How do you date an Ampeg amp?

Like all U.S.A. made amps, the speakers, transformers, and potentiometers have date codes on them. This along with the serial number on the amp can help narrow down the year of manufacture. There are six distinctive periods in the Ampeg line. Each period has a different way of identifying the year made.

Who used Ampeg amps?

Keith Richards The guitar was used by Keith Richards with The Rolling Stones during the same 1969, 1970, and 1971 tours and some early shows of the 1972 tour, and the bass version by Bill Wyman on the 1972 tour and some of the 1973 Winter tour shows.

Who uses Ampeg SVT?

Fashioning a leadership role in avant-garde jazz and funk circles, Tim is also a capable and reliable sideman routinely called upon by todays leading innovators including: Elvis Costello, Chris Botti, John Mayer, Sting, Uri Caine, Dave Binney, Donny McCaslin, Mark Guiliana and Donald Fagen.

How can I tell the year of my Fender amp?

All Fender amplifiers manufactured from 1990 – present include a date code printed on the quality assurance (QA) sticker on the back of the amp chassis, and are dated the by the first letter as the year and the second letter as the month.