gsgbass Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 If FedEx does their thing Tuesday, I'll be getting an Ampeg PF-500 head, and an Ampeg Heritage SVT-410HLF cab. Tis the season you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanA Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Congrats, please let us know how you get on, I am thinking of getting a 7 pro, love the Ampeg tone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Best cab ever made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsgbass Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 Thanks Gents. I'm glad I went with the PF-500 head over the 7Pro. A good friend is a guitar manger at a shop. He advised me to go with the PF-500 in place of the 7Pro. The 7Pro is having issues of cutting out. He has them being bought, and returned with the issue. The cab is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goingdownslow Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 (edited) And of course he advised you there have never been any issues with the PF-500... Edit- Make sure you get a bottle of replacement smoke, there is someone looking for some on another thread. [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/223947-pf500-died-yesterday/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/223947-pf500-died-yesterday/[/url] Edited December 4, 2013 by goingdownslow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsgbass Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 I haven't heard of PF-500 issues. I did switch out the PF-500 for the Markbass Little Mark lll. I didn't like the sounds with the PF-500. Great for highs, and mids, but the lows were very limited. I compared my PF-500 to Little Mark lll. The LM lll destroyed the PF-500. I don't think the PF-500 is that big of a popular head in my area. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/pWgl17T.jpg[/IMG] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I had 2 PF-500s that failed within 6 months. One would just cut out at random intervals and take a few minutes to come back on. The other just tripped out and never came back. Got a full refund and bought a second hand Ashdown JJ500. I wouldn't trust another Ampeg PF range amp ever again... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboy1984 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I don't have good experience with Ampeg solid state head. I do have a ampeg ba108 practice amp but if it breaks i'm not really bother lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waynepunkdude Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 That cab, (Y) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykilz Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 My second hand PF 500 started cutting out at first proper gig once volume was half way up with tone flat. Now have a TC BH 500 and it's ( for me,anyway ) such a much better head, way better tone and never had the volume past 3, in a silly loud 5 piece hard rock band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 [quote name='gsgbass' timestamp='1386212009' post='2297332'] I haven't heard of PF-500 issues. I did switch out the PF-500 for the Markbass Little Mark lll. I didn't like the sounds with the PF-500. Great for highs, and mids, but the lows were very limited. I compared my PF-500 to Little Mark lll. The LM lll destroyed the PF-500. I don't think the PF-500 is that big of a popular head in my area. [/quote] Think you made the right choice there, the PFs are nice amps but the Markbass amps seems to work in the same area but better, imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsgbass Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 There's Lozz196......... Hey Lozz, Yes, I don't regret doing a Little Mark lll head. I'm to the point of not trusting anything from Ampeg's heads, other than maybe an SVT tube head. If I do someday go for a tube amp, the Markbass TTE500 will be the amp head. The PF500 I had went back to the dealer's this morning. As nice as the Markbass 12's were, the HSVT-410HLF is a killer cab. It really worked out better going back to a Markbass head. I'm convinced the Markbass works for my taste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsgbass Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 [quote name='waynepunkdude' timestamp='1386061492' post='2295055'] Best cab ever made [/quote] If it's not the best cab ever made, it's up there. It really has a full sound, and it pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham1945 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 No probs with my PF800, my back loves it too! Agree that the 410HLF is a super cabinet too, but too heavy for me now, so I'm pairing the PF with a pair of Ampeg 210 Pro Neos, highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboy1984 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 Ampeg cab is really nice, i really liked the tone out of the ampeg cabs, but is the weight that really kills me. Use to own a ampeg 410 and 115 but never really want to use it due to weight issue. If weight is no issue i'm certainly happy to stay with ampeg cabs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsgbass Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 One reason I went with the Heritage SVT-410HLF, over the Classic SVT-410HLF, It weighs about 10 pounds lighter. It's rated at about 76 pounds. I kinda like the US Eminence 10's in it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badboy1984 Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 I may need to revisit the cab, I'm looking for a new cab for my Ashdown LB30. Not too keen with the TC BC212, i want something more vintage tone like ashdown or ampeg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsgbass Posted December 6, 2013 Author Share Posted December 6, 2013 [quote name='badboy1984' timestamp='1386336653' post='2298934'] I may need to revisit the cab, I'm looking for a new cab for my Ashdown LB30. Not too keen with the TC BC212, i want something more vintage tone like ashdown or ampeg. [/quote] I had a store credit that made the Heritage price easier to swallow, than the Classic. The HSVT-410HLF is $100. higher in price, than the Classic SVT-410HLF. Like said though, the lighter weight, and the [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]US Eminence 10's were a real factor for the HSVT for me. Both Ampeg cabs [b]KICK.[/b] [/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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