SVT 2 PRO at a third of the weight.

[steve-soar]

After puting the early pics on different threads, here is the new stuff with the SVP PRO, bought from Dood, complete with new Harma Diamond and Phillips Cryo valves....all five of them. I used to play through an SVT 2 PRO and 70's 8x10 cab but the amp, cased, weighed 110lbs and the cab, cased, must have weighed nearly 200lbs! Now, this rack is only 35lbs and the cabs are 38lbs each. The sound is so deep and three dimensional, crystal clear and the response across all frequencies is pure SVT, superb for finger style, slap, strums, pops and has that crystaline definition that only valves can produce. Through the Accugrooves, every sound you make on the bass is slammed out of the cabs in a totally truthful manner, so you better not let your playing tell any lies or eveyone will know.
Just a quick thank you to Kev and Dan for these great pieces of kit......Ampeg tone but super light and super manageable

Edited March 3, 2008 by steve-soar

[Jonny Walker]

How does the SVP differ from the SVT 3?

[Dood]

Lookin' great there Steve!! I bet it sounds amazing! - It's a pleasure to furnish you with some great tone!

Johnny - The SVP is only a preamplifier, it contains no power amp section - The SVT 3 has the SVT 2/SVP preamp section and a Mosfet (solid state) Power amp. The SVT 3 uses a valve circuit in it's poweramp section to make it behave more like a valve amp does, with ref to tone and dynamics. (Obviously without the additional weight you get with Valve power and output transformers!

[ahpook]

very similar to my amp...except i'm using a soundtech ps802 poweramp and the slightly earlier model of the ampeg


amazing sound.