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Just gave it a proper loud 2 hour blast at the studios. Flippin great sound!!!! Very, very very SVT. Very happy. Now, just got to sit here an hour to let it cool down before I can move it!

Had it checked by a guy who used to be a top ampeg tech. He said the amp sounds great and is built great too. The main issue turned out to be the valve prongs were a little too short to connect 100% solid all the time so they were slightly moving and causing arcing in the end which did the fuses in. All fired up and sounding great now.

Picking it up from the techs today. Theyve fixed it, so should be all singing and dancing by this afternoon!

I still want an ampeg svt classic or svt 2. Even though I know I dont need one, or want to lift one, or have the maintenance on one.... but I still want one.

I love hot covers. Very helpful and friendly. Great covers too.

Frustratingly it's still at the tech's, they still havent even had a look at it yet to let me know what's wrong.

Tiny Turner? Stung?

A fortune! That's if it hasn't been damaged before. I dont know why they would remove all the valves. Seems odd.

Ive seen that myself this week. I think that's the VBA all valve amp, not the DBS hybrid. It's a weird listing, as it says it works fine, but doesnt come with valves?!

The originAL preamp pedal for some reason has this. Youd think its be the same as the abm pre amp section but it isnt (well, mine wasnt anyway). It has much much more drive and break up in it. So much, it was difficult to tame. But sounded great.

Cheers.

I'm after x2 gold knobs if possible? Thanks.

Hi all, Does anyone know a knob that will fit the emg geezer butler pots? They seem to be 6mm but my existing 6mm ones dont fit?

What is and what should never be is class. Has a great bassline too.

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I've dropped it at the tech, but my gut feeling says the speakonnwas the issue and it's probably wiped out the valves. It was just very odd. As if you could hear them losing power. The amp has individual valve leds on the back and theyve all now come on.... We'll see.

I've just installed some geezer emgs today. Simple to do once you've worked he instructions out. (the instructions are for all kinds of basses). The sound is really good. Pretty much awesome. Very punchy and clear. No soldering needed. Even the existing earth wire from your bridge can be left in situ and just clamped to the emg one. Only niggles - no foam for under the pickups, and my existing vol and tone knobs no longer fit. But an easy fix on both points. Realistically itll take around an hour to two hours to do, but it is easy. Highly recommended.

Yeh, I've contacted a tech to have a look. See what he thinks.

So.... after years of searching I found Bugera BVV3000 infinum all valve 300w bass amp. Came with large 1x15 and 1x12 cab. I've had valve amps before - Laney Nexus tube and Ashdown CTM300 - sold them because of impracticality and they were quite valuable. Anywho, this Bugera was shown working perfect on pick up, and worked perfectly here at home for a few days. Glorious SVT sound. A better sound in my opinion than the other 2 all valve amps - VERY svt. So, I thought I'd try it with my 4ohm barefaced cab. The previous cab only used jacks, so I used the Speakon on this. There was an instant white noise like a detuner radio. It did settle, but was very valve break up like at low volume. I then tried a Speakon to jack lead and no change. I've now brought in the original cab and theres no sound and all the lights on the rear are lit. What a pfaff. Really dont need this. So, unless anyone knows a quick fix itll be up for sale. The previous owner also gave me x4 6650 sovtek valves as spares. It was always connected to a load, and always switched on and off correctly. Gutted, because it sounded awesome.

I love the black and gold, but the purple in your first pic looks amazing!

As an Ashdown fan, and I've had loads - abm2, mag, superfly, lg1000, rm500 and x2 abm600, I'd recommend a Gallien Krueger Fusion 550. Dont get this mixed up with the fusion series or the mb range. The 550 (not 500) is the valve / solid state hybrid. Weighs similar to the abm600 but for me it's much louder, much punchier and much warmer. It also has 2 channels, a big valve preamp and a superb sound, as well as memory for saving your settings. It sound very valve like and has an instantaneous response. Sits in the mix really well and is just right for me.

Thanks.