hamfist Posted November 19, 2014 Share Posted November 19, 2014 (edited) SOLD 1994 Ampeg SVP Pro preamp. Possibly the best preamp Ampeg ever made. It's in excellent shape for a 90's preamp (serial number dates it as 1994). A bit of buckle rash on the top and the bass knob has taken a knock at some point so is not quite straight, but still works smoothly and accurately. Having a look inside shows that this amp was built with some care and with quality components. Valves are all premium matched JJ's. It comes with a (non-original) two switch footswitch to switch the graphic EQ and mute on/off. You will have to provide your own 1/4" stereo lead though. I have not used the FX loop so cannot comment on it. It has a very impressive range of EQ and drive available. Not a high gain unit but still capable of a decent lower gain old school fuzz if that's your cup of tea. Also does a very clean clean if you want that too, and everything inbetween including those fat "just-breaking-up" Ampeg tones. A very wide range of output using the master volume knob so will be compatible with virtually any power amp or FX return of a head. I used it into the FX return of my GK 1001RB and it sounded fantastic. What you all want to know is ...... is it a quiet one or an annoying noisy one, as some of these units are. Well, I'm glad to say that on this SVP Pro the noise floor is very low. There is no noise issue at all. I have done a couple of soundclips of it (via the preamp out, which involves every valve in the signal) and you can clearly hear that there is no XS noise/hum/hiss between the playing whatsoever. There has been no noise-gating whatsoever on these clips. In fact, there has been no EQ, compression or any other effect on them, simply the tone that came out of the preamp out socket. There is a second or two of hum when you switch the unit on, as the transformers and valves get up to temp, which settles very quickly. Very normal in valve gear, and there are 5 valves in this preamp. I have found that any further minimal physical vibration from the transformers are silenced completely by simply damping the bottom of the unit with a piece of foam underneath. Classic dirty Ampeg tone, without the weight ! I almost let this go once before, but couldn't bring myself to part with it, but this time I'm afraid it has to go. Price is a bit of a bargain at £275 posted to you in mainland UK, or a bit less to collect near Southampton. No trades please. Buy with confidence, I will do my best to make sure that you are happy .... read my feedback - link at the bottom of all my posts. Soundclips made by me of this very preamp ..... [url="https://soundcloud.com/alanbridges/svp-pro-demo-2"]https://soundcloud.c.../svp-pro-demo-2[/url] [url="https://soundcloud.com/alanbridges/svp-pro-demo"]https://soundcloud.c...es/svp-pro-demo[/url] If you are more into videos, here is an excellent review video (not done by me, but this one sounds identical) ....... [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZFWBpzcTUw"]https://www.youtube....h?v=PZFWBpzcTUw[/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/svp-pro-main.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/svp-pro-top.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/svp-pro-right.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/svp-pro-left.html"][/url] [url="http://www.ephotobay.com/share/svp-pro-rear.html"][/url] Edited November 29, 2014 by hamfist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 bump Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
symcbass Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 interested in trades at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 [quote name='symcbass' timestamp='1416573705' post='2611586'] interested in trades at all? [/quote] Sorry, no trades on this one. Need the cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamfist Posted November 29, 2014 Author Share Posted November 29, 2014 price drop bump. This is becoming a bit of a bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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