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dropped SVT head!

King Weapon

King Weapon

Sep 20, 2005
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Brooklyn, NY
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#1
well i was wheeling it on a 4/10 and hit a crack in the ground and...ahhhhhhh! i stopped it from falling too hard by grabbing onto it, but it still hit the ground face first. i plugged it in and everything seemed to be working well so far. all the power tubes were lit up. one of the preamp tubes seemed dimmer than the other ones though (that could be a separate problem).

i'm not sure if i should bring it in for a check up. are these things truly built like tanks? could they handle those types of falls without damaging something internally? also, is a dim preamp tube an indication that i need to get it changed?

thanks for reading.

-t
 
#2
Different brands of tubes glow at their own level, so I wouldn't lose too much sleep over it. If it still works, it's probably OK. All the same, if you can get the tubes tested without too much difficulty, might not be a bad idea to get them looked it.
 
#3
I wheel my Marshall VBA on top of my 4x10 sometimes but if the floor or ground surface is anything but smooth, I pull the cab by one of the handles rather than pushing it as there is less chance of the wheels going down a crevasse in the ground and stopping dead.

Here's a crevasse: :D
Glaciereaston.jpg
 
#4
I've had the exact same thing happen to me. I had a hold of the SVT head by one of the handles but once the 410 hit a crack in the sidewalk, it fell. It only hit on the opposite side from the handle I was holding, but being my baby I thought it was cooked. That was about 3 years ago and its been running strong ever since. I doubt you have anything to worry about, but be sure to keep an eye on it. You never know......
 
#7
torza said:
well i was wheeling it on a 4/10 and hit a crack in the ground and...ahhhhhhh! i stopped it from falling too hard by grabbing onto it, but it still hit the ground face first. i plugged it in and everything seemed to be working well so far. all the power tubes were lit up. one of the preamp tubes seemed dimmer than the other ones though (that could be a separate problem).

i'm not sure if i should bring it in for a check up. are these things truly built like tanks? could they handle those types of falls without damaging something internally? also, is a dim preamp tube an indication that i need to get it changed?

thanks for reading.

-t
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I was wheeling a 1987 skunkworks SVT-HD head out from a club once on top of an 8 x 10 cab with wheels I had put under it (square cab) and also hit a crack, it fell and landed right on a metal corner of the amp. The only damage was a dent in the metal corner, the amp played perfectly. Old Ampegs, especially the 70's heads are just about invincible.
I did an outside fill in gig with a blues band last week and brought one head and one cab. It scared them, (especially the guitar player) haha! I think they had visions of me shaking them all off the stage. I played another gig with one of the members tonight and he actually thanked me for bringing the SVT to the outside gig, said it sounded so nice and full it made the band sound better.
There is no substitute for a good old Ampeg SVT set up.
Incidentally there was only one SVT system made, they were made from 1969-1979 in the USA although a few were made in japan from 1980 -1985 (I believe 1985) but used different parts.
 
#12
Femto said:
I wheel my Marshall VBA on top of my 4x10 sometimes but if the floor or ground surface is anything but smooth, I pull the cab by one of the handles rather than pushing it as there is less chance of the wheels going down a crevasse in the ground and stopping dead.

Here's a crevasse: :D
Glaciereaston.jpg
Click to expand...
EE! though but lad, That photo reminds me of a young lass I met at Bolton Abbey Fair a while back.
;)
 
#16
Femto said:
I wheel my Marshall VBA on top of my 4x10 sometimes but if the floor or ground surface is anything but smooth, I pull the cab by one of the handles rather than pushing it as there is less chance of the wheels going down a crevasse in the ground and stopping dead.

Here's a crevasse: :D
Glaciereaston.jpg
Click to expand...

For that reason I use a dolly with big wheels. I've seen that same type of collision tear the caster socket out of a cab. I want the integrity of a my cabs protected. I had a tilt back cab go off a curb gently, heard a sickening crunch only to find that the whole caster had been jammed inward. A chunk of plywood that the caster was bolted to was only held in place by the tolex. Nice 4 wheel dolly with good sized wheels. I like the wheels from handtrucks. Alloy with grease fittings. If they don't swivel and they are a rigid dolly they can go over flagstone without a hiccup. Climb stairs, oh yeah,
 

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