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Ampeg SVT Micro Stack

#81
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Can anyone clear this up.

2008-Ampeg SVT Micro Stack.
150 watts.

2009-Ampeg Micro SVT VR Stack.
200 watts.

Are these two different runs of this amp ?

The 2x10 cab looks the same for both years.

Seems like Ampeg agreed that 150 watts was not enough.
And went to 200 watts.

Plus the 2009, amp can run two cabs? ( 4x10's)
 
#83
I had a chance to audition a Micro VR rig at work. It sounded great. It's incredibly tiny but filled the room with a big bass sound. The cab seemed a little bass shy due to its size but a little boost of the bass knob and I was in business. I cranked the thing, slapped and played hard through the rig and not once did I feel it wince. The construction seemed top notch and all of the knobs felt very solid. Both the head and cab are equipped with a handle and at 13/27 lb. respectively, they're a joy to carry.
 
#84
I too, have used one of these little beauties at work, and despite a couple of cheap touches (peeling covers on the back of the cab already), the sound is immensely good for such a tiny little amp!

Firstly, I noticed one or two areas of confusion earlier in the thread...

The amp is delivering 150W RMS into the single 8 Ohm 2x10 speaker cabinet, if you connect up a second 8 Ohm 2x10 cab into the external speaker socket, it brings the impedance that the amp sees down to 4 Ohms not 16 Ohms, as an earlier poster wrote. This brings the power up to 200W RMS.

Incidentally, we tried this head into first a Mesa Powerhouse 4x12, then an Ampeg SVT610HLF, with the 4x12 giving by far the best sound (we had the drums department upstairs shouting at us about the volume!)

In a studio environment, this little amp would find a happy home. With the DI output on the back, and an effects loop as well, you can't go wrong. The cost of one of these in the UK should be around the £310-330, and if you can put up with the feel of a tiny little amp rather than a back-breaking SVT CL, particularly at lower volumes, this could do the trick in the right conditions.

With the build quality and reliability in general for all the Ampeg line dropping fast, I'd have to say that this is probably the best "Ampeg" I've seen and heard in the last few years. If you've got a USA built Ampeg, hang on to it! I wish I still had my old one...
 
#88
Just bought one of these stacks yesterday. I actually owned an SVT stack 8x10 + SVT-CL amp, and I have to say, it nails the Ampeg sound. No there arent any tubes, no you probably wont want to use if for a big gig, but with the $100 cash back rebate making it, $499 for the whole thing, its a great studio rig, and an uber-fine practice amp. Plus if you have any coffeshop gigs, or acoustic gigs, without a big drumset, its plenty loud enough. For you SVT tube purists, try putting a tube pedal or preamp in front of it. I have the Ampeg SVT-DI which allows me to send the tube from the DI out the 1/4 output, so its like I just added a 12AX7 to the Micro-VR's preamp. Take this, put a good mike on it like a 57, and then blend with the Micro's XLR DI output at the board, I promise you will not miss lugging in your old Ampeg refridgerator and amp. Same sound.
 
#89
I saw one of these in action last night & the sound was huge

The band as drummer, bass, guitar/vox. The guitar player was playing out of two little 10" or 12" cabinets (Fenders of some sort) and his sound was pretty much high-mid and up only, leaving plenty of room for the bass. At first when I walked in, I didn't see any amps, but then I saw the two tiny guitar amps and the equally tiny bass "stack."

The club was small, but the rig was more than enough to get people dancing. The act was pro all the way - straight up solid blues.

The band was James McLean and the club was National Underground (upstairs) - so those of you who are familiar with either, you get the general idea.
 
#91
1. Does every amp Ampeg makes have to be an SVT?

2. What's so bad about stupid gimmicks? I'm about to go do 90 minutes worth of stupid gimmicks in Vegas ;)

Bowzer's Rock And Roll Party at the Cannery in North Las Vegas, BTW, we start at 8:45 so you have plenty of time to make it! And I believe it's free.
 
#93
That's my point.
I don't mind stupid gimmicks but ...
Would ampeg PLEASE stop calling every amp they make "SVT"?


JimmyM said:
1. Does every amp Ampeg makes have to be an SVT?

2. What's so bad about stupid gimmicks? I'm about to go do 90 minutes worth of stupid gimmicks in Vegas ;)

Bowzer's Rock And Roll Party at the Cannery in North Las Vegas, BTW, we start at 8:45 so you have plenty of time to make it! And I believe it's free.
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#99
Toffa said:
I guess it was called SVT when I started the thread... sorry for that ;)
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True Story!

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But perhaps it bothered some people at Ampeg, too, to call everything an "SVT." :smug:
 

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