Nice pick up Flip.The house must be rockin'
NLP

FC,
Cool lookin' rig. I'm also using a MarkBass. A Traveller 102 Combo, same internal head (Little Mark) as your's, 2-12' Neo speakers, along with a Traveller 115 cab. Sometimes I fire up a SansAmp RBI for a little different presence and dirt, but the MarkBass rocks! Bet it booms along  W/ the Boogie stuff. RAWK on, dude! (Cool Basses. too!)    
 
The 'Ho.....

Hey there,
 
I made a quick stop at the Serial Number Pedagree shop and got a fine welcome from southpaw.
 
I've been meaning to hit the Introduction spot for a formal hello but this Amp section got me.
 
This Ampeg B-15R Stack is my latest acquisition.
There's a great story behind it that I'll lay on you, but first here's a look!
 
Garret
 
And Here's the Amp Story!
 
The Ampeg is a B-15R (reissue) 2-15 stack.
 
I found and bought them separately this last summer.
I ran into the B-15E extension cab first, still new had never been sold.
(S/N KIDJ70001, first production model issued! Crazy!)
I never would have gone through the expense and effort otherwise.  The extension cab., completing the 2-15 Stack, really makes it. Before I found my B-15E Ampeg had already told me they had built a short run, 98 built for distribution!  The store I found it in had been using it as a rental.  I guess no-one had any regard for this Low-Power funky cab!  They sold it to me for $350.00 and I ran home screaming, so to speak!  I was a state away from home, celibrating my brother's 50th birthday.
The guy at the store didn't even know it was the first one issued, till he rang up the sale.
 
After that I set out to find a B-15R to set on top of it.  There had been used ones at both Bass NorthWest and Bass Central for $1300.00 before I went to Washinton for the weekend. When I checked back they had both sold the same day I bought my B-15E.  So I sent out emails expressing interest in another used one, both Bass NW and Bass Central offered me new ones for $1900.00 each.
 
In the meantime I put my '74 Rick up on ebay!
 
Then I got a phone call from a gal at Guitar Center in Eugene OR. (I'm in Corvallis OR.) saying she had two, still new, store floor models in her network (stores back east) with minor tolex damage that she sell me for $1349.99!
 
So, I told her I had my '74 Rick auction finishing up on eBay, I got $1045.00 for it.
 
They finished the deal by giving my $325.00 for the Max & 412-TFX and only charged me $9.00 shipping, it was an in-store transfer!
 
Now the punchline! They get it, I pick it up and bring it home.  (The damage was minor tolex damage to the corners of the Head Plate. A couple latches and corners were bunged up too but no harm to the cabinet, it's clean!)  
 
No-one bothers to look at the Serial Number.
It's S/N AJYDQ00001! The first production issue B-15R!  Crazy story, but it's true!
 
One odd thing is that my Cabinet is S/N AJYDQ00002!  No-one at Loud Tech. or Ampeg have been able to verify if it was released this way or if the Head/Cab was swapped with # 00002.
 
Now just one more funny thing.
I've been in corespondence with Jess Oliver the original designer of the Flip-Top Portaflex and was in on the Engineering of the Reissue B-15R and he was told that he would receive The First Production Model, which he has!  So he checked his S/N and it says S/N AJYDJ00001 (where mine is AJYDQ) and his Head and Cab. match!
 
It's all good!
 
I love it but it cost me my 1974 Walnut Rickenbacker 4001 and my Peavey 800w MAX & 412-TFX, which it had to be able to replace.  
 
It has been consoling me very well ever sence!
 

 
(Message edited by 72Rick on January 12, 2007)

Here's my little set-up as of now except that I've also added a 18 subwoofer to the carvins and I now have the sweetest thing I've ever owned, Ampeg SVT-2pro with about 12 tubes in it. I now have a custom Series II on order.
Aloha, Paul

I like the fact that you've incorporated your 4X10 into your interior design scheme, adorning it with a tablecloth and a plant.  I'm not sure I could talk my girl into that...
 
Andy Calder
www.andycalderbass.com

But be careful not to overwater the plant.

I'd be more worried about the plant pot sliding off due to the vibrations of the cab. That carpet sure doesn't need a load of wet soil staining it.
Jazzyvee

I'm totally stoked. On Wednesday this week I will be the proud owner of the GK NEO 1001/212 combo amp. I have heads and cabs, but at 480W (700W with ext. cab) this combo is more than enough for most gigs, plus I can always add on another 8ohm cab to get bone crushing volume. If you have not tried the new GK NEO stuff you really owe it to yourself to do so. It is truly vocal and warm with the sweetest midrange I have heard so far. My Alembic sounds great through just about any rig, but this one takes it for me. Steve

Yes, the new GK stuff is awesome.  GK has always made decent gear that held up well, but the new stuff puts GK into a new category of quality.  That combo amp sounds like a great tool.  How much does it weigh?
 
Andy Calder
www.andycalderbass.com

I've been dragging this Trace rig around for years. After running the gauntlet I have found this rig, bi-amped, is the best thing going for any bass with active electronics. Run an Alembic Series bass through her and the band will stop complaining about carrying the thing.  

  Going with passive pups, the rules change. Not sure why, but a Rick and an Ampeg seem made for each other. Not the same through the Trace. The boys never like seeing this thing in the back of my truck. Don't have to jog as much living with an SVT.  

Nice rigs! But what's with the Rick... reverse headstock?

Good eye fc, this is the 4001c64s. It is a modern replica of the bass used by McCartney which was built in 1964. His bass had a lefty body with a righty neck, a reversed headstock. Mine is a righty with a lefty neck, reversed to give the McCartney look. Also has the edges sanded off the body & horns, horseshoe bridge pup, toaster neck pup, satin finish. This is the only model to offer all these features.
 
Lots of discussion amongst the Rick community as to the headstock's appearance, ugly vs pretty. I like it because it is so odd I find it cool.
 
 

Very cool Rick j_gary!
Your Ampeg is awsome as well!
 
A Spoiler and Trace Elliot Rig to die for!
 
Man, you've got it all going on!

Nice RICK - I think the headstock looks cool!  
WOW - now that's an AMPEG setup to die for! But, at this stage of the game it might be too much to handle without some help!

I use a Glockenklang Heart-Rock amp into a Glockenklang Double (2x12) cab. I do plan to add another cab eventually, but for the time being this is plenty. I don't think there's anything better out there to complement Alembics than Glock stuff. It's pure and clean and sounds like whatever you put through it.