Ampeg PF800 - Durability

[siphillips]

Hi all ! ,

Few years back I had a PF500 ampeg head, low and behold it had all the problems everyone complains about ( overheating and shutting down and the fault light coming on) I was told by an amp repair guy that the components in the head are not durable for the power consumption and apparently ampeg had a lot of returns on this model due to this.



Has anyone bought the PF800? if so any problems?


Thanks


Simon

[Lozz196]

I`ve not had a PF800 but am yet to read any bad reports about them, whereas with the 500, well there were a fair few.

[mrn1989]

I was wondering why their prices dropped like a sack of spuds

[pendingrequests]

I was a victim of the PF-500 issue, however after being sent back to Ampeg, it has not failed on me yet.

I actually tried out the PF-800 last Saturday, as I wanted a little bit more head room. To be honest, there was not much difference between the two and definitely glad I did not fork out the money for the PF-800.

But, in regards to reliability, yes I have heard the same.

[Gottastopbuyinggear]

Received wisdom from the internet (so it must be true...) is that neither the 350 or the 800 had the same issues as the PF500. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere that the more recent PF500s have also been trouble free, and as an owner of a more recent 500 (bought new about a year and a half ago) I'm hoping that's true!