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PEAVEY 80'S AND 90'S AMPLIFICATION

#141
FFEJY said:
Oh it doesn't sound bad running it like you did, it just to me is louder and more aggressive in the mids running everything full-range. Less hi-fi.

I first learned this with a similar cab over 30 years ago, the 3620. It is the granddaddy to this cab as it has two 18s and two 10s. It was a shame to limit both those giant 18s to 500hz!

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Boy I could have made a mess of a couple lead guitarists over the years using the 3620 cab lolll
Yep the way I ran it using only 1 cable from rear of head to 1 full range socket on the cab sounded beautiful to me anyway and had heaps of grunt. As a matter of fact I made up a special speaker cable and had a small amount of Velcro hook attached near the end of the plug..and a patch of velcro loop on the cab full range jacks because I used to have a problem with the volume from the cab blowing the speaker cable out the back of the cab full range jack..lolll the Velcro held the 2 together as intended.
 
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#142
FFEJY said:
Oh it doesn't sound bad running it like you did, it just to me is louder and more aggressive in the mids running everything full-range. Less hi-fi.

I first learned this with a similar cab over 30 years ago, the 3620. It is the granddaddy to this cab as it has two 18s and two 10s. It was a shame to limit both those giant 18s to 500hz!

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By the way @FFEJY thank you so much for your wiring suggestion. At 71 everything is better late than never lol
 
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#143
Those Peaveys despite lower price sure have a lot of features, like the above crossover and bi-amp business.

The split of the bass eq into 50 and 100 Hz seemed really useful. You could lower the low bass relative to the high and get more definition. I didn’t want to be like those players who send out just an indistinct hum. Especially to those at the back of the crowd, sometimes you can’t hear anything of the music there except a low mush from the bass.
 
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#144
I tried out for a band last week and they had this bass amp for me to use. I gotta say it didn’t sound that bad.
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#146
Giffro said:
In my opinion it's that beautiful punchy sound of the 2 10" Scorpions that are the driving force of the 1820 cab that support the 18" Black Widow bottom end.

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FFEJY said:
Oh it doesn't sound bad running it like you did, it just to me is louder and more aggressive in the mids running everything full-range. Less hi-fi.

I first learned this with a similar cab over 30 years ago, the 3620. It is the granddaddy to this cab as it has two 18s and two 10s. It was a shame to limit both those giant 18s to 500hz!

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I'd love to have either one of those!

No idea where I could put it in my apartment though :(
 
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#148
I remember the fridge-sized 3620's with the MAX amp on top of them, basically their current at the time preamp built onto the chassis of a CS800 and built into a rack case. Too loud guitar players immediately were no longer an issue . . . . you could just swat 'em with that rig. And move every glass and bottle on the back bar.
 
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#152
HubbardsFate said:
I don't care what anyone says, in addition to ruggedness, Peavey was making some of the best LOOKING amp gear back in the day too...I saw that exact head atop a couple of cabinets at one of my local brick n' mortars awhile back...tempting...:bassist:
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I had a White Faced Firebass 700 that I ran with 2 4x10s. It was incredibly loud without really breaking a sweat. Plus it sounded great. I am actually trying to buy the one in the Pics without the Cabs…It still looks brand new.
 
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#154
I started out on Peavey gear. Patriot bass and Basic 50 combo. I really liked that amp. The bass, not so much. My first new “pro rig” was a Megabass with a pair of 1820’s. Never really bonded with it. Switched to CS 800 and later a Crest (owned by Peavey) with an ADA MB-1 preamp, 2-410 cabs, then 2-412’s. The good ole days.
 
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#155
Still have my first ever bass amp, a Basic 40. I also had a 2x15 cab with Scorpion speakers in it and some generic brand head for gigging when I was in high school. Here's my Basic 40 with my 80s Matsumoku Westone Spectrum GT bass.

Somewhere around here I think I still have the instruction book, receipt, and Peavey catalogue that came with it. The catalogue shows people in the factory in Mississippi (I think?), cool history.

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Spectrum said:
Still have my first ever bass amp, a Basic 40. I also had a 2x15 cab with Scorpion speakers in it and some generic brand head for gigging when I was in high school. Here's my Basic 40 with my 80s Matsumoku Westone Spectrum GT bass.

Somewhere around here I think I still have the instruction book, receipt, and Peavey catalogue that came with it. The catalogue shows people in the factory in Mississippi (I think?), cool history.

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Meridian, MS if I recall correctly
 
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#159
Oh man !! The Firebass 700 is hands down the best sounding solid state head I've owned. Yes, they are heavy, but LOUD. Super warm, and NO plug ins or knobs in the back , except the speaker outs. I LOVE that design. On stage it is SO easy to do the D.I. , levels, everything from the front. KILLER bass amp.
 
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mb94952 said:
Oh man !! The Firebass 700 is hands down the best sounding solid state head I've owned. Yes, they are heavy, but LOUD. Super warm, and NO plug ins or knobs in the back , except the speaker outs. I LOVE that design. On stage it is SO easy to do the D.I. , levels, everything from the front. KILLER bass amp.
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Damn you...you're making me wanna go back to that brick n' mortar and try that thing out...:eek: :confused: o_O
 
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