I have an ancient Ampeg V6B that does the dark throb pretty well. It's a far cry from some of those later SS Ampegs.

Krev wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 2:52 pm I have an ancient Ampeg V6B that does the dark throb pretty well. It's a far cry from some of those later SS Ampegs.

but does it tub

Dr Tony Balls wrote: Wed Oct 11, 2023 3:54 pm

penningtron wrote: Wed Oct 11, 2023 3:11 pm I can't tell if "tub amp" is intentional or not. I hope it is!

Pretty sure its a typo but its the best typo.

Not a typo! sometimes you have to fill the tub, no splashing it all over the place.

penningtron wrote:

Garth wrote: EVM-12L

IF I had to come up with something to handle double duty, a 2x12 or 4x12 of these (or clones) would probably be the way to go. They'd probably compress a little on loud bass but so do 8x10s..

Agreed a ported 2x12 with 100W speakers is gonna work OK on bass and guitar both most the time. maybe a closed back depending on sound.

steve wrote: The deepest, most beautiful dark tubby bass I get to hear regularly is from our MANN amp (Garnet stencil 3-knobber), which is like 40 watts of tub power. It isn't loud, it doesn't sound good in overdrive, but if you want that dark, rubbery clean throb, that's your guy.

It's sorta like a b15 or b18 in that the one thing it does well, it does perfectly.

Despite some of them having "flatter" low-end, I have generally hated SS amps for clean, dark bass. Trace-Elliot, GK, Alembic, Acoustic, transistor Ampeg, Peavey, Hartke... trash.

They have a little Acoustic B600H head onstage at Liars Club in Chicago and I have never bothered using my own amp there--sounds surprisingly good, thick. All that other stuff sucks at deep bass in my experience.

Garth wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 3:08 pm

Krev wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 2:52 pm I have an ancient Ampeg V6B that does the dark throb pretty well. It's a far cry from some of those later SS Ampegs.

but does it tub

...like you read. I don't really play anymore, but am reluctant to sell it due to rarity.

Krev wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 5:02 pm

Garth wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 3:08 pm

Krev wrote: Mon Oct 16, 2023 2:52 pm I have an ancient Ampeg V6B that does the dark throb pretty well. It's a far cry from some of those later SS Ampegs.

but does it tub

...like you read. I don't really play anymore, but am reluctant to sell it due to rarity.

This is the first nice thing I think I've read about them (beyond the faceplate looking monolithic and rad as hell). I confess I've never heard one though at least not to my knowledge.

Makes me wonder if back in the day Ampeg was really trying to voice it to respond more like a tub amp and that's why it will do the dark throb thing...and then folks 20-30 years later were expecting it to sound more "solid-statey" so they chalked it up as being "one of the shitty ones."

Not having an "ultra lo" switch on it though...that's a concern. Maybe doesn't need it?

The V6B was the Mission Of Burma amp for a while. That’s enough of a pedigree right there

I'm still in love with the Randall Switchmaster. I currently own 3.

Decent transistor guitar amps for rock are not hard to come by. Sunn, Randall, Traynor, Vibration Technology (VT), Peavey in a pinch. All have decent enough overdrive sound and interesting brittle clean sound. Not into the Roland JC 120 but Yamaha G100 was the sound of early Minor Threat, Husker Du, Squirrel Bait and Slint.

I’m assuming they’re not common stateside but HH amps are excellent, especially the IC and VS models. Swore by them for years.

steve wrote: Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:08 am Vibration Technology (VT)

Thank you for using their full name.