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Ampeg SVT-3 Pro

Bass Guitar Amp Head from Ampeg belonging to the SVT Pro series

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Published on 01/10/08 at 04:10
- 4 Sovtek Preamp 12AX7WA lamp and an electro armonix 12AU7.
- Amp transistor 275 w RMS into 8 ohms and 450 w RMS into 4 ohms

- Connectivity:
2 hp output jacks and one Speakon
DI output in post or pre preamp and XLR jack with level of knob
1 preamp output power amplifier
Between a direct in the SVT 3 amp to connect another preamp
A tuner output
A jack for a footswitch to start the eq and mute passage to agree in silence
An effects loop with send and return jacks as

- Rglage gain and master, eq low, medium (5-position adjustable frequency), bright graphic eq + a 9-band, low and high boost, tube gain rglage for a more or less warm.

UTILIZATION

- Trs simple. Dej in a flat sounds good and means the color key feature in choosing an amp. The rglages consills in the manual (consisting of a few pages) help discover a lot of his versatility: for what I concrne I am not far from the rock config.
-As stated in a comment, I changed too the 4 12AX7 WA by LPS (always Sovtek) and effectivemnt grain takes more characters and the more heat. This is not the day and night but for the price (I recommend the German site tube-town) is worth the effort.

SOUNDS

- I jous some styles, from funky rock to jazz to trip-hop and it fits perfectly. In the fingers and slap I never touch the settings, just with the mediator and I drive boosts the bass to make the sound less dry.
- My first bass is an EB Stingray with dynamic large enough and everything comes out the amp with a fawn pretty amazing, I feel the hum music man is amplified even more. So has quickly become a hard drug and seulemt attacks stomach to stop hunger grow. As I pedal MULTICOMP multidrive and EBS. I use the 8x10 Ampeg Classic and I must say that if I exceed the BPS in 1 / 4 of the gain (with gain and master tube bottom) are the other musicians face.
The sound is a little dirty, it must be said, but that's why I prefried.
I did not touch the eq because I am satisfied with its current trs.
Ah yes, the seller advised to use it mainly to recover 4 ohms full power or 6 maximum.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a month. Of course the sound is what I love most li versatility is the least DI output that does not send too much substance, but even playing on the gain has arranged.
I test the same time mark bass R500 and Gallien Krueger 1001RB-II. Bass Troisime the mark, less deep and not too many characters but when the power is the same. The GK trs trs well, I was torn between the two because the sound is more crystalline and less coloring, slap it kills and it complies with the bass sounds resortent pure. Was it even more powerful but it's hard to explain the choice, Ampeg is more seductive, more sensual as her and probably in part to the reputation and lamps but I say again, between the two has t difficult.
Quality price ratio correct, I think, for the quality. They would still stinks mm make the effort to mount 12AX7 LPS for the ridiculous price difference with WA.
I would do this choice with his eyes closed.