When I played in San Diego years ago you had to own an SVT to get any good gigs. It was the only amp that would sound great onstage and carry all the way to the back of the room. A couple of bass players that came out of that scene back then were Nathan East and Jason Scheff from Chicago. Jason’s Mom was our agent. She went by Mrs Roberts which was her maiden name. I remember her telling me her son was also a bass player and really good. He was only 15 at the time. When I did finally see him he blew my mind.
Cici rocks. She'll be in the middle of an amp demo and she'll be playing the prettiest melody she can think of, slow AF, or searching for the heaviest riff possible. Thanks for bringing the music to the music stuff.
Your MOUTH is what sounds like garbage, mate. ...you know that's not the place you're supposed to put feces in, you know that, right? Try brushing your teeth sometime, but before that I suggest you use some toilet paper.
As a guitar player who has attended more shows than I could possibly count- the SVT the best bass amp for live scenarios. It provides a an amazing bass tone that isn’t drown out by the guitars. It’s a bass amp that actually cuts through the mix.
Back in the 80's my Guitar Teacher had 70's SVT with a 8x10 cab. The first thing I did was help retrieve it since I had a truck. I was questioning needing such a heavy rig, but then I got to play it in his basement. Truly an experience to hear (and feel!)
I'm 64, nice to see you younger generation enjoying a staple from my day, btw, I'm not dead yet. When I played professionally, guitar that is. I used an Ampeg VT22, with a Ampeg 2 x 12 cab at 4 ohms impedance. Then I would slave out to an Ampeg V4, but with 6550 tubes instead of the 7207a for the power stage. The V4 drove 2 Ampeg 8 10 cabinets at 2 ohms, the sound was awesome and thank god for roadies. I've since gone digital but that was my favorite setup of all time, over any other setup I had before it. Now quick history lesson, Rolling Stones used Ampeg as well as Canadian rocker band, April Wine. And there are so many classic bands as well as new, where you will see the SVT. Traditional SVT was always light grey Molex, but once you've seen and heard one, you'll always recognize it's shape and sound no matter what the colour it is.
Every time Cici rips out some RTL, my dark heart glows brighter. I bought myself a SVT-3 Pro from my buddy a while back, and just now got me a Pro 410-HLF cab to connect it to. The only thing left is to build me some SpeakON cables today, and get it fired up. I hope I can get it to sound as good as her.
I first saw one of these ( with 2 8x10s) in '71. I was in a band sharing the stage with another band and I could not believe anyone would need such a beast. I played in a reggae band 15 years later at a concert and they blew one up, just before I went on. I had a 10 lb Walter Woods 300 watt hand-built solid state amp and that amp and one cabinet (8x10) provided the juice for the rest of the concert. I love SVT's but I will never own one. I've played bass since '67, and still play now. Age 73....
Fantastic video! You really captured the essence of why bass tube amps deserve more recognition. I have a rare Italian model that's celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and I even did a video about it. It has been my go-to amp for the past 4 years. The tonal quality and durability are unmatched, and it works perfectly with everything I plug into it. Transistor amps are great too, but they'll never really be my soft spot. Thanks for shedding light on these amazing amps!
I've been around SVTs for half as long as they have been in production. I've never met a player who turns one down as an amp option. The weight of the head is only exceeded by the weight of the original 8x10 cabinet. So nice to see two musicians reveling in a 50+-year-old design. Ampeg got it right and still hits home today. Great video. Loved the different styles and instruments.
I recently got an old SVT classic with a big ol 8x10. it is an amp beyond my needs but after the first time I played it I knew it was mine. they are special.
Love the sound of my humble Ampeg Micro VR head - not the same beast at all but sure gives the classic rock sound I need. Mainly used in the rehearsal studio though, I take my Fender Rumble combo to gigs, also sounds good but partly for convenience too.
I never owned an Ampeg amplifier but I played through the 1970's SVT with the 8x10 speaker cabinet in rehearsal studios and the overall sound and tone was incomparable to anything else I tried at the time.
I love the videos with Cici and Lee. Watching them I don’t care for the information and the tech spec. I just love watching them having fun with bass. That’s great. ❤ go on like this.
