Modern ampeg head in an svt style box?

What about the heritage series?

 

Because it would be silly to make it bigger and heavier and more expensive by putting it in a wooden box.

 

They're all tube amps in the Heritage series. Heritage SVT-CL and B-15's are all they made for bass amps.

Ampeg actually did that for a while with the B series amps. They would have a B series amp in a rackmount chassis, then have a corresponding one in an SVT style chassis. The last one they had was the B2RE/SVT 450H.




Not my favorite series of Ampegs ever, but they sold respectably in both versions for a while. Don't know if they'll ever do similar again, but to me it seems like a bit of a hard sell when everyone's clamoring for lightweight solid state amps like they are. I have no desire to stick a PF800 in an SVT chassis, that's for sure. You could possibly get someone to build you a dummy SVT head like www.fliptops.net , though. Either way you'll pay extra for the same head and the privilege of toting it in a heavier box But I do get the looks thing. I'm not against it by any means...I just think it's a hard sell these days.

 

Well it's been done quite a bit over the decades, so it's not THAT weird. I remember seeing a couple Beatles tributes who would hide a smaller SS head in the back of an empty head box that looked like a Vox Super Beatle. Maybe you can find an old SVT 450 or similar that's too broken to be fixed cheaply and gut it and stick a smaller amp in the back of it. Or just get a used one that still works and use it. Again, not my favorite amp ever but it's not like hideously bad...just not the sound in my head when I think of Ampeg amps.

Or just get a real SVT...you know you want it

 

Plenty of people have definitely done this.

Mounting a head into a classic style wood case.

Depends if the design works and the head unit is cooled or has proper venting to work in such a case.

So many goober looking amps these days it's easy to be cool.

Just like the rackmount phase. Eventually that ended. Another 10 years tiny Weiner little heads will be dead again. People will want real looking amps again.

Fender and Ampeg will be run into the ground ....again

Be sold...Again

And make a come back with re issues.....again lol

Just like Model T's and Camaros they stopped making them. Crushed most the real ones. Then made plastic copy's when people wanted them again

 

doubt it. by then 500w bass heads will be the size of a pack of cigarettes, and nobody will bother because PAs and monitoring will be so good that nobody will need an onstage amp to begin with.

 

like @JimmyM says, they have for a long time with the 450 and it mostly sucked. bland B-grade solid state amp in a big heavy wooden SVT shell, basically the worst of both worlds.

i've said this before but nobody in the audience gives a damn about the backline, to them that's all just "sound equipment" and might as well be where the DJ music comes from. only other musicians care about that stuff.

 

According to the Internet and Talkbass.

In the real world Rock n Roll will never die.

With over 4000 Major Label
Rock / Metal / Hardcore Bands currently touring.
And We'll over 8000 + Minor Label
Rock / Metal / Hardcore Bands on Tour

I'm sure the usage of Real Amps Continues.

And has a Major Influence on the New Generations of Musicians they Inspire.

Tiny Weiny little amps being big sellers to the Majority of the Market Yes.

But it's always been that way. The Product line changes. Basic Need is the Same.

Small portable Amps that are easy to carry.

 

The 100T is not a hybrid, it's all tube. Unless you meant something else by "hybrid"?

 

i hope so about rock and roll as a genre, but as for "real amps" i'd bet a large portion of those bands are touring with stuff like helix processors and no amps at all.

i just saw failure and those guys were using helix boards instead of amps for both bass and guitar and it sounded fantastic.

 

Well, somebody must care about it. Lots of groups I used to work with at the big shows went to a whole lot of trouble to set up a gigantic sham back line. Maybe now not so much with the so called silent stages.

Question: If a band is going to employ a silent stage, then why not just use backing tracks and dance around the stage lip syncing / pick syncing / pluck syncing. Oh, wait! Never mind.

 

I think he got the 100T mixed up with the hybrid Bassman 500 and Bassman 800 heads. I think it's legitimate for Fender to design those heads to look good with their Pro Neo series cabs. It's an iconic look, yes?

 

Oh, definitely. The Bassman 500/800 are great hybrid amps. They come somewhat close to the tone of their all tube big brothers.

I'm actually in the process of trying to convince a friend to sell me his 100T. I wanna use it as an at home/recording amp. The internal power soak and silent recording features with the post power stage-DI is exactly what I want.

 

A friend works in a corporate/wedding cover band; they did the 'silent stage' thing for a while. They switched back from IEMs to regular floor monitors because, with no sound coming from the stage, the audience began to believe they were doing just that.

 

Yeah, that makes perfect sense to me. What else would an audience think? Thanks for reporting that.

Joe Nerve reported here on TB about a band he saw that did exactly that! Their whole "live" show was pre-recorded! And, Joe also mentioned how popular they were on account of how good they sounded! Good grief.

I know a lot of syncing happens when bands appear on television. Often, they will actually sing, but use backing tracks for everything else. There's that one famous incident on late night television where the booth crew screwed up and played the wrong backing tracks for the chick rock star! Sorry, can't remember her name. It created quite a sensation. I saw it on TV when it happened and couldn't believe my eyes. You have to be real careful in the booth. That's why there's que switches on the broadcast sound boards.

 

I think that was Ashley Simpson if I remember right.

 

And the problem wasn't in the control room...it was her keyboard player who rolled the wrong track. You typically won't see control room mistakes on SNL. But jeez...backing tracks have become incredibly common on stage. Does anyone believe Z.Z. Top drummer Frank Beard is really playing much these days? Just sayin'.

 

I'm right there with you on how ridiculously cool the SVT 6 is. It's the most underrated thing Ampeg ever made.

It would be a challenge to squeeze that into a "vintage package". That sucker is pretty deep front to back. If I recall, mine had a deeper-than-standard rack to fit it in.

But your observation (along with @JimmyM input) are spot on. They've done it. But they haven't done it well..... yet.

I'm still excited to see what kind of spin Yamaha puts on the Ampeg brand. They are a great combination of tradition and breaking new ground. And their quality has never been called into question.