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Peavey 400 2 15 Rig in White Tolex?
- Thread starter MarMar
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Truth about the cabinets. My wife favors her 70's pv 115 cab and it is stupid heavy - particle board.
I've come to appreciate it - it's a bit shallow and rolls off about where a 810 does. Definitely has a distinctive tone under my v-4b. Tight and grindy without much "woof".
Leon Wilkeson is one of the only people I've ever found who used these cabs. Apparently he had 6 in his stage rig for a number of years.
I've come to appreciate it - it's a bit shallow and rolls off about where a 810 does. Definitely has a distinctive tone under my v-4b. Tight and grindy without much "woof".
Leon Wilkeson is one of the only people I've ever found who used these cabs. Apparently he had 6 in his stage rig for a number of years.
I'm not sure I'm supposed to discuss price as I'm not a paid member. I think it's reasonable tho.
It was 210 watts @ 2ohm.
I grew up playing through a same Peavey 400 w/215 bw loaded cab. While it got kinda loud, count me as one that hated the tone.
I just got a lower powered amp from the same era. It's really loud. I'm using BagEnd speakers. I'm digging the tone, and have to admit to being pretty snobbish about Peavey gear in general. If you like grit and distortion, they sound pretty great. The clean tone is a bit generic to me.
My first big rig in the 70's. Reasonably priced, loud enough for most gigs, built-in fuzz(!), and like most Peaveys from those days, reliable as a hammer and had all the tone of a box of cereal.
Not light, but manageable. A lot easier than the folded 18's.
The white tolex is a refin, but in the late 70's and 80's, white rigs became a thing ad they'd take any color from the stage lights.
They were a deal in their day, but anything past a couple hundred bucks would be a hard NO for me.
Not light, but manageable. A lot easier than the folded 18's.
The white tolex is a refin, but in the late 70's and 80's, white rigs became a thing ad they'd take any color from the stage lights.
They were a deal in their day, but anything past a couple hundred bucks would be a hard NO for me.
No, they're not a refinish. They were artist exclusives from 1976 for Either Sly and the Family Stone or Dr. Hook and the Medicine show. There's footage of Sly using a white backline but I haven't been able to unearth any footage or photos of Dr. Hook using white. All Peavey could tell me is that they're 100% artist exclusives but they didn't have any records of who got what. Since owning these, I've only seen two other pieces of white gear. Another 2x15 that was found during their Plant 2 cleanout several years ago and a classic 2x12 in Texas. I traded this White Rig and a white 412f for a Sundown artist 1x12 combo with an EVM-12L and a 2010 Carbon Acoustics Blade NAMM prototype in Red (the only red one to exist). So a bit more than a couple hundred dollars.
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I'm asking two bills for it. Doesn't seem out of line to me. I did some research and people are asking a lot more. 2x more in some cases.
I have an all white Peavey Musician 400 series and 4 x12 guitar cabinet to match made in 1976. Many have said it is possible that Lynyrd Skynyrd previously had them made as one off. I have been searching for info on it and came across this forum. Any info would be appreciated!
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I have a 1976
Musician 400 series in all white tolex with matching 4x12 cab. Is there anyway to authenticate it?
