Ampeg Micro-VR stack? Anyone tried or has the pair?

[p12bassnut]

I purchased a Micro VR - should be here tomorrow.
I will be pairing it with an Eden 1x12 bass wedge monitor cab @ 8ohms.
I'll let you know how it works out.

 

[p12bassnut]

Ampeg Micro VR :
I am returning mine.
The fan is annoyingly noisy. The pots are scratchy. It does not have the power output I expected for a 150-200w head.
Oh well. I may spend the extra $ and get either a GB shuttle 3.0 or a used LMII or similar.

 

[Deckdaddy]

Ampeg Micro VR :
I am returning mine.
The fan is annoyingly noisy.

"Good" to hear. I was not buying it because I thought the fan would be annoying, and I'm sort of glad it was so I won't have regrets!

 

[Andrew Jones]

So is this QC showing it's stuff because it appears the early ones did not have these problems.



Aj

 

[mikeswals]

So far I've gotten to try three of these locally in different stores. I haven't heard any fan noise or scratchy pots from them.

I still want to get one to use with my B15 ext cab.

 

[p12bassnut]

I do hope you like it and it serves your needs. I just thought it was not up to par for the $299 that I paid.
Maybe I got a 2nd- who knows. It sure looked new though.

 

[bebop1]

I do hope you like it and it serves your needs. I just thought it was not up to par for the $299 that I paid.
Maybe I got a 2nd- who knows. It sure looked new though.

I've had a Micro-VR head for a few months and love it. I run it through my 1965 B15 at home and through 2 112 Markbass cabs for gigs. It's plenty loud with a 4 ohm load. My LMII is backup at this point (though I used the LMII as power amp and the Micro-VR as a preamp for an outdoor stage). It is that good sounding - I am presently prefering its colored tone over the more accurate LMII, crazy as that sounds. Maybe this fling won't last the long run, but it sure is a great little piece of kit.

BTW, no scratchy pots or noisy fan here. I can't agree with bassnut - I don't think anything at the $300 mark touches this head.

 

[MarkusBass]

Love the one I have...My son uses it in his room, but I sneak in there and use it from time to time No scratchy pots or anything, just Ampeg goodness.

 

[p12bassnut]

I am glad ya'll like yours.
I guess I just got a dud unit. ... or could it be the fact I bought thru AMS?
????

 

[sedan_dad]

I got to play one today at GC. They had it going to a Acoustic 2-10 bottom.
It's on my list of things to buy now.
I like it. Neat little head.

 

[MarkusBass]

I have had one for a while now. Great little set! I let me son use it in he's room, and he also uses it in his junior high Jazz band. Perfect for that kind of use.

 

[Let It Fall]

Im thinking of getting one of these, for practice, they look sweet, but Im not BLOWN away by the sound.

 

[JimmyM]

I am glad ya'll like yours.
I guess I just got a dud unit. ... or could it be the fact I bought thru AMS?
????

well anyone can put out a dud, and this is the first dud i've heard about on here, so i can't imagine there are many duds out there. at least i hope. the demo at gc i played had scratchy pots but that's an easy fix.

edit: oops...second dud...there was another one on here that had scratchy pots.

 

[Rosebud]

I'll chime in on a return too. The fan was too loud for my taste for Jazz w/ my upright. It did work nicely though in terms of volume... I kind of regret returning it.

 

[Chili Bo Billy]

Mine had scatchy pots, loose input jacks, vol. problems. Sending it back for a new head.

 

[pickles]

I just ordered one of the cabs. Mostly I just want to use it as a practice and recording amp with my Ampeg SVP-Pro and SVT-IIP and a CA6. But two other uses have occurred to me:

1. sitting on top of an acme 210, for a micro-radiohead 810+sub rig
2. as a dedicated tweeterless dirt cab sitting on top of a clean cab.

If it sounds like you guys say it does ... then its going to be a really fun little piece of the arsenal.

I'm not that into the head just from looking at specs etc. Seems like a LMIII or LMTube on top of these cabs would be a great call for a micro-svt.