Help me feel better, or stop me

[whitespikebass]

I don't think I will ever need my blueline SVT again. Maybe I'm wrong. But I do know I have a new gig I LOVE and there is no need for it, and the band tries to stay on the reasonable side of volume. I don't really have the cash or another rig and probably won't for a while. Meanwhile I will have the schlep my SVT everywhere.

I will regret selling won't I? As far as hybrids go I really like the Ampeg SVT-7pro and the SVT212-AV looks good perhaps. OR I could try and save a little for a B-100R and put the SVT in the closet.

 

[Jim Carr]

While I am hardly the one to praise an SVT, if I had an SVT blueline and needed a smaller rig, I'd save some money and buy a great (smaller/lighter) USED cabinet that is SVT friendly. Micro heads are cheap used, too.

Use the head with a new 212 (or whatever), and stash the 810 cabinet in a corner until you need it. A spare 810 ampeg makes a great backup, and can double as a towel rack if needed. Ok, just kidding about that last bit.

 

[TC.65]

Get a V4B Reissue and 212AV. You will still have that awesome ampeg tone in a smaller, and lighter all tube package.

 

[Bassmec]

I sold mine after some snugglemuffin burned my cab in a garage storage fire. Regretted it ever since, it had a very noisy fan and was in bad need of a re tube, fizzed and cracked away a bit after start up but once it had warmed up it still sounded great.

 

[godofthunder59]

I'm 55 and still lug around a wall of Hiwatts and can't see using anything else. I have a bunch of vintage gear and had a number of vintage SVTs. Hard to find not that hard to move imho. I'd keep the SVT and find a small rig.

 

[JimmyM]

The only reason I have ever considered selling my Bue Line is because I use the Heritage these days instead, otherwise there's no way in hell I'd even think about it. I would, however, get a smaller combo. I just got a BA112 v2 that rocks quite well. It's a little difficult to use an SVT on everything, but no way in hell I'd sell it.

 

[orangejulius3]

Keep it.
Fire it up every once in awhile.
Relieve yourself of picking it up by keeping it at your practice/studio spot.

 

[David Jayne]

Keep it. Eventually you'll want to use it again, I guarantee it. And when that day comes, if you no longer have it you will KICK yourself.

 

[MikeInSF]

Keep it - or sell it to me. Get a smaller rig if you must, but blue line SVT's are heirloom amps coveted by many for very good reasons. You would certainly regret it if you sold it.

 

[High Camp]

Get a V4B Reissue and 212AV. You will still have that awesome ampeg tone in a smaller, and lighter all tube package.

+1
And start with the 212AV first, would be my suggestion.
Maybe a SVT410HE would be good also, but I never have heard that cab, I must admit.

 

[Nighttrain1127]

I had a Blue line for years and Had to sell it last year to keep from losing my house. If it had been anything else I was going to lose I would still have my Blue line and whatever I would have lost would be gone.

 

[beans-on-toast]

You never know what your requirements will be in the future.

If you ever want to buy another blue line down the road, it's going to cost you a lot more to replace it.

 

[BlueLine1]

I don't think I will ever need my blueline SVT again. Maybe I'm wrong. But I do know I have a new gig I LOVE and there is no need for it, and the band tries to stay on the reasonable side of volume. I don't really have the cash or another rig and probably won't for a while. Meanwhile I will have the schlep my SVT everywhere.

I will regret selling won't I? As far as hybrids go I really like the Ampeg SVT-7pro and the SVT212-AV looks good perhaps. OR I could try and save a little for a B-100R and put the SVT in the closet.

Never let it go. I love my SVT 3-Pro for smaller gigs, and it's easy to transport. Sounds great with my Isovent, PR-1528HE, PR-1832HE, SVT 610HLF. Never had a 410 though. KEEP IT!!!!!

 

[mpdd]

i wouldn't get rid of it, you don't want to be like me letting go of a sunn 2000s

 

[Pimmsley]

Keep !

 

[will33]

You're 33. How could you possibly know if you'll "never need it again".

If I had one, the only time it would be getting sold is by my heirs after I'm dead.

Find a 4ohm 212 to play it with for smaller stuff. And/or pickup a cheap micro head...pf350 or something...without selling the Pig. They don't cost much. Can get it just by skipping a few lame movies or having a couple less beers each day, or doing one car repair yourself instead of bringing it in to the shop.

 

[denton57]

Get a smaller cab, or get the micro VR with one or two matching 2x10's. I wish I never would have sold my 73 blackline, and I wish I still had my micro VR rig

One thing I have noticed is that as soon as I sell something that fits a specific need, I need it like 3 months later.

 

[chaosMK]

B100R is tons of fun. I regret letting mine slip away. It got caught up in a trade for a Buster Bass combo. I ended up selling Buster to snag a deal on a Rectifier. That is how gear transforms...

I think JimmyM uses his SVT for any/everything, even coffee shop gigs!

 

[Gaolee]

I'm 54 and schlep around old Acoustic Control amplifiers. They are about the same weight class, give or take. 33 is a spring chicken. If I had an SVT and I liked it, I would keep it. Schlep with pride. Anybody who thinks it is overkill forgot it has a volume knob.

 

[Rickenbackerman]

I've got three of the damn things and the only way I'd ever sell any of them is if I was in a dire financial situation. And I'm not, so they stay.