Look What Followed Me Home

[msb]

I dumped the fridge many , many years ago and have no regrets .

none whatsoever

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

I love it. I love my fridge. I have the SVT AV. I have brought mine to jam with friends. I even have brought it to auditions. Thats what trucks are for.

 

[mobass55]

I'm 64 and have always wanted one. I have the V4 AV and a couple of cabinets, I wonder how it would sound thu a 8x10? I need to find one local and just go play thru it with my head.

 

[Old Fart]

I love it. I love my fridge. I have the SVT AV. I have brought mine to jam with friends. I even have brought it to auditions. Thats what trucks are for.

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Where can I find a bass hanger which works like this? I assume it is anchored to the handle bar at the back of the 810. This seems like a mighty good method of safely storing a bass between sets.

 

[FrenchBassQC]

Happiness has no age, congrats to you sir.

 

[the harp unstrung]

So.....I have lived most of my life with the understanding that everybody dies but not everyone really lives. I HAD to have the experience of playing through an Ampeg 810. Wouldn't you agree?
I can die happy now (though I have no such immediate plans).

In the words of someone who is Much smarter than me .....

F¥€£*@' A!!!

I really, Really like RoxboroRob's 'Damn The Torpedoes' reference, too!

glad for ya!
proud of ya!!

 

[Mantis Tobaggan]

Where can I find a bass hanger which works like this? I assume it is anchored to the handle bar at the back of the 810. This seems like a mighty good method of safely storing a bass between sets.

They quit making them I think. It was called the bass hanger. You have to find a used one.

 

[bhoff5150]

Congrats on the cab and SVT from one tube Ampeg junkie to another!!

Now, go get that Harley and enjoy it as well. Here is mine sitting in the Badlands and Wyoming earlier this year, because as you said, everybody dies but not everybody lives....

 

[Razman]

Haven't played an SVT at gig volume but I have with a Mesa 400 through a pro series Ampeg 810. Class D has a ways to go IMO...

OP, welcome to life! Love your comment about death (...no such plans...) Lol!

Raz

 

[RodneyM]

Congrats! That's the way to live.

 

[Jek Porkins]

So.....around 1972 I got a driver's license and my first few vehicles were motorcycles. I have one now, and I ride. But in all that time, I have never rode a Harley. I want to.

Similarly, even before I could drive (legally), I was playing bass guitar in bands. And yet, until today, I had never played through an SVT and an Ampeg 810. I got the MTI SVT (early edition, with the Magnavox circuitry) several years ago. Today, I brought home an 810e. I asked JimmyM for his advice and he was generous. He thought it was probably a plywood model and perhaps it also has the non-darkish speakers (2006 model, says Jimmy). We confirmed the plywood before I bought it. Now that I have played through it, there is NO WAY these speakers could be considered "dark." In fact, it just seems as though that SVT was designed to be used with this cabinet. If asked, I might still be unable to make this rig sound bad.

Now....in a way, this is just silly. A 63 year-Old Fart (my birthday was Saturday) has no business with an 810. Particularly since I am not currently in a gigging project. And also, I have a couple of Bergantino cabs which would suit any gig. And this MF is HEAVY. But I have lived most of my life with the understanding that everybody dies but not everyone really lives. I HAD to have the experience of playing through an Ampeg 810. Wouldn't you agree?

I am looking forward to, one day, schlepping this to a gig. My living room is not the ideal place for this rig. But yeah, first impressions....I think there is no substitute. Bergs are great. But there is a difference between a ferocious go cart and a muscle car. I have recently sung the praises of Mesa gear, and I am highly impressed with their products over the past many years and particularly today. You might have noticed the TL606's with the EVM 15s, which are the best sounding speakers I think I have ever heard. Thank you Agedhorse, Sir. And I have profound respect for Jimmy, also over a long period of time. Ampeg has totally delivered the goods for us bass players over a LONG period of time. This rig....is basically 50 year-old technology and, in the most visceral ways, still cannot be beat today.

