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Ampeg SVT 7 Rev

#41
Nevada Pete said:
<Loud Technologies shot Ampeg in the foot when they rushed to cut cost by moving manufacturing overseas and discontinuing amps early in their production history.>

Okay, fair enough. Loud certainly did do that. But they failed to properly support their products, especially the SVT7-Pro even after they moved their over seas production facilities from Viet Nam to China.

Didn't know about the 8 Pro. THAT will solve the 2 ohm load situation, I bet! Holy cow!
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The 2 pro, 5 pro, 6 pro, and 8 pro were all casualties of Loud along with most of their endorsers. I was never a fan of how Loud handled things when they were steering the ship.

The 8 pro is a beast of an amp and it's sad that it never got a fair shake. I was lucky enough to pick up one of the few US models and it has features that I wish were available on the 7 pro.

Now that Yamaha is at the helm, it wouldn't be a bad idea to contact them regarding defects and issues. I'm willing to bet it's leaps and bounds better than Loud's.
 
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Blues Marvel said:
Appears to be a $350.00 fix, the owner of the amp has decided to chunk it and buy a different amp.
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Did he get that quote from his tech? I wary of going off a what is historically posted to a forum as gospel. Very well could end up costing far less or more depending on the skillset of the technician.

However, if his faith is shaken - he could probably sell the amp cheap as a fixer upper.
 
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I have a fair amount of Yamaha gear and am pleased with it. I use the little Yamaha EMX512SC head for small gigs and I just purchased the ultra lightweight passive Yamaha 10s to retire my trusty SM12V cabs. Good stuff is Yamaha.

I hope Yamaha does great things with Ampeg.
 
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Raw N Low said:
Did he get that quote from his tech? I wary of going off a what is historically posted to a forum as gospel. Very well could end up costing far less or more depending on the skillset of the technician.

However, if his faith is shaken - he could probably sell the amp cheap as a fixer upper.
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From what I have seen its a high chance a DOA 7 has the burnt chip.. The cost for the board is $250.00 (from multiple sources) with no labor. Many have advised the chances of other damage from the chip failing is high = chances are the odds are stacked that this one is a loss leader.

Add to that I have been aware of the issues with this amp since it was introduced.
 

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