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So yesterday I scored a non-master volume Ampeg V2 for $600. First experience with a good tube amp - I've had a few little 5 watt department store amps before. Right now I don't have a cab for it. My amp right now is an early jc120. Would I be able to plug the ampeg into the speakers, and use it as a 2x12 for a time until I pick up a dedicated cab? It's not the kind of thing I'd want to try without asking one of you first, haha.

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Scored a 1969 traynor 1x15 cab. It sounds fantastic:

As long as the speakers on the JC120 are the right ohmage (idk about V2's but my V4 does 8 all the way down to 2 so you're probably fine) it should be okay? Does it have a dedicated cable to the speakers or is it just speaker wire?

8 ohm, so no problem there (V4 is identical besides two extra tubes/more power, so I have the same switch), but after I checked the back I remembered that a) it's just speaker wire and b) it's an early one, so there's only six jacks on the back instead of eight and none of them are labelled. Guess I'll have to get a cab after all.

It'd be pretty easy to butcher one end of a speaker cable and crimp tab connectors onto the lead and ground wires...but I feel compelled to say CONGRATS, NMV V2 is the best ever and so you should ABSOLUTELY find an excellent cab to go with it.

...but we can help you disconnect and rig the jc120 speakers up pretty easily in the meantime if you want.

benjuro wrote:NMV V2 is the best

[citation needed]

How does it "sound" compared to the V4?

Not an Ampeg guy, but word of caution in running the speakers.

DO NOT DO NOT DO NOT have them in ANY WAY connected to the JC-120's electronics.

Also, they're probably going to be a lot more hi-fi than the junkers Ampeg of the time used.

That may be good for you, it may not.

unfortunately some asshat swapped the original roland speakers for some low-end 'legend' brand, so it isn't quite as 'hi-fi' as stock. I'm not gonna bother swapping any cables though, but I appreciate the help. I found an old traynor 1x15 that I should be picking up today - 8 ohm. Right now this is my bedroom amp, cause I'm crazy, so the 1x15 seems like an ideal compared to something like a 4x12.

weed_killer wrote:unfortunately some asshat swapped the original roland speakers for some low-end 'legend' brand, so it isn't quite as 'hi-fi' as stock. I'm not gonna bother swapping any cables though, but I appreciate the help. I found an old traynor 1x15 that I should be picking up today - 8 ohm. Right now this is my bedroom amp, cause I'm crazy, so the 1x15 seems like an ideal compared to something like a 4x12.

Dude, they aren't Eminence Legends are they?

ramonovski wrote:
How does it "sound" compared to the V4?

Very similar if you're comparing same-era models, the V2 just reaches that brilliant power tube breakup at a much more reasonable volume.

Iommic Pope wrote:

weed_killer wrote:unfortunately some asshat swapped the original roland speakers for some low-end 'legend' brand, so it isn't quite as 'hi-fi' as stock. I'm not gonna bother swapping any cables though, but I appreciate the help. I found an old traynor 1x15 that I should be picking up today - 8 ohm. Right now this is my bedroom amp, cause I'm crazy, so the 1x15 seems like an ideal compared to something like a 4x12.

Dude, they aren't Eminence Legends are they?

god no -the brand name is Legends. 'Made in Philippines' is the only info on 'em. If they were Eminence Legends I wouldn't complain.

got it sorted out, see revised post. Thanks for the help!

V2/1x15 cab? excellent combo. one of my favorites.

Man, even the grill cloth matches. Sexy lookin' set up

smallsnd/bigsnd wrote:V2/1x15 cab? excellent combo. one of my favorites.

Thanks! I just picked up skully's old orange fuck, and it sounds so, so good through this. Second honeymoon level.

kbithecrowing wrote:Man, even the grill cloth matches. Sexy lookin' set up

weed_killer wrote:

smallsnd/bigsnd wrote:V2/1x15 cab? excellent combo. one of my favorites.

Thanks! I just picked up skully's old orange fuck, and it sounds so, so good through this. Second honeymoon level.

kbithecrowing wrote:Man, even the grill cloth matches. Sexy lookin' set up

Dude fuck into the V series amps is glorious. I haven't turned mine off on my bass vi board since I bought it