My pride and joy is a 90's era SVT iii Pro, through a 15" cab with a 4x10 cab on top. BUT I played a gig once many moons ago where instead of both of us lugging our gear into the club, I used the SVT iii pro with an 8x10 cab that the opening band's bass player was using, and it was the most enjoyable bass playing experience I've had to date. I don't know what tubes he was using, or if any mods to the amp had been done, or what speakers he had in the cab, but it was the bounciest, fattest, growliest, grooviest bass tone I had ever heard, straight into the amp. It sounded so good it was literally almost like the amp was cheering you on with every lick or run that you hit :) So yeah, I'm an Ampeg fan :)
THE most epic gear test in all Andertons history =D Just sooo nice to see Cici rock out with the Ampeg, also much fun Lee assisting ina maximum joy state, oh man so fun to see and enjoy,..Thank you Andertons 🎸🤘💚
I ran an SVT 200 and a pair of 1x15 cabs made in the 1980s. Absolutely stunning sounding rig. It's been retired to home use only. I've got other stuff if I'm playing out.
Yes guys! Love your work. It’s been a fair few years since I’ve had an SVT, but hitting that overdrive brought back the memories, and lol @ the decibel meter hitting 100 on 2! One of the great things about the svt is as expensive as they are, they always hold their value. After 4 years of gigging with mine I traded it for a bassman 100 head and a late 80’s thunderbird. The bassman wasnt a SVT at all but I loved it for what it was and it weighed quite literally half the amount. Nowadays though l, tbh I’d go for an SVT 3 pro with the class D power amp stage instead and save myself like 25kg lol
The reason they came with 8 10” speakers was because 8 were needed to produce a low E wave off the face of the cabinet. The original came with two cabinets. The very early models would catch on fire if the bias was far enough out of phase.
So the first thing they do is dime the preamp and make it distort. To me what the SVT was about was big powerful, clean tone, with no mudding out, which it does in spades. An SVT with a Ric is the most monster full, ringing, clean Entwistle tone. My definition of perfect bass. . Sitting around in a music store totally ignores the point of an SVT. For that get a B-15.
@@kenschroeder9283 Back in the mid ‘60s I missed out on a ‘63 Jazz bass with a blond bassman for $250. A used B15 would sell for about $150. The 360, Sunn 2000s an SVT two cab model sold at Sam Ash for $995. The Sunn was a big mud bucket. Worst bass amp I ever played. I bought a Haynes Bass King II because a friend talked me into it. The first SVTs had major issues and would have cost a fortune to keep up. These models had the chrome tops on the power tubes. The Sunn was real reliable.
You needed two cabs in the seventies because those original cabs only had 30 watt speakers in them which added up to 240 WRMS per cab, but as long as you didn't really crank the head you were ok. They never caught on fire, if they were dimed continuously the power tubes would glow cherry red which is not good for them. The early ones had different power tubes and were actually more powerful, I have three heads, one 1970 and two late 70's heads. No preamp gain on those, just a volume, the preamp was fixed to a certain output, the old ones are very high gain, at about 10 or 11 o'clock depending on the bass you will be shaking the room.
@@kenschroeder9283 agreed, but you can sort of appreciate how for younger players for whom this kind of kit is a rarity, that they don't really know what to do with it. the idea that you need a gigantic 300 watt tube head to play clean is alien in an age when you can get a 500 watt class D amp which fits in your back pocket
You HAVE to demo the best combination EVER!? Stereo Ricky with bridge pickup fed to a dirty Marshall guitar amp and 4x12 for grunt, and the neck pickup sent clean to an 8x10 SVT rig for bass. You would need a lorry and a road crew to take it anywhere, but that is the best combination of all time. Very Chris Squire ... or King's X!
When I buy a new bass and have done the 'I've bonded/I'm keeping' thing, the first mod is a stereo jack followed by a reamed out nut to take the heaviest gauge BEAD strings from a set of five because I just love the 4 string bass. Splitter lead to each Fx, pre-power&cab signal chain. Hopefully One day the neck will be via an early SVT and pair of 8x10's or would I just need one of the v-4B cabs for the B string? (I actually after playing EADG dropped by 2 semitones for that long do the same now, so it's actually a low A which I'm pretty sure Ampeg could handle
Aww aye! Am sold! The big black n white bass was very like my that-styled ones. So gave me a fairly set point to relate to. I've been checking out their bass guitar history.... mouth watering! the fretless full kneck-length scroll top, The Band dude thumped!
The SVT classic+8/10 cab was my first amp lol. I don't pull it out for every gig these days, it's not always practical for some of the small venues I play, but every time I do I get more looks and compliments on my tone than any other time lol. It's lovely knowing i'm heard instead of banking on the random sound guys at the venues I play. this thing is 100% worth every penny. truly incredible. It's hard to play thru any other amp when you get used to the power and sound.
Great review! Cici's right. It's like standing in a wind tunnel. I happen to have an industry standard (1994) Ampeg SVT Pro 2 rack amphead with the graphic eq sliders. The only con is the weight of this beast.
