Comments on Peavey Bass Amps?

[rptrsn2]

Always liked peavey untill a recent arguement over a warranty issue. not happy at all with their support. had peavey stuff since 79 and never had to use their support so thats good, but after that long to get crappy service not good.

 

[LaklandBass]

They gave Faith No More years of excellent tone.
Ive owned a combo and my old bass player had a head from them that he used for regular gigging and rehearsing in a nasty smoke filled room for well over half a decade. It never gave out. Seriously.... never even a small issue with it.

 

[Jim Dep]

I had both Peavey Mark III and Mark IV bass heads used full time at home and on the road for over 15 years. I never had a problem with either one of them and always had power to spare.

 

[coldfoot_luke]

I've come close to buying a Peavey amp for a while: they are built solid and can withstand rougher treatment without breaking down. They do get great tone, but for me, I think they aren't too versatile. They sound incredible when playing loud and over-driven, but clean tones aren't very full, not very warm. They are great for rock and metal, but not so much with other styles. Still, they are excellent amps if you a lot of loud and heavy parts in your songs.

 

[DanNowhere]

Funny you say rock/metal associated with Peavey. I'm used to seeing them with some bigger name country and southern rock bands. Of course, I grew up seeing all kinds of different local bands using them because they're cheap and easy to be had.

Also seems like whenever I see an old Mark IV head for sale somewhere, it always looks like it has just been excavated from a cave or something. They must have been used in the filthiest crusty rehearsal spaces known to man.

 

[thumpbass1]

I still gig my old Peavey Mark IV head with it's matching mid 80's Peavey BW 2x15 cab, that I'd bought new, on occasion. It's one righteous sounding big rig, and I could care less if some self appointed gear snobs don't like the Peavey name. Great tone, and bullet proof reliability. The head hasn't even ever puked up a fuse in it's well over 20+ years of well gigged service. You can't say that about many of today's amps.

 

[ghostjs]

i have an old 1989 TNT150 combo amp that still works decently and very loud. its heavy, nothing fancy but loud and durable

 

[pedulla-2007]

I had an endorsement in the late 70's. People respected the label then.I bi-amped with the Mark brains. & CS 800's. I still gig with a 15;inch combo.Pro /intermediate level IMHO.

 

[Chris Sheaffer]

I've had a Tour 700 for 2 years, a great amp. Just recently purchased 2 4x10 Headliner cabs because they're lighter in weight and no horns. Gigged with them twice,was very happy with them , very tight sounding cabs .

 

[snyderz]

Started out with a TNT130 combo. As stated above so often, bulletproof. Scored a BAM 210 combo a couple years ago, and run a 115 extension. 500 watts/2 ohms. All I'll ever need or want, indoors or outdoors. Both combo and cab are on wheels, so I'm a happy camper. If I ever run across another BAM, (they are tough to find) I'll snag it in a heartbeat.

 

[mike_v_s]

Don't know anything about those specific models, but what I can say about Peavey in general.

Loud
Practically unbreakable
Reasonably priced and a good value, esp. used

+1

I've got a T-Max head which has great tone. Period. Not great tone for the price, just great tone.

...and another +1

Mike

 

[gospelbassist]

I bit the bullet boys. I bought a Peavey Tour TNT 115 Combo ratted at 600 Watts. Just got it today, so I'll post later this week with my thoughts on it.

 

[Korladis]

My guitarist uses an old Peavey tube head. It's incredibly heavy, but it's also lasted through 30 years of rough treatment with no problems. He also has a Peavey Mark IV bass head that's been a backup at times. Actually quite a few good sounds from that thing. Again, kinda heavy, but also really durable.

 

[joeydavidson]

I love Peavey cabs (particularly the newer cabs), In my experience Peavey cabs match up with GK heads better than Ampeg or Mesa cabs.
If I ever got a tube head at retail price then there's a very good chance I would get a VB-2, I've read many good things about it.