05-25-2016, 05:15 AM
That's somewhat unusual. If anything, I would expect people to find most Ampegs of that kind to be fairly bass/mid heavy, rather than having "no real bottom end."
I suppose everyone hears things differently, but really, I think it's more likely that it needs a tune up or something isn't quite right.
And worn out tubes that are still functioning tend to sound dull, not harsh.
Compared to most fender/vox/marshall amps, since the ampegs use a completely different tone stack, it's way more likely that someone would boost the treble pot past noon on an ampeg for clarity. Most ampegs with bass and treble at noon are almost truly flat in EQ. You basically can't even get a fender/marshall/vox Eq to be flat, even with the mid at max and the bass/treble near zero.
I suppose everyone hears things differently, but really, I think it's more likely that it needs a tune up or something isn't quite right.
And worn out tubes that are still functioning tend to sound dull, not harsh.
Compared to most fender/vox/marshall amps, since the ampegs use a completely different tone stack, it's way more likely that someone would boost the treble pot past noon on an ampeg for clarity. Most ampegs with bass and treble at noon are almost truly flat in EQ. You basically can't even get a fender/marshall/vox Eq to be flat, even with the mid at max and the bass/treble near zero.