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New ampeg speculation - A true B15 Reissue?

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Kindness said:
I've dealt with them a few times in building and working on my amps. I've always been very happy with my interaction with them.

Is the $2,800 more speculation or did I miss an announcement? If that's the price, I'm in, but I'm expecting it to be more.
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You should definitely buy one.;)
 
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you know, ampeg has hung by a thread for almost their entire operating life. only when slm owned it was there any sense of stability as a business. everyone else who's owned it sold it after a few years. crazy history. and loud's history so far is the most crazy. and yet they've endured and stood the test of time and 40 and 50 year old amp designs are still the standard by which all others are judged, and they've still managed to come out with new and innovative stuff in the meantime. that's pretty remarkable.
 
#672
pgk said:
leave it to Loud to both completely captivate and then immediately completely piss off a fair share of the bass community in less than one month. I'm not pissed, hardly. as soon as i heard Black check i went "aha dr watson"; black tolex= limited edition, blue tolex=overseas point to point version is probably what they're gonna do. ya want american built ya gotta pony up (and if i could i surely would) but for the rest of us punters an ironed out vietnamese B15 would work just fine. the vietnamese made hand wired J-20 was an Outrageously great guitar amp, too bad it never caught on. ampeg is the harley davidson of amp manufacturers, and for some it's just gotta be an american made ampeg. but it'll cost ya, which is as it should be, imo. american pride in workmanship is not cheap, nor should it be
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exactly, thats why I drive a Mesa Boogie!
 
#673
JimmyM said:
you know, ampeg has hung by a thread for almost their entire operating life. only when slm owned it was there any sense of stability as a business. everyone else who's owned it sold it after a few years. crazy history. and loud's history so far is the most crazy. and yet they've endured and stood the test of time and 40 and 50 year old amp designs are still the standard by which all others are judged, and they've still managed to come out with new and innovative stuff in the meantime. that's pretty remarkable.
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Remarkable indeed. I do really like their new approach of keeping the overall design and sound true to the original while adding some new twists. Makes me wonder what they could do to the SVT....:eek:
 
#674
Spencer! said:
Remarkable indeed. I do really like their new approach of keeping the overall design and sound true to the original while adding some new twists. Makes me wonder what they could do to the SVT....:eek:
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a new version with the old tubes, including 6146's? nah, that would suck...nobody's making 6146's and it would drive the price of nos 6146's sky high!

forget i said anything...nothing to see here...move along.
 
#676
AmpegUSA said:
My name is Ryan. I have been with LOUD for nearly 5 years. Started in tech support and now work as the communications lead for Ampeg (and the other LOUD brands). I am an audio engineer by trade and a musician and homebrewer in the spare time. On Talkbass, I am officially representing Ampeg. So, anything I say is likely filtered through Pyotr Belov and whoever else needs to check it out before I post.

Thanks for the support, guys.
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Many thanks Ryan. Your contributions are pretty much appreciated.

Just one question (well, actually two) :

1/ Will the Heritage B15 be for US market only ?
2/ Does it feature a 110/220V switch ?

Thanks
Jay
 
#677
JayAmel said:
Many thanks Ryan. Your contributions are pretty much appreciated.

Just one question (well, actually two) :

1/ Will the Heritage B15 be for US market only ?
2/ Does it feature a 110/220V switch ?

Thanks
Jay
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I knew you were gonna ask that. ;)

These 50 units are going to be available in the US. They are all set up at 120V.

They do, however, have universal transformers with 100,120,220 and 240V taps.

Since this limited run we wanted to keep things nearby and offer the warranty service for the first 50 units thru the factory (Metro) rather than a Service Center.

If the demand is there to continue production in 2011 we are already prepared with a universal power transformer.

*BTW, the Heritage B-15 does use old-school leaded solder
 
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AmpegUSA said:
4. The creation of this amazing amp involved a lot of amazing people. From the start we worked with inventor Jess Oliver on the design. He is exceedingly happy and agreed to write a letter of approval that comes with each Heritage B-15. He is a tough customer to please and I hope you know that anything that gets his seal of approval is the real deal.

5. Highly recommended by Jess, we consulted with Mark Gandenberger of Vintage Blue on the awesome double-baffle cabinet.


7. The speaker was custom-designed by Eminence. We spent tons of time auditioning all the great speakers from the various B-15 incarnations and came up with a robust design with a massive 109oz ceramic magnet and a 4-inch voice coil. We also used an aluminum dust cover..
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Not sure if I missed this previously, but will the speaker be 4 or 8 ohm? When Jess re-coned my B-15, he did it at 4 ohms like the B-100R. If it will be an 8 ohm speaker, are there plans for a stackable extension cabinet, or would that need to be a call to Mark? ;)
 
#679
nice...none of this silly rohs compliance for the greatest bass amp ever!

stiles, i hope it's 8 ohm since running an extension cab makes these little guys stand up and shout. i know jess like to make them run at 4 ohms, but count me among those who likes his fliptop slightly on the squishy side.
 
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