yes the 6146's are still in there i just had it retubed with some NOS GE 6146's. it still has the original pre amp tubes
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Post Your 70's Ampeg SVT
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yes the 6146's are still in there i just had it retubed with some NOS GE 6146's. it still has the original pre amp tubes
that looks really clean! id love to open mine up but im affraid ill break somthing... i still need to do some things on mine like recover it, the covering on it right now is not original. other than that its built like a tank
Yeah, I've told this story before. I'm originally a New Hope kid, back in winter 1969/1970Mom took me over to the Schmitt Music store in Robinsdale Center; they were a brand new AMPEG dealer.
The sales guy a younger guitar type sat me down and I was in the mood for a step up. We played both a 100 watt twin 15" (I'm not sure of the model) which didn't impress me at all, and we fired up the brand new SVT with a single cab, it had two, but there's no way I could have even begun to afford two so we pulled one.
I was a little wierded out by the 8-10" speakers as I was playing a Kalamazoo Bass-30 at the time with two 10's and I thought I needed 40" speakers. But he convinced me by wizzing the volume control to about 4-5 with me banging out one of our favorite Iron Butterfly tunes... This was a huge store, but you could hear pianos singing, sizzler cybals sizzling and the roof of the building buzzing (Amp department was in a loft) I might have even got wood, it was amazing at the time.
The manager came wheeling out of the office, screaming. He was more of a grand piano DICK and basically ushered me out of the store. Well Mom didn't need to commit to the $25 or $30 a month to buy me that amp...
Just to show that manager, who is probably dead now how much I think of him I wired 6 SVT-4PRO's together just so he can rollover in his grave. If I knew who he was I'd put him on my list of guys whom I try and visit their graves once a year. Then I could wizz on his too.
BOB
The sales guy a younger guitar type sat me down and I was in the mood for a step up. We played both a 100 watt twin 15" (I'm not sure of the model) which didn't impress me at all, and we fired up the brand new SVT with a single cab, it had two, but there's no way I could have even begun to afford two so we pulled one.
I was a little wierded out by the 8-10" speakers as I was playing a Kalamazoo Bass-30 at the time with two 10's and I thought I needed 40" speakers. But he convinced me by wizzing the volume control to about 4-5 with me banging out one of our favorite Iron Butterfly tunes... This was a huge store, but you could hear pianos singing, sizzler cybals sizzling and the roof of the building buzzing (Amp department was in a loft) I might have even got wood, it was amazing at the time.
The manager came wheeling out of the office, screaming. He was more of a grand piano DICK and basically ushered me out of the store. Well Mom didn't need to commit to the $25 or $30 a month to buy me that amp...
Just to show that manager, who is probably dead now how much I think of him I wired 6 SVT-4PRO's together just so he can rollover in his grave. If I knew who he was I'd put him on my list of guys whom I try and visit their graves once a year. Then I could wizz on his too.
BOB
Here's my old rig...a pair of 1974 SVT heads with a 1974 8-10 AND a mint V4B cabinet. I used to run a stereo chorus with the effects into the 8-10 and the direct thru the V4B. The V4B was actually heard 6 miles away at an outdoor concert.
I'm rebuilding a 1991 SVT II right now and looking forward to getting an NV610 to piss off the neighborhood with.
Pay no attention to the girl behind the black dress.
I'm rebuilding a 1991 SVT II right now and looking forward to getting an NV610 to piss off the neighborhood with.
Pay no attention to the girl behind the black dress.
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Nothing like an already drunk groupie at 6:30PM dancing to the sound check @ the Elks Club to make your night; right Jimmy? Problem some greasy guy says he's the alternate Drummer for the band and takes her home at 10PM while she's slobering all over everything; gig ends at midnight... You never see her again.
BOB
BOB
eh, there's more where that came from.
not for me, of course. i'm happily in love. but hey...
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here ya go...................Pic's of 69 pot's is all very well, but we need chassis pics
heres my '69's chassis:
1975 SVT chassis:
Very nice John. I took my 70 apart when I first got it, to give it a good clean and found a second signature build tag, must have been floating around for years, I was pretty sure it should have been for the pre amp and seeing yours confirms this
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.What are those "uncut" looking things... lol
Seriously though, what are those tube covers? Anti-Microphonics mods?
Seriously though, what are those tube covers? Anti-Microphonics mods?
here ya go...................
heres my '69's chassis:
Hi,
Here is my Ampeg and myself.
I got it shipped across the ocean from Reading, PA to Israel.
It's a 1972 set in mint condition with all original parts (including original tung-sol made tubes in excellent condition and even the original covers!)
I play and collect Ricks so I run my 1972 4001 through this 1972 SVT. It roars like nothing else.
Here is my Ampeg and myself.
I got it shipped across the ocean from Reading, PA to Israel.
It's a 1972 set in mint condition with all original parts (including original tung-sol made tubes in excellent condition and even the original covers!)
I play and collect Ricks so I run my 1972 4001 through this 1972 SVT. It roars like nothing else.
