G-bitch Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 (edited) yeeeeeeessss! Going to be shaking the foundations when I get home tonight! Have at ye, bitches! Edited August 23, 2007 by G-bitch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Horse Murphy Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 I'll be listening out for you....from Woking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 So how much was it.... (including taxes etc)? And where from....? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-bitch Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 I'll tell you when it arrives - I'm anticipating £850ish all in. Came from Bass Central. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-bitch Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 OK, the credit card amount for cab + shipping from Bass Central was £741 ($1.96 to the pound), and I've just had to pay £130 in duty, VAT and UPS handling charge. £871 for a speaker cab. Holy sh*t. This had better be the tits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichBowman Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Wow! Not too bad, considering how frickking awesome they're supposed to be! Will be listening out from Cambridge too! Nice one mate! Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-bitch Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 Can't wait to get it home and hook up the V4!! I also got a Baja tech volume control for the Ampeg too which I haven't tried yet ([url="http://www.bajatechcustom.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=65"]http://www.bajatechcustom.com/catalog/prod...?products_id=65[/url]) thankfully I don't have any plans this evening. Also, I've just sorted my replacement pedalboard (Fulltone bassdrive, Keeley Modded RAT, Crowther prunes & custard, Korg tuner all through a Loooper) - just need to hook it all up together and then my entire rig is sorted! I knew there was a good reason to replace my broken camera at the weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashevans09 Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Sweet baby jesus... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-bitch Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share Posted August 23, 2007 So, 20 minutes into widdling and I swap the cab over for the guy just picking up my old one to hear and I blow a frigging fuse! Trip to Maplins this lunch time - can't believe I had no spare fuses! Take two this evening (thank god my girlfriend is out the country). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJW Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 but but... how was the 20 minutes of widdling? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-bitch Posted August 23, 2007 Author Share Posted August 23, 2007 She rides! Sounds friggin' amazing - gone from a fair bit of eq to next to just a little bass and mid boost. Cracking. Also sounds great with OD and distortion. It cost one hell of a lot of money but I don't anticipate ever needing anything else. Going to try and pick up an old Peavey T-Max as a backup head though just in case the 30 year old Ampeg ever shits it on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chopthebass Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 It looks quite compact - or is that Ampeg a bit of a monster in size! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-bitch Posted August 24, 2007 Author Share Posted August 24, 2007 it is pretty compact - but that Ampeg is also the same width as a marshall guitar head IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetera Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 Lovely cab Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tayste_2000 Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 So that's a 120w ampeg then? How loud is it, I've been thinking of getting one but I'm worried it won't be loud enough. Any info you can give mate would be excellent. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-bitch Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 Depends if you want loud/clean or can live with a little power amp valve saturation (not distorted as such, just a little edge to it and slightly compressed sounding). If you want super loud [i]and[/i] super clean then forget about it, otherwise they're as loud, if not louder, than anything I've owned before. I don't want to make too many direct comparisons with amps I've had in the past as they've all been used with different cabs, but I'll try and rationalise my impressions with similar speaker configs: Mesa/Boogie D-180 through Glockenklang Quattro. Louder, but this is proabably the cab more than . Various pre-amps into (Sansamp PSA-1, Yamaha PB1, BDDI pedalboard direct) Matrix STR1500 1500w power amp bridged into Glockenklang Quattro. Would compete but not be as clean. Seriously. Peavey T-max through SWR Bigfoot 2x12 and Peavey 210txf (getting 500w out of the head). Louder. It's probably best to simply ignore the power rating on any valve amp and just give it a blast. I'd say it was more than enough for your average arena show (goes down to 2 ohms so you could use two 810s). Offer still stands for a test run here in Brum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul, the Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 [quote name='tayste_2000' post='52763' date='Aug 30 2007, 01:20 PM']So that's a 120w ampeg then? How loud is it, I've been thinking of getting one but I'm worried it won't be loud enough. Any info you can give mate would be excellent. Cheers[/quote] A -salesman- told me that to get a valve/SS comparison you times the valve by 3.3 to get its SS equivalent. I wasn't buying any valve gear at the time though. Can anyone back that up/argue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-bitch Posted August 30, 2007 Author Share Posted August 30, 2007 [quote name='paul, the' post='52965' date='Aug 30 2007, 07:43 PM']A -salesman- told me that to get a valve/SS comparison you times the valve by 3.3 to get its SS equivalent. I wasn't buying any valve gear at the time though. Can anyone back that up/argue?[/quote] Far, far too many variables to even use that as a rule of thumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexclaber Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 [quote name='paul, the' post='52965' date='Aug 30 2007, 07:43 PM']A -salesman- told me that to get a valve/SS comparison you times the valve by 3.3 to get its SS equivalent.[/quote] How very creative! Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basszilla Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 Hmmmm. Been tempted by one of these badboys for a while now. You'lll have to do a full review G when you've given it a good thrashing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-bitch Posted August 31, 2007 Author Share Posted August 31, 2007 I'll try and get some samples done at some point too as it's been a while since I've used a proper rig regularly (been DI only for the last 4 years) I'm hesitant to do a comprehensive review! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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