Ampeg R-212R

It has everything you really need. If you want more, buy pedals. It has enough power in its 50 watts to play any club. I won't upgrade until I go on an arena tour. Even then, I might consider running a 4 x 12 cab. I'd have to make that adjustment myself as there is no exterior jack for such a cab.

I tried this out at a show using my friend's. I had it with my American Strat and Monster cables and the sound blew me away. I had been playing with a Marshall Valvestate and not even close. This has one of the best clean tones I have ever heard. It also has the footswitch for your distortion channel. I had to have one!

I would guess that it is as dependable as it is beautiful. It seems sturdy, but I also purchased the flite case for it due to I want it to stay in mint condition as we play about 5 times a week. It would stand up to quite a bit on its own.

N/A No problems to speak of.

I have been playing about 5 years. I have an american strat and a USA g&l classic. If something ever happened to this amp, I would easily cry until my wife said I could have a new one. I love everything about it. I wish it had an external jak for a 4 x 12 cab or something. I feel like I stole this amp for only 400.00

Reverbrocket Reissue purchased in 2004.
Dimensions: 25 x 19 x 11
Weight: 55 Pounds
# of Channels: 2
Power Amp Tubes: 2 x Groove Tube 6L6
Preamp Tubes: 3 x 12AX7
RMS Power Output: 50 Watts Class AB
Speakers: 2 x 12" Ampeg Vintage
Tone Controls: Bass, Mid, Treble

Reverb
Line Out/Line In
Footswitch Jack for Channel Select and Reverb On/Off

I play through a Fender fat strat MIM (gold lace sensors in the neck and middle, and a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge) and this thing just sings with this amp. The clean channel is unbelievably clean and works well with pedals. Only wish the second(distorted) channel had a little more crunch to it, but i guess thats why i use pedals(Big Muff backed by a Keeley tubescreamer).

This is my first tube amp and it is perfect as far as I am concerned. I play everything from blues to punk and this thing covers everything. Go out and pick this up for the clean channel if nothing else!

Seems to be built like a tank

havent dealt with them, but the 5 year warranty is nice

This amp rocks! If youre looking to break into the tube amp scene, this amp is what you want. Got it brand new on ebay at a more than affordable price compared to what these things are going for in shops.

I tried all the amps in the guitar store and decided on the Ampeg. I got it at a diccount price, so i picked it instead of the Peavey Classic 30 i was orginally going to buy. It has one set of eq's, volume, gain, and a master volume. It came with a footswitch and was one beutiful amp.

I plugged it in at home and was outraged. My amp was pickin up a radio station. I couldn't hear was playing, only "Bhoemian Rhaphsody" (laugh here). I tried three other tube amps to see if the same thing would happen and it didn't. It wasn't my house it seems... If it wasn't for the radio it seems this amp would have sounded great, though.

This amp is heavy, but built like a rock to justify it. I'm pretty sure i could have jumped on top of it and danced without a worry. Now if it wasn't for the radio...

After air guitaring for a few seconds i immediatly called customer service. squat. they were jackasses about it too. i then e-mailed them only to the the same answer-
That happens with tube amps from time to time. It is not the
outlet doing it. Try using a shorted guitar cable and reposition the amp.
That is really all you can try.
-Needless to say that didn't help at all, and as i moved around the amp, i just got different radio stations. So i bought a 600 dollar radio. Yee-haw.

I'll rate this catogory without adding in the radio. The amp was sounded great, and thanks to the store's discount came at a great price. However I traded it in for a Peavey Classic 30, which by the way, doesn't pick up radio

Plenty of features. Anyone who complains about features is a jackass. Do minimal research. If it doesn't have all the knobs you want, don't buy it. If you need a lot of knobs to sound good, you probably suck anyway.

My favorite amp ever. I wanted to replace it with a 4x10 Fender Hot Rod Deville, but I bought one and it doesn't compare. I play rock n roll with a Telecaster and a Les Paul Jr., but I often share this amp at gigs and everything I've ever heard plugged into this amp sounds great.

Still on original tubes. When I do gig there's no backup.

Never had a problem.

I've been playing guitar for about seven years now. I'm the lord of rock. If I lost this amp, I'd punch the nearest person and buy another one. I got this amp for next to nothing and I won't buy a stack until I go on another stadium tour.

