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Peavey MiniMega 1000

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StuartV said:
I'm not sure if this is serious or tongue-in-cheek. I gig in a working blues/rock band and in a community big band jazz band. I practice new songs at home, alone, fairly often. I don't like "learning" songs at rehearsal. I feel like it is every band member's responsibility to learn the songs on their own time and come to rehearsal to work out arrangement changes and get them tight.
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Sarcastic in response to the notion that only a "bedroom" player would care about fan noise.

I really don't see what the issue is with pointing out that a fan on an amp is relatively loud. If you don't care, fine. If you do care, now you know. No need to to get defensive or derisive.
 
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arbiterusa said:
I'm not a fan of Peavey tone
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I think it would be incorrect to assume this amp has "Peavey tone". Yes, it's a Peavey but it's a whole new animal with lots of tone altering capability, not really an evolutionary product of the previous Peavey line. When playing it's not like 'there's that TNT/Mark IV vibe I've been missing'.
 
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I've had about 20 minutes with the amp. I have to take my wife to the doc.
Some breif thoughts..
This amp is very impressive. It doesn't sound like Peavey amps that i remember of yesteryear. The preamp is very clean and WIDE.. . Each note speaks with AUTHORITY. Even set 100% all knobs at 12 noon it is great. I ran it thru my small bag end 112 and dipped the EQ @ 400 hz by about 2-3 db and it was perfect for my taste. Of course all things change the second you get on a gig.
I haven't taken it to a show yet. But I will tonight.

The think fan is Very Quiet at idle.. I had my GK MBF800 on standby underneath in the rack ,and when the GK fan kicked in you knew it..
All the knobs on my MiniMega feel sturdy and firm.
The casing is made of Metal. I didn't know that . In the photos posted on Sweetwater , it looks like a plastic housing.. Nope ,it's machined aluminum and built like a tank. IN a GOOD WAY. really nice aesthetics!
I like the Lights. And they can be Dimmed or turned off if you wish. I've settled on ORANGE right now. !LOL

The Speakons take 1/4" too....Just in case you forget your speakon cable//
Something that i have asked for from other manufactures in the past .. BUT I would not use a 1/4" unless you have an emergency and don't have your speakon cable with you.. .
I'm not 100% certain but I believe the amp has a Stereo Module strapped into MONO ... So that would mean the "-" Negative is also HOT. That wouldn't be cool if you grounded it out. So Use the speakon!

Today i will use One Uber 115 which is 8Ωs. Then out of town shows starting tomorrow i'll use two Uber115s.
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Im glad it is not only me.. Ive only been messing with this for a couple hours.. But it slams! And is WIDE and Warm...
It can get Pokey too if one EQs it in

husky123 said:
I've been saying the same thing too. Having those 2 bands of parametric mids really helps.
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First, glad you're liking it so far kirk, hope that continues with gig use as well. And good to hear a couple of y'all compare it, if slightly, to the WalkAbout. After reading so much on the Mesa D-800 and some say it's similar to their WA head. I don't feel the need to pursue the idea that I need to try a WA amp so much now. Although I still may one day, dang GAS.

And while we're mentioning Mesa amps', can anyone say how they like/compare their D-800 to their Mini Mega 1000? From what I've heard just from the vids I've viewed, I haven't found that same tone of the D-800 in my MM1000. But I really get a lot of use of the MM1000 very huge, clean tone and again Friggin HEFT, man. Don't think Ive heard that MM1000 tone in the D-800 in those videos. D-800 still first on my want to try list, a Puma soon after. But if the MM1000 can do close to D-800 tone, I can scratch that Mesa amp off my list too.
Still very happy and getting a lot of use of my MM1000. :bassist: But darn, booking so many restaurant, low-volume gigs, I'm only using my GB NeoX-112T with it. BF cab sitting parked for last 5-6 gigs. :cool:
 
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Those are the two amps I have now. I'm not very good at describing tone but the d800 seems more focused and aggressive with everything straight up. It could be that the subway has less low/high end and it makes it seem that way. Of course both amps have knobs and switches to change that.

For some inexplicable reason I gravitate toward the subway on single cab, p-bass with the oldies group and into the PA, only need to carry the stage area gigs. Maybe its the portability. Not that the MM is hard to handle or anything. The DI on the Mesa sounds great. With my obnoxiously loud original trio, using effects and carrying the room the peavey usually gets the nod. I haven't used the DI yet.

