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The 810 Fan Club!!

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Yeah, I will totally agree that G-K heads sound really good with Ampeg cabs...


- georgestrings

Amen to that!

Last night I had the master volume at noon and the gain at 9 o clock on my 700rb-II and it was just insanely loud - and I play in an insanely loud metal band to start with!

I'm young, and my back is still good, so that means i'm gonna be playing 810's for a looooooong time comin!
 
Hey Guys Thank for all the pics you keep adding....Just been out in the logging truck Working... i just got back so am up dating the number right now!!!

hyp.spec #29
Archangel_Bass #30:eek: (Holy Crap...No wonder there have been soo many Earthquakes...WOW)
 
Hey guys. I'll get some pics of my rig up shortly...waiting on my new grill cloth.
Here's what I have:
(in my rack)
Ampeg SVT 3 Pro head
BOSS half rack noise supressor
Behringer rack tuner

Cab: Carvin RL810T 8x10

Bass: Warwick 4 string Corvette
 
My SWR Workingman's Tower:
SWRWorkingmansTower_a.jpg


I've been playing for 25 years. I played through Ampeg for 9 years. I got rid of all of my Ampeg stuff to get a GK 1001 RB-II and the SWR cab above. Sounds cleaner than the Ampeg because of the tweeter, and it has the same speakers. Compared to my current rig, Ampeg sounds muddy. That's right. I said it! Have you ever heard a stereo without a sub and thought "there's something missing"? Same thing, only the inverse. There's only so much you can do if there is nothing in the cab to catch the other frequencies.

Guys, don't be afraid to stray away from Ampeg. There's plenty of better sounding gear out there. Judge with your ears, not by the name on the label.
 
Guys, don't be afraid to stray away from Ampeg. There's plenty of better sounding gear out there. Judge with your ears, not by the name on the label.

I've actually consciously steered away from them after being warned against them by many local bassists (due to reliability issues in the early LOUD years). But after I started getting into tube amps, they're almost the only things that I play.