I was lucky enough to run into an Ampeg rep when I was purchasing this bugger, and found out it was made in '97, and that I got a helluva deal on it.
it's standard, 212, fifty watts, 2 channels, footswitchable reverb/'overdrive....wish it had an output for an extension cab, but I'll have it modded,no prob there. Plenty of power, but the tubes ring when I push the amp too hard.

I use Les Pauls, a standard and a studio, and a bunch of pedals:Danelectro tuner, Dano octave, Boss V-wah, Route66 overdrive/compressor, and a Line6 delay modeler,into the amp.mainly I play bluesy rock, but my band does covers, everything from reggae, funk, and blues to Jamband, the dead, classic rock, you know , everything but metal and punk. When I push the amp, the tubes ring a bit, so I'll have to fix that, but other than that, it's all good. the od channel is pretty Matchless-esque, more chimey than a Marshall, but not so damn trebly like a Fender.

I haven't gigged it yet, but it's made it through my usual "new amp" pummeling(you know, dropping when you take it out of the car, standing on it and just WAILING.

nothing to report, as ofyet

I've been playing for 22 years, 18 seriously, 15 of those gigging semi regularly. the last 5 years, every weekend. I'm not sure if the theif would live to tell about it if he took ANY of my gear, much less my amp. I love everything about this amp, but I wish it could drive an ext. cab, so I could use a talk-box. I compared it to 3 other amps in the same class, ab, and for the money, it was a steal. then next amp up from that was a Marshall, that someone else bought anyway.

ampeg r212-r reverbrocket 2x12 combo, 50 watts all tube. factory 2nd. whatever they fixed it was cheap and sounds great now. reverb and hi-gain features, switchable, usual eq. no ext speaker jack but you can bypass it if you hook the speaker clips on a 1/4" terminal adapter - don't spend more than 10.00 to do this - hooked to a cab of your choice. use effects loop in front of the amp and your own distortion box, the hi-gain is nice but pretty useless unless you are a blues man.

i use the highest output humbuckers i can find on an sg, even balanced clean/dirty. i play hard rock and metal out of this thing no problem. the trick is customizing your pedal board and more importantly the cab. i pimped out my 4x12 with 2 eminence gb12s and 2 old model g12-80h by celestion - the thing is as close to matchless as you will get for a 500.00 amp. this thing rules, over the top lead, where i use my rival orange head for rhythm.

seeing it was a fully repaired and inspected factory 2nd i dont see have anymore problems, so far it hasn't flinched. i think it drives the ampeg vintage (greenback type) speakers a little hard, but its pry cuz of the low power handling on those cones. carry some spare tubes just in case, on a good class a/ab amp i'd be surprised if you had to replace them more than once a year.

the dealer tried to get me a reverbrocket r50h head with el34s instead of the combo 6l6 - my beef was no ext jack, i wanted a head, until the adapter idea came to me, st. louis music tried their best to find one. no dice.

my setup is an sg or les paul type guitar (ltd and epiphone), boss mega distortion and other effects. i've had lots of amps and this one seriously reminds me of the matchless sound clips i heard. had a piece of shit vox that cost me more to scrap then it was worth, various marshalls that sound like hell, etc. the only other amp i'd recommend is my trusty orange ad30tc head - very voxy and built like a tank. after years of searching i will stick with this for awhile. do yourself and customize it if you can to get the best sound for your money.

2003. very versatile amp. I play different types of rock, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Beatles, Zeppelin, Floyd, stuff like that. It fits my style very well. 2 channels, clean, overdrive. effects loop. bagged reverb. 2x12 all tube combo. 2 Ampeg vintage speakers. 2 6L6, 3 12AX7. comes with footswitch for channel switching and reverb.

I play a Gibson SG Standard, Epiphone Special II, and Jay Turser JT-LT custom. Suits my style very well. Not very noisy, nice and clean for the most pary. Amazing clean channel, distorts nicely at high volumes. Decent overdrive channel, works in conjuction with my DS-1. Very pedal friendly amp, largely due to the great clean channel. Amazing reverb, if you turn it all the way up gets very verby, somewhat trippy. With my big muff it sounds nice and sustainy-creamy, just as a Big Muff was intended to sound.

very reliable, never had any problems, very sturdy. i bought this "blem" at musiciansfriend but i couldnt find any problems, cosmetic or otherwise, must've been involving the packaging, as musiciansfriend says blems can.

N/A never needed it

Overall a great amp, versatile, sounds great, looks great. Very good price for this amp too.

