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Ampeg V4 Club
- Thread starter birdman14
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Here’s my (probably ‘76 but def Magnavox) V4B. It’s probably hard to tell from this photo, and time hasn’t been kind, but it’s blue, not silver. The cab is a ‘74 and it’s for sure the same stuff.
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Let me know if there is a B25 and V9 club.
Well @gsgbass , since we’ve been conversing in parallel in other threads about the V4B, I figure I’d better make myself official.
May I have a number please?
May I have a number please?
I played through one in the '70's, but I haven't since. Heavy and loud - yes. Allow me to add "large" - as I recall it was a very deep cab. I've no idea what speakers were in it. I think it was designed in the days when the bass signal was not in the PA, and it was meant to fill the hall. The fact that I haven't seen one since suggests you might have a rare bird there!
I do not require a number, just throwing this here for posterity 
Yes, apparently these cabs don't turn up used too often these days.
I've already got two 810 cabs to keep me busy, but should anyone be interested
in checking it out, it's on the LA Craigslist (San Fernando Valley, specifically).
I thought it was a micro 210 cabinet, as the photo has no point of reference as to size.
It was only the reverse that made me look more closely.
Hope I can get in the club. Gotta love that Ampeg V4 sound. How about a number?
When I joined, I didn't have a V4B but got let in anyway because my old one got burned up in a bar fire, but now I have one from 2013 and nobody's made a note of it in 5 years.
The flatback 810 I paired it with. That's all I had there and took my bass with me.
It worked out, I guess...wouldn't have bought my 69 SVT for so cheap if I didn't have it happen.
the two I have in cabinets, one original Ampeg and an early Magnavox have black grille cloth in them.
Black would not be original to amps from that time. Linden-era and early Magnavox had the silver (/blue?...I'm color blind) cloth of the time. Perhaps Magnavox put black cloth on them toward the end before the sale to MTI. Maybe 1977-80? There may be mention of it in the Ampeg book but I don't have one anymore.
Here is a photo of my V4B reissue, SVT 1x15 cab, and 1977 8x10 that I am in the middle of restoring. Can I join the club?
I am. I have one that I use at rehearsal. It’s a beast and too big for most all gigs. But, it is my favirite sounding cab... it is just perfect. It is much deeper and heavier than an Ampeg 8x10 cab.
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Wow, look at your Ampeg collection!
And I have drooled for a couple years now over all your cool old Fenders.
You are the man!
