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Ampeg portaflex anyone??

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only caution I would offer is to get a new one, or if you are looking at a used one, make sure its a later rev.
Some of the earlier revs of this amp had thermal shutdown issues.
I have a PF500 and 115HE. It has a pretty distinctive Ampeg sound and sounds just fine.
 
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Jscriv said:
I figure it'll put out about 250 watts, leave solid headroom on the cab and be portable and I've been playing ampeg for 15 years. I've just read alot of crappy reviews. I wanted to see some positives
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Ya, related to tech issues in its first year. Been fixed for a few years now, so while any amp can break, complaints about breakdowns are way down since then.
 
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JimmyM said:
Ya, related to tech issues in its first year. Been fixed for a few years now, so while any amp can break, complaints about breakdowns are way down since then.
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Cool, Im defidently going to grab a 500 here in the near future. I'd never seen the fliptop design until I got this 210 in a trade. I had zero idea that the head attached to the lid untill a few days ago when I looked up pf500 demos. I'm not sure how it's going to compare to the BA300 i leave in my drummers basement. But the dudes cat lives down there.....portable amp?? Sign me up! I'll drop a pic in the fliptop thread when it's all together. Thanks for the responses guys
 
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pie_man_25 said:
It should be a fine amp :) maybe look into the Scrambler for a bit of grit, or a similar pedal. Honestly you've got no shortage of options for convenient lightweight heads.
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But will they all connect to the fliptop so nicely? Also going to be grabbing a tone hammer 500/ sl410. I play super clean or with a big muff cranked. I almost bought a bass terror...complete opposite of my style but sounds so sweet
 
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Jscriv said:
But will they all connect to the fliptop so nicely? Also going to be grabbing a tone hammer 500/ sl410. I play super clean or with a big muff cranked. I almost bought a bass terror...complete opposite of my style but sounds so sweet
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Any amp should, in theory, if you have the right drill bit and don't mind getting dirty. But no, other brand's amps are not designed for the flip top feature. They'd also still fit inside the cabinet, though.
 
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I mean, I'm not endorsing voiding warranties if you care about that, or ruining a cab if you're bad with power tools. I'm just throwing ideas out there if you're the type to explore them.

Rice your phone, make your own campstove, build a house, fix your car, do your reading, get messy, take educated and calculated risks. Life, IMO, begins outside of your comfort zone, and when you stop learning things that's when you die. But hey, this is a bass amp, not Lifestyle.
 
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pie_man_25 said:
I mean, I'm not endorsing voiding warranties if you care about that, or ruining a cab if you're bad with power tools. I'm just throwing ideas out there.
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Unfortunately I am an industrial electrician. I Fab stuff together all the time. Just not sure why I never thought to stick whatever head I wanted on there. I do have a slight obsession with matching things. I don't think I could get lucky enough for something to fail under warranty hahahahahaha.
 
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