03-19-2015, 01:35 PM
(07-22-2014, 12:03 AM)CorkyJr Wrote:(07-02-2014, 10:34 PM)Hangman Wrote: I have always wanted to check one of these out. Its got the solid state amplifier module built into the cab, and 4 altec 417 12inch speakers. its gotta sound so huge. has anyone ever played one? heard one?
they must not have made or sold many, because I never see them.
Hi Hangman,
There was an SST for sale recently on Ebay. It looked in great shape and sold for $1000. for the head and two power bottoms. Not the big seller they thought it would be and was only in the catalog for only one year I did however learn to play bass on an SBT. Talk about sound, wow. Any tone you wanted and all the volume you wanted. I could have bought the rig years later but I had no way to move it easily. My first Ampeg was a V4B head and a B25B cabinet with Altec Lansing 421a speakers. Same great sound and easier to move.
I used an Ampeg SST as a pre-amp for my Fender Rhodes piano for many years. The signal then went to a V4B head and two B25 bass cabinets. Originally it had Altec 421A, then EVB 15", then JBL D140's and finally Gauss (don't remember the model number. My favorites were the EV and the Gauss speakers. Since I ran the Rhodes as a bass instrument also, this set-up worked really well for my needs. Years later I sold the V4B head for $80.00 and the unloaded speaker cabs for 50 dollars each. If I had only seen what they would be worth today !