First, I must tell you that I am not a bass player, but a guitar player. And I bought this amp for guitar because many guitar players that have influenced me have used Ampeg bass amps with their guitars.
This amp sounds amazing with guitar!! Because of the combinations of bass, treble, and boost switch, as well as the bright and normal input channels, I can get countless options of clean and powerful tones. From thick and full, to clean and trebly, with many very usable and balanced tones in between. It has great headroom, and the volume can go very high because I'm using a guitar, not a bass. I haven't used any pedals yet, but I'm sure it will take pedals great. That is one of the reasons that guitarists use those old Ampeg amps. Because of the full bodied tones and high headroom, you can put any fuzz, overdrive, boost, reverb, etc.. pedals in front of them and they all sound amazing!
It should be noted that I am pairing the head with a Celestion Vintage 30 speaker in a closed back cabinet. The Vintage 30 is a more upper midrange focused guitar speaker, (as I'm sure you know), and it works GREAT with this amp!
If you are a guitarist and you want a clean headroom amp for a pedal platform, give this baby a shot! You won't regret it. Also, the seller is super cool and very communicative. Responds very fast via email if you have any questions. It also shipped very fast from China. So glad I took a chance on this amp. I have owned and played many high end tube amps, and this one is right up there with the best of them in regards to the quality of features and tone.
Chris Mizell
This amp is phenomenal. The shipping was super fast (8 days) during the huge supply chain interruption of 2021. He must have shipped it air. It went through Anchorage. It took longer to get the tubes from Amazon than to get the amp from Hong Kong! The seller kept in touch with me through the entire process.
I have a Hartke HD1000 and HD410 cabinet. I wanted to get the Ampeg, but needed the extra wattage for the stage. At room levels, this thing is as smooth as melted butter. It just creams the Hartke in the tone department. And it saturates and breaks up so smoothly! Like old Motown, or Fleetwood Mac, or Sabbath. This guy is a magician.
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