Ampeg SVT all I've used for years. Had everything from the old blue line head with 4 inputs went to rack mount SVT lll & SVT lV. Back to classic SVT head with 2 8x10s & a 4x10. My back's killing me but it's worth it lol.
Since the 70’s, I’ve owned a few Ampegs and one of these SVT’s. Terrific tone and plenty of horsepower BUT transportation is the complete downfall! At 60+, I’ve got one of their little preamps, moving an Ampeg that fits in my hand and captures the classic mojo, good enough for me these days!
My best bass tone ever on stage was through a huge Ampeg. But now I just use an Ampeg pedal. The nice thing is it fits in my bass case. No more destroying my back :)
I could listen to Cici play the Rickenbacker all day (or at least until my hearing went). I know Lemmy had a customised 1976 Marshal Super Bass amp he called "Murder One", but I got Motorhead vibes as she was playing. It was loud in the video, but I'm sure there was more boom in the room 😄
@@CiciVonStrangelove I guessed it was loud when you and Lee were speaking and we couldn't hear you over the rumble. I love a bass amp that's so loud your teeth rattle 😆
the microphone sound is so much better than the DI sound.. I'll never understand why people likes DIs track when putting a real microphone is so damn easy
SVTs aren’t one of the most iconic bass amps for nothing, they just have that legendary sound that’s made it one of the best rock amplifiers (or just amps in general). Awesome watching Cici play a Rickenbacker, I have a Rick 4001S that I bought probably about 2 years ago and its the main bass I used for recording with college, it’s definitely the best bass I’ve played alongside my MusicMan Stingray
Have one, but I think there is something up with pickups on Peavey Cirrus bass, seems weak, will start to get static at times and drains batteries when not using. Beautiful bass, bought it used a few months ago
My high school gigging punk band bass player used this or a Mesa 400+ gigging. But with the 8x10. All us guitarists had half stacks. Wow what a feeling. Too much in the best way.
Great rig. It's even better with that beautiful Rickenbacker!! Even without the neck bindings and mother of pearl inlays that bass is gorgeous. And of course, it sounds awesome too, especially through an Ampeg SVT!!!
I've got an SVT-7 Pro 8x10 and a 2017 Ric 4003s and the power coming out of that amp is just extraordinary. Then you add in a Spite Box and like he said, the Earth moves from under your feet.. it blows you away...
back in the day,(circa 1974-79) I was in a 3 pc hard rock band called Zaff.(Aerosmith, Led Zep, ZZ Top etc) the lead guitarist had a double stack Plexi 100 watter. To keep him in check, I had a double Ampeg stack (16 ten inch spkrs total) with the SVT 300 watt tube head. One time i stacked them both the tall way. To turn it on I had to reach up with my bass guitar to reach the standby! when I played the stage shook. "Amp mics?..We dont need no steenking amp mics" the best thing too was that I only paid $475 for the 3 pc rig!!! lol
i use the svt 7 pro. with a 4x10 neo cab at 4 ohms. (1,200 watts continuous). handles the head. the cab is on wheels ,detachable casters. ,and through the effects loop i use the boss eq 200. selecting mids for each bass with separate eq have a good day
Best bass amp of all time ! Only thing wrong is its so big and heavy and so many tubes and Maintenance . So when I cant bring it I use the Helix version of it . What a sound !
If I played bass.., this is the stack I would have period. I understand the quality of Ampeg. My dad, and grandma both worked at Magnavox in Tennessee in the 60’s. He said they we’re making Ampeg amps then. You can find Magnavox tubes(valves) in alot of the vintage portaflex’s and such
Owned a 1976 SVT with the corresponding 810 cabinet decades ago… to my ears, it was a big powerful tube amp, that had a ‘grungy majestic’ sound like it was ‘emanating out of a big tank’… and when it was on for a while, the tubes would do it’s thing, by making the low end very ‘pillowy’… eventually ending in sonic ‘compressed romantic mush’ by the last hour operating… I also remember you could fry an egg in the back of it after a couple of hours on… while it was a great tone for ballsy rock, I don’t miss the Weight, Nor do I miss the Repair Bill when the tubes had to be replaced 💵💸
I lugged one 8x10 Ampeg bottom around for 42 years. I put almost a half-million miles on my old school bus conversion with that 325 lb speaker in it as I toured.
As an owner of a Heritage SVT with 4 x10 cab I can say these things are amazing but make sure to keep your gym membership up to date. The head is HEAVY.
