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Just played a white Vintage Pro at Rockshop in Dunedin and.... I am in love!!!!! It appears they have been available in the land down under-er since October. Anyway, it is a flawless beast of a bass. looks and feels stunning Beautiful finishing and just feels a class above the previous incarnations. This thing is a tone monster. The pickups growl like nothing else. Would love to AB with my Gibson Studio IV. Anyway, I thought it would be another 'maybe'. But it's now number one on the hit list. Now, Black or White....

No problem mate. Spent most of yesterday giving the 800 a real workout. flipped between Precisions and Jazz then Stingray and Thunderbird. Took it to rehearsal with my Ampeg Baby bass and it sang. Waaaay more heft and clarity than the 350. The drummer loved it.

I just flipped (see what I did there) my 350 in favour of the 800. I am also running a single cab, though mine is the 15he. Have never tried the 210 but would love one as all my other Ampegs are 10's. I loved the the simplicity of the 350 but found it was slightly lacking in headroom. So I really had to crank it but without clipping it out. So had to use PA support at gigs. Were you cranking yours a fair bit? All the lights on and no sound is protection mode I think, so it sounds as though it was over-driven quite a bit. The cabs are rated at 400w I believe and the the 350 only put out around 250 with a single cab if memory serves. The 500 would be around 350w with one cab I think, so you'd be fine. But if you can, get the 800. the extra headroom is worth it alone.

Thanks mate, I am a bit of an Ampeg fanboy. Would love to try the 50t! They look awesome and I love the clips of them I've heard so far. Are they loud enough to gig with with a single pf cab?

I did consider the 500 too, but for the same money as a new one (wouldn't buy a second hand one down here cause not sure if it would be one of the early ones that were prone to faults or not). but yeah the eq section is wicked. pretty much just set it flat. haha

Santa brought me an upgrade for my pf rig. Had the 350 for the last 12 months. I loved the sound through the 15 fliptop cab, especially playing with uprights bit found I really had to crank it to get the volume I wanted. So considered the 800 for a bit before I spotted one pop up for sale second hand at a good price. Having sold my 350 two days earlier, I was keen! Arrived Xmas eve so in the spirit of things I did the unthinkable and left it alone till Christmas morning. Needless to say I was up early attaching it to the cab lid! Sound: EXACTLY what I was after! Tons more headroom, and the expanded eq section certainly helps. It sounds a touch more SVT than b15 whereas I found the 350 to have a more vintagey tone. But it still has 'That' sound. Love it!!!!

I love my VBA400!!! more power than I have sticks to shake at it Also my SVT is pretty badass.

They seem to be a perfect match run mono-bridged! Ridiculous power

My current crop

A couple of big rigs with them glass bottle thingies in... My SVT CL and my VBA 400 rig. Both are big, heavy and stupid loud. Both have their own sound too 8x10 or 8x12 ... hmmm.... Hard to pick a fave Also have this cool little Kiwi copy of a Twin (only 10 of them made) Sounds lovely with a P bass plugged in. Love the built in Trem too!!!

So just go to edit on the original post and hit edit topic? That didn't work for me. Does it work on attachments?

I had the Powerhouse 8x10. Loved the tone, so focused and clear (and it made ALL the trousers onstage flap) but ridiculously impractical for anything other than Wembley with a team of roadies provided.

I am in a similar boat: Marshall VBA 400 or Ampeg SVT CL Beast of British or American Muscle? Both are heavy and full of them glass thingies and both are stupidly loud and trouser-flappingly brilliant. Both look boss atop their respective cabs (2 X 412's or 1 X 810 respectively) and both command equal amounts of respect and fear from weedy guitar heroes and their tiny boutiquey little 5w head,ethically-sourced speakers and vegan-friendly cabs. To be fair, I probably will just continue to alternate between them but it's fun trying to decide what rig to break my back with.

Here's my nest of Fenders: 1977, 1978, 1978, 1978, 1973 Precisions, 1997 US Deluxe Precision, 2001 CIJ 51Ri P (modded), Mark Hoppus Precision Mk1, 2006 Am. std Precision, 2011 Am. Std Jazz CIJ Jaguar Bass, CIJ Geddy Lee Jass (modded)

[quote name='Highfox' timestamp='1506001918' post='3375792'] Very nice. That Goth EUB must come out for special occasions. [/quote] It's actually a full acoustic double bass, just in the process of getting her up and running properly so on the lookout for a good pickup and strings. Hopefully she'll be right by Halloween.

So... Finally, after several years, many a sleepless night and a ton of paper work, all of my gear is now all under one roof (with the exception of a Jazz bass I left with parents in Ireland and an Ampeg B-100r I moved to the back bedroom) So for your viewing pleasure... The Filthy old slappers from the 70's (sweatbands and lycra shorts removed by Censor's Office) All the Fenders together... The 'Not Fenders'... The uprights...

My current crop of P Basses

The gang's all here...

Sounds like it's being cooked. Direct sunlight in warm weather and power going through it all add up to putting it under a bit of stress. The cabs themselves are made of quite thin, lightweight material aren't they?

I am! I played one in Bungalow Bill's in Auckland about 3 years ago and seriously considered selling a kidney to pay for it. Beautiful bass. Gorgeous neck, very even, smooth tone and the pre was easy to use. It compared quite well to my Baby. Just couldn't justify the price for a back-up. It was a pearl white one and I really wish i had the cash at the time cause it was a proper stunner!

500-600 pounds in the UK I'm guessing, given that a local supplier down here has them online at 1199NZD. Soooooo tempted!

Hi All, Does anyone here know if a pickguard from an early 2000's MIM Jazz will fit a 2011 Am. Std Fender Jazz? I have a spare back home in Ireland and am visiting next week, would love to know if it would fit my current Jazz before needlessly taking my old MIM apart. haha

Non-valve - probably the best I've owned have been the Ampeg SVT 4PRO (ridiculous amount of power ran mono-bridged) Mesa Mpulse 600 - that was a beauty but far more bells and whistles than I ever needed. I tried a tech 21 1969 in a shop once and loved it but it was crazy expensive. I liked the couple of Genz Benz units I tried too (cant remember which ones they were, definitely Shuttles though) Not so flash: The two Orange Bass terrors I tried - neither seemed to have any real definition to them. Might have been sown to preamp valves or whatever but I wasn't a fan.

I adore 'that' sound! Love my SVT-CL to bits. Tried everything else and nothing sounds as nice as a big Ampeg valve sound. I love the sound of my Marshall VBA 400 too, but the SVT just seems to have a touch more oomph - don't know why. I have played a couple of SVT 2's and a 2PRO at various shared stages over the years and they sounded immense! I agree, everyone should own an Ampeg valve amp at some point (until their back gives out anyway!)