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Most sad story I've ever heard.

#21
bassdude51 said:
Well, I'm was trying to sooth the thread's emotions.
Does it make the person feel any better to know that the Ampeg B-18 is a whopping 50 watt amp with a low grade 18" mud slinging speaker?
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Dude, you are shooting down one of the sacred cows of bassness. But I think you have a fair point. Legend in its time, but plenty of newer options that will eat it alive. I still would have bought it then and there, but it would be about sentiment and emotion more than anything else.
 
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ThuzzleFump said:
Dude, you are shooting down one of the sacred cows of bassness. But I think you have a fair point. Legend in its time, but plenty of newer options that will eat it alive. I still would have bought it then and there, but it would be about sentiment and emotion more than anything else.
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Good post.Having grown up when these hit the market, there certainly is some sentimental value to it. I had a 1958 Ampeg combo that was quite a work horse until it succumbed to wood rot 40 some years later. That said, I wouldn’t swap one for either of my Eden Combos.
 
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ThuzzleFump said:
Dude, you are shooting down one of the sacred cows of bassness. But I think you have a fair point. Legend in its time, but plenty of newer options that will eat it alive. I still would have bought it then and there, but it would be about sentiment and emotion more than anything else.
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There really is nothing even now that sounds as good as those old fliptop Ampegs, there are amps way louder, that go way deeper, have more highs etc, but it's very difficult to replicate that tone with modern amps, that's is a reason a lot of studios still have them lying around.
 
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That thrift store probably had one of these trailers for an extra $20...

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#37
Meh. It's a thing. Clearly, it wasn't meant to be.

Never mind that I would have paid $35 for the rig and gotten a receipt. Then I would have loaded it into my vehicle. Then I would have driven it home. Then I would have taken a second to pray for a number of dollars to take back to the store. Then I would have walked in and said "You didn't know what you had. I wanted to get the rig home so negotiations didn't break down. But here's another $500 to help make it right. I still got a deal and you got more money than you thought you would have for that rig. Have a nice day."
 
#39
jazzbass_5 said:
Just to be clear, this was told to me by a guy on facebook. I personally would have camped out and had the girlfriend come get me and the amp that I probably would have traded my bike for.[/QUOTE]
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I still don't think most posters here realize it wasn't you but that you found this on facebook, I thought it was (not) yours too until you posted this.
 
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bobyoung53 said:
There really is nothing even now that sounds as good as those old fliptop Ampegs, there are amps way louder, that go way deeper, have more highs etc, but it's very difficult to replicate that tone with modern amps, that's is a reason a lot of studios still have them lying around.
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What do you think about those recent limited-run reproductions?
 
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