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sankukai41
Published on 05/09/07 at 02:55
Value For Money :
Excellent
- 4 12AX7 preamp tube and a 12AU7 quality really mean (see explanation in the overall opinion).
- 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
A direct input of the amplifier 3 SVT 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
- Adjustable gain and master, eq low, medium (5 positions adjustable frequency), treble + 9-band graphic EQ, low and high boost, tube gain settings for a more or less warm.
UTILIZATION
The configuration is simple. You plug the bass and immediately was the sound that kills.
The manual in English and Spanish is very clear and to find a sound to its taste quickly thanks to the presets provided.
SOUNDS
I, for one, connected a cab svt 410 HLF with this amp, so I use all the power.
My bass is a stingray 4 string chords with DR.
The sound is huge, it's Ampeg. There is some grain, it goes down very low and the medium is very aggressive.
I play in a group of punk-hardcore, and it should totally this musical style.
OVERALL OPINION
This configuration: + Ampeg Musicman, I have dreamed for a long time and now it's done, and I do not regret it at all.
However, I have a small problem to make. When I tried it for the first time, I found the sound much, but a little too clean, lacking a bit of grain.
So I opened the beast to see what tubes were installed, there was a well-GT Groove sticker on the amp, but I wanted to check. And what was my surprise to find that there was only one 12AX7 Groove GT and the other 3 were Sovtek very low end. Only the 12AU7 was quality, an Electro Harmonix.
So I decided to change all that. After some advice, I changed all the Sovtek 12AX7 LPS by and I have kept the EH is an excellent tube.
And then there is the day and night. We keep of course the signature Ampeg, but with a grain, a dynamic, aggressive, low spectrum multiplied by 100. In addition, the definition of sound is present all the time, regardless of the volume used.
What a shame qu'Ampeg not provide this amp with tubes of better quality.
I played a lot of amp, Marshall, Trace Elliot, SWR, GK, but no, not really, has this little something or other that makes the reputation of Ampeg.
I am more than satisfied. The price / quality ratio is excellent, I had everything (svt3 pro + svt 410 HLF) for just € 1900.
Nothing in the world, I would not change.
I hear some say that the sound is too typical. I do not agree. It is typed, it's true but certainly not too much, and the grain of the bass is present. Just compare a stingray with a Fender Precision for example, and you will see there is a difference.
After it is true is a matter of taste.
- 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
A direct input of the amplifier 3 SVT 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
- Adjustable gain and master, eq low, medium (5 positions adjustable frequency), treble + 9-band graphic EQ, low and high boost, tube gain settings for a more or less warm.
UTILIZATION
The configuration is simple. You plug the bass and immediately was the sound that kills.
The manual in English and Spanish is very clear and to find a sound to its taste quickly thanks to the presets provided.
SOUNDS
I, for one, connected a cab svt 410 HLF with this amp, so I use all the power.
My bass is a stingray 4 string chords with DR.
The sound is huge, it's Ampeg. There is some grain, it goes down very low and the medium is very aggressive.
I play in a group of punk-hardcore, and it should totally this musical style.
OVERALL OPINION
This configuration: + Ampeg Musicman, I have dreamed for a long time and now it's done, and I do not regret it at all.
However, I have a small problem to make. When I tried it for the first time, I found the sound much, but a little too clean, lacking a bit of grain.
So I opened the beast to see what tubes were installed, there was a well-GT Groove sticker on the amp, but I wanted to check. And what was my surprise to find that there was only one 12AX7 Groove GT and the other 3 were Sovtek very low end. Only the 12AU7 was quality, an Electro Harmonix.
So I decided to change all that. After some advice, I changed all the Sovtek 12AX7 LPS by and I have kept the EH is an excellent tube.
And then there is the day and night. We keep of course the signature Ampeg, but with a grain, a dynamic, aggressive, low spectrum multiplied by 100. In addition, the definition of sound is present all the time, regardless of the volume used.
What a shame qu'Ampeg not provide this amp with tubes of better quality.
I played a lot of amp, Marshall, Trace Elliot, SWR, GK, but no, not really, has this little something or other that makes the reputation of Ampeg.
I am more than satisfied. The price / quality ratio is excellent, I had everything (svt3 pro + svt 410 HLF) for just € 1900.
Nothing in the world, I would not change.
I hear some say that the sound is too typical. I do not agree. It is typed, it's true but certainly not too much, and the grain of the bass is present. Just compare a stingray with a Fender Precision for example, and you will see there is a difference.
After it is true is a matter of taste.