Love this amp, own several of them. Love how good guitar center takes care of its customers #sweepstakes

I absolutely love this amp! Ampeg has delivered as always. I've never owned a tube amp before but I can definitely say the power is there, the sound is there and the tone is there! Hands down the best overall amp I've ever owned!?

The structural engineers just left my house after my SVT did some serious structural damage. Tomorrow I have an appointment to be fitted for my hearing aids... On a serious note, these things are about as sweet of an amp as it gets. They are expensive. So is a Ferrari or Porsche. But you get what you pay for. Years ago I was fortunate enough to trade a Fender Bassman and some boot ($$$) for an SVT and 2 8x10 cabinets.. That one was made by Magnavox and sounded like nothing I'd ever heard. I stupidly sold it. I was playing against 2 Marshall 100 stacks, and that thing would stomp the guts out of both of them at the same time! Did I mention I sold it? Gosh, I was stupid!! Anyway, the good folks at Guitar Center just sent me another! And it sounds as sweet as my amp of old. It's hard to not crank one up a little once in a while, like when the neighbors and wife is gone. Anyway, a great amp!

This thing is a pain to lug around but it's worth it. Before you take it anywhere, get an ATA (safecase) case for it. I've had this thing take 5 foot falls before and it would have been a goner without the case. Although they are all made in China now, I am one of the lucky ones who got a USA model right before they stopped making them here. Now to talk about tone. This amp is incredibly warm and punchy. Depending on what cab you have it running into can also make a huge difference. I currently run it through an svt410hlf and the sound is huge. I started off running it through an 810 swr goliath and it gave me a super warm sound. The low end is almost overbearing with the low boost on. I tend to keep the high boost on and the low boost off. Once I find my sound (which is pretty easy) I just leave it and make smaller adjustments with my SansAmp and compressor. If you have the money, buy it. There's a reason professional bassists use it all around the world. I would suggest buying a used American SVT-CL. Look hard and you can find a good deal.

I bought this used from my local guitar center and it is definitely a great buy. I play genre's stupidly deemed, "Metalcore," or "Hardcore," or whatever and when paired with a sansamp bass driver pedal you can get that really round but controlled rattly tone most bands like that get, even in tunings like drop C. I outpower my band with the master vol. at 2 when combined with my 8x10 cab so volume isn't an issue. it isn't very versatile but it definitely doesn't need to be, and the high end and low end boosts (white buttons ) make a huge difference. Definitely get this if you can

Waited 4 months to recieve the Ampeg SVT CL. Looked forward to matching it up with a new 810E cabinet. After proper warm up on day one the Amp preformed well, however on day 2, a far different story! The power switch warms the Amp up in a standby mode, the accompanied standby switch then allows the Amp up to play. When taking the Amp out of standby, I'd get a loud almost feedback type hum. I went right to the troubleshooting section of the manual and ran a check to make sure everything was hooked up properly... I got the rig to play again, however I wasn't convinced the Amp was now working properly. Day 3 same story, an annoying hum, so I brought it back to GC. The positive here is that Guitar Center checked it out and acknowledged there was a big time problem with the Amp, giving me a bunch of options on its replacement. In this case 5 stars to GC. I'm a little concerned with Ampeg quality and at this point I don't think I'll order another SVT CL to replace it. Hopefully for Ampeg this was just an isolated incident.