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OldManC

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Ampeg V2 4X12
« on: December 06, 2009, 07:47:59 PM »
I stopped in the local banjo center the other day and they had an Ampeg V2 cabinet in the bass room. I thought this was a guitar cabinet (though it looks like a short SVT cab). Has anyone used one of these for bass? If so, how does it sound? I'm wondering if it's worth checking out...
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Re: Ampeg V2 4X12
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2009, 04:25:18 AM »
I have never used one but I bet it sounds something like a Marshall 4x12 loaded with bass drivers. I would probably like it.
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Re: Ampeg V2 4X12
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2009, 08:29:36 AM »
That's what I'm thinking. I just don't want to buy it and then have to buy drivers as well. They already have it marked too high, so if I buy it it has to be ready to go right out the door.
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Re: Ampeg V2 4X12
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2009, 07:44:50 PM »
find out what speakers are in it.
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Re: Ampeg V2 4X12
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2009, 07:32:46 AM »
4x12's work great for me for small-stage work, though one of these is well out of my range...
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Re: Ampeg V2 4X12
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2009, 02:51:45 PM »
Factory speakers were either CTS or Eminence, with Altec 417s offered as an option. Keep in mind that the V2 head was a 60-watt unit.
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