![]() ![]() I needed a pickup, so I went to Ampeg on 42nd Street and bought one from Everett Hull. Jess Oliver: I started out as an electrician, and I played upright bass on the weekends. How did you get into building instrument amplifiers? As Oliver was being presented with the new Heritage model he consulted on, he was more than willing to field questions about his fabulous fliptop. His place in music history, however, is firmly cemented by his invention of the B-15. A seminal figure in Ampeg lore, Oliver was the first person to put reverb in a guitar amp, helped design the vacuum form machine for the Ampeg Baby Bass, and hired Bill Hughes, the man behind the SVT. ![]() To get the inside story of the ever-present Portaflex, we joined Tony Levin, Ampeg Artist Relations Manager Chrys Johnson, and Ampeg Senior Product Specialist Dino Monoxelos at the Massapequa Park, Long Island, home of Jess Oliver. Having turned 50, the latest chapter for the “the Flex” is the release of the Heritage B-15. ![]()
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