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Thoughts on this head?
- Thread starter Keitor
- Start date
Roland GR 88
Commercial User
If you like chorus …..
But seriously, if the price is right and you like the tone and can avoid the endless opportunities to fiddle with the eq this one is the culmination of years of Peavey goodness.
Being able to bi-amp AND send the chorus to another amp was about as good as it got for 1985 or so.
The fact that common sense got in the way of awesome tone should be ignored and the missing slider tab is just icing on the cake.
But seriously, if the price is right and you like the tone and can avoid the endless opportunities to fiddle with the eq this one is the culmination of years of Peavey goodness.
Being able to bi-amp AND send the chorus to another amp was about as good as it got for 1985 or so.
The fact that common sense got in the way of awesome tone should be ignored and the missing slider tab is just icing on the cake.
While Peaveys always had a reputation of being bulletproof, I was never a huge fan of thier amps. If it was cheap, and I just needed an amp for a practice space I wouldn't ignore it... I'm not sure what the market is for bass amps in Argentina, but it might be a case of you have to buy what's available.
I do believe in the US we're pretty spoiled so it's easy to be overly critical.
I do believe in the US we're pretty spoiled so it's easy to be overly critical.
I used a Peavey Keyboard 300 for years as a bass combo for club dates. Bulletproof, clean, clear, and reliable.
Made in the US
400W @2 OHMS!
250W @4 OHMS
Endless EQ possibilities, the high/lo shelving is kinda cool~
I have an earlier generation of this (200W), with knobs, not sliders. Not super high power, but I don't plan on selling it. (Yet)
It IS bulletproof, and totally functional..
400W @2 OHMS!
250W @4 OHMS
Endless EQ possibilities, the high/lo shelving is kinda cool~
I have an earlier generation of this (200W), with knobs, not sliders. Not super high power, but I don't plan on selling it. (Yet)
It IS bulletproof, and totally functional..
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Once when I was fishing, my hook got caught and I fought and fought.... massive weight! It nearly broke my rod, but I managed to pull my catch into the shallows. Turned out to be a tank trap from one of the last wars. It was fashioned from old Peavey Mark III - VI amp heads.
They got battered, bruised, grenaded, run over by tanks, set on fire and finally ended up at the bottom of a lake. All of them still worked fine.
It's not the most powerful bass head around, with the full weight of the advertised wattage only available when you run it at 2 ohms load,
but nonetheless sporting the full weight of a massive amp. Don't carry that to a gig that's six blocks away.
I did hook up mine when I forgot to bring my class D head to the rehearsal. With an Aguilar 4x12 setup (at 4 ohm),
I was able to play in a very loud band with a hard hitting drummer, but I maxed it out for that and it barely managed.
They got battered, bruised, grenaded, run over by tanks, set on fire and finally ended up at the bottom of a lake. All of them still worked fine.
It's not the most powerful bass head around, with the full weight of the advertised wattage only available when you run it at 2 ohms load,
but nonetheless sporting the full weight of a massive amp. Don't carry that to a gig that's six blocks away.
I did hook up mine when I forgot to bring my class D head to the rehearsal. With an Aguilar 4x12 setup (at 4 ohm),
I was able to play in a very loud band with a hard hitting drummer, but I maxed it out for that and it barely managed.
I have owned 2 of these - one was purchased brand new, and the other one was purchased used. I have a long history of using Peavey bass heads - I just purchased a Mini Max. I was disappointed with both of these - they just lacked that "something special". They also seemed to be a bit under-powered.
I’m from the San Francisco Bay Area, where we have tons of used gear for sale at very reasonable prices. I recently moved to Argentina and prices here are crazy high and options are very limited. From what I’ve seen, prices are 2-3 times higher here for used stuff, I’d you can even find it. I recently was in Chile and bought a used guitar there to bring back to AR. I feel for the OP having to pay a lot for a 40 year old amp that’s not highly regarded.
^^^This. Regardless of what the RMS power output legitimately measures as, *EVERY* Peavey amp I ever used had a conspicuous lack of dynamic headroom. They behave as if underpowered; you can hear the amp run out of steam on loud transients. (And this is the case irrespective of whether or not the “DDT” is engaged.)
As with anything, depends on price. Do they want $50? Go for it. You can get a used MinMax that's at least twice as powerful for $250.
I must be weird because I used a MKVI for years and always found it to be plenty loud and flexible enough for pretty much any gig and that chorus is one of my favorites. I have never minded a bit of crunch in my bass sound and always had the right cabs for a particular gig usually a 1x15 or 2x15 + 1x12 or all 3 for louder gigs. I played hundreds of gigs and sessions over more than a decade with that bass amp and it is still doing duty with another player who got a bargain.
Those can be tweaked to sound okay, assuming the cab is reasonably efficient, but it’s no prize.
