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Peavey Tour 450 & headliner 210 & 115

VAPHAT1

VAPHAT1

Apr 29, 2010
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Virginia Beach, VA
#1
I just purchased Peavey Tour 450 & headliner 210 & 115 and I feel like I may have brought the wrong rig. The amp keeps clipping even when both speakers are running. Please somebody tell me what I'm doing wrong before I get rid of them. I need a travel package with some power. I play a Ibanez GSR205(active) and a Davison 5 string (passive) as a backup. Both with Cobolt strings.

HELP!!!
 
#2
Not sure what's up, but if it's an issue of not getting loud enough, the amp is not the problem. I would've gone with two of the 1x15 cabs, but even that may not be "enough" for your needs. Think about a bigger cab, but make sure you don't mix spkr sizes. There is no advantage to running 10's and 15's together.
 
#5
I have that amp but haven't used it for awhile...but I never had a problem with it clipping. I ran it with a PV Tour 415 and a Tour 115...at times together and at times each one separate. Cranked it up pretty loud too. I always set my gain pretty high and used the volume to control output. Check the push buttons on the right side and make sure you have them set right...there's an octave button (kozmos) that adds an octave down from what you're playing ( I always kept that off) and a DDT button that keeps your speakers from blowing. If you have that one off you may get some clipping. Make sure they're in the right position as shown on the face of the amp. The clip light should blink when the amp is keeping itself from clipping but should not cut out. I bought mine used and looked up the manual online which helped me a lot.
 
#7
I have a Tour 450 and it is plenty loud with a 210 cab. As suggested, check your phasing on the cabs. As far as the amp goes, the preamp doesn't need to be turned up past 1:00 for an active bass. If you have dirt pedals, preamps, and other goodies before the amp... Turn down the preamp gain.
 
#9
Hey I have the tour 450 head...I love it, works awesome, the other night though it got staticy and had to be turned almost all the way up, and it sounded real distorted...few minutes later its fine again, and has been since.....the guy at guitr center said it might be the output transformer....any ideas? Its been working fine, does this mean the transformer is on it way out? Should I still have it looked at? Someone please help, I love this amp, its my favorite item of gear that I own.
 
#10
Buy a can of De-Oxit and spray it into your effects loop jacks, then run a cable in and out of them a few times to clean out any oxidation. It might be a good time to take the cover off and clean all of the pots while you're at it.
 
#14
I was playing, it started to cut out and the volume got lower and it became staticy and distorted, left it alone for a few and it went back to normal, I had theDDT circuit and the Kosmos off(like always)
 

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