Ampeg Heritage 50th Anniversary SVT

With the Ampeg Heritage 50th Anniversary SVT all-tube bass amp, the American amp company celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its legendary bass top end, which helped countless bassists develop their own voices and is still considered the benchmark for assertive bass tones today. Here, Ampeg relies on a carefully assembled set of tubes and a two-channel concept that combines the most legendary SVT characters.

The first channel is fully dedicated to the sound of the original "Blue Line" SVT from 1969 and accordingly offers not only a 3-band tone control with semi-parametric mid-band, but also the traditional Ultra Hi and Ultra Lo presets to emphasize the lows and highs in the sound.

The second channel, on the other hand, takes its cue from the Magnavox era of the mid-seventies and, with its 2-band tone control as well as ultra-hi and ultra-lo presets, is a straightforward guarantor of fat vintage sounds. In addition to a balanced XLR output for direct bass signal pickup, the Ampeg Heritage 50th Anniversary SVT comes with speaker connections in Speaker Twist and jack format.

The Ampeg Heritage 50th Anniversary SVT at a glance:

• All-tube bass amp built in the USA.
• 300 watts of power
• Preamp with five JJ 12AX7 tubes
• Driver stage with two JJ 12AU7 tubes and one JJ 12AX7 tube
• Power amp with six Ampeg Super Valve 6550 tubes
• Channel with the voicing of the original 1969 "Blue Line" Ampeg SVT, 3-band tone control with three selectable center frequencies for the mid control as well as Ultra-Hi and Ultra-Lo presets
• Channel with Magnavox-era SVT voicing, 2-band tone control, and ultra-hi and ultra-lo presets.
• Normal and Bright inputs for each channel with the ability to patch both channels
• Balanced XLR output with level control, pre/post switch and ground lift
• Preamp-out connector
• Power amp-in connector
• Slave Out connector
• One Speaker Twist and two jack speaker terminals with impedance selector switch (2 ohms or 4 ohms)
• External BIAS controls
• Power connector with polarity switch