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those sad days are over and I'm trying not to give myself a hard time for selling the first one. I really can't wait to get this gigged, although the volume won't get as high as we used to play, I don't care.

Linden NJ 1970 Ampeg SVT, untouched and as far as I can see very little use, all the original factory tubes including the ultimate 6550's made by Tung Sol in NJ, just heaven.

Here's a few internal pic's
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Yes, they are 40 years old but as tough as old boots really. I tested them earlier today and all are testing good with many hours left, the two driver 12BH7's were the lowest in test for goodness, so I will keep an eye on these.

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[quote name='alanbass1' post='795896' date='Apr 4 2010, 06:42 PM']My gigging amp back in the late 70's and throughout the 80's was an SVT - such great amps. But I just cannot forget how heavy they are![/quote]

There were many things I had forgotten about them and true the weight wasn't one of them, everything else good about them far outweighed the weight problem, although its a two man lift now, without question.

I'll get some outside pic's up just as soon as I've finished fiddling and playing through the thing.

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[quote name='SS73' post='794736' date='Apr 2 2010, 11:46 PM']those sad days are over and I'm trying not to give myself a hard time for selling the first one. I really can't wait to get this gigged, although the volume won't get as high as we used to play, I don't care.

Linden NJ 1970 Ampeg SVT, untouched and as far as I can see very little use, all the original factory tubes including the ultimate 6550's made by Tung Sol in NJ, just heaven.

Here's a few internal pic's
[attachment=46299:IMG00804...401_0939.jpg] [attachment=46300:IMG00798...331_1602.jpg] [attachment=46301:IMG00808...401_0942.jpg] [attachment=46302:IMG00809...401_0945.jpg]
[attachment=46303:IMG00813...401_1010.jpg] [attachment=46304:IMG00815...401_1638.jpg][/quote]
Oh, man I've gone all funny .I had one of these for years but the mains transformer burnt out and the guy who had it rewound didn't do it to the right spec amd it was never the same again. I wish to god I hadn't sold it though. This one looks a real find. Where'd you find him?
I feel a bit sick
Shug

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[quote name='shug' post='824854' date='May 1 2010, 02:19 PM']Oh, man I've gone all funny .I had one of these for years but the mains transformer burnt out and the guy who had it rewound didn't do it to the right spec amd it was never the same again. I wish to god I hadn't sold it though. This one looks a real find. Where'd you find him?
I feel a bit sick
Shug[/quote]

Once I plugged it in, it all came flooding back and I haven't looked back. You really need to get one again, I bought this on ebay US and all went very smoothly, shipped it with DHL and it was here in 36 hrs :) :rolleyes: . This one here went cheap recently and looked much better than the description, bet it just needed some new valves.. //cgi.ebay.com/AMPEG-SVT-HEAD-70s-PARTS-REPAIR-NON-WORKING-PROJECT-/200463734622?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2eac91d75e

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