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Ampeg
- Thread starter Fourstringsonly
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Quite a few of those cabs are very inefficient, although they sound good, especially for upright.
I don't recall what the price was.
I don't recall what the price was.
Yeah and the SVT part in the name.
At least all the major online music retailers are listing it as a discontinued product which means they don't sell it anymore at least on their sites. You may be able to snag one elsewhere or especially in the used market.
"Discontinued"....... LOL............
It was "discontinued" before Loud bought SLM...... Something on the order of 2003/2004 or thereabouts, IIRC.
The PB speakers originally went with the PB250 amp...... and made its 250W sound like about 60W. Those speakers are one huge reason why the PB250 and PB800 were not more popular, they probably get the "credit" for killing the original Ampeg "micro-amp" product line.
Eventually some more efficient drivers were used, but by that time it was too late, "everyone knew" that the amps were no good because they were so quiet.......... except it was the speakers that sucked. The powers that were listened waaaaay too much to the upright players who loved those things..... Too bad that all 20 of the electrified upright bass players in the US were not enough to form a "market" for those speakers....
Just another one of the SLM bone-headed mistakes that screwed up good ideas. We did make a number of those.
It was "discontinued" before Loud bought SLM...... Something on the order of 2003/2004 or thereabouts, IIRC.
The PB speakers originally went with the PB250 amp...... and made its 250W sound like about 60W. Those speakers are one huge reason why the PB250 and PB800 were not more popular, they probably get the "credit" for killing the original Ampeg "micro-amp" product line.
Eventually some more efficient drivers were used, but by that time it was too late, "everyone knew" that the amps were no good because they were so quiet.......... except it was the speakers that sucked. The powers that were listened waaaaay too much to the upright players who loved those things..... Too bad that all 20 of the electrified upright bass players in the US were not enough to form a "market" for those speakers....
Just another one of the SLM bone-headed mistakes that screwed up good ideas. We did make a number of those.
Reviving this thread with a quick question: I just picked up my new PF350 amp to go with my 210AV and while at the store tried the amp out on a used ampeg pb210h....and it sounded kinda awesome--as good as, possibly better than?--the 210AV (although the 210AV is brand new and not broken in any). It's really light, 400 watts, marked as "Good" condition and selling for $220 at GC. And i dig the built-in dolly. Looks like these got some mixed reviews though...any thoughts or experience? Thanks!
