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Not for me. Everytime I take my PF-210HE cab to play a gig or rehearsal I always struggle, while my PF-115HE is always more then capable to deliver any gig. So single "15 for me.

So did I, but I leave tone always open. Eventually I changed it to Ashdown LB30 - louder and more serviceable. I liked the Ampeg, but reliability factor won. If it's a new amp, send it back to service. If not - open it and trap gently components to locate the rattling. Then see some technician..

My PF350 rattled and I had to send it to repair service. They injected some silicon on rattling parts and the rattle was gone. Also the cabinet lid can rattle. Is your amp attached to the cab? Mine rattled only when it was attached.

Amps - great from any period, but MiC, miV and MiK may have slightly worse cosmetics, components are the same, most of the time from the same manufacturer Cabs - avoid Made in USA 2000-2006, they are mad of OSB, whereas Korean, Chinese and Vitnamese are real thing, just like oler US Made ones.

It is usually the best choice to buy the amp made in your country. Better contact with manufacturer, better technical service - you can send the amp to the producer after warranty, you can get some parts for free. Of course the sound is a very important factor. In UK - Ashdown. Maybe Orange and Hiwatt too. In US - Hartke (you can call Larry Hartke himself!), Mesa, Peavey, Kustom (they had great customer service for Groove heads few years ago).

Unfortunately I can't see any additional tube on the photos. I'm afraid Mark answered rapidly and thought that you are asking about dp30 vs ctm15

It's a smaller version of 450 with minor improvements. The sound is pretty much the same, the power amp is designed a little better, for not reliability. If you like the character of the sound its the lightweight amp for you. I always preferred Ampeg or (since few months) Ashdown and for hifi I liked Hartke more. Taurus is too "rock modern", not like TecAmp or Markbass.

I love SM57 as a budget option. I play 4 string PBass with flats, very mid-heavy sound, so the character of this mike fits me.

[quote name='dave74200' timestamp='1427112066' post='2725803'] I said 'in my experience'. Perhaps it's you that's wrong? [/quote] Well I may have used wrong word, because English is not my main language and here in Poland we have much less polite way of speaking than people in UK so I apologise if I offended you. I wasn't trying to be rude. Preamp tubes and hybrid amps indeed doesn't have and doesn't need "preheat" option (standby switch) but every tube needs few seconds to start working properly. That's why 3pro has build-in "auto warm up" and starts playing after 45 seconds, and that's why hybrid amps come to life after few seconds (gradually increasing the volume).

I'd seriously consider selling my SVP-PRO to get this one. And I've never seriously considered selling my preamp. And I'm not a fan of nirvana.

Ufortunately Dave, you are very wong. The preamp tubes should have some time to run properly after turning on the amp. They need time to warm up to work at all. I have two tube preamps and one hybrid amp - none of them starts working immediately, they need time to warm up. I hade SVT-3PRO which needed approx 45 seconds to work after turning on.

It has pretty much staple Ashdown tube sound, which is great but it doesn't have that dirty mids I love in my SVP preamp. The power is there, the look is amazing, craftsmanship is outstanding. There is one sitting in a local shop... A lovely one but I had to go with Bastard (weight and price). Buy it, you won't regret it

They are being made in Korea now, they used to make them in China and Vietnam. Nothing to worry, they are as good as US made ones. There quality of plastic parts (switches) and lacquer may not be as good. Electronical components are either the same or as good as US originals.

TC and Genz? You mean the ones who cheated about the power rating of their amps (250w instead of 450) and the ones recently shut down?. Very ahead indeed.

[quote name='Meddle' timestamp='1425250515' post='2705630'] Do I have this right? Both the lo switches on Ampeg amps boost frequencies below those reproduced by their classic 810 fridge cabs? [/quote] What do you mean? Fridge can go below 50hz, no problem. Lower frequencies are not that loud, but they are audible.

I never used them and graphic EQ on my 3pro. I never use them with my SVP pro preamp. They are just taking away the mid-magic that Ampeg ammps have. Just turning graphic eq on them can run the sound - too many transistors on the tube signal path.

Maybe it's the cab. My bastard has a massive low end boost and gets much quieter if I set the switch on its low position. Sound extreme, just like bright switch which adds razor sharp highs in its down position.

[quote name='badboy1984' timestamp='1424941132' post='2702079']First I would like to say the bass, mid and treble switch position is weird because up position mean engage and down means off. Logically it should be the other way round. [/quote] It is, the default position is up. With bass switch down there is a massive low end boot. Mark says that they are by default all up.

You certainly can! But LB-30 (mine, not sure about newer ones) has effects loop BEFORE preamp, not between preamp and poweramp, so both preamps will work in conjunction, no matter how you plug it in.

[quote name='mrn1989' timestamp='1422959732' post='2678754'] 2000 WATT?? [url="http://www.bugera-amps.com/EN/namm-landing-v1.aspx"]http://www.bugera-am...landing-v1.aspx[/url] [/quote] 2000W peak maybe. Veyron tube is a Streamliner copy

I tried this bass: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAshofkfSjc ... and it's simply AWESOME! The neck is slim and fast, but very comfortable. The sound is top notch. Those basses (all of their basses I think) have their amazing Tri Logic Preamp inside.

This is Ampeg PF-500/800 clone. Just like they did with other BVV - they stole SVT-3PRO, 4PRo and SVT-CL design. The blue drivers in this cab are obvious, and they really ARE "world famous" and "british engineered".

OB1 500W is the amp you are looking for but I hope that your Terror will live long now

Nice and reliable. I sold it to buy Ashdown Little Bastard, but the Ampeg was allright.

I think that half of the ECC83 may be V1, so the EQ is solid state... but the preamp is valve (like Eden, SWR stuff).