Sorry for the long post. I can die happy now (though I have no such immediate plans).

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Bwahahahhahaha! I never thought I would see this day! Ever! Did you strap that thing on your Mazda's roof or did you strap it to the roof?

 

[Jek Porkins]

Oh ya... Make sure a Harley follows you home too!

 

[Old Fart]

Ha! It fits easily into the Mazda 5. Well...."easily" is a relative term. The cab has wheels and a towel bar on back, for ease of transport, except that they do not make transportation easy. They only make transportation "possible." At nearly 200 lbs, this thing weighs more than I do.

 

[mikecd1]

Enjoy and play in good health. I still get to play one occasionally, but I'm on the north side of 60 and only moving what I can. Not moving much of anything these days sadly.

 

[mexicanyella]

This thread has certainly not made me think SVTs are less desirable or cool.

 

[Smooth_bass88]

So.....around 1972 I got a driver's license and my first few vehicles were motorcycles. I have one now, and I ride. But in all that time, I have never rode a Harley. I want to.

Similarly, even before I could drive (legally), I was playing bass guitar in bands. And yet, until today, I had never played through an SVT and an Ampeg 810. I got the MTI SVT (early edition, with the Magnavox circuitry) several years ago. Today, I brought home an 810e. I asked JimmyM for his advice and he was generous. He thought it was probably a plywood model and perhaps it also has the non-darkish speakers (2006 model, says Jimmy). We confirmed the plywood before I bought it. Now that I have played through it, there is NO WAY these speakers could be considered "dark." In fact, it just seems as though that SVT was designed to be used with this cabinet. If asked, I might still be unable to make this rig sound bad.

Now....in a way, this is just silly. A 63 year-Old Fart (my birthday was Saturday) has no business with an 810. Particularly since I am not currently in a gigging project. And also, I have a couple of Bergantino cabs which would suit any gig. And this MF is HEAVY. But I have lived most of my life with the understanding that everybody dies but not everyone really lives. I HAD to have the experience of playing through an Ampeg 810. Wouldn't you agree?

I am looking forward to, one day, schlepping this to a gig. My living room is not the ideal place for this rig. But yeah, first impressions....I think there is no substitute. Bergs are great. But there is a difference between a ferocious go cart and a muscle car. I have recently sung the praises of Mesa gear, and I am highly impressed with their products over the past many years and particularly today. You might have noticed the TL606's with the EVM 15s, which are the best sounding speakers I think I have ever heard. Thank you Agedhorse, Sir. And I have profound respect for Jimmy, also over a long period of time. Ampeg has totally delivered the goods for us bass players over a LONG period of time. This rig....is basically 50 year-old technology and, in the most visceral ways, still cannot be beat today.

Sorry for the long post. I can die happy now (though I have no such immediate plans).

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An SVT is like nothing else on Earth. Wait until you crank it up on a big stage. It's euphoric.

 

[Funk With Me]

Ha! It fits easily into the Mazda 5. Well...."easily" is a relative term. The cab has wheels and a towel bar on back, for ease of transport, except that they do not make transportation easy. They only make transportation "possible." At nearly 200 lbs, this thing weighs more than I do.

The preferred transport would allow the cab to be slid in on its back. I'm talking ease of loading and unloading here. In case you haven't discovered the technique yet, move the cab up to the vehicle with the back of the cab right up against the vehicle entry. A good moving blanket draped over the entry will help protect the cab. Push on the top of the cab to tilt it back slightly from the front of the cab, then reach down to the bottom of the cab, and lift from there allowing the cab to tilt back and into the vehicle as you lift. After it comes to rest on its back just slide it in from there.

That's how I did it for decades anyways. Only hurt my back once that I remember.

 

[dbsfgyd1]

So.....around 1972 I got a driver's license and my first few vehicles were motorcycles. I have one now, and I ride. But in all that time, I have never rode a Harley. I want to.

