ampeg svt

[mumra]

Hallo to all.I have an ampeg svt4pro head and i find here in greece a guy that wants to trade it with an svt 2 pro. What is your opinion?

[molan]

Personally I much prefer the 2 to the 4 but the 2 is a heavy beast.

Need to check that the valves are in very good condition because a complete re-valve on a 2 can be big money

[mumra]

OK.Thanks.I like the 4 pro (except that i cant get the watts that can give)
Someday i would like to have an all tube amp and i am an Ampeg fun.

[mumra]

noone else.the guy said that he put off the "springs " that hold the tubes cause this springs may broke the tubes.

[dave74200]

The 2 pro is better than the 4 IMO but it's ludicrously heavy.

[Anders]

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The 2 pro is better than the 4 IMO but it's ludicrously heavy.
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I agree.
If you can find out how well that 2 pro has been taken care of.If it's been serviced lately I wouldn't hesitate.

[Billy Apple]

The springs on the valve retainers should not break the valves. I have a Pro II and would not want to swap it despite the weight. His sound's like a lemon and maybe that's why he's trying to off-load it.

[mike257]

A bassist I tech for had no end of reliability issues with his SVT2s, old and new ones. After some coaxing from me and borrowing my lightweight head for a few shows he decided a change was in order. He's ended up going Aguilar and doesn't miss the SVT one bit. If your SVT4 is solid and reliable I don't think i'd risk a trade for an amp of unknown history that could be really expensive to maintain if you have problems with it.

[mumra]

thanks to all.I decide not to trade it cause I dont know the history of the amp. Ill stay with my svt 4 pro and 410 HE cab.
Now the only i ll try to find is an aria pro ii sb black n gold bass