Guys this was great I loved all the bass tones but the Rickenbacker ( Rush fan) wow Your enthusiasm makes this channel stand out I play guitar and still love watching Thanks👍👍👍
@@dragonmac1234 I saw Motörhead at “ Wigan casino” and yes it was that tone I Heard Geddy Lee bass lines in the clean but yeah Motörhead or hawk wind ( if your old enough to remember them 😊😊😊) when cranked
@@pauldncn1 I'm 58 so I'm old enough to remember Hawkwind. I've heard some Rush songs and I like Geddy's clean sound (although I do prefer the more powerful gritty bass tones that hit you like a sledgehammer) 🤘
Excellent suggestion. Why do people go for distortion first? And have you ever shaken your head when you look at bass effects, how there’s more bass distortion boxes than all other bass effects put together? I guess I’m just not a distorted bass guy.
The rhythm guitarist used to peg the volume on his Vibrolux Reverb, and run the volume off his guitar. He got the Stones 'sag' sound perfectly. 35 watts into 2-10" speakers can get very loud.
Just recorded some bass in studio with an Ampeg Silver Face SVT, one of the proper classic style ones, with a Barefaced 6x10. Both the overdriven sound and clean sound was some of the best tone I've ever heard. Shame the amp is backbreakingly heavy, otherwise I'd have run off with it! - Great video!
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My life is made after getting to play through this rig haha!! Loved filming this :)
Cici which ibanez are you playing in the video? Also have you tried the Jackson js3v if so which do you prefer?
@@yahslove4334 Ibanez Soundgear SR700 :) And I haven’t tried them sorry!
Going full Grindcore mode at the end.....🤘🤯
When I played in San Diego years ago you had to own an SVT to get any good gigs. It was the only amp that would sound great onstage and carry all the way to the back of the room. A couple of bass players that came out of that scene back then were Nathan East and Jason Scheff from Chicago. Jason’s Mom was our agent. She went by Mrs Roberts which was her maiden name. I remember her telling me her son was also a bass player and really good. He was only 15 at the time. When I did finally see him he blew my mind.
Just wait until you play it through an 8x10 with a spector bass and an overdrive pedal.
I worked for AMPEG (1967-69) tested the first SVT as a prototype. lots' of great stories.
Tell us some
it's true, I was the prototype
You are truly awesome and I actually mean that.
Amazing ! Talk about “bragging rights” ! Excellent !
Nice to hear Cici encouraged to play more during these demos. The amp is proper monstrous!
She's a proper monster! ❤
Cici rocks. She'll be in the middle of an amp demo and she'll be playing the prettiest melody she can think of, slow AF, or searching for the heaviest riff possible. Thanks for bringing the music to the music stuff.
Thank you so much!! :)
She made an Ampeg sound like garbage.
@@DamnDealDone you'd make any amp sound garbage
Your MOUTH is what sounds like garbage, mate. ...you know that's not the place you're supposed to put feces in, you know that, right? Try brushing your teeth sometime, but before that I suggest you use some toilet paper.
Priceless the smiles on the both of them when Lee kicked that pedal on. ❤
As a guitar player who has attended more shows than I could possibly count- the SVT the best bass amp for live scenarios. It provides a an amazing bass tone that isn’t drown out by the guitars. It’s a bass amp that actually cuts through the mix.
It is the mix
Back in the 80's my Guitar Teacher had 70's SVT with a 8x10 cab. The first thing I did was help retrieve it since I had a truck. I was questioning needing such a heavy rig, but then I got to play it in his basement. Truly an experience to hear (and feel!)
I'm 64, nice to see you younger generation enjoying a staple from my day, btw, I'm not dead yet. When I played professionally, guitar that is. I used an Ampeg VT22, with a Ampeg 2 x 12 cab at 4 ohms impedance. Then I would slave out to an Ampeg V4, but with 6550 tubes instead of the 7207a for the power stage. The V4 drove 2 Ampeg 8 10 cabinets at 2 ohms, the sound was awesome and thank god for roadies. I've since gone digital but that was my favorite setup of all time, over any other setup I had before it. Now quick history lesson, Rolling Stones used Ampeg as well as Canadian rocker band, April Wine. And there are so many classic bands as well as new, where you will see the SVT. Traditional SVT was always light grey Molex, but once you've seen and heard one, you'll always recognize it's shape and sound no matter what the colour it is.
I use a v4 for my music and it really rocks. A lot of younger guys don’t know about them except for the doom crowd
I used to play in a band with a guy who had one of these and an 8x10 cab... he also ran 2 big muffs. Freaking mahoosive sound.
Youd feel that in your bones alright
I have a sub under my desk, and Cici's playing is making the whole room vibrate!
I love that the dB meter in the back went straight to 100dB as soon as Lee plucked one note lol
The sound sits so well in a mix. Never played the real thing but it is my go to virtual amp. One day...
