indiegrungesound Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Just seen this on Ampeg's site: http://www.ampeg.com/products/portaflex/pf-800/ Now, is this cool or insanity? (Seriously 800 WATTS??? ) What does anyone else think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Hmmmm. The beauty of the PF500 was getting it to break up a bit, and even then I could only have it on 4 or 5 max for gigs. To me, getting a clean Ampeg tone is kind-of defeating the point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 I think a lot of the companies doing D Class heads are aiming for this new output power. I guess that it's the next step up in the evolution of the technology vs size war. Genz Benz and Gallien Krueger both have 800W-ish heads as well as TC Electronic's RH750 going for a similar output power. I think it's handy to have that headroom should you need it. With ref to the PF500 'breaking up' - it's the preamp section that is driving a bit. Sadly, D Class power amp distortion is actually pretty nasty - if it's breaking up, it doesn't do it nicely like a valve amp. I guess with the PF800, it will sound the same when the preamp starts getting dirty - you'll just be able to turn it up louder to hear the preamp doing it's biz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dood Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Oh - I forgot to say - I've blogged about the PF800 and have posted a competition link to win one too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 where do i see this blog to enter the comp? i should be getting a pf500 but if i like the sound ill happily upgrade! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Thing Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Just wondering if anyone knows the output of the PF800 at 8ohms? My PF500 only pushes out 350W through a single cab so I imagine the ratio is similar (around the 500W mark). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 [quote name='Bass-Thing' timestamp='1372780086' post='2129891'] Just wondering if anyone knows the output of the PF800 at 8ohms? My PF500 only pushes out 350W through a single cab so I imagine the ratio is similar (around the 500W mark). [/quote] The user manual on Ampegs site says 400 watts at 8ohms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graham1945 Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 Been using a PF800 for a few weeks now and really like it. Found I need to cut the output on the guitar to get best results. I love the weight, which really was the main reason for purchasing. I'm using it with two pro neo 2 x 10's. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted July 25, 2013 Share Posted July 25, 2013 [quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1372780443' post='2129893'] I'm gonna stick with my SVT2 , does everything I want and need [/quote] Does it levitate. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Thing Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1372788377' post='2130047'] The user manual on Ampegs site says 400 watts at 8ohms. [/quote] Thanks for that. It had this in the review in Bass Guitar Magazine as well, which said all the PF series amps needed was a tube pre-amp... so I've just got an EBS Valve Drive to go with my PF500. I'll let you know how I get on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazdah Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Great combination, I use EBS VD with my Portaflex 350. I tried to get almost transparent sound and just a litle hair of overdrive from Ebs. Does the job done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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