My first gear post, and it is involved.
My grandfather was a bassist in country bands since the mid-60s.
He died in 2008 and I inherited his rig, bass and a quite nice RCA mic. I was playing (forced, [like my grandfather i take the gigs where i can get them]) guitar at the time with a tube amp so the solid state sat.
So this amplifier a Peavey 240 Standard in very goid condition. The power chord was beat up, looked like a mouse chewed through it, but that was the only thing I had to do to it to get the thing powered up.
It sounds great, warm with a little grit to it. Real fat and moves air. Until I cracked it open a little too far. Then I entered Buzz City, population Me.
The speaker in all its paper cone glory is failing. So I wanted to replace it with something like was in it, snd slowly tearing itself apart.
So I looked it up and there a glut of double talk. And Peavey has manuals in .pdf format for the 260 Standard, but not the 240. Twenty numbers less makes it less cool, or something.
I read it's a 150W Eminance at 8 ohms. But the amp is 4 ohm. Then I read the speaker is a 4 ohm marked as an 8 ohm. Or that it's a Fender speaker, a Black Widdow, or an EV with RMS from 150 to 350 watts.
I shot an email off to Meridian, Mississippi and I'm awaiting an answer.
Also, from some things I've read the head 120 watts per channel at 4 ohms, and can be bridged using a chord as jumper.
I've never heard of an amplifier that has two channels, running independently.
I am obviously lacking in this early 70s solid state voodoo.
So how does one bridge the channels without destroying the head? And any options on speakers that can be used on the one channel and wont blow out in bridged mode would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance for reading this.
My grandfather was a bassist in country bands since the mid-60s.
He died in 2008 and I inherited his rig, bass and a quite nice RCA mic. I was playing (forced, [like my grandfather i take the gigs where i can get them]) guitar at the time with a tube amp so the solid state sat.
So this amplifier a Peavey 240 Standard in very goid condition. The power chord was beat up, looked like a mouse chewed through it, but that was the only thing I had to do to it to get the thing powered up.
It sounds great, warm with a little grit to it. Real fat and moves air. Until I cracked it open a little too far. Then I entered Buzz City, population Me.
The speaker in all its paper cone glory is failing. So I wanted to replace it with something like was in it, snd slowly tearing itself apart.
So I looked it up and there a glut of double talk. And Peavey has manuals in .pdf format for the 260 Standard, but not the 240. Twenty numbers less makes it less cool, or something.
I read it's a 150W Eminance at 8 ohms. But the amp is 4 ohm. Then I read the speaker is a 4 ohm marked as an 8 ohm. Or that it's a Fender speaker, a Black Widdow, or an EV with RMS from 150 to 350 watts.
I shot an email off to Meridian, Mississippi and I'm awaiting an answer.
Also, from some things I've read the head 120 watts per channel at 4 ohms, and can be bridged using a chord as jumper.
I've never heard of an amplifier that has two channels, running independently.
I am obviously lacking in this early 70s solid state voodoo.
So how does one bridge the channels without destroying the head? And any options on speakers that can be used on the one channel and wont blow out in bridged mode would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance for reading this.
Last edited:
