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Stoner/Doom Bassists Thread, Part 90: Maxed Out

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My guitarist refuses to play anything but Marshall (I think it is pretty silly too but what are you gonna do guitarists?). He has a JCM 800 which sounds awesome the only problem is it has to be insanely loud to sound good. The volume is fine for gigs but it is too much for practice. Luckily he just bought a JCM 2000, such a more versatile head. It can get so many more tones and sounds good at most volumes.
 
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CL400Peavey said:
Right you will run out of head room eventually, but that will happen with every amp. That isnt a specific to tube amps, it depends on the implementation and available power of the amp.
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Yeah, I guess in the end it comes down to the fact that 1000watt+ tube amps are very few and far between, not to mention most likely unbelievably expensive compared to a 1000watt+ solid state amp.

Links to massive tube amps for fun:
http://www.chambonino.com/construct/const9.html
http://www.chambonino.com/construct/const13.html
 
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The_Janitor said:
Myself and Mr. Peavey:

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Did you ask him if he remembered making my Vulcan?
 
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mc_muench said:
Did you ask him if he remembered making my Vulcan?
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I was going to, then he went on a tirade about companies re-releasing old products - specifically Fender.

"They're releasing products that are 60 years old! What does that tell you? It tells you that a product from 60 years ago is better than what they're releasing today!"

He's not really nostalgic for his old products. At all. No old products on display in the building, no talk of classic Peavey amps or instruments, he's just focused on making new products and moving forward.

So I didn't bring up the Vulcan.
 
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The_Janitor said:
I was going to, then he went on a tirade about companies re-releasing old products - specifically Fender.

"They're releasing products that are 60 years old! What does that tell you? It tells you that a product from 60 years ago is better than what they're releasing today!"

He's not really nostalgic for his old products. At all. No old products on display in the building, no talk of classic Peavey amps or instruments, he's just focused on making new products and moving forward.

So I didn't bring up the Vulcan.
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That's probably a reason peavey has been as successful as it has, it doesnt look back, only forward to new and better things. But I think its sometimes good to look back, history repeats itself or something like that. The past is our future blah blah blah.


I still think there is a warehouse somewhere peavey owns filled to the brim with NOS stuff from the 60s-70s. That is the place I want to die in, probably from falling off a huge storage rack trying to reach a 610 combo or a Festival series amp. That and I wonder what crazy one off stuff they have hiding.
 
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mc_muench said:
That's probably a reason peavey has been as successful as it has, it doesnt look back, only forward to new and better things. But I think its sometimes good to look back, history repeats itself or something like that. The past is our future blah blah blah.


I still think there is a warehouse somewhere peavey owns filled to the brim with NOS stuff from the 60s-70s. That is the place I want to die in, probably from falling off a huge storage rack trying to reach a 610 combo or a Festival series amp. That and I wonder what crazy one off stuff they have hiding.
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I agree with you there. I can see Hartley's point, but he's not completely correct. Fender has massive demand for that classic stuff and will make a mint selling it. Classic Peavey products don't quite have the same cool factor, but something like a reissued T40 would probably have some success.

According to one of the local boys in for training there used to be a Peavey museum near their distribution warehouse that was full of classic Peavey gear, with a room in the basement full of stuff that you could try out - but they closed that down years ago.

They did have pretty much every current guitar and bass amplifier - including all of the Budda stuff - set up in the lobby of the office building and we were encouraged to go in there and play with it all. I plugged into a VB3 & 8x10 and was really disappointed at how QUIET it was - almost like something was wrong with it. I had pre-gain on full, overdrive on full and master at 6 - should have been melting faces at those settings, but it was just quiet. Sounded good, just quiet.

There was a prototype MiniMega floating around the building but we weren't able to try it out. They had a blues band one night and the bass player was using a MiniMega but it was just clean and not very loud - also pumped through a PA system so I couldn't really tell what it sounded like.
 
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The_Janitor said:
I agree with you there. I can see Hartley's point, but he's not completely correct. Fender has massive demand for that classic stuff and will make a mint selling it. Classic Peavey products don't quite have the same cool factor, but something like a reissued T40 would probably have some success.
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Yea lol people want a reissue twin reverb, no ones crying because there isn't a remade mark IV.

He is missing out not doing the T series again though I agree, while it's not the only cool piece of peavey history it's definitely very popular and prices are rising.
 
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mc_muench said:
I still think there is a warehouse somewhere peavey owns filled to the brim with NOS stuff from the 60s-70s. That is the place I want to die in, probably from falling off a huge storage rack trying to reach a 610 combo or a Festival series amp. That and I wonder what crazy one off stuff they have hiding.
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I can think of worse ways to go.
 
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El Raro said:
Live at Brixton is such a great live album. ***** all over Live at the Aragon from a vocal perspective. But in saying that, their performances of "Crack the Skye" and "Mother Puncher" on the Live at the Aragon LP rank as two of the best Mastodon performances I've heard.

I'm so happy I was able to score the Live at Brixton records on Record Store Day. Australia in general is notoriously **** at getting any decent releases each year.
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man, i was in Brisbane for record store day this year but didn't make it to Tym's Guitars to snap up a shagload of good stoner albums. next year!
 
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I think I'm going to pull the trigger on one of those new Carvin P basses pretty soon, since I have some funds saved up. I almost only ever use my P bass for stuff in BEAD, so I was debating whether to get a 4 string and have them set it up that way (my Bolt Plus guitar they setup in B plays great) or get one of the fivers and not have to worry about having something separate in standard tuning. I've never been much of a five string player, though it doesn't bother me at all playing one. I don't find wide fingerboard uncomfortable. I do already have the Carvin SB4000 in standard tuning (well, Eb), it's not a P bass but it gets the job done just fine with the right pickup blend most of the time.

Also, going to start some cab builds pretty soon. Just got the price quote from our lumber supplier at work, for a bunch of projects.
 
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