Every time Cici rips out some RTL, my dark heart glows brighter.
I bought myself a SVT-3 Pro from my buddy a while back, and just now got me a Pro 410-HLF cab to connect it to. The only thing left is to build me some SpeakON cables today, and get it fired up. I hope I can get it to sound as good as her.
I first saw one of these ( with 2 8x10s) in '71. I was in a band sharing the stage with another band and I could not believe anyone would need such a beast. I played in a reggae band 15 years later at a concert and they blew one up, just before I went on. I had a 10 lb Walter Woods 300 watt hand-built solid state amp and that amp and one cabinet (8x10) provided the juice for the rest of the concert. I love SVT's but I will never own one. I've played bass since '67, and still play now. Age 73....
Fantastic video! You really captured the essence of why bass tube amps deserve more recognition. I have a rare Italian model that's celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, and I even did a video about it. It has been my go-to amp for the past 4 years. The tonal quality and durability are unmatched, and it works perfectly with everything I plug into it. Transistor amps are great too, but they'll never really be my soft spot. Thanks for shedding light on these amazing amps!
Cici's RtL clip with the Rick and distortion gave me goosebumps. Ridiculous tones and excellent playing.
I've been around SVTs for half as long as they have been in production. I've never met a player who turns one down as an amp option. The weight of the head is only exceeded by the weight of the original 8x10 cabinet. So nice to see two musicians reveling in a 50+-year-old design. Ampeg got it right and still hits home today. Great video. Loved the different styles and instruments.
It's only Lemmy that would not use them.
I recently got an old SVT classic with a big ol 8x10. it is an amp beyond my needs but after the first time I played it I knew it was mine. they are special.
It was nice to see you two doing it justice with the heavy riffage! Now this is a demo I can get into haha
Used to run an SVT 2 into an 8x10 fridge. My back still remembers 30 years later. Awesome ❤
I’ve been gigging this amp for 12 years now. Not a single regret.
You two are the best! The clean Rick was my favorite
Love the sound of my humble Ampeg Micro VR head - not the same beast at all but sure gives the classic rock sound I need. Mainly used in the rehearsal studio though, I take my Fender Rumble combo to gigs, also sounds good but partly for convenience too.
@cicibass is a great addition to the channel!!! She and Lee are great together. Keep it up!
I never owned an Ampeg amplifier but I played through the 1970's SVT with the 8x10 speaker cabinet in rehearsal studios and the overall sound and tone was incomparable to anything else I tried at the time.
I love the videos with Cici and Lee. Watching them I don’t care for the information and the tech spec. I just love watching them having fun with bass. That’s great. ❤ go on like this.
This setup recorded with a microphone on the cabinet sounds insane. Great video folks!
Yep, the DI sounded so thin (guess with no EQ) compared to the SVT and Cab combo - absolute monster and a favourite
Got the 6-10 cab with the SVT 3 Pro head. Been playing on it nearly 20 years. It holds up really well.
My pride and joy is a 90's era SVT iii Pro, through a 15" cab with a 4x10 cab on top. BUT I played a gig once many moons ago where instead of both of us lugging our gear into the club, I used the SVT iii pro with an 8x10 cab that the opening band's bass player was using, and it was the most enjoyable bass playing experience I've had to date. I don't know what tubes he was using, or if any mods to the amp had been done, or what speakers he had in the cab, but it was the bounciest, fattest, growliest, grooviest bass tone I had ever heard, straight into the amp. It sounded so good it was literally almost like the amp was cheering you on with every lick or run that you hit :) So yeah, I'm an Ampeg fan :)
That sounded awesome! 105db is pretty damn loud, too. Both of you sound awesome, and seeing the you enjoy it so much is great.
THE most epic gear test in all Andertons history =D Just sooo nice to see Cici rock out with the Ampeg, also much fun Lee assisting ina maximum joy state, oh man so fun to see and enjoy,..Thank you Andertons 🎸🤘💚
I ran an SVT 200 and a pair of 1x15 cabs made in the 1980s. Absolutely stunning sounding rig. It's been retired to home use only. I've got other stuff if I'm playing out.
Cici is the best bassist Anderson's has had on the channel in a very long time. 😁👍
Yes guys! Love your work.
It’s been a fair few years since I’ve had an SVT, but hitting that overdrive brought back the memories, and lol @ the decibel meter hitting 100 on 2!
One of the great things about the svt is as expensive as they are, they always hold their value. After 4 years of gigging with mine I traded it for a bassman 100 head and a late 80’s thunderbird.
The bassman wasnt a SVT at all but I loved it for what it was and it weighed quite literally half the amount.
