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    Ampeg ("amplified peg") is a manufacturer best known for its bass amplifiers. Originally established in 1946 in Linden, New Jersey by Everett Hull and...
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  • The Ampeg SVT is a bass guitar amplifier designed by Bill Hughes and Roger Cox for Ampeg and introduced in 1969. The SVT is a stand-alone amplifier or...
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    is a line of amplifiers for electric guitars and bass guitars created by Ampeg and originally designed by Jess Oliver. Portaflex referred to the amps’...
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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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    (Black) Rickenbacker 4003 Fender Jazz Bass Amplifiers Ampeg SVT–2PRO, SVT–4PRO Orange AD200 Ampeg SVT–810E (Bass cabinet) Effects Big Muff (distortion...
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    Productions. McCord uses Ernie Ball MusicMan StingRay basses, Ampeg SVT-4PRO amps and Ampeg 8x10 speaker cabinets. The Bloody Swords – guitar (1997–2000)...
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    Trace Elliot (for mid/high) Ampeg SVT (for the main sound) He has also used this equipment in the past recordings Ampeg SVT Ampeg Heritage SVT-CL* (also known...
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    previously used an SWR Goliath bass cabinet but now uses an Ampeg SVT Pro head and Ampeg 8x10 cabs. He uses Ernie Ball strings – roundwounds, medium gauge...
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    the Band was given some equipment by Ampeg, which included a fretted Ampeg AEB, a fretless Ampeg AMUB and an Ampeg "Baby Bass", a fiberglass-made electric...
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    Monaco, he updated an Ampeg SVT, which is used at maximum volume when playing live. He is currently using an Ampeg SVT-CL with an Ampeg cabinet.[citation...
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    as a novelty, the few that were sold remained in the Seattle area. The Ampeg Bassamp Company, founded in 1949 by Everett Hull, responded to the growing...
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  • Jess Oliver (section Ampeg)
    amplifier repairman best known as the vice-president of Ampeg and patent holder for many of Ampeg's most successful products, most notably the Portaflex...
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    Gibson EB-3 Rig Gallien-Krueger 800RB head, Acoustic 2x15 cabinet Ampeg SVT, Ampeg 8x10 cabinet Dave Dreiwitz : On Taking It To The Stage – Jimmy Leslie...
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    Fender Jazz Bass (with custom third pickup) Rickenbacker 4003 Gibson Thunderbird Italia Maranello Amplification Ampeg SV-2 Ampeg SV-32 Ampeg 8x10 cabinets...
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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...
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  • Armstrong Guitars', to 500 Laguardia Place in Greenwich Village. In 1968 the Ampeg Company of Linden, New Jersey, hired Armstrong as a consultant to improve...
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    SansAmp Bass Driver DI Glockenklang Heart-Rock Amp (Later rig) Ampeg SVT-II (Early rig) Ampeg 8x10 Cabs Riedel also uses selected overdrive/fuzz pedals for...
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    amplifiers from Vox in 1967 and the fairly new Hiwatt in 1968. Ampeg SVT – With 350 watts, the Ampeg SVT amp's midrange control, midrange shift switch, input...
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    1968 Fender P-Bass Thomastik-Infeld Power Bass Strings Ampeg SVT-2 and SVT-4 Pro Heads Ampeg 8x10 and 2x15 Bass Cabinets Furman PL-8 Power Conditioner...
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    pickups running through an Ampeg SVT. In the studio Pilson runs all of his basses through Ampeg SVTs, as well as the Ampeg SVX plug-in from IK Multimedia...
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    ease of use. She often plays through a V-4 Ampeg and Ampeg SVT bass amp head(s) and has also used an Ampeg 4x12 Speaker Cab live. In Europe, Toody uses...
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    with a sunburst finish on Wings' tours in the 1970s. He also owns a rare Ampeg Dan Armstrong Plexi guitar, the only left handed one known to be in existence...
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    release of the Thunderbird. The first commercial fretless bass guitar was the Ampeg AUB-1, introduced in 1966. In the late 1960s, eight-string basses, with...
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  • Jazzmaster through an Ampeg Gemini 1, while Eddie Gray played lead guitar on his 1968 Gibson Les Paul Custom through an Ampeg Gemini 2 GV-22 with tremolo...
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  • C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Airline Alembic Alvarez Ampeg Antoria Aria Ashton Music Avalon Babicz Bailey, John Bartell B.C. Rich Behringer...
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    McMillen SoftStep 2 (2014–Present) Amplifiers Roland JC-120 Ampeg SVT-VR Head Ampeg SVT-CL Head Ampeg 6x12 Cabinet Marshall 4x12 Cabinet Don Caballero - For...
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    Bass Driver DI Ampeg Heritage SVT-CL head and Ampeg Heritage SVT-810E cabinet (used for the recording of Endgame) Ampeg V4-B head and 2 Ampeg SVT-212AV cabinets...
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    Bill Laurence pick ups, Ampeg 1968 SVT, Ampeg SVT 2pro, Ampeg SVT 4pro, Ampeg BSP pre amp, Mesa/Boogie M-Pulse 600, Ampeg 8x10 classic speaker cabinets...
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    years in order of appearance. Trace Elliot AH500X Trace Elliot 4x10 Ampeg VB4 Ampeg SVT-810E Peavey 8x10 (unconfirmed) Mesa/Boogie Buster Bass 200 Mesa/Boogie...
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    three Ampeg SVT Classic bass heads running into two Ampeg 8x10 SVT bass cabs. Prior to the use of the all-tube SVT Classic heads, Hoppus used two Ampeg SVT-4...
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