Sovtek Mig 50 Question

barry666 · Post by **barry666** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:22 am

What would be a reasonable price to pay these days for a good working order Sovtek Mig 50 Head???

Hot_Grits · Post by **Hot_Grits** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:42 am

I'm guessing that 500 would be a bargain, and 900 would be steep. There's one at the Downtown Auckland Music Planet and they want a grand for it, which I find a bit preposterous.

Cool amps. Bruce at Mission Amps in Colorado traced the circuit and found that it was a Tweed bassman with a solid state rectifier.

barry666 · Post by **barry666** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 7:46 am

OK. Its just that I have one that Im considering either selling or putting against a new bass amp, cos I dont really play the guitar as much these days.

Post by **GrantB** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:10 am

These are great amps - huge voltage though and huge clean volume...the smallest and loudest 50 watts I've ever heard from a tube amp.

I agree with pricing above - $800 is about right for a very clean second hand one. One on TradeMe went about 4 mths ago for about 880 from memory.

I actually thought Bruce designed the amp for Sovtek...he used to do a bit of outsourced amp design for various parties (including Weber).

Hot_Grits · Post by **Hot_Grits** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:15 am

*UNIQUE* wrote:These are great amps - huge voltage though and huge clean volume...the smallest and loudest 50 watts I've ever heard from a tube amp.

I agree with pricing above - $800 is about right for a very clean second hand one. One on TradeMe went about 4 mths ago for about 880 from memory.

I actually thought Bruce designed the amp for Sovtek...he used to do a bit of outsourced amp design for various parties (including Weber).

Maybe. I'll ask him...

barry666 · Post by **barry666** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:18 am

I guess I shouldnt have too much problem selling it then. Ive had it for over 10 years and it served me well, but now that Im playing bass fulltime, its just gonna sit there.

Post by **GrantB** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 8:21 am

Hot_Grits wrote:
*UNIQUE* wrote:These are great amps - huge voltage though and huge clean volume...the smallest and loudest 50 watts I've ever heard from a tube amp.

I agree with pricing above - $800 is about right for a very clean second hand one. One on TradeMe went about 4 mths ago for about 880 from memory.

I actually thought Bruce designed the amp for Sovtek...he used to do a bit of outsourced amp design for various parties (including Weber).
Maybe. I'll ask him...

I could be wrong...but I've seen at least two different schema's of the amp with his name on it....do you know if he's exporting his Aurora's?

vacant · Post by **vacant** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 10:09 am

Are they worth more than the mig100h and is that just for the head? Just curious because I have a mig100h that I picked up for about 550 with an eminence quad and it's a brilliant amp.

sgt mukuzi · Post by **sgt mukuzi** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 8:36 am

didnt Dave Bruno design the mig fifty, another guy designed the 60
not sure abiout the hundred

Post by **GrantB** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 9:22 am

sgt mukuzi wrote:didnt Dave Bruno design the mig fifty, another guy designed the 60
not sure abiout the hundred

Actually, I think you're right ...Bruno rings a more familiar bell.

vacant, the Mig 50 is probably the most sought after of the three variants they did. They were all good amps for sure - I think the 50 has an extra sweet thang going for it though....just my view. The 100 was a Marshall killer...rip your face volume and could "chug" better than some modern voiced "chug specialists"...reliable as heck too, all of 'em, in spite of some plastic knobs and stuff. The chassis of my Mig50 is thick solid steel plate, maybe ex some decommisioned Russian tank

Timi · Post by **Timi** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 1:51 pm

barry666 wrote:OK. Its just that I have one that Im considering either selling or putting against a new bass amp, cos I dont really play the guitar as much these days.

Seriously, just use it as a bass amp, it would be awesome.

robnobcorncob · Post by **robnobcorncob** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:09 pm

Timi wrote:
barry666 wrote:OK. Its just that I have one that Im considering either selling or putting against a new bass amp, cos I dont really play the guitar as much these days.
Seriously, just use it as a bass amp, it would be awesome.

How safe is that? with the bass frequencies and all... ??

Unfinished · Post by **Unfinished** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 6:54 pm

I don't think the amp cares.

vacant · Post by **vacant** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 7:08 pm

I've played bass through mine. Sounds very nice, definately try it before you sell it. And if you are gonna sell it flick me a pm.

Timi · Post by **Timi** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:00 pm

robnobcorncob wrote:
Timi wrote:
barry666 wrote:OK. Its just that I have one that Im considering either selling or putting against a new bass amp, cos I dont really play the guitar as much these days.
Seriously, just use it as a bass amp, it would be awesome.
How safe is that? with the bass frequencies and all... ??

People use guitar heads for bass all the time, its fine as long as you use a bass cab.