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NAD... Ampeg B4R.

armybass

armybass

Jul 19, 2001
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This weekend I traded my GK Combo for a minty Ampeg B4R. I was looking for a larger head but was really looking for eithr SWR or GK. I have never been an Ampeg fan but this amp seemed to be the right one to combine with my also newly acquired and equally minty SWR Working Tower 810. And I was right. I have not run it mono yet into the cab but just using one side at like 380 watts(???) I think...it sounds great. Gonna try to see if I can figure out how to rewire a speakon cable so I can run it bridged mono and get the full deal next weekend.

Any who Craig's List is proving to be a bass traders best friend. I scored both the amp and the cab doing trades that have been very onesided in my favor (I think) on consecutive weekends.

Pics coming......
 
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The SWR in the top Rack came with the 810! The GKK was a good old TB score :D
 
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Ahhhh tube snobs. LOL, yeah I am neither a tube fan nor an SVT disciple. Well I am pretty imprrssed with the B4R. It sounds great with my Stingray and Jazz.

I have sold SVT Pro gear and it is indeed nice stuff but I have a price point for basses and amps and they exceed that for sure. I traded a GK MB210 combo for this amp.
 
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georgestrings said:
No offense, but I think the 700rb-II you list in your sig smokes any of the Ampeg SS or hybrid amps... If you're happy, that's all that matters, though...


- georgestrings
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None taken...I am a GK/SWR fan from way back...and this truly is my first Ampeg amp in 27 years of playing. But I really do like the way it wounds through the SWR Working Tower 810....

The GK goes through a 20 year old Goliath and it sounds awesome too.
 

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