I received my TNT Tour 115 from Guitar Center.
It is a fairly heavy amp, but the large cube design makes it very hard to transport. To carry it by yourself, you have to grab the handles on the side, and hoist it up to your chest level. It is manageable to carry this way, but having all that weight out far from your body creates a bad lever on your lower back. If the cab were taller and narrower, it would be much easier to carry. Not something you want to move long distances.
Because the cube is a wedge shape, it is going to be difficult to put on a hand truck, unless you put the face down. The amp does not ship with, nor does it have an optional cover
afaik, so it will get banged up quickly.
Regarding the amp function, I really dislike the control array. Besides being on the far back corner of the amp, there is nothing visually to show you how the amp is set. The pushbuttons are small, dark and have little travel. You have to look real close to see how they are set. The EQ sliders have a very cheap plastic feel to them.
The amp sound is solid and has good projection, but my particular amp makes a loud vibrating noise whenever I play "D" anywhere on the neck. Apologists for the amp have said you have to tighten up all the screws and these vibrations will go away, but I'm not going to mess with that.
Unfortuantely, the tweeter makes a hissing/rasping noise when it is turned on, and does not seem to contribute much to the tone turned on. I only spent 15 minutes demoing the amp, but flipping the switch both ways and stepping away did not seem to make much/any difference in tone, leading me to believe the tweet was blown or defective. The tweet noise is largely masked by the amp's fan noise, which is louder than I would anticipate.
Peavey has built a great reputation with its American Made quality, and I own some of their great USA made guitar amps (and a Chinese Vypyr which is ok for price). This Chinese amp just doesnt have that Peavey Feel or quality. I have to think that if they were building them stateside, there would be some QC that would catch these issues. As it is now, I have this huge 80lb box I have to take back to Guitar Center.
If everything worked properly, no rasping from the tweet, no cab vibrations, it would be a servicable, but not great amp. The control panel is cheap and hard to read, and the amp design/footprint could not be less portable.
Sorry Peavy, but you an do better than this. Maybe you should come up with another name to brand these under so it doesn't soil the reputation of your quality USA made stuff.
