Ampeg Portaflex PF-350 - £80 - Please Read Description
£80

chrisaxe · June 9, 2018

Hello,

So I'm selling an Ampeg PF-350. I have owned this for around a year, and have gigged it lightly in that time. Recently it's just been sat at home and used for low volume practise. There are a few things that need some attention with the amp, hence the low price:

As you can see from the photos this is a little...er... road worn. There are a few screws missing from the lid - the lid is still held securely, and you can probably find replacements for these easily, although one or two were cross threaded and had to be removed so I'm not sure how easy it would be to just screw new ones right in. There are also some scratches and general wear and tear.

The functionality of the amp in unaffected - no damage to any of the pots / switches and it all works as it should.

The main reason I stopped using this is rattle. I originally had this mounted to the flip top 210 cab, but I found that the vibrations from the cab would cause a loud rattling / buzzing noise from within the amp. When I unmounted the amp from the cab and just placed it on top of the cab instead, these rattles were reduced. If I lift the amp away from the cab and place it to one side, the rattles disappear. I have tried to isolate the buzz, opening the amp to see if any components were the obvious culprits - but to no avail.

I am sure that this is possible to sort if you're a little more tech-savvy than myself - if you can then you've got yourself a great little amp for a low low price. You could also use this for silent recording - it has a good sounding DI out and can be ran safely without a speaker load. So you could get some of that Ampeg tone whilst recording silently.

I can throw in a kettle lead, but unfortunately not a speaker cable.

Link to spec on Ampeg website - https://ampeg.com/products/portaflex/pf-350/

Anyway, I've attached plenty of photos and tried to describe this one as accuracy as possible. You're welcome to come try it out, and any more questions just drop me a message.

Chris.

Oh - located in Bristol, happy to ship ay buyers expense.