Members Zappa74 Posted October 29, 2011 Members Share Posted October 29, 2011 $350 for a 'reissue' or for a few bucks more a '60s original - I'll take the latter.Not to say those aren't nice amps - they definitely are - its just with the originals going for just a little bit more I wonder what the appeal is for those things. Got mine for $299 brand new. I was unable to find a better deal. Also, I have zero interest in having an old amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pewtershmit Posted October 29, 2011 Members Share Posted October 29, 2011 Just looked on the back, you're right. It's Korean. I thought Ampeg was making stuff in Vietnam at some point.... Its funny you say that, because I totally thought it was Vietnamese too, then when I took it apart and baaaaaaaaaam, peanut butter and jaaaaaaaaaaaam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TravvyBear Posted October 29, 2011 Members Share Posted October 29, 2011 Its funny you say that, because I totally thought it was Vietnamese too, then when I took it apart and baaaaaaaaaam, peanut butter and jaaaaaaaaaaaam. what'reya looking at meh gut fer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted October 30, 2011 Members Share Posted October 30, 2011 Got mine for $299 brand new.I was unable to find a better deal.Also, I have zero interest in having an old amp. I got my vintage one for $350. Also I have zero interest in new amps that need rubber bands around the tubes to work properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kap'n Posted October 30, 2011 Members Share Posted October 30, 2011 Also I have zero interest in new amps that need rubber bands around the tubes to work properly. Having never had to use them - is it a problem with new amps or new tubes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zooey Posted October 30, 2011 Members Share Posted October 30, 2011 The tube rattle has been an issue since Saint Louis Music (aka Crate) was manufacturing Ampeg "reissues." I think quality actually went up a bit when Loud moved manufacturing to CMs in Asia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted October 30, 2011 Members Share Posted October 30, 2011 MB, you can find those high temp o-rings at McMaster-Carr for pennies. http://www.mcmaster.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted October 30, 2011 Members Share Posted October 30, 2011 I got my vintage one for $350. Yeah but it would be sacrilegious to modify it. You can take of these amps and modify it into almost anything you want instead of running out and buying a new amp when your tastes in music change. It's all point to point on turret board making it really easy to mod and the topography is just your basic long tailed pair phase inverter amp of which dozens of designs are based off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THAT4301 Posted October 30, 2011 Members Share Posted October 30, 2011 I'm not sure ampeg even ever made any 240V valve amps, never seen one for sale in my entire life in the UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members erksin Posted October 30, 2011 Members Share Posted October 30, 2011 Yeah but it would be sacrilegious to modify it. You can take of these amps and modify it into almost anything you want instead of running out and buying a new amp when your tastes in music change. It's all point to point on turret board making it really easy to mod and the topography is just your basic long tailed pair phase inverter amp of which dozens of designs are based off. Who the hell are you - Dan Torres? Oh right, Dan Torres wouldn't give a {censored} if it was vintage before he modded it. I was assuming he bought the amp because he liked how it sounded - my mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SirJackdeFuzz Posted October 30, 2011 Members Share Posted October 30, 2011 Those are FANTASTIC amps !!! The tone they kick out is deff not small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted October 30, 2011 Members Share Posted October 30, 2011 Who the hell are you - Dan Torres? Oh right, Dan Torres wouldn't give a {censored} if it was vintage before he modded it. I was assuming he bought the amp because he liked how it sounded - my mistake. But srs, they're a plywood cab, steel chassis, and turret board construction. Decent transformers. Pretty well made by today's standards and pretty cheap on the used market. If you got bored with it down the road you could convert it into one of a dozen other amps and not have it bother your conscience as I doubt you'll be seeing these skyrocket in price 20 years from now (see just about all the other vintage Ampeg's for more details). If you weren't handy doing the mods yourself I doubt an amp tech would charge you more than $100 or so to move a few caps and resistors around. Voil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BAXANDALL Posted October 30, 2011 Members Share Posted October 30, 2011 An early one was my first amp. It was really really nice. Unfortunately I was a kid and "experimented" with it. I screwed a cheap horn to it and did some other stuff that was, in retrospect, obnoxious and stupid. I've always wanted another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members christianatl Posted October 31, 2011 Members Share Posted October 31, 2011 I've bought this little fella twice. I love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted October 31, 2011 Members Share Posted October 31, 2011 I've bought this little fella twice. I love it. That sort of looks like the early 5F1 Champs that were covered with black tolex. What is that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TravvyBear Posted October 31, 2011 Members Share Posted October 31, 2011 Pro Jr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SnorkelMonkey Posted October 31, 2011 Members Share Posted October 31, 2011 Pro Jr Ahh thank you Mr. T! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArrMatey Posted October 31, 2011 Members Share Posted October 31, 2011 I'm not sure ampeg even ever made any 240V valve amps, never seen one for sale in my entire life in the UK well I must have been lucky! I just picked up one last week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THAT4301 Posted October 31, 2011 Members Share Posted October 31, 2011 what and where? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Moustache_Bash Posted November 1, 2011 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2011 MB, you can find those high temp o-rings at McMaster-Carr for pennies. http://www.mcmaster.com Thanks, for the link. I hit up a bunch of hardware stores this morning, but none of them had silicon o rings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ArrMatey Posted November 2, 2011 Members Share Posted November 2, 2011 what and where? someone pointed me towards this guy that sold one in hertfordshire. Ok price as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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