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the Official Ampeg Club Part 5
- Thread starter FloydianAnimal
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You guys are killing me with these V4B pics rodl! LOL!Like this. ....
It's getting a lot of use.
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I know you meant it half-kidding, but just for those who think it's really "settling"...Having done an AB on a gig with my new V4B and Heritage SVT-CL, the only way you're settling with a V4B is if you don't want to lug 85 lbs around and don't need the extra volume. Tonally and balls-wise, the V4B lacks for nothing. And this is in comparison to an SVT that has a Heyboer output transformer and not the stock one
I was absolutely kidding on the "settling"! A new V4B is #1 on my GAS list. I still say to this day that my 76 V4B and SVT 810 cab was the best sounding rig I ever owned! Btw, a drummer that we both know helped me schlep that rig many times!I know you meant it half-kidding, but just for those who think it's really "settling"...Having done an AB on a gig with my new V4B and Heritage SVT-CL, the only way you're settling with a V4B is if you don't want to lug 85 lbs around and don't need the extra volume. Tonally and balls-wise, the V4B lacks for nothing. And this is in comparison to an SVT that has a Heyboer output transformer and not the stock one
Hello fellow Ampegers. Bought my first Ampeg about a year ago...the v1 BA108. LOVE that little thing. Then I bought a PF-500 back in November. Love that too.
Here's the BA hiding back there:
Here's the BA hiding back there:
Now all you need is the Ampeg cabs and you're set
BA108 is a very underrated little practice amp. For only $100, it's got a sound. I still use mine on the smallest of my small gigs...usually with this little old timey jazz trio I sub with.
BA108 is a very underrated little practice amp. For only $100, it's got a sound. I still use mine on the smallest of my small gigs...usually with this little old timey jazz trio I sub with.
I do need an Ampeg cab, Jimmy. An 810e ideally that but that's a bit large for a practice rig. LOL.Now all you need is the Ampeg cabs and you're set
BA108 is a very underrated little practice amp. For only $100, it's got a sound. I still use mine on the smallest of my small gigs...usually with this little old timey jazz trio I sub with.
I love the BA108. The tone is tremendous. I keep it in the living room now so I don't have to walk all the way upstairs where that pic was taken. HA.
I hope to pick up an 410he some day. Though a PF210 isn't out of the question. Chances are I'll never gig again so I really don't need a 410 or even the PF500 for that matter.
A number request please to this most prestigious club. I submit my just-unboxed Ampeg BA-210 v2. Have to wait until tomorrow night to try it out, but it feels solid and smells new.
Thanks kindly!
I was checking out local craigslist ads and found what seems like a rare Ampeg tube amp. Its a 1959 835 with the original speaker that looks to be a 15" and labeled a Concert speaker. The seller posted pics and the tubes seem to be 6L6s and maybe some other older iterations of a GC type tube. I looked it up and it supposedly puts out 35 watts and was made for both guitar and bass. Anyway, the seller listed it for $800. I am in NJ, the land of old 'Pegs and thought it would be cool to have it next to my Linden NJ V4B and SVTII for the right price.
Does anyone have any info or experience with these? I'm thinking JimmyM will reply with his vast amounts of Ampeg historical knowledge.
Does anyone have any info or experience with these? I'm thinking JimmyM will reply with his vast amounts of Ampeg historical knowledge.
Unfortunately, I have zero experience with them. I can tell you that the speaker is likely a Jensen Concert C15N, which would be the original speaker they put in them, and it's an open backed design with a very light duty speaker, so cranking it into the red is not what you want to do But a lot of jazz upright players used it back then, and at the time it was considered as good as it got in bass amplification. My late friend Marshall Lytle from the original Bill Haley And His Comets said he used one back in the day and it sounded great but wouldn't go loud at all. And then Jess Oliver came up with the B-15 and Ampeg discontinued all their other bass amps immediately and these pretty much disappeared overnight.
However, I totally agree that it would be awesome to have one and might even make a pretty nice low volume recording amp. But its low practicality factor means that unless I hit Lotto, I won't be getting one.
But a lot of jazz upright players used it back then, and at the time it was considered as good as it got in bass amplification. My late friend Marshall Lytle from the original Bill Haley And His Comets said he used one back in the day and it sounded great but wouldn't go loud at all. And then Jess Oliver came up with the B-15 and Ampeg discontinued all their other bass amps immediately and these pretty much disappeared overnight. However, I totally agree that it would be awesome to have one and might even make a pretty nice low volume recording amp. But its low practicality factor means that unless I hit Lotto, I won't be getting one.
