Bad day for the b2-r?

[SteveIII]

This just amused me enough to take a screenshot. No judgment against Ampeg or anything.

 

[JimmyM]

Was there ever a good day for that series of amps? I'm one of the biggest Ampeg fans you'll ever see, but I never cared for them.

 

[JakobT]

View attachment 3504951 This just amused me enough to take a screenshot. No judgment against Ampeg or anything.

Yeah, I noticed that too.

 

[Paulabass]

During the LOUD Vietnam era, we just assumed B2-re were defective, and ordered extras.

 

[JimmyM]

So I just saw most of those threads, and all but one are years old and scattered through time, and just got bumped yesterday by one person.

 

[TonH]

Was there ever a good day for that series of amps? I'm one of the biggest Ampeg fans you'll ever see, but I never cared for them.

I still love my B2-48 combo, sounds oke and no problems. Maybe because my B2 was made by SLM in the USA?

I did a comparison of the B2-48 and the PF-350 with a SVT48HE cab. To me they sound the same. I don't hear any difference.

 

[agedhorse]

So I just saw most of those threads, and all but one are years old and scattered through time, and just got bumped yesterday by one person.

Exactly, somebody dredged up 4 threads over a period of 10 years, for what benefit I have no idea. That's like one thread every 2.5 years, hardly an epidemic.

 

[Basshappi]

Used one for a few years. Never had a bit of problem with it and thought it was a good sounding solid state amp.

 

[SteveIII]

Crap I just looked to make sure the op wasn't the same. I still wasn't commenting on ampegs reliability. I mean statistically speaking 4 wd800 could fail in one day and that would still hardly be an epidemic. Now 1 or 2 a day for a week or two would be .

 

[Smooth_bass88]

Used one for a few years. Never had a bit of problem with it and thought it was a good sounding solid state amp.

yup, I as well. I do, however, use mine as a power amp for my VT Bass Deluxe. I got not complaints.

 

[MCF]

So I just saw most of those threads, and all but one are years old and scattered through time, and just got bumped yesterday by one person.

I guess that means at least one person uses the search feature on here.

 

[agedhorse]

Crap I just looked to make sure the op wasn't the same. I still wasn't commenting on ampegs reliability. I mean statistically speaking 4 wd800 could fail in one day and that would still hardly be an epidemic. Now 1 or 2 a day for a week or two would be .

The more folks understand statistics, the more useful statistics become.

 

[Chris Szatny]

I've had my B2Re since 2003 and it has always been dependable. Tons of gigs. I had a B2R before that but not long enough to experience anything bad. Besides the B2Re having more power(450watts), I'm not certain of any other differences. I only retired it when I got an SVT4PRO and SVT7PRO.

 

[Ric5]

What the freak … why are you guys bummed?

The B2 is an excellent amp with a design flaw that I now know how to workaround. I am happy as a pig in mud now both of my B2 amps are working solid again by simply using a couple of $4 jumper cables.

 

[JC Nelson]

I remember being excited when my B2R arrived. The excitement completly dissipated after finding no matter how high I turned up the gain, there was no ampeg growl.

It got put in the backup rack and forgotten for years until I sold it last month to someone also looking for a backup rig.

 

[agedhorse]

What the freak … why are you guys bummed?

The B2 is an excellent amp with a design flaw that I now know how to workaround. I am happy as a pig in mud now both of my B2 amps are working solid again by simply using a couple of $4 jumper cables.

Yet it's not a design flaw, it can happen with any and all effects loops that use switching jacks for this function. Even if all 4 amps had the same symptoms over 10 years, that's hardly an indicator of a design flaw IME.

 

[Ric5]

I remember being excited when my B2R arrived. The excitement completly dissipated after finding no matter how high I turned up the gain, there was no ampeg growl.

It got put in the backup rack and forgotten for years until I sold it last month to someone also looking for a backup rig.

hmmm … kinda the opposite for me … I went into the music store determined to buy a GK head based on a lot of research, but when I got to the music store and did an A/B comparison the Ampeg won hands down. I like the B2 and B3 better than a tube SVT. The only other amps that I like are Hartke.

 

[Gustopher]

My main gigging amp is a B2Re right now and yes it is lacking “something” but it has been reliable lol. It will do until it gives up and dies

 

[Ric5]

Yet it's not a design flaw, it can happen with any and all effects loops that use switching jacks for this function. Even if all 4 amps had the same symptoms over 10 years, that's hardly an indicator of a design flaw IME.

Then it is a design flaw in the jacks.

 

[Ric5]

My main gigging amp is a B2Re right now and yes it is lacking “something” but it has been reliable lol. It will do until it gives up and dies

The something is effects pedals for me …