Calling all vintage Peavey nuts! Which amps have "Saturation" knobs?

[christw]

So, I'm pretty much in love with my recently acquired Peavey Century Bass 200. The Saturation circuit really fatten things up in a way that I thought only a boutique pedal would for me. It seems to add a parallel distortion to your clean signal and mmmmm. My Ric never sounded so good. I haven't even touched the 1001RB-II in days.

So... calling all you vintage Peavey nuts for info here! What other bass capable amplifiers made by Peavey had these circuits? I want more...

 

[MNAirHead]

Special... Bandit.. Reknown... Nashville?

Think guitar heads.. there is very little diffence in the guitar heads and bass heads.

 

[christw]

So nothing with more power on tap had the saturation knob? I cant' seem to find very much via google. If worst comes to worst, I'll just slave the GK if I need more guts I suppose.

 

[KramerBassFan]

Go to ebay, and look at every little old peavey there.

Trust me, it works.

 

[BurningSkies]

I have a Classic 50 guitar combo (2x12) with the saturation circuit.

Sounds like poo.

 

[christw]

Sounds good on my bass amp.

I guess I might resort to eBay research...

 

[MNAirHead]

I gigged for years with a guitar head.. also with a combo amp...

Your time frame you're talking about is about 83-90... you'll have easier times with guitar heads (or combos)

Chances are they'll be scorpion speakers -- PM me if you find one with distortion.. it's a simple fix.

 

[mikeswals]

Back in '88 my dad bought me a Century 100 and a 1516 cab. It had the saturation knob. I was still new at bass and didn't know what to do with that, don't think I ever used it.

 

[HanibalSpector]

I use a peavey roadmaster tube head for bass. Early to mid 80s, 160watt.

Absolute beast of an amp.

Some of the old 70s-80s peavey gear was stellar.


Cheers