Ampeg B-15 Heritage Ltd 1st Edition No.25 of 50 USA Handwired + best TUBES. £3300

[bongo61]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Price or Trade Value : £3300 incl. shipping to the UK or mainland Europe[/font][/color]


[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]I have an [/font][/color][color=red][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Ampeg[/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] Heritage [/font][/color][color=red][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]B15[/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] from the first US run - no. 25 out of 50 only. There were only 50 of these made, all with numbered plate (as you can see in the see picture). These are not the same as the [/font][/color][color=red][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]B15[/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]N widely available today which has a black fascia, is PCB based and costs around £2800. This Heritage [/font][/color][color=red][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]B15[/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] fliptop is handwired in the USA and it uses high-quality hand-selected tubes. It is 110 volts and comes with a solid step down converter. The amp had a retail price of £4995 and a street price of at least £4000 (average seemed to be around £4400).[/font][/color]

[font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][color=#282828]The amp is almost immaculate with the exception of a very small scuff on one of the transformer towers. It is hardly visible and does not show up on a photo.[/color][/font]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Anyway, the amp sounds fantastic, looks cool as heck with the blueish checked tolex and can switch between 1964 or 1966 valve preamps before running to the valve power stage.[/font][/color]

[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]It's totally tubelicious. It's got to be as close to the holy grail as it gets. It would be ideal for a recording studio.[/font][/color]

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[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Here's the [/font][/color][color=red][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Ampeg[/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif] site - [/font][/color][url="http://www.ampeg.com/products/heritage/b-15/"]http://www.[color=red]ampeg[/color].com.../heritage/b-15/[/url]


[color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]Not looking for any trades, thank you.[/font][/color]




[size=1][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif][color=#282828]© markorbit , hope you don´t mind[/color][/font][/size]

Edited November 27, 2015 by bongo61

[Dad3353]

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Try this, to delete attachments no longer required, and liberate quota space..?

Go to your 'My Profile' (your pseudo, top right...).
Select 'Edit my Profile' (black button a bit below...).
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They are listed in date order. Navigate to oldest, select those to be deleted (tick boxes on the right...).
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Repeat, page by page, until all unwanted attachments are deleted.

Using the BBCode link supplied by an external photo account such as PhotoBucket, Imgur or ImageShack is a good idea; the photos are better presented and it uses no BC server space. I use Imgur (it's free...); here's what it looks like (the correct link for Basschat is in green...) ...



Others are similar (assuming use of a PC; I know nothing of other devices...). Hope this helps...

[Mark Dixon]

Is this the Metropolis Amps built one?

Does the Power Transformer have a 240V tap?

Thanks
Mark

[bongo61]

Hi Mark,

this is 100% Ampeg. The Power Transformer does not have a 240V tap but I will supply a very good step-down transformer


Sven

[Mark Dixon]

George Metropolis built the first 50 Heritage amps for Ampeg - the wiring is a true work of art. Metropolis built Ampeg B15s are the pinnacle, in my view.

The second run of 100 Heritage amps is nothing like as good.

Can you take a picture of the point to point wiring? This would answer whether it is a George Metropolis built one or not. His work looks like this:

[bongo61]

Hi Mark,

yes, that is exactly what it looks like. And I sold the amp today.