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). I had an aluminum faceplate era Bass head before, so I knew what I was getting into. My lead guitarist laughed to himself when he saw me bring it in to practice, because his dad had used one as a guitar head in the 70's. But when he heard how good of a bass tone it got, he had to compliment it. He actually likes it better than the SB, but I think that's mostly because I keep the gain down a bit on the Peavey, and just run the SB's preamp wide open. ). Nice find. If you're willing to lug an unruly number of cabs around (you're already lugging twice what I'll carry), it could add a nice soft fullness to the bottom of that setup, I think.
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Hehe, I bought a similar head recently as a backup for my Super Bassman. It's a Musician, and it came with a non-master volume previous gen Bass head with the black plexi front (nope, didn't have a choice, had to buy the pair
Those amps are generally pretty loud for their watts rating, because they are rated at a lower THD than most of their contemporaries. Mine's rated at 210, and it easily beats anything I've heard rated at the same watts level. It's got good reverb and tremolo. I've used them both on demos and been happy with them. Mine's got fuzz as well as distortion, and a mix knob between them. They're both interesting in a sound-effect kind of way. But yeah, they'd be hard to use in a band context, even on guitar.
I'm not sure if yours actually has the series/parallel inputs, does it? (Edit: you should be able to do parallel with a patch cable, if nothing else) IMHO, that's where those generation Peaveys really shine. They had pretty nice sounding solid state pre and power amps, and being able to cascade the gain from one into the other can get you some nice overdrive sounds when you're a bit conservative with driving them, especially on bass.
Either way, I paid about 3x what you paid, and I like the non-master volume versions of those heads, too (hence, why I was cool with both over paying and having to take both heads
@scabpicker Jumpered it last night. Sounds killer, thanks for the tip!
Glad to hear it! Any amp I've tried with two channels that is capable of running them in parallel sounds best that way. I can't explain why.
You’ve got the Pork Loin, so I’d say you’re covered for doom essentials. That thing rules.
Agree 1000%. How nasty does the 69 fuzz get?
Pretty darn nasty. But you can see I do have the fuzz and contour knobs dimed. If I dime the bias knob the fuzz gets kind of out of control.
My first big head was a Peavey 400 series. I don't remember it fondly, but the cab it was going to was a complete piece of trash, so I don't really know what its tone potential was. Plus, in my teens and 20s I knew absolutely nothing about sound. I didn't know any other bass players and never had a teacher or mentor. It took me 25 years of playing to actually figure out what it takes to not sound like @$$ on stage.View attachment 3427448
Hehe, I bought a similar head recently as a backup for my Super Bassman. It's a Musician, and it came with a non-master volume previous gen Bass head with the black plexi front (nope, didn't have a choice, had to buy the pair
Those amps are generally pretty loud for their watts rating, because they are rated at a lower THD than most of their contemporaries. Mine's rated at 210, and it easily beats anything I've heard rated at the same watts level. It's got good reverb and tremolo. I've used them both on demos and been happy with them. Mine's got fuzz as well as distortion, and a mix knob between them. They're both interesting in a sound-effect kind of way. But yeah, they'd be hard to use in a band context, even on guitar.
I'm not sure if yours actually has the series/parallel inputs, does it? (Edit: you should be able to do parallel with a patch cable, if nothing else) IMHO, that's where those generation Peaveys really shine. They had pretty nice sounding solid state pre and power amps, and being able to cascade the gain from one into the other can get you some nice overdrive sounds when you're a bit conservative with driving them, especially on bass.
Either way, I paid about 3x what you paid, and I like the non-master volume versions of those heads, too (hence, why I was cool with both over paying and having to take both heads
Learning the difference between in the mix tone, bedroom tone, and recording tone is something all bass players have to go through. Guitar sounds the same almost all the time, so it is something guitar players don't have to think about.
