Steelmaster Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 I've been using a 500X for a couple years now. I had to quit playing for a while because of my back and other arthritis complications but I'm stating up again. The problem now is, I sold my 1966 Pro Reverb and the only amp I had to play through is a 1960's Silvertone 1482 combo. A great amp for pedals, but not so great for the 500x. I've been searching for something to use for less than $1600 (what another '66 Pro would cost) so just for the fun of it: I hauled my Ampeg 100 watt combo bass amp over and plugged into it. Very, very promising except there was a harshness on some notes when I was doing the lap slide stuff. I yanked the grill cloth off and discovered to my complete surprise there is a Piezo type tweeter. I pulled that sucker out of there, put a 100 watt heat sink resistor load on and WOW!! sounds better than my old Pro reverb and it's FREEEEEE!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillBee Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Ampeg = great stuff! I was using a V4B head for guitar for a bit - aside from tone - it is packed with weight and volume. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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