The Ampeg From Hell

[anonymous278347457]

I love it how there is a ladder next to it.

 

[Warpeg]

Here's the AV version!

There are a few clubs that I play in that this rig couldn't even fit in! The ceiling would be too low.

I don't even think an F-350 would fit this thing. It would have to be delivered by box truck or similar. I'm going to take a guess at 12' for that rig.

 

[Buster Brown]

Takes me back to the 80's when the "hair bands" would have a dozen or so cabs on stage for each guitar and the same for bass....while only one for each guy worked....

difference here is that that monster actually works!!

 

[heytrid]

just when i thought my svt-av was a big amp

now i want the big one

just lay it on its side

 

[Hawaii Islander]

If you could afford a "Big Rig" like that, you could afford a trailer custom made to haul it. A powered hand truck wouldn't hurt either.

It wouldn't even fit in my house.

 

[eedre]

You'd need 30' cable just to reach from the floor to the head!

 

[meev992]

It wouldn't even fit in my house.

It would need it's own door

 

[allexcosta]

I'm scared... How am I gonna sleep tonight after seeing this?

 

[meev992]

You'd need 30' cable just to reach from the floor to the head!

or a decent wireless setup

 

[Frankie Fender]

Forget the cab, but I'd like to take a shot at that 600 watt all-tube head!

I think I could handle it and I would lay my Bergie on its side to support it. Probably need one or both guitarists to help me lift it up there though.

 

[jp1994]

just lay it on its side

On it's side, the whole band could get up on it and use it as a stage!!!

 

[bobyoung53]

One of those amps was made for the 92 (I think 92 was the year) monsters of Rock tour for Michael Anthony, it was a 600 watt 32 speaker amp, was actually like two heads and 4 cabs in one. A guy I knew used to use that configuration in local clubs here in MA in a band called Buck with his 4001S bass, his name was Jamie Pease. Great sounding original band. His were not attached obviously.
The special amp never went out on tour because the other bands complained. They made several more which ended up in Japan, I've never seen these 36 speaker cabs though. One head and two cabs is extremely loud as was said before, about the loudest you'd ever need unless you were next to a bottom heavy guitarist using Marshall majors, then you could use the extra head.

 

[Colonel Monk]

I wonder if this was the inspiration for that giant ampeg?



Luv it.

 

[Surly]

Like Ampegs aren't beautiful enough....GIANT AMPEGS....<wipes tear from eye>

 

[debassr]

So...freakin...cool.

 

[bennybass]

...wow...

 

[Rhythm5]

I got to encounter this beast in a different setting. I worked on a TV show called "Big" where we built, well, big things. We built a giant guitar on the show and were lucky enough to have Ampeg bring down an appropriate rig for the guitar. Best part of it was having Peter Frampton play the guitar with a 2ft. long slide. The pickups were custom made by Seymore Duncan himself. As to the Ampeg, I'm not sure of the exact number, but I am certain the low E on the guitar was well below 30hz (the strings were something like 12' long). The Ampeg handled it just fine. This amp is WAY loud!

Me and my boys (and I am 6'4")

Here's a good shot of the guitar with the Ampeg in the background.

 

[Bass Boy]

In one of the bass magazines a few years back there was a pic of Hutch Hutchinson playing one. There was a guy on a ladder adjusting the tone controls!

 

[Rhythm5]

Man, would it be fun to lower your strap down a few inches, grab a pick and crank this sucker up, or what? (permanent hearing loss most likely)

 

[gahpg]

lol, I wanna watch that fall on someone on stage.

Or maybe see some idiot knock it down at the end of a song and next thing you know his band is getting a call from China complaining that their amp is holding up traffic down in Hong Kong.