Enjoy the benefits of a premium membership!
Upgrade Account
-
TalkBass has been independent since 1998. Add your voice.
Create a free account to reply to discussions, view embedded media, and browse with fewer display ads.
Join free Log in
Want zero display ads or expanded classifieds tools? Compare plans.
Ampeg V4 Club
- Thread starter birdman14
- Start date
I'm really kind of a simpleton when it comes to this kind of stuff. I don't have two V4 but could I hook up say a modern amp to a cabinet and my V4 to cabinet and then basically get the tone of the V4 into both cabinets? And if yes, how is the connection actually made?
It would depend on the "modern" amp, and if it has an power amp in on it (it might be known as a slave input). What amp do you have in mind?
YESSSSSS count me in! V4b for President! Mine fell off my cab while wheeling it on the cab to the car (dang chunck of concrete holding the door open, also lesson learned) and it fell flat on its face. Didn't even phase it. My dad handed it down to me...I used to play with my GI Joes on it as a kid. LOVE LIVE THE V4B, and the conversations we have after gigs because of them. 
Probably nothing but one of the drawbacks of the V4 is the lack of power. I know some folks love them for the distorted tone but I do not. I just thought might be a way to get the V4 tone and more headroom.
YESSSSSS count me in! V4b for President! Mine fell off my cab while wheeling it on the cab to the car (dang chunck of concrete holding the door open, also lesson learned) and it fell flat on its face. Didn't even phase it. My dad handed it down to me...I used to play with my GI Joes on it as a kid. LOVE LIVE THE V4B, and the conversations we have after gigs because of them.
#30: 3l3phantstomp; V4B
Another thing to keep in mind if you use the ext. amp out into a power amp to drive another cab is that since it's from the pre section, it won't carry over any power tube distortion you might be getting. So it'll likely be cleaner than your V4 tone, though you could compensate with the volume on the power amp.
Just something I was musing about. I just wondered if there was a way to keep the tone of the V4 and increase it's overall headroom by hooking it up with another more powerful rig. I don't have a dedicated power amp but I do have a TCE450 classic. Could we hook up the classic to a speak and the V4 to a speaker and the combine the two? Getting the tonal palette of the V4b but with a bump in power from the Classic?
You should be able to use the out from the ext. amp into the TC's effects return. That would essentially bypass the TC's pre section, just using it as a power amp. At the very least, worth a try!
I did that with mine once, fortunately for me it was in a road case, but it went from the top of the cap straight down on it's side. Opened up the case and the power tubes were rolling around, popped them back in and it fired up just fine and sounded perfect that night.
Because the vintage SVT's are expensive and extremely heavy. I probably wouldn't gig with a rig like this very often. I'm too old and my back to weak to deal with all that weight at the end of the night.
I like said, I was just sort of musing about it.
I probably won't do much of anything. I had considered selling the V4b but it's in such good shape and records really well. It's too heavy for me to gig with so I think I'll park it at rehearsal along with the Goliath II. It should be more than enough power for practice and will allow me to enjoy that fat tone without having to haul it to gigs and worry about not having enough power to cover the gig.
