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Peavey Pro 1600

#21
nickelseye said:
Yep, I saw this in the new Bass Player. My actual expression was more like :eek: ! Looks like Peavey is addressing the low wattage issue...in a big way. Too bad the amps weren't released together...the 1600 would be mine! Maybe I'll get it anyway, use the 500 for small clubs, and the 1600 for the larger gigs, and for whenever I feel like drowning out the guitarist!! :bassist:

This weekend I'll be using the 500 with an Aguilar GS212 (4ohm) and SWR Goliath Jr. (8 ohm)
I want to see how the 500 will do at 2.67 ohms. A review will follow, I promise.

Is anyone else using this amp? Am I the only one on TB?

Cheers
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I'm from missouri and play rock and classic rock. Spent most of the last 7 years on the road playing bass. I was using a Pro 500 through a Peavy TVX 8-10 cab. and couldn't have asked for any batter for live shows. All the lows, highs, the mids i wanted and dial the horn in around 3 ........really sweet sound. Reliable as any just the cab was real heavy. Played some small shows using a SWR Working mans 4-10 and it sounded real nice too, just not the volume and fullness. I would recomend this amp to anyone...........you just have to learn how to set all 9 midrange knobs, that's the secret.
 
#22
Hate to dig up an old thread, but I just bought one of these on ebay for $249. Anxiously waiting for it to be delivered!
I have a peavey 810 cab I'm dying to try it on.
This post seems to be the most information available on this amp on the web, so I thought I would add to it.

I chimed in mostly because of the rarity of this beast, and reading the discussion regarding power....

The label on back says 700 watts. This is 5.84 amps at 120V,
this particular amp can do 240V, which is 2.92 amps at that voltage.

Don't forget that speakers DO NOT pull 120V or 240V AC, so the wattage output of an amp (which is lower voltage) can be much much higher than the wattage input of an amp at a higher voltages. Especially with an efficient power amp section. (class D vs class A or B, etc., or digital vs tube)

I'll post again when I get the amp and put it through it's paces. Excited! :hyper:
 
#23
brianrost said:
Where does it end?

Prior to the SVT and Acoustic 360 in 1968, the most powerful bass amps in the world were 100 watts.

By 1990, amps in the 400-500 watt range were common.

By 2000 Ampeg had broken the kilowatt barrier with the SVT-IV; Peavey and Walter Woods had also sold amps of 1000 watts or more.

Now Peavey, Carvin and others have busted the 1500 watt barrier...in fact Carvin claims 1900 watts, can 2K be far away? After all some rack users are already using 2000+ watt power amps.

When do we decide we finally have enough power? It wasn't that long ago I was playing gigs with 50 watt amps, for pete's sake.
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Actually Carvin has one that claims 2050 watts.
 
#25
After having owned it for a little while now, and putting it thru it's paces with a 1x15, 4x10, and 8x10 cab, and currently running thru the 810+115 cabs, this amp is a freakin monster!!
Holy hell it shakes things up. The controls this amp has allow for all sorts of tailoring to your tone, and work/sound just fantastic.

Peavey told me they only ended up making a handful, they didn't even bother writing an owner's manual. Last bass amp I see myself ever needing, but if I find another for a deal anywhere close to what I got on this one, I'd buy it again. Doesn't even need to be lost or stolen.

hefty retail price kept it from getting off the ground, but the prototype I have seems VERY well built, and it performs fantastically. If you ever see one for sale, don't consider the ultra-limited production to reflect a crappy product - rather, consider how much value an amp they made less than a dozen of might carry after many years elapse.... and it would likely to have been performing all along! :bassist:
 
#26
Sorry to revive this thread for the 200th time, but I got one... for $250 :hyper:

http://imgur.com/a/zmKPE

One of the rack ears were bent a little, but a rubber mallet fixed that. As an owner of two Peavey Pro 500's, I simply expected the same thing, just with a bigger and more flexible power amp... WRONG!!! It's got more growl in the preamp, and the EQ is a little easier to manage.

I haven't tried the boost feature since I don't have a compatible footswitch, but I do plan on building one in the future at some point.
 
#28
As long as you get one that works...being a long-term Peavey user and a fan of their amps, I bought a used Pro1600 from a retailer and had to return it due to several electronics problems.

Since the model never went into production, you'd have to find a good tech who is comfortable working without a schematic -- Peavey can't/won't service it and I'm not sure that they'd share the schematic for a prototype.
 

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