Help! is it possible to plug headphones into a bass amp head without a headphone jack, and live.

Not really

 

If you're in the U.S & near a Guitar Center, you could ask the seller to meet you there. Try it with the cabinets available there, be aware of the Impedance.
If you're nice about it you'll buy the cabinet that sounds best with the amp.

 

There's SVT's and SVT's, svt's and more than a few svt's.

 

Lights turning on is too far from a diagnostic for me. If you could find any cab at all it would be preferable to faith.

 

Lights turning on means very little.

Do you have any idea how much a repair could cost on that amp? I do, I can repair it myself, and I still wouldn't make that kind of a bet.

Bring a cabinet along to test with, maybe borrow one from a friend?

 

Bring a cab.

 

They sell for approx. $600 used.
Worst case, you could easily spend more than the cost of a working used version on this unknown amp.
I'll be the 4th; bring a cabinet.

 

My main amp is a SVT 7 pro. Not really in love with it. It's just not warm sounding which is what Im looking for. Love the class D circuits and the lighter weight. My backup is an old 1000 watt solid state Hartke that sounds so much better but weighs a zillion tons.

Long way of saying that you may be just as happy if you wait, save up, and buy what you love.

 

Dude...sorry, but pass on it. You dont know if its working and dont have a cab to find out. It could cost more to have it fixed than its worth. Its not like its some super valuable rare amp.

 

Rent or borrow a cab from someone, and yes, get the proper impedance cab so you don't wreck the amp before you buy it. Don't forget to bring a speaker cable - not a guitar patch cord - to hook the cab up to the head.

 

Even if it has a headphone jack that may not help you since it may be sourced pre power amp.

Really, you could take a bath on this if it goes wrong.

 

IMO the 7 pro and 6 pro sound very similar. The 6 pro weighs about a zillion pounds.

 

I took this same risk on a similar style of head, and it had problems. I can’t sell it and it is so expensive to fix that I’d be better off buying another functional one used.

Try it with a cabinet prior to purchase.

 

The SVT 6 Pro is an EXCELLENT amp. I don't get too attached to gear. But one of my few regrets is selling my SVT 6.

If you can possibly dig up even a monitor wedge speaker, go try it out (albeit at low volumes).

If you're able to snag a working SVT 6 for $200 it'll be worth it. If it works and you don't love it, I'll pay you what you have in it (plus a little gas money) and pay you to ship it to my house immediately. You can't lose. If you do like it, keep it and rock the crap out of it.

Again, any bass cab or full range PA cab will do for low volumes. (I wouldn't risk a guitar cab even at low volumes.)

If you get it, PM me and I'll tell you a few things I learned about that head along the way.

 

ok it's a solidstate head.. repairing it is going to be expensive.. sounds like if you pay $100.. look for it to cost $600-700 to fix..

 

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