Nowadays though l, tbh I’d go for an SVT 3 pro with the class D power amp stage instead and save myself like 25kg lol
I've never been an Ampeg fan. Loved my old Sunn rigs and my current Hartke rig.
I have the classic and the VR. Wonderful bass heads.
The reason they came with 8 10” speakers was because 8 were needed to produce a low E wave off the face of the cabinet. The original came with two cabinets. The very early models would catch on fire if the bias was far enough out of phase.
So the first thing they do is dime the preamp and make it distort. To me what the SVT was about was big powerful, clean tone, with no mudding out, which it does in spades. An SVT with a Ric is the most monster full, ringing, clean Entwistle tone. My definition of perfect bass. . Sitting around in a music store totally ignores the point of an SVT. For that get a B-15.
@@kenschroeder9283 Back in the mid ‘60s I missed out on a ‘63 Jazz bass with a blond bassman for $250. A used B15 would sell for about $150. The 360, Sunn 2000s an SVT two cab model sold at Sam Ash for $995. The Sunn was a big mud bucket. Worst bass amp I ever played. I bought a Haynes Bass King II because a friend talked me into it. The first SVTs had major issues and would have cost a fortune to keep up. These models had the chrome tops on the power tubes. The Sunn was real reliable.
@@kenschroeder9283 It's like watching kids try to operate a rotary telephone. 🤣
You needed two cabs in the seventies because those original cabs only had 30 watt speakers in them which added up to 240 WRMS per cab, but as long as you didn't really crank the head you were ok. They never caught on fire, if they were dimed continuously the power tubes would glow cherry red which is not good for them. The early ones had different power tubes and were actually more powerful, I have three heads, one 1970 and two late 70's heads. No preamp gain on those, just a volume, the preamp was fixed to a certain output, the old ones are very high gain, at about 10 or 11 o'clock depending on the bass you will be shaking the room.
@@kenschroeder9283 agreed, but you can sort of appreciate how for younger players for whom this kind of kit is a rarity, that they don't really know what to do with it. the idea that you need a gigantic 300 watt tube head to play clean is alien in an age when you can get a 500 watt class D amp which fits in your back pocket
You can see how genuinely happy they are in this video! :D
I got the pleasure of using an svt rig filling in on bass for a band back in the day it didn’t take long for me to realize why so many love it
You HAVE to demo the best combination EVER!? Stereo Ricky with bridge pickup fed to a dirty Marshall guitar amp and 4x12 for grunt, and the neck pickup sent clean to an 8x10 SVT rig for bass. You would need a lorry and a road crew to take it anywhere, but that is the best combination of all time. Very Chris Squire ... or King's X!
When I buy a new bass and have done the 'I've bonded/I'm keeping' thing, the first mod is a stereo jack followed by a reamed out nut to take the heaviest gauge BEAD strings from a set of five because I just love the 4 string bass. Splitter lead to each Fx, pre-power&cab signal chain. Hopefully One day the neck will be via an early SVT and pair of 8x10's or would I just need one of the v-4B cabs for the B string? (I actually after playing EADG dropped by 2 semitones for that long do the same now, so it's actually a low A which I'm pretty sure Ampeg could handle
im not even a Bass Player but really enjoyed this !!
Holy cow, the miced signal sounds awesome 🤩
Aww aye! Am sold! The big black n white bass was very like my that-styled ones. So gave me a fairly set point to relate to.
I've been checking out their bass guitar history.... mouth watering!
the fretless full kneck-length scroll top, The Band dude thumped!
The look of glee on your faces, like two naughty kids! Finally bassists get to have some fun around here. Brilliant stuff.
The SVT classic+8/10 cab was my first amp lol. I don't pull it out for every gig these days, it's not always practical for some of the small venues I play, but every time I do I get more looks and compliments on my tone than any other time lol. It's lovely knowing i'm heard instead of banking on the random sound guys at the venues I play. this thing is 100% worth every penny. truly incredible. It's hard to play thru any other amp when you get used to the power and sound.
Ceecee plays some really melodic bass 👌🏼 And lees personality is amazing
Great review! Cici's right. It's like standing in a wind tunnel. I happen to have an industry standard (1994) Ampeg SVT Pro 2 rack amphead with the graphic eq sliders. The only con is the weight of this beast.
Used to have one of those myself. 👍
Ampeg SVT all I've used for years. Had everything from the old blue line head with 4 inputs went to rack mount SVT lll & SVT lV. Back to classic SVT head with 2 8x10s & a 4x10. My back's killing me but it's worth it lol.
An Ampeg and a Ric bass? Yes please!
Amazing to see you doing so well Cici! Keep up the great work.
