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Oh my, my.......if I could only swing the cash for this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1975-Vintage-Ampeg-V9-SVT-Bass-Amp-Head-NEW-OLD-STOCK_W0QQitemZ280144398447QQihZ018QQcategoryZ121156QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Is this anyone here??

A footswitch? Distortion and reverb? And this thing is a bass amp?

Maybe it's like Jack Bruce playing through a Marshall.

Thats a V9, not an SVT. The V9 was the guitar amp with a similar circuit but had added stuff appropriate for guitar. The SVT was the bass amp and didn't have the extra things. You can tell by the inputs among other things. A real SVT has 4 inputs on the left.

Yeah it was a 300 watt guitar amp with the same power amp as an SVT, the only difference was the preamp which was voiced for guitar and had a few effects. A lot of bass players have used these over the years though including Allen Woody who sometimes used these instead of SVT's. It also came with a 9 x 10 cab. That is a rare amp, I've only seen one in person in my life and that was 35 years ago in a store.
You think Marshalls are bad to play against? haha!

Hi Bob, figured you'd drop by this one!

haha! Of course, I saw this the first day thanks to a British friend who is a fellow Ampeg fanatic.