1983 800 Watt Peavey Head. "Max"

Standalone · #1 02-01-2011, 08:38 PM

http://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/msg/2186831755.html

http://media.photobucket.com/image/p...gooch/amp3.jpg
http://media.photobucket.com/image/p...gooch/amp1.jpg

Never knew these existed.

christw · #2 02-01-2011, 08:41 PM

WOW! That looks scary!

hrgiger · #3 02-01-2011, 09:15 PM

oh yeah those are still around. Pete Steele used to run one of those with some 3620 cabs.

here you can see his on top of a 3620 at L'Amour in NYC:

christw · #4 02-01-2011, 09:22 PM

I feel like it would be intimidating to have one of those behind me. That rig just looks naaasty. ^

perkidan · #5 02-01-2011, 11:08 PM

Ha ha. I remember when these came out. I had been using a Peavey Combo amp, and had only been playing a year or so. I tried one out at the store and about blew the windows out of the place. They made me unplug and leave it alone. Weighed a TON!!!

samc2527 · #6 02-01-2011, 11:20 PM

I NEED IT

seedokebass · #7 02-01-2011, 11:26 PM

It's like two Combo 300's plus a little more in one box.... daaaaaaaannng

I think I saw one of those at a Music Go Round a few years ago for a lot less money. Didn't realize how much power it actually had!

hrgiger · #8 02-02-2011, 12:37 AM

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Originally Posted by christw

I feel like it would be intimidating to have one of those behind me. That rig just looks naaasty. ^

here you go man!!

really that is an awesome deal since they are in such nice shape. can you say LOUD?

http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/msg/2163070350.html

hrgiger · #9 02-02-2011, 12:43 AM

weekend warrior · #10 02-02-2011, 12:45 AM

heres mine! just paid a whopping 300 bucks for it

bassbrad · #11 02-02-2011, 12:55 AM

I had a Max back in the day that ran a 3620 and a 2x15, what a beast. They took the preamp from a Combo 300 and matched it up with a CS800 power amp and stuffed it in a road case, always loved the "punch" switch.

Lowbrow · #12 02-02-2011, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by hrgiger

here you go man!!

really that is an awesome deal since they are in such nice shape. can you say LOUD?

http://detroit.craigslist.org/wyn/msg/2163070350.html

Looks like a war robot!

Munjibunga · #13 02-02-2011, 01:17 AM

Wow. If I were to go back to Peavey gear, this is what I'd want. (Right now my back is screaming, "Nooooo! Noooo! Shut up! Look away!) 70 pounds. Yike.

thumpbass1 · #14 02-02-2011, 05:04 AM

A nice bit of vintage Peavey amp I must say. 70 pounds of solid state bad assitude, all built like a tank.

Standalone · #15 02-02-2011, 08:36 AM

Tube Watts > SS Peavey Watts (& vintage GK Watts) > "Regular" SS Watts.

The TNT 130 was my first "real" bass amp. It still lives in my studio. I like the black and blue color scheme (caused by the "punch" knob, I'd guess) of the old Peaveys. Here's mine:

Nice toes, Weekend Warrior!

EDIT: Is this amp set up for full time bi-amping? No full range? Looking at WW's pic, it seems so.

DLEE · #16 02-02-2011, 09:57 AM

I switched to the MAX after a gig with Derringer back in the 80's.They had just received a buttload of new Peavey gear and his bassist actually asked me if I'd like to try it.He even offered to let me use it for our set! My main rig until then was a 70's SVT with 1- 810 & 2-412's.An absolute monster,well at least I thought until I switched to 2 MAX heads,2-1810 cabs and 2 118 cabs biamped! The tone was actually a lot less muddy than you would think with all those 18's. Stages would literally shake under this thing. Sometimes I miss being young and dumb!

Standalone · #17 02-02-2011, 10:26 AM

I've never tried my TNT through anything but the stock non-BW 15" in the combo. Might play with it tonight through the power section of my GK. I'd like to know more about whether its tone comes from the voicing of the pre or the characteristics of the speaker.

1n3 · #18 02-02-2011, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Munjibunga

70 pounds. Yike.

I'd have guessed higher.

Those old CS800s were HEAVY.

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Originally Posted by Standalone

Is this amp set up for full time bi-amping? No full range? Looking at WW's pic, it seems so.

I never owned this amp, but am pretty sure you could also run it full-range, either parallel stereo (400w @ 4ohms/channel) or mono bridged (800w @ 8ohms).

avalancheMM · #19 02-02-2011, 12:21 PM

I have one that I run in bi-amp mode, to a single 18" Black Widow, and Peavey 410, great rig. I usually run a bit of distortion through the top end, and run the bottom end clean. They have an effects loop for both the high pass, and the low pass, almost like running two completely independent amps. And, yes, you can run it full range or bi-amped, and the crossover is fully adjustable, as well. I'd love another, but I rarely see them up here in the Great White North.

Regards

1n3 · #20 02-02-2011, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by avalancheMM

I have one that I run in bi-amp mode, to a single 18" Black Widow, and Peavey 410, great rig. I usually run a bit of distortion through the top end, and run the bottom end clean.

Interesting setup... what crossover frequency?