Just don't try carrying it on your own ha
I've own a SVT-II Pro, SVT Classic and a '69 B-15N. The best Ampeg bass amps are the ones someone else moves for you.
Ride the Lightning!!! All hail Cliff!! Great job, Cici!!
We need about 1:45:00 of her playing power chords through that pedal with the microphone on the Rickenbacker.
Since the 70’s, I’ve owned a few Ampegs and one of these SVT’s. Terrific tone and plenty of horsepower BUT transportation is the complete downfall!
At 60+, I’ve got one of their little preamps, moving an Ampeg that fits in my hand and captures the classic mojo, good enough for me these days!
My best bass tone ever on stage was through a huge Ampeg. But now I just use an Ampeg pedal. The nice thing is it fits in my bass case. No more destroying my back :)
Using the Tech 21 VT ? Does it compare well (considering you will be able to walk the day after the gig)
Whats the actual name/model of that pedal? I live in an apt and cant use a proper bass amp.
It's just called the Ampeg Classic
The bass equivalent of the Marshall stack. Seen everywhere in the eighties. Just watch that hernia when lifting!
Best video ever!! That was powerful as hell 😍
I could listen to Cici play the Rickenbacker all day (or at least until my hearing went). I know Lemmy had a customised 1976 Marshal Super Bass amp he called "Murder One", but I got Motorhead vibes as she was playing. It was loud in the video, but I'm sure there was more boom in the room 😄
Thank you so much Mark! :) Haha it was incredibly loud!!
@@CiciVonStrangelove I guessed it was loud when you and Lee were speaking and we couldn't hear you over the rumble. I love a bass amp that's so loud your teeth rattle 😆
the microphone sound is so much better than the DI sound.. I'll never understand why people likes DIs track when putting a real microphone is so damn easy
I've been saying this for years, but most sound guys just don't care
Ampeg SVT is my favourite bass amp. In the studio I like to blend between microphone and DI signal.
SVTs aren’t one of the most iconic bass amps for nothing, they just have that legendary sound that’s made it one of the best rock amplifiers (or just amps in general). Awesome watching Cici play a Rickenbacker, I have a Rick 4001S that I bought probably about 2 years ago and its the main bass I used for recording with college, it’s definitely the best bass I’ve played alongside my MusicMan Stingray
HOLY MOTHER ITS A MONSTER THE LOOK ON CC FACE PRICELESS.
thanks that thing needs a health warning lol,
Much better partner with Lee. Nothing against that other guy, this is just a much better pairing. Great video !
I've got the 50 watt Ampeg Rocket bass practice amp. It sounds great.
Got the same set up in my attic. Neighbours haven’t complained… yet.
Have one, but I think there is something up with pickups on Peavey Cirrus bass, seems weak, will start to get static at times and drains batteries when not using. Beautiful bass, bought it used a few months ago
used to use a '72 SVT with a Sunn cab with EV 15B speakers. O.M.G. Awesome tone. Never had anything like it since.
My high school gigging punk band bass player used this or a Mesa 400+ gigging. But with the 8x10. All us guitarists had half stacks. Wow what a feeling. Too much in the best way.
Great rig. It's even better with that beautiful Rickenbacker!! Even without the neck bindings and mother of pearl inlays that bass is gorgeous. And of course, it sounds awesome too, especially through an Ampeg SVT!!!
I've got an SVT-7 Pro 8x10 and a 2017 Ric 4003s and the power coming out of that amp is just extraordinary. Then you add in a Spite Box and like he said, the Earth moves from under your feet.. it blows you away...
Jason Newsted used to play Ampeg with Metallica(He may still too) and it was my favorite bass tone ever! still is!
"That's a loud amp mate. You must have it on its maximum volume, yeah?"
"It's on two, son. It's on two."
Had a SVT 2X15 CAB BACK IN 69. What a beast, today my hearing is shot, Thanks Ampeg.😁
Please listen to this demo through good headphones or a car speaker system. Dinky phone speakers don’t even touch 1% of the badass bassness.
back in the day,(circa 1974-79) I was in a 3 pc hard rock band called Zaff.(Aerosmith, Led Zep, ZZ Top etc) the lead guitarist had a double stack Plexi 100 watter. To keep him in check, I had a double Ampeg stack (16 ten inch spkrs total) with the SVT 300 watt tube head. One time i stacked them both the tall way. To turn it on I had to reach up with my bass guitar to reach the standby! when I played the stage shook. "Amp mics?..We dont need no steenking amp mics" the best thing too was that I only paid $475 for the 3 pc rig!!! lol
The real standard for early 70s rock and a very proper tank
i use the svt 7 pro. with a 4x10 neo cab at 4 ohms. (1,200 watts continuous). handles the head. the cab is on wheels ,detachable casters. ,and through the effects loop i use the boss eq 200. selecting mids for each bass with separate eq have a good day
Best bass amp of all time ! Only thing wrong is its so big and heavy and so many tubes and Maintenance . So when I cant bring it I use the Helix version of it . What a sound !
