigs and a couple of genz benz rigs. have'nt tried the new ampeg pf/svt7 series yet.
 
#271
And you have no idea how depressed I am over it! I don't know...I see it as a no-brainer, especially if they cop the 70's V4B sound. Then again, I only need one...not like I can spring for a factory run. Easy for me to say, eh?
 
#272
JimmyM said:
And you have no idea how depressed I am over it! I don't know...I see it as a no-brainer, especially if they cop the 70's V4B sound. Then again, I only need one...not like I can spring for a factory run. Easy for me to say, eh?
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so, your OP on this topic:

JimmyM said:
I don't have any inside info, but I have a feeling Summer NAMM's going to be a little bigger for bass amps than Winter NAMM.
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was just total speculation ?

duude, way to pointlessly rev up the faithful :eyebrow:

a bud of mine went to Nashville and said he didn't recall seeing Ampeg/Loud at the show at all.
 
#273
pfschim said:
so, your OP on this topic:



was just total speculation ?

duude, way to pointlessly rev up the faithful :eyebrow:

a bud of mine went to Nashville and said he didn't recall seeing Ampeg/Loud at the show at all.
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Yeah...That's what I was saying earlier......here I let my supporting membership expire so I can afford one of the new tubeys......and it was all just a rumor.....damn it all! :D
 

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