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#268,763
dagrev said:
Lo Contour around 1:30
Process 10 o'clock

I think kind of the opposite of how you set your's IIRC. I have used your setting at times.
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Now I remember we've gone over this - I did alter my usual setting at our last BG live show to try and manage the stage sound - similar to your settings.
 
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#268,764
dagrev said:
My V4-B Reissue doesn't have the bigger and smoother lows of the V4-BH, which is has more in common with an SVT. They are different heads and not just cosmetically. The V4-B is louder, brighter and more aggressive. I prefer the BH.

The V4-BH Classic (I also have a blue line version as well) They are my favorites of the three.
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seriously over engineered…. comparing one to an equivalent 100W FSO is like comparing a Leopard to a Sherman….
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Ringhammer said:
I’ve had two V4’s and 2 V4B’s, all early ‘70’s vintage. On the V’4’s I had channel 2 modified to match the V4B’s. Just a couple of caps changed on the input circuit which that and the V4 having reverb and the V4B not, is the only difference between a V4 and V4B. One of the V4’s was modified to run 6550’s. In each case I used them with sealed 4x10 or, in the case of the one with 6550’s, a sealed 4x12. To me, they just didn’t have a fat, warm, big low end and, while they were all plenty loud, I just never warmed up to them. I had considered having a deep, 27” wide (the width of the older V4/V4B), Ampeg clone cab made that would have had really sensitive 2x15’s, mounted diagonal and ported correctly for the volume of the cab, but once I tried my Orange AD200 and the OBC115, I was sold. Smaller, lighter (well, a little lighter), and better sounding to me, this is where I’m at for tube amps now. SVT/810 at one rehearsal space, AD200/115 at the other and AD200 with 115 and/or 210 for live. PF20t and 112 at home, PF50T and 115 at studio for recording, so still plenty of Ampeg in my life.
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I will say, the old V4 4x12, loaded with updated drivers and lined, have plenty of low end and are pretty great cabs that fit under the V4. Been using one for a while and it's a solid cabinet, though there are plenty of smaller options available.

Gaolee said:
Your ACC stacks are pristine looking. They are beautiful.
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Thank you! From the front the look very good, but need some work. The 360/301 has tolex torn on the back, but the main issue is the speaker in the cab is shredded, cone surround disintegrated. But the preamp works great, and I've used that a fair bit. The power amp I believe I have fully brought back to operational functioning, just have to source a speaker. The 370 is in much better condition, but last time I fired up the head it started cutting in and out, so it needs some work as well, and has been added to the list of things I need to work on.
 
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MCF said:
When I read about the tour sponsor, I thought it was a joke. Apparently not.
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Only 20 years ago I was joking about The Stones being sponsored by Zoll (maker of automated external defibrillators (AEDs)) as one of the riders in the contract was that there had to be an AED on each side of the stage.
 
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