bigjohn

Hiya, I'm a righty I'm afraid. Although I've used the amp left handed before and it was fine. I agree about the fairy lights. It would look aWeSomE I'm not going to lie to you and say it sounds massive - it is after all a 100W and 50W biamped set up. BUT - It's physically big which helps with the whole volume displacement and SPL thing - AND it's biamped. Each amp is only sending frequencies for which the speaker is designed (they're ampeg cusotm eminence speakers) to handle - so there's a less of the normal amp / speaker clipping / distortion going on. It just gets louder rather than changing tone as you turn it up. That said - it doesn't keep up with VERY loud drummers. And I did fry it once trying to do so. However, it got repaired by the very knowledgeable and most excellent John Wood of [url="http://www.chambonino.com/"]John Wood Transformers[/url] (John's stuff is that the bottom) who completely rebuilt the power amp section for me using better parts than Ampeg used to build it... so the same thing won't happen again (he's very confident of that - in fact I'm pretty sure he'd allow me to pass on the guarantee to whoever buys it that the same thing won't ever happen again). The power amp transistors are now US made Motorolas. It's been right as rain (in fact righter than rain) since. It does keep up easily with drummers and guitarists that aren't effing stupid. Which our old drummer isn't, but he is stupidly loud. This is him [url="http://www.myspace.com/antronhy"]Antrohny Oh[/url] - possibly one of the loudest drummers on planet Earth... Then again my Marshall JCM800 rig struggled sometimes. This amp has kept up nicely with the two other drummers I've used it with and always sounds great when I've let other bands use it. It is actually the only amp I've had questions about and compliments from from random punters. I've even played gigs with the -15pad switched in and not felt anything awry. If I had enough money to buy Tiny Tim the biggest turkey in the shop I'd keep it. But I've not. And I've also got amps and cabs coming out of me ears at the moment...

Like this... That's not it - but I couldn't tell the difference if you paid me. It's in very good nick. It's also built like a tank, so I'm not surprised it's in good nick Although - despite it being quite heavy, it has side handles and tilts back onto built in casters. So apart from thin stairways - it's remarkably mobile. In fact I've taken it to a gig on the bus before It's 150W biamped. A 100W power amp goes into the 15", a 50W goes into the 8". It's got a rotary "balance" knob which controls the crossover. Here's the manual [url="http://www.ampeg.com/manuals/B-3.PDF"]Ampeg b3158[/url]. It's a great amp. It's like a tall SVT classic 15" cab with a built in head! I love it - but I've replaced it really, and the goose is getting fat and I want some of it at Christmas so needs must. It's a bit big to post... So collection is really the only option. I'm in Nottingham but would come and meet on the M1 or A1 maybe. for those of you worried that it wouldn't be loud enough... I wouldn't worry - it's a [b]LOT[/b] louder than the 150w it's labelled with - both because of it's size (Ampeg reckon it has an SPL of 125db ) and that it's biamped helps a great deal. When it was new, it was the loudest ampeg combo ever built. withdrawn. It's worth more than £275!

[quote name='RhysP' post='677917' date='Dec 8 2009, 02:12 PM']So, judging by everybodies comments above, using a 300 watt head with this cab would be a waste of time, yes?[/quote] Hmmm... that does depend on what head it is. I used to use a Marshall JCM800 100W head to power 2 of them. But that's valves for ya. And the Marshall's tone cut through. What's unique about these cabs is the high bandwidth. If you put 300W of midrange into them - they'll sound LOUD. If you put 300W of really low frequency into em - you'll hardly hear it. You'll feel it. As will your window frames, but you won't hear it...

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Bump

"Sounding like a 60's Jazz Bass without the 60-cycle buzz. That's the sound of the Vintage "Noiseless" Jazz Bass pickup."

Sorry for not updating. These were sold ages ago.

[quote name='ben604' post='663973' date='Nov 24 2009, 04:38 PM']Yeah, that seems to be the consensus, apparently Alexclaber and Bigjohn, their previous owners, were sticking 1k @ 4-ohms into each! So I can see where I'm going wrong at 300w each...Time to buy a ridiculous power amp....[/quote] I was "only" putting 600w into each of them unfortunately But I reckon 1000w is where it's at - they easily handled 600w each. They're mad, bad b*stards. (or quite chilled out dinner guests... that's their beauty) I've got an email from Acme somewhere saying "yes, we rate them @350w but that's more of a minimum rather than a maximum" I might be able to put you in touch a 750w per channel C-audio power amp if you want Ben. I've had a tip off from someone who thought I still had these cabs and has just serviced it. Good amp for it he reckons - switchable power supply and all that (which is what you need really for driving these things) Might be cheapish I dunno. I have a mobile number. PM me if you want it.