I've recently been looking at some new amps and Ive narrowed it down to these two, I'm going for a good metal rock tone like Jason Newsteads tone on ajfa (isolated tracks on youtube) or tim cumerford which ,will get me closer to this sound?
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Ampeg pf500 vs peavey minimax 600
- Thread starter Ambrose barton
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I have an older minimax head and it is great. I had an Amped PF500 and it stopped working after a few gigs. Many, many posts as to its unreliability, though, to be fair, they have reportedly gotten better over the last few years.
The Ampeg sounds like an Ampeg so if you like that sound, Ampeg. Then get a pair of SVT210AV's to put under it. Classic tone city.
I had a Peavey MiniMax that had a fan that was too loud. Also, they re-engineered the tonestack to sound nearly flat to my hears lacking a lot of what I call character. I also had a PF-500 and loved the sound. That and an SVT-Micro cab. Why I sold it I'll never know! However, I do own a GK MB500 and 2 x Eden 110EX cabs that really kick and are very portable. I wish Peavey would put out a custom line made from their Meridian factory. That would be cool.
Another thumbs up for the GK MB 500 in case that's somehow an option. I got one last winter and played a few gigs outdoors with it through the warmer months (using a pair of 2x10 cabs). It sounds enormous.
I'd bet that if you also needed some sort of grind or mild drive for your tone, there are a boatload of different pedals that can help with that. I pretty much play a clean tone, but now I'm sifting through different fuzz options that might be useful as long as I can blend them on top of my dry sound using a loop mixer.
I'd bet that if you also needed some sort of grind or mild drive for your tone, there are a boatload of different pedals that can help with that. I pretty much play a clean tone, but now I'm sifting through different fuzz options that might be useful as long as I can blend them on top of my dry sound using a loop mixer.