Similarly, even before I could drive (legally), I was playing bass guitar in bands. And yet, until today, I had never played through an SVT and an Ampeg 810. I got the MTI SVT (early edition, with the Magnavox circuitry) several years ago. Today, I brought home an 810e. I asked JimmyM for his advice and he was generous. He thought it was probably a plywood model and perhaps it also has the non-darkish speakers (2006 model, says Jimmy). We confirmed the plywood before I bought it. Now that I have played through it, there is NO WAY these speakers could be considered "dark." In fact, it just seems as though that SVT was designed to be used with this cabinet. If asked, I might still be unable to make this rig sound bad.

Now....in a way, this is just silly. A 63 year-Old Fart (my birthday was Saturday) has no business with an 810. Particularly since I am not currently in a gigging project. And also, I have a couple of Bergantino cabs which would suit any gig. And this MF is HEAVY. But I have lived most of my life with the understanding that everybody dies but not everyone really lives. I HAD to have the experience of playing through an Ampeg 810. Wouldn't you agree?

I am looking forward to, one day, schlepping this to a gig. My living room is not the ideal place for this rig. But yeah, first impressions....I think there is no substitute. Bergs are great. But there is a difference between a ferocious go cart and a muscle car. I have recently sung the praises of Mesa gear, and I am highly impressed with their products over the past many years and particularly today. You might have noticed the TL606's with the EVM 15s, which are the best sounding speakers I think I have ever heard. Thank you Agedhorse, Sir. And I have profound respect for Jimmy, also over a long period of time. Ampeg has totally delivered the goods for us bass players over a LONG period of time. This rig....is basically 50 year-old technology and, in the most visceral ways, still cannot be beat today.

Sorry for the long post. I can die happy now (though I have no such immediate plans).

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Re: Schlepping this to a Gig

Pay some kid $25 to help you. Until you play this rig on a gig, you only have part of the picture.

 

[Roxbororob]

I'm 64 and have always wanted one. I have the V4 AV and a couple of cabinets, I wonder how it would sound thu a 8x10? I need to find one local and just go play thru it with my head.

It would be glorious.

 

[Auspuff]

So.....around 1972 I got a driver's license and my first few vehicles were motorcycles. I have one now, and I ride. But in all that time, I have never rode a Harley. I want to.

Similarly, even before I could drive (legally), I was playing bass guitar in bands. And yet, until today, I had never played through an SVT and an Ampeg 810. I got the MTI SVT (early edition, with the Magnavox circuitry) several years ago. Today, I brought home an 810e. I asked JimmyM for his advice and he was generous. He thought it was probably a plywood model and perhaps it also has the non-darkish speakers (2006 model, says Jimmy). We confirmed the plywood before I bought it. Now that I have played through it, there is NO WAY these speakers could be considered "dark." In fact, it just seems as though that SVT was designed to be used with this cabinet. If asked, I might still be unable to make this rig sound bad.

Now....in a way, this is just silly. A 63 year-Old Fart (my birthday was Saturday) has no business with an 810. Particularly since I am not currently in a gigging project. And also, I have a couple of Bergantino cabs which would suit any gig. And this MF is HEAVY. But I have lived most of my life with the understanding that everybody dies but not everyone really lives. I HAD to have the experience of playing through an Ampeg 810. Wouldn't you agree?

I am looking forward to, one day, schlepping this to a gig. My living room is not the ideal place for this rig. But yeah, first impressions....I think there is no substitute. Bergs are great. But there is a difference between a ferocious go cart and a muscle car. I have recently sung the praises of Mesa gear, and I am highly impressed with their products over the past many years and particularly today. You might have noticed the TL606's with the EVM 15s, which are the best sounding speakers I think I have ever heard. Thank you Agedhorse, Sir. And I have profound respect for Jimmy, also over a long period of time. Ampeg has totally delivered the goods for us bass players over a LONG period of time. This rig....is basically 50 year-old technology and, in the most visceral ways, still cannot be beat today.

Sorry for the long post. I can die happy now (though I have no such immediate plans).

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Finest rig I ever played through.