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enim
03-12-2006, 08:11 PM
My school had its annual jazz club performance this weekend, and we need another amp. So my band teacher busts out this AMAZING old Ampeg Portaflex rig with a 15. SOOO WARM. I have pics, but i cant get them off my phone yet, but ill tell you, the cab was in terrible shape. The amp was perfect though, the tubes were all original, the sound almost burned me. I had never head my bass sound so good.

http://www.rockonmusic.co.uk/ampegb15.jpg

Thats what it looked like.

Its early sixtys, i believe.
muthafunkabass
03-12-2006, 08:12 PM
Gimme! Gimme!
enim
03-12-2006, 08:14 PM
Gimme! Gimme!

He wasnt giong to let go of that thing for the world. He knows what is worth.
muthafunkabass
03-12-2006, 08:21 PM
http://www.instrumentpro.com/P-AMPB15R?source=froogle
enim
03-12-2006, 08:23 PM
http://www.instrumentpro.com/P-AMPB15R?source=froogle
Thats a reissue, i played the honest-to-god original.
muthafunkabass
03-12-2006, 08:30 PM
Lucky bastard.
British Kid
03-12-2006, 08:41 PM
those things are flipping amazing..... i read somewhere that people that own recording studios often will pay big bucks to get an original one of those for their studios since they sound so great. I played a reissue once, it was really good, and i'm sure the original ones were great too.
Left Shoe
03-12-2006, 08:42 PM
that looks hot
darrell
03-12-2006, 10:32 PM
I record with one of those all the time. A guy I know who used to play drums picked up one of those off e-bay for relatively cheap for his studio.

A couple week ago, this kid came in the studio and blew the thing up. It actually set on fire.... he's since had it fixed. :lol: He grabbed the kid by the throat... Good times!

Edit: Never saw this post... I would have quoted it...

those things are flipping amazing..... i read somewhere that people that own recording studios often will pay big bucks to get an original one of those for their studios since they sound so great. I played a reissue once, it was really good, and i'm sure the original ones were great too.
Alma
03-12-2006, 11:04 PM
Nice looking amp.
nopicks4me
03-12-2006, 11:06 PM
Gimme! Gimme!

Gimme! Gimme!
Jahmez
03-13-2006, 06:59 AM
I'd like to have one of the reissues, or an original. I could never afford an original one, though.
zink182
03-13-2006, 07:01 AM
how the hell can you get tubes to last that long ? :|
NoOsH
03-13-2006, 09:42 AM
how the hell can you get tubes to last that long ? :|


i was wondering the same thing....
edgebass5
03-13-2006, 09:49 AM
how the hell can you get tubes to last that long ? :|

Because the rate at which tubes wear out is great exaggerated and over-hyped.
enim
03-13-2006, 05:56 PM
Because the rate at which tubes wear out is great exaggerated and over-hyped.

And the amp was never pushed

Nor used in the last 10 or so years.

I asked him today if he would sell it, i get a resounding "no"
rik
03-13-2006, 06:20 PM
those things are flipping amazing..... i read somewhere that people that own recording studios often will pay big bucks to get an original one of those for their studios since they sound so great. I played a reissue once, it was really good, and i'm sure the original ones were great too.
My mates dad just paid just under £3000 for one in his stuido. Got it shipped all the way from the US aswell.