Peavey rigs, UNITE!

[staurosjohn]

Blast from the Past! ‘Way back’, in 1977, I purchased a RIC 4001 & a Peavey ‘stack’... was super-excited! I believe the head was 200w... the cabs were 2x15. When I needed more volume I would use the Ric-o-sound jack- run the neck pu thru these & run the bridge (treble) pu thru a Sunn head w/Sunn 2x15 cab. Was a beast - for a 15 y/o !! After 2-hernia surgeries... 2- herniated back discs & drawing near to 60y/o - they’re all gone... doin the Markbass thing these days. ... and I got fat & cut my hair . (Ignore the, homemade, wooden mic stands... it was a simpler (poorer) time back then) .

 

[Bruiser Stone]

A host of Peavey pre's going into a 120/120. Really need to get a good cab hook these bad boys up to.

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Yes you do. A 120/120 is on my bucket list.

 

[groovaholic]

The ones with the aluminum knobs? I bought a 200 version from a fellow TB’er and it arrived dead as a highway armadillo. An unnamed carrier apparently banged it around in transit, but the guy was great about giving me a refund. It was otherwise in immaculate condition. I really wanted to hear it.

Thanks!
I had to buy a PA-120 and scavenge the power-amp board from it, but the Century is up and running again.

I would like to find a really clean Century head. Not much power, but simple and indestructible. I use an Ampeg SVT PRO 3 with a Peavey 210TX with Eminence Delta speakers. That cab with the Century would be cool!

The Century is a VERY bright head; I prefer mine into cabs without horns.

 

[groovaholic]

A host of Peavey pre's going into a 120/120. Really need to get a good cab hook these bad boys up to.

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You are now the TB resident expert on Peavey preamps.
A MAX was my go-to for several years...

 

[RickenCliff]

Peavey Classic 400 and a TXF 4x12.

Crushes all who dare to challenge it.

 

[Bruiser Stone]

Thanks!
I had to buy a PA-120 and scavenge the power-amp board from it, but the Century is up and running again.

The Century is a VERY bright head; I prefer mine into cabs without horns.

That’s great news! It was extremely clean for a vintage Peavey. I recall you said it sounded awesome as a preamp into Classic 400 power tubes....

 

[Bruiser Stone]

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Peavey Classic 400 and a TXF 4x12.

Crushes all who dare to challenge it.

Now we’re talking....
Arm curls and deadlifts.

 

[groovaholic]

That’s great news! It was extremely clean for a vintage Peavey. I recall you said it sounded awesome as a preamp into Classic 400 power tubes....

It was DEADLY; I was so impressed with the coupling of a SS preamp and a tube power amp that I started looking for a Peavey Mace...

 

[groovaholic]

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Peavey Classic 400 and a TXF 4x12.

Crushes all who dare to challenge it.

That’s a potent combo, but at one point I had my Classic 400 into an 810TX and a PAIR of 410 cabs (via a custom series speaker cable) for a total of SIXTEEN 10” speakers and 400 angry tube watts.

Wish I had pics of it

 

[groovaholic]

These are the only Peavey rig pics I have...

I miss the Classic 400.
But I don’t miss carrying it.

 

[RickenCliff]

a total of SIXTEEN 10” speakers and 400 angry tube watts.

Wish I had pics of it

Intense. I bet your guitar player wet himself anytime you powered up that monster.

 

[groovaholic]

Intense. I bet your guitar player wet himself anytime you powered up that monster.

He was playing through a Traynor YBA-1 and a Marshall 412, so he could keep up pretty well...

 

[dBChad]

Only thing Peavey in my rig (so far) is my Grind Bass. I would love to find a VB-2 and swap some KT77 power tubes into it though! Almost pulled the trigger on the Mini Mega (1000 watts wasn't enough, so I got a Carvin DCM2000 instead!) and am still itching to try out the PVH 410 and PVH 212 to see which sounds better with my 5 string.

 

[yobtaf]

I Have a few Peavey rigs....

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seriously that last pic... how ya gonna set your beer down?

 

[blacktocomm]

I love Peavey gear. My first amp when I started playing back in the late 80’s was a Minx 110. Graduated up to a Mark lV head with a 2X15 Cab a few years later. Eventually replaced that rig in the early 2000’s with a BAM head on a 4X10 cab. I don’t have any pics of that gear though.

I rocked this Series 400 BASS head for awhile but sold it off to a guy in a doom metal band about a year ago.

I’m picking up this Combo 300 tomorrow as a replacement.

I also have a T20 and a T40 in my arsenal. Both are outstanding basses.

 

[GoLeafsGo]

We have a couple...

That's for the wife's 6 stringer in case we get to play Woodstock.

And I just acquired this nasty thing...

Pretty rough shape, but sounds very good. Not Black Widow equipped but still get's ungodly loud. It came with a free truss for your hernia too.

 

[74hc]

I had a Black Widow cab long ago. Gave it to my BIL because it was just too darn heavy.

Peavey = Heavey.

 

[JaseyT]

A host of Peavey pre's going into a 120/120. Really need to get a good cab hook these bad boys up to.

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Holy "get me one of every bass preamp Peavey ever made", Batman!!

 

[Raw N Low]

Holy "get me one of every bass preamp Peavey ever made", Batman!!

Collect'em all while they last. Limited supply on a limited time offer...

 

[Raw N Low]

Really want a Peavey Musican or F800B.