Members GRANKOR Posted October 23, 2007 Members Share Posted October 23, 2007 SVT Classic and 8x10 cab. Sounded as good as ever, got the guys at the shop to take the back off and it looked clean inside. Now whether I can justify the cost... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T. Alan Smith Posted October 23, 2007 Members Share Posted October 23, 2007 SVT Classic and 8x10 cab. Sounded as good as ever... Thats impossible! :poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ThudMaker Posted October 23, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 23, 2007 SVT Classic and 8x10 cab. Sounded as good as ever, got the guys at the shop to take the back off and it looked clean inside. Now whether I can justify the cost...It's not justifiable. Vietnamese labor is cheaper. Loud Technologies should have reduced the price for you, but they'd rather keep the extra profit above and beyond what they were making here in America.:poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GRANKOR Posted October 23, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 23, 2007 It really did. I've only played through US ones before obviously and this one sounded just as good. Unless you just don't like SVTs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jackcheez Posted October 23, 2007 Members Share Posted October 23, 2007 That Jazz bass will sound great through the SVT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GRANKOR Posted October 23, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 23, 2007 yeah I took it in for a setup when I noticed the rig... Gonna collect it tomorrow and try it out again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hawkhuff Posted October 23, 2007 Members Share Posted October 23, 2007 How much and is it new? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted October 23, 2007 Members Share Posted October 23, 2007 theyre just not worth the price theyre asking for them... these days, with that price you can get a used Sunn head... a GK... an Ashdown... i dont know, lots of them... but if you really like Ampeg, go for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members T. Alan Smith Posted October 23, 2007 Members Share Posted October 23, 2007 theyre just not worth the price theyre asking for them... these days, with that price you can get a used Sunn head... a GK... an Ashdown... i dont know, lots of them...but if you really like Ampeg, go for it! I hear ya, but that's not comparing apples to apples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Undead Sycip Posted October 23, 2007 Members Share Posted October 23, 2007 theyre just not worth the price theyre asking for them... these days, with that price you can get a used Sunn head... a GK... an Ashdown... i dont know, lots of them...but if you really like Ampeg, go for it! A Sunn, a GK or an Ashdown will not sound like an Ampeg. Your last statement sums it up. IMO, it's better to get them SVTs used. And they're not hard to find used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jackcheez Posted October 23, 2007 Members Share Posted October 23, 2007 IMO, it's better to get them SVTs used. And they're not hard to find used. Depending where you live, used ones can go pretty quickly so jump on 'em if you see 'em. I have one of each. An older one (1979) and a new one. The new ones have some nice features the older ones don't have like a direct out, master volume, and tube bias lights for home biasing. New ones also have all new tubes. I wouldn't try to steer someone away from either new or used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted October 23, 2007 Members Share Posted October 23, 2007 i mean... one of my dreams is to have an Ampeg 8x10 stack of the 70's... but its just not comparable... the old ones sounded unarguably much better then the new ones... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Undead Sycip Posted October 23, 2007 Members Share Posted October 23, 2007 Older gear always sounds better than newer models. At least to a musician. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mudbass Posted October 23, 2007 Members Share Posted October 23, 2007 got the guys at the shop to take the back off... Jezuz. I hope they had the good sense to check it for boobie traps first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bbl Posted October 23, 2007 Members Share Posted October 23, 2007 It's not justifiable. Vietnamese labor is cheaper. Loud Technologies should have reduced the price for you, but they'd rather keep the extra profit above and beyond what they were making here in America.:poke: Socialist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ThudMaker Posted October 23, 2007 Moderators Share Posted October 23, 2007 Socialist! I prefer responsible capitalist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members D Aussie Posted October 23, 2007 Members Share Posted October 23, 2007 I prefer responsible capitalist. HA!Oxymoron:love: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members poorboy Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 Did it look the same? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ministryoflower Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 From this day forward ....a NEW SVT will be called........NAMPEG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GRANKOR Posted October 24, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 It was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeonVomit Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 It was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GRANKOR Posted October 24, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 nah I live in Leeds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeonVomit Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 Wow lol ok I don't know where Iceland came from then. Anyway, if you like Ampeg, get it. Simple! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seraphim7s Posted October 24, 2007 Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 Don't you live in Iceland? I wouldn't be surprised.Anyway, Ashdown shifted production of their ABM stuff to China, but dropped the price accordingly. They now charge crazy money for their Klystron stuff though.It was pretty sneaky of Ampeg to not even mention anything about the shift to 'Nam on their website, though. Yeh I noticed the ABM stuff go down in price. My gear is all UK made - but I got good deals on the head & cab. Having emailed Ashdown quite a few times, the diff between the old UK-made ABM stuff and the new Klystron head is really superficial. Mostly cosmetic tbh. The cabs now have different drivers, tho, and weigh much less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GRANKOR Posted October 24, 2007 Author Members Share Posted October 24, 2007 yeah the new ashdown cabs have neodynium (sp?) speakers in them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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