call me "old school" but i have always felt that if you like a vintage SVT head, you might as well get the other part of it that is almost equally responsible for its sound, an ampeg 8x10 cab. i have run alot of other heads thru an ampeg 8x10 and the cab has always made any head sound good thru it.
2 cents...........
Yeah, a vintage Ampeg 810, preferably a straightback, is the way to go with that head. The old cabs are superior to the newer ones in every way IMHO except power handling, but since the vintage cabs can easily handle what an SVT gives it, who cares? Tone's what's important.
However, by all accounts I've heard, the Berg NV610 is said to be pretty much the same sound as a straightback, and they're easier to get than an old straightback. I haven't played it, but there are a lot of vintage Ampeg nuts on here who say it's as close as it gets.
You could also get a straightback cab replica built by
www.fliptops.net . They don't have the killer CTS speakers they used back then but
www.webervst.com started making replicas of the CTS's at a pretty good price. It isn't cheap to go that route, but it will be in the same ballpark as a new Berg. And it'll look cooler than the Berg
The Berg looks cool but the SVT cab just looks right.
Great head, dude...I just got my old SVT rig working again...it's the shizzy. And for me, nothing but a straightback will do anymore. The Berg is a lot lighter and will apparently cop the right tone, but the straightbacks look cooler, and I think we all know what's more important here, don't we?
