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    The Portaflex is a line of amplifiers for electric guitars and bass guitars created by Ampeg and originally designed by Jess Oliver. Portaflex referred...
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    amplifier in history. By 1963, the Portaflex series business had grown to 44% of Ampeg's amplifier sales. In 1962, Ampeg introduced the plastic-bodied Baby...
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    exclusively uses Ampeg B-15 Portaflex combos. As reported to gearwire.com, Joannou uses an Ampeg SVT-2 into an Ampeg 810 cabinet and a new Ampeg B-15 combo...
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  • B-15 may refer to: B15 (New York City bus), a New York City bus line Ampeg Portaflex B-15 bass amplifier, introduced in 1960 HLA-B15, an HLA-B serotype...
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    hands of private collectors. Over the years, Dunn played through an Ampeg Portaflex, or "Fliptop", B-15 combo (so named for its head that flipped over...
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  • Jess Oliver (section Ampeg)
    known as the vice-president of Ampeg and patent holder for many of Ampeg's most successful products, most notably the Portaflex B-15. Oliver grew up with an...
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    2022), he used the following amps: Ampeg Portaflex Roland JC-120 In the 2022-2023 Global Stadium Tour, he used Ampeg SVTs. Flea has displayed a wide variety...
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    ventilation port. In 1951, Ampeg introduced a 20-watt version with a 15-inch speaker. In 1960, they introduced the B-15 Portaflex, a flip-top 25-watt tube...
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    traded in his Ampeg electric upright "Baby Bass" for a Fender Precision Bass; in the early days his first bass amplifier was an Ampeg Portaflex B-15.[citation...
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    Revstar RS502 SPB guitar while Russell played a BB734A MTB bass with an Ampeg PortaFlex PF350 amp. The band recorded a promotional video for Yamaha that was...
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    Jess Oliver (Oliver Jsesperson) applied for the patent for the Ampeg B-15 Portaflex portable bass amplifier, which would become the most popular bass...
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