What I’d give to play bass like Cici. She’s so good.
Awesome amp. I’ll keep my class D thanks but I’d love to own one. Especially if I had a roadie.
That’s incredibly kind of you to say, thank you :) I have no doubts you can do it!
My band long time ago in Chicago Illinois had two amps just like that one in 1994
Oh god yes my ears are lovinggggggg this 😀
Ampeg SVT best bass amp there is in my humble opinion. I always ask for this amp in combination with a Radial Engineering DI for the backline we rent.
If I played bass.., this is the stack I would have period. I understand the quality of Ampeg. My dad, and grandma both worked at Magnavox in Tennessee in the 60’s. He said they we’re making Ampeg amps then. You can find Magnavox tubes(valves) in alot of the vintage portaflex’s and such
As a proud SVT CL owner I can confirm: This beast sounds epic, but it's heavy as hell.
Have the SVT 2 pro with the 610 hlf cabinet. Also a beast of a setup but extremely heavy to haul around.
The speed of cici's fingers... if she flicked someone on the ear, they would look like van gogh after... goodbye ear🤣🤣. Great player🤟💯
Owned a 1976 SVT with the corresponding 810 cabinet decades ago… to my ears, it was a big powerful tube amp, that had a ‘grungy majestic’ sound like it was ‘emanating out of a big tank’… and when it was on for a while, the tubes would do it’s thing, by making the low end very ‘pillowy’… eventually ending in sonic ‘compressed romantic mush’ by the last hour operating…
I also remember you could fry an egg in the back of it after a couple of hours on…
while it was a great tone for ballsy rock, I don’t miss the Weight, Nor do I miss the Repair Bill when the tubes had to be replaced 💵💸
Like seeing the dB meter going over 100 when Cici's playing!
I lugged one 8x10 Ampeg bottom around for 42 years. I put almost a half-million miles on my old school bus conversion with that 325 lb speaker in it as I toured.
As an owner of a Heritage SVT with 4 x10 cab I can say these things are amazing but make sure to keep your gym membership up to date. The head is HEAVY.
Lemmy!! He is all I could think of!! (Motorhead) 8) --gary
Love the enthusiasm
"Play some power chords"
Camera shakes. LOL
GREATEST ANDERTON’S VIDEO EVER. 🤣👍🤣
Guys this was great I loved all the bass tones but the Rickenbacker ( Rush fan) wow
Your enthusiasm makes this channel stand out
I play guitar and still love watching
Thanks👍👍👍
When I heard the Rickenbacker I thought Motorhead (especially with the distortion)
@@dragonmac1234 I saw Motörhead at “ Wigan casino” and yes it was that tone
I Heard Geddy Lee bass lines in the clean but yeah Motörhead or hawk wind ( if your old enough to remember them 😊😊😊) when cranked
@@pauldncn1 I'm 58 so I'm old enough to remember Hawkwind. I've heard some Rush songs and I like Geddy's clean sound (although I do prefer the more powerful gritty bass tones that hit you like a sledgehammer) 🤘
@@dragonmac1234 Mark 59 in November 😁😁😁😊👍👍😊
With the classic the trick is to crank the vol. to max and use the gain as volume, that way you get the output valves cooking.
Excellent suggestion. Why do people go for distortion first? And have you ever shaken your head when you look at bass effects, how there’s more bass distortion boxes than all other bass effects put together? I guess I’m just not a distorted bass guy.
@@michaelanthony9068 distortion on bass sounds cool :) and it's probably the most popular effect ever, on guitar too
The rhythm guitarist used to peg the volume on his Vibrolux Reverb, and run the volume off his guitar. He got the Stones 'sag' sound perfectly. 35 watts into 2-10" speakers can get very loud.
And right at 8:16 I want to be in a band with Cici. 🎉
Nothing beats an SVT
In the 70s the SVT was only available with two 8-10 cabinets. Now that was a bass sound you would never forget.
Just recorded some bass in studio with an Ampeg Silver Face SVT, one of the proper classic style ones, with a Barefaced 6x10. Both the overdriven sound and clean sound was some of the best tone I've ever heard. Shame the amp is backbreakingly heavy, otherwise I'd have run off with it! - Great video!
This makes me glad ro be alive! 🙂
Cant figure out what is cooler Cici or that Rickenbacker.