New Ampeg Day

[Kerry Brown]

Ampeg had a half price price sale on the Ampeg SVT suite plugins for Black Friday. I bought it and installed it. I'd been using the Galien Krueger amp sim in Reaper. I really liked the Ampeg sound so yesterday I traded in my Traynor SB110 on an Ampeg RB-210. I've had the Traynor for a couple of years and it has done me proud at a few gigs. It's 120 watts with a single 10" speaker. I love the weight. It was loud enough for most of the gigs on it's own. A couple I had to use it as a stage monitor and went with a DI into the PA. It sounded OK but since I got a five string bass I found it lacking something on the B string. The SVT plugin rocked the B string. The Ampeg RB-210 has two 10" speakers, 250 watts with the internal speaker, and 500 watts with an external 8 ohm speaker. I plan to get either a 15" cab or possibly two 10's. At home practice levels it has a huge tone. The B string is full and loud. I'll know more after our practice on Friday night. The picture is from the Internet.

 

[Session 5]

Congrats! Nice unit.

 

[Thatbastarddon]

Congratulations @Kerry Brown ! I hope it works out for your needs!

 

[LiveeviL2000]

sweet!!! congrats!

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

Can’t go wrong with Ampeg
Congratulations on a fine piece of gear

 

[Kerry Brown]

Finally got to try the RB-210 at a band practice last night. It is awesome! Nothing against the Traynor SB110. It did me proud for over a year but the Ampeg has a much fuller sound. I dialled in a very mild mid scoop. The Ibanez SRFF805 has never sounded better. I was actually playing at less volume than I did with the Traynor and was heard in the mix better. We play a few 60's songs, Paul Revere, Monkeys, Yardbirds, etc. The Ampeg very much gets the right tone for those. We also do some Tom Petty. I really like playing on the low B string for Petty songs but the Traynor struggled a bit with the lows. The Ampeg was full and loud on the B. I will miss the very light weight of the Traynor but the Ampeg at 39 lbs is still manageable. Can't wait to try it at a gig. We have a house party gig coming up.

 

[syscokid]

Sounds like you made a good choice with the new bass amp! Congrats…

BTW, I just found out that as of 2018, Ampeg is owned by the Yamaha Guitar Group!

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

To my ears Ampeg has always been the go to amp for a bassist ..
Congratulations @Kerry Brown

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

To my ears Ampeg has always been the go to amp for a bassist ..
Congratulations @Kerry Brown

Ampeg, Sunn, and the popular and awesome Acoustic brand.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

From the more modern eras I often saw thumbs up for Mesa, GK SWR, and David Eden amps n cabs.

 

[Mitch Pearrow SJMP]

Ampeg, Sunn, and the popular and awesome Acoustic brand.

You just named all the bass amps of the bassist’s I have ever played with ha ha.
With one exception.. one guy had a carvin. And another guy had a Pevey

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Lol Mitch

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

I was also going to add Markbass as a popular new bass amp.

PS. My friend, Angelo who used to play an Acoustic, also liked his Ampeg Portabass for smaller gigs.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Oh yeah,. I also forgot Ashdown and Trace Elliott and of course Fender bass amps.

 

[Kerry Brown]

Oh yeah,. I also forgot Ashdown and Trace Elliott and of course Fender bass amps.

I tried the similar Ashdown and Fender amps when I bought the Ampeg. Also tried a used GK. I preferred the Ampeg over all of them.