2000 Reverberocket. Standard features.

Running an LP Standard, Strat, and Lucille through this. Play all kinds of different styles except metal. Pretty quiet amp. Forte is for clean playing as echoed by other reviewers. Distortion channel pretty weak - seems to lose base punch, but lots of mids and trebles - cool for upper register playing, not fun for digging into low notes. Clean - plenty of bass punch. I play this stereo with a Super Jet to keep the amp volume down lower in the clean sweet spot. I agree that this is the best clean I've heard - bar none. It's kind of a spanky clean that gives a little - kind of glassy. Also, sort of a round tone - whatever that means! I also have a Fender Custom Shop Dual Pro - and its clean doesn't quite hold up to this. It sounds better w/ humbuckers vs. single coils - I think it's voiced for humbuckers.

Can't really speak to this since I'm not using it 3-5 times a week on steady gigs. But - nothing wrong so far.

In the past I've called SLM for questions - very responsive.

Please refer to sound category above. Bottom line - nails the tone I've been looking for.

I bought the amp a year ago over ebay. I thought i'd review it because i looked at the reviews here before i bought it. i wont bother listing all the features since its already in other reviews. I wish it had an effects loop. This amp has plenty of power, its totally loud enough for almost any indoor gig without having to be miked.

All i really want to say is that this amp has a REALLY nice sounding clean channel, the best i have heard so far. although i havent played out of every amp, this one has the best clean channel i have heard. Buy it if you want a great clean tube sound. It sounds especially good when cranked up quite a bit, you get a natural overdrive that just sparkles. the distortion is nothing special at all, in fact I hate it, but there are plenty of other options for distorion! i am keeping this amp for its clean channel. i also have a peavey half stack that i run a digitech 2112 preamp in front of, so on stage I will have an a/b switch to be able to switch between the two amps, or mix them. This amp just sounds too good to sell. oh and one more thing, the reverb on it is awesome too.

hasnt broken yet, although i will probably repplace the 6l6's soon.

if i have a warrenty i'm sure i've lost it by now, or haven't activated it. heh

Overall, a great amp and i got a sweet deal on it. and it seems that there are others who have got it for 400 bucks new. its totally worth it. like i said, the clean is amazing with this amp, and thats why i value the amp so much

Purchased on E-Bay in 2002, New, I think this amp is being discontinued. I am not an experienced player, but feel I have a pretty good ear. I play mostly blues and R&R, this amp is dynamite for both. Has clean and dirty channel, 50 Watt, 2 12's, Groove Tubes, pretty good looking amp /w a bluish check tolex, and silver grill. Stovetop knobs on back of amp. Also has an accordian jack, which I believe is an attenuated input. Tubes are in a cage and reverb is in a leather bag. Comes w/ a footswitch that goes High/Low and reverb on/off. Also has an effects in/out.
This amp does not have a headphone jack which is no issue for me.Pretty simple and direct set up.

I have a Godin Radiator which is pretty jangly, and a big ol' Hondo jazz guitar w/ 2 humbuckers and is just the sweetest $200 I've ever spent. Both sound really nice through this amp. This thing cranks out beautiful tone, period. I tried out a lot of amps from the Peavey classic 30 and the Delta Blues, the Fender Blues Jr, and Hot Rod Deluxe. I also tried some SS and modeling amps, I honestly thought they were all pretty darned nice, especially the tube amps and would probably be very happy w/ the Fender or Peavey, but the Ampeg still had an edge on all of them. The clean channel absolutely screams and is very pure all the way to obscene volume. The dirty channel just growls with the gain around 2-/2 and the master turned up. I don't have any use for more crunch (?) than that. This amp just absolutely puts out the sweetest tone imaginable for the money. I have friends who are very accomplished players that gig w/ Mesa Booogie combo and a Marshall stack. Both were completely impressed with the Ampeg, and just about shit when I told them I got it for $400 new.
Oh yeah the reverb is magnificent. Unfortunately I mostly practice at night after the kids are in bed, which means low volume. This amp sounds very nice at lower volume, but just kicks tail when you can turn it up a little.

So far so good. Still pretty new.

Not needed yet, hopefully never will

I've seen where people have changed tubes and speakers w/ positive results. I think this amp is great right out of the box and have no intention of changing anything (at least until I start breaking or wearing stuff out)
Overall this is a beautiful amp for the buck, I can not understand why these are not more popular, but believe me, everyone who plays through this (all better than me) would seriously consider buying one if they were to get another amp.