DigitalMetal
Building a Mini SSL
I would trade my SVT-5 pro for a Rec but the shipping would kill both of us I'm sure, also worth looking at Svt 3's but yeah Mesa 400+ are a total winner as far as I'm concerned.
shall I sell my 2ch Dual Recto for an SVT4 Pro?
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Dude, get the SVT-VR! The closest thing to a vintage blueline you will find.
If you can't afford that, get a used Trace Elliot V6, or failing that one of the other tube amps. SVT-4s are one of the worst Ampegs you can find.
An Eden isn't in the same league sorry, I have one and the V6 kills it for grit...
If you can't afford that, get a used Trace Elliot V6, or failing that one of the other tube amps. SVT-4s are one of the worst Ampegs you can find.
An Eden isn't in the same league sorry, I have one and the V6 kills it for grit...
BLUElightCory
Member
As someone who just sold his SVT4 Pro for an SVT-VR, I'll throw in another vote for the tube SVTs. The SVT4Pro is a good live amp but it's a very clean, unexciting tone.
Josh Burgess
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My brother works at a music store that repairs a lot of SWR gear. Their stuff sounds great but apparently is fairly unreliable.
sprack
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IIRC SWR was sold to Fender in 2003. They've since cost reduced the gear and subsequently quality took a dive. Had a redhead in the 90's. Zero issues with it and I thought it sounded great.
ahjteam
Anssi Tenhunen
Lasse, look for an Ampeg bass cab instead. There's about 90% of the "Ampeg" sound you're looking for. Then use one Recto as a bass amp.
I gotta agree here, the cabs do sound amazing, but the amps aren't anything super special. Also Lasse, what kind of bass tone are you looking for?
sprack
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Recorded a band that borrowed an eden traveller 550 the last few days. Awesome bass head- sounded great, was super easy to dial in and we didn't even hook it up to a cab. When I get enough to buy a bass head for the studio I'm definately getting one of these. Smokes anything I've ever used before.
Loren Littlejohn
Lover of all boobage.
rlcramer
Tone is not in MY fingers
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I keep waiting for one of the bass amp manufacturers to come out with a decently priced, all tube, lunchbox-style head like the Rev Jr, Gigmaster, etc. All of the multi-trillion watt bass amps out there now are complete overkill for the smaller studios, IMHO.
But if I was going to put in my vote, I had an SVT Classic a few years back and the thing sounded awesome live. I'm sure it wouldn't be too shabby in the studio. I'm not an SVT4 fan though.
Bobby
But if I was going to put in my vote, I had an SVT Classic a few years back and the thing sounded awesome live. I'm sure it wouldn't be too shabby in the studio. I'm not an SVT4 fan though.
Bobby
tomas_almeida
nope
I'm going to speak of my experience of hearing the amps live, and trying them out, not in a recording enviroment (I have minimum experience there).
I have a Traynor YBA 200 (200 watts) with 4 KT88 and the V1 preamp tube replaced by a Sovtek 5751. It SLAYS for metal bass tones, and fits the needs you described.
People complain that it is a very bright amp with generally too much high mids at around 2kHz, but that is(generally) a positive characteristic for the type of tones you would need for metal, because it emphasizes the "clank frequencies". Also, it has a nice natural compression that is normal of all tube amps. The amp didn't sound stellar with the stock 12ax7 on the V1 (too much unnecessary gain), but after the change, with an Aguilar cab with 10" speakers and my Dingwall bass I get the best tone (metal tones) that I've ever heard coming from a source in front of me (read: not on a recording). I just hope to get some means to record it in the future. The trick with this amp is equalizing it. It has a strange fender-style tone stack in which flat is aproximately treble at 2, mids at 10 and bass at 2 (mids are basically cut only).
The SVT4 is not, IMO, a very good amplifier, especially when you have in account it's pricerange. The meaty and compressed sound people associate with Ampeg is typical of their all-tube amps, not their hybrids.
Emdprodukt
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Daaaaamn! I should have asked for a lot more money for the A7/BigKnob... You´d be broke and I´d snatch the recto
Congrats though^^
