ampeg portaflex

[racehorse]

I need some bass player input. I have an old b15n ampeg
it has the original jensen p15n , in good working order.

it needs a cap job , tube are all origenal , so maybe a few new tubes .

Here are my questions
I have a new pair of phillips 7581a`s , I think these will work just fine . any sugesstions on tubes , what brand 6sl7`s are best?

I do want to play this amp so , I am going to pull the p15n and stash it away. what speaker is going to be best in this amp.

I`m a guitar player , so bass rigs arn`t somthing I` know much about .

I do know this is a very cool amp, and iI want to do it up right.

Thanks
Racehorse

[Tim Armstrong]

There are some great amp experts in the Amp Central Station forum here on the TDPRI, you're more likely to get useful info there!

Oh, and what a great amp!

Cheers, Tim

[feojack]

I had one of those when I lived in Colorado. I loved that thing. It really falls into one those 'If only I'd held onto that thing'catagories. By the by, I used to have an old Larry Coryell LP that had a pic of him using one of those too.
Cheers, feojack

[Rob DiStefano]

I gigged with a B15N in the early 60's - *fabulous* bass amp! And that flip top amp with lighted plexi Ampeg logo is too cool.

[tom grossheider]

Get the cap job and a thorough going over by a tech. The 7581s would probably sound pretty good in there. Not sure about current 6SL7s, you can probably find some NOS ones online fairly reasonable. A Weber California 15 would hold up real nice for bass (specify bass application if you order one). I'm a little surprised that a P15N was stock in there, I thought mostly ceramics were common in those, like CTS, etc. Cool amp, hope it works well for you.

[racehorse]

the speaker is forsure original, My father bought it new he says `65/`66 . so it is an early one.

I`ll be doing the work on it myself, so any thoughts ,or experiance let me know.

now I need to pickup a`55 or maybe a`62 p bass or a tele bass.

Racehorse