But on either type gig they both do great. If I had to pick one? Well, I would never own just one amp. The other is almost always in the car just in case. I like them both and feel good about using either at anytime.

The amp/cabs classified section has been an obsession for me for the last 6 years. Trying different gear has been a hobby in itself, just for fun but always in search of the perfect mix of portability/tone/price. After acquiring the d800, MM and two hathor 1203's I've lost interest. Not that I don't like reading about new gear. But it would take a 9 volt battery size cab with 215 power to tempt any change at this point.
 
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nutdog said:
Those are the two amps I have now. I'm not very good at describing tone but the d800 seems more focused and aggressive with everything straight up. It could be that the subway has less low/high end and it makes it seem that way. Of course both amps have knobs and switches to change that.

For some inexplicable reason I gravitate toward the subway on single cab, p-bass with the oldies group and into the PA, only need to carry the stage area gigs. Maybe its the portability. Not that the MM is hard to handle or anything. The DI on the Mesa sounds great. With my obnoxiously loud original trio, using effects and carrying the room the peavey usually gets the nod. I haven't used the DI yet.

But on either type gig they both do great. If I had to pick one? Well, I would never own just one amp. The other is almost always in the car just in case. I like them both and feel good about using either at anytime.

The amp/cabs classified section has been an obsession for me for the last 6 years. Trying different gear has been a hobby in itself, just for fun but always in search of the perfect mix of portability/tone/price. After acquiring the d800, MM and two hathor 1203's I've lost interest. Not that I don't like reading about new gear. But it would take a 9 volt battery size cab with 215 power to tempt any change at this point.
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+1 Well-said! I would add that the D-800 seems slightly more colored, in a warm/round way, and the Peavey is slightly more neutral and balanced (again, with all tone controls set to "noon"). And I have said it many times before, but those Hathor 1203's are some of my absolute favorite cabs of all time! :bassist: :bassist: :bassist: :thumbsup:
 
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To follow up on my comments above, I gigged the Magellan last night with a different preamp into the effects return. The Magellan power section performed well, better than I expected. Plenty of heft, including right down the low b string. But I did find the initial note attack lacking, there just wasn't the hit up front that I sometimes want with aggressive pick playing. Which has me wondering if the "note management" of the Magellan is such that spikes are contained so as to use available power on a more continuous basis. If that makes sense... So I would still give the edge to the minimega, but not as large an advantage as my initial impressions

Preamp wise I also prefer the inherent thickness to the peavey, as well as it's more flexible eq.
 
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I've had the chance to gig this a couple of times. I'm having a tough time dialing in my mids to my satisfaction. I find that I really like the gain cranked in a rock context, but I haven't found my sweet spot on the quasi(?) parametric mids. I'll get it dialed in eventually.

Composite F215, 1000 watt minimega. A hair shy of 62 pounds! I would LOVE to take this tiger off the chain, but bar gig volume limitations being what they are...

omie's Rig June 2016

omie's Rig June 2016

MiniMega Fearless F215
 
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@omie; not sure what drivers are in that F215. But at times using my Peavey MM1000 with my Barefaced BigTwin-T, it has two, Eminence 3012LF drivers, I have to dial back the bass knob to around 9:00-10:00 in some rooms. Esp when I use my active J5er's. It just has so much big bottom with that rig and either of those basses, SB5000 or Valenti w/Nordy pre & FatStax, so I mostly play them in passive just using PTC knob in place of onboard pre.

But I'm guessing since you like to drive the Gain knob you're already dialing the bass knob back to get that groovy-grindy tone with more mids; if that's what you're going for. I always use the Punch button, it does just that....PUNCHES!
Just my .02. Hope you do get a chance to really open her up at a gig one day.

Let us know how it's working out with the MM1000, alot of EQ options and tone features in this amp. Have fun. Peace, e.
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Actually.. I'm not trying to get grindy and I'm not rolling the bass back, I'm getting too middy in the wrong freqs. I like a little growl and punch on the initial attack and as much low end as I can get without being to boomy. The gain seems to adds a great growl and some mid content that I'm trying to dial back a bit.

I'm not very good at dialing in my eq and I very quickly go 'tone blind' when I'm knob tweaking. It just takes me a while to get everything.. Just right.

Amp is fantastic - I'm the problem. Lol.
 
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