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#362
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Can I get a number please?
 
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Okay, so here's the story. I love the sound of a clean tube amp for bass. But unfortunately I cannot afford an Ampeg or any other dedicated tube bass amp.
Someone on the Dutch equivalent of Talkbass mentioned the Peavey Deuce and Mace tube guitar amps as sounding very sweet with bass.
So I was on the lookout for either of them, but since they are quite rare over here in the Netherlands I wasn't very confident I'd find one.

Then one day, on the Dutch equivalent of Craig's List, someone not too far from me offered a Peavey Mace head for sale.
His sir name sounded vaguely familiar. I made an appointment to get over to him to try the amp.
When the guy opened the door I immediately recognized him as the lead guitarist in the band of a friend of mine. He also did recognized me and immediately I felt confident buying the amp of off him.
I asked him why he was selling it, to which he replied that it stayed clean too long for his liking. Exactly what I was after.
I have gigged with the amp quite a few times now and there's one thing I'm sure of: It is never going to leave!
 
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Hnz said:
Okay, so here's the story. I love the sound of a clean tube amp for bass. But unfortunately I cannot afford an Ampeg or any other dedicated tube bass amp.
Someone on the Dutch equivalent of Talkbass mentioned the Peavey Deuce and Mace tube guitar amps as sounding very sweet with bass.
So I was on the lookout for either of them, but since they are quite rare over here in the Netherlands I wasn't very confident I'd find one.

Then one day, on the Dutch equivalent of Craig's List, someone not too far from me offered a Peavey Mace head for sale.
His sir name sounded vaguely familiar. I made an appointment to get over to him to try the amp.
When the guy opened the door I immediately recognized him as the lead guitarist in the band of a friend of mine. He also did recognized me and immediately I felt confident buying the amp of off him.
I asked him why he was selling it, to which he replied that it stayed clean too long for his liking. Exactly what I was after.
I have gigged with the amp quite a few times now and there's one thing I'm sure of: It is never going to leave!
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Good story bro! Isn't it cool when you end up with what you really want?
Way to be, keeping in target.
 
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Count Bassie said:
@Hnz there's a clean looking classic. You're #35! You're one of us now!!

... only... which one of us?...:cautious:

Tell us the story of your amp! :) And meanwhile I'll update the list...
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Thanks very much!

As you may have noticed the knobs on the amp are not original. When I bought it, some of the original knobs were replaced by an array of different knobs and the amp was pretty dirty. So I cleaned the amp and bought new knobs overall; ones that I think look pretty neat.
So that's why it is indeed a "clean looking" classic ;)
 
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#368
Riff Ranger said:
While club numbers are kinda wasted on me, you really should count me in here.

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And I do play them.

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I guess you qualify for a number... Nice Wall of Doom you've got going there! Love the T-40!

@Riff Ranger you're #36.
And what Westone is that you're playing, by the way?

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Count Bassie said:
what Westone is that you're playing, by the way?
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X700JB; or as I call it, the Tentacle :bassist:Mine has the older Electra name on it, but I think some produced later had Electra-Westone on the headstock. Well spotted :thumbsup:

Functionally, it's just a Precision with a hot Model P pickup and a nice tweener neck, but that weird (heavy!) body just grabs eyeballs and cameras.

I had been playing my ATK305 with this band but when they added a second guitarist and he showed up with a white ESP Explorer to complement the first guitarist's black-and-white Gibson Explorer, I knew I had to find a way to make my pointy black four-string work.
 
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Riff Ranger said:
X700JB; or as I call it, the Tentacle :bassist:Mine has the older Electra name on it, but I think some produced later had Electra-Westone on the headstock. Well spotted :thumbsup:

Functionally, it's just a Precision with a hot Model P pickup and a nice tweener neck, but that weird (heavy!) body just grabs eyeballs and cameras.

I had been playing my ATK305 with this band but when they added a second guitarist and he showed up with a white ESP Explorer to complement the first guitarist's black-and-white Gibson Explorer, I knew I had to find a way to make my pointy black four-string work.
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Another testimonial for the Quiver Approach! Cool bass, good on you for keeping some variety in the old toolbox. :thumbsup:
 
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definenredefine said:
I know it says that but it still makes me nervous...
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I understand. It's one of those situations where you just have to try it and if nothing happens you just keep an eye on it until it doesn't look like a concern.

Short of finding a video with the answer you need either consulting Peavey's documents or contacting Peavey directly with your concern is as close as you'll get to a reassuring answer.
 
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#378
definenredefine said:
Is it true that the Heritage VTXs are stable down to 2 ohms? I'm nervous to even think about trying it...
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I bet it's OK. Peavey used really heavy duty transformers back then (as did Fender and Boogie), as it allowed thoughtless connections to create extra heat, but dissipate. Mismatch was expected, but I bet that aux jack taps into a 2 ohm wind on the output transformer. I used to run a 2 ohm load all the time, either my VT Deuce or VTX Classic 2x12" combos into a 4 ohm 412F, no issues.
Speaking of mismatch, when I got the Deuce, the previous owner also wired the internal speakers in series, so there was a 16 ohm load on the 4 ohm/main speaker jack. He ran it that way for a couple years on tour. No issues. I wired it back to parallel, 4 ohm.
 
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bigtone23 said:
I bet it's OK. Peavey used really heavy duty transformers back then (as did Fender and Boogie), as it allowed thoughtless connections to create extra heat, but dissipate. Mismatch was expected, but I bet that aux jack taps into a 2 ohm wind on the output transformer. I used to run a 2 ohm load all the time, either my VT Deuce or VTX Classic 2x12" combos into a 4 ohm 412F, no issues.
Speaking of mismatch, when I got the Deuce, the previous owner also wired the internal speakers in series, so there was a 16 ohm load on the 4 ohm/main speaker jack. He ran it that way for a couple years on tour. No issues. I wired it back to parallel, 4 ohm.
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I think the manual says that the aux jack is switchable, and plugging a speaker into it activates the 2 ohm tap, so I suspect you're right.
 
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