What's *your* favorite Peavey amp??

[BbbyBld]

I got one of these used, but mint for $225 when I was a teenager. I didn't know anything about amps and I didn't know anyone to show me anything about gear. I took it for granted because I could get any guitar sound I wanted, so I just figured that's what all guitar amps did. I got an old Roland drum machine, so I would program drums and bass lines, then use a delay pedal for 3 seconds worth of rhythm guitar, and I ran everything at the same time through the Bandit so I could play lead. I used two cheap cassette tape recorders (built in mike!) to "multi-track", except the playback and record speed was different, so I had to retune my guitar every time to the playback speed. It was also my first bass guitar amp when I made the switch. I traded it for a low end Ovation acoustic later, but I wish I held on to it.

 

[Cap'n Redbeard]

My first real rig was a Mark IV and the 1810 BW. I was feeling a bit nostalgic so I tracked down a Mark III 400b and I pick her up on Thursday. Funny that I came across this thread!
Years ago I was invited to play a country gig but had no amp. They said they had an amp so I agreed to play. The amp turned out to be a Peavey 2x12 guitar combo. Good grief. I actually wound up with a decent sound miked up through the PA. I was playing a '78 Kramer DMZ5000. I miss that old bass!

 

[filmtex]

1980s Mark III Bass head. Never let me down and it always provided me with a workable sound.

Same here. I played a bunch of punkrock in the 80's with my MK III full on. Never gave me a bit of grief and sound wise always fit the bill. Wish I still had it.

 

[Thummel]

I got a used TNT100 and played that until I got a Combo 300. Then I got the powered 2x10/horn top to go with it. No doubt reliable and loud but the tone never made me smile. Then I got an SVT with the 8x10 and sold the Combo 300 and top to a keyboard player and he loved it.

 

[John Swartz]

I used to have a Maxbass pre-amp, and sold it when I switched to a Zoom B3 for my preamp. The preamp drove a QSC GX-5 into 2 fEARful cabs, but I recently switched to a (much lighter) Peavey IPR 3000 for my power amp. Thinking of going back to getting a Peavey Maxbass preamp for the rack so I have the option of not using my B3.

 

[ThudThudThud]

I gigged quite extensively for some years with a Peavey TKO 115 with a Scorpion. It was very loud for the bars/clubs I used to play (this was the early 90s). I don't think I was ever over '4' on the volume. If you flatten the graphic EQ, and boost the low and high controls, and turn off the 'Bright' switch, it makes a very usable sound. I put an early SABDDI in front of it, and was happy for a few years more!
It weighs about the same as a small town. I still have it (for no real reason), and occasionally pull it out for practices etc. On an angled amp stand it's plenty loud.

 

[deathness]

Cooooool thread. For crunchy tones i like the tnt 100 / 130 / 150 fam. For cleaner stuff the combo 300. Twice in the past few months ive been impressed with a bassist's sound on gig and looked for the amp and found a peavey combo. Got me thinking i need one in my life again.

 

[jastacey]

I have had several Peavey rigs over the years ... still have the Combo 300, but I don't use it much anymore, the best tone I had out of a Peavey head/amp was the "Pro 500"

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[ESPweasel]

Well, I only have a POS Peavey TKO-80 that I got for $100. so that's my favorite

 

[PokeyPrasch]

The T-max I got for $100 is pretty great, though I've only used a few of the others.

 

[Thundar]

The T-max I got for $100 is pretty great, though I've only used a few of the others.

Throw it on top of two 410TVX's....or two 412TVX's if you can find 'em...and stand back!

 

[LennyJ]

Here is mine - started with this back in 74.



Now back to Peavey this year with this:

These things still R&R

 

[Bear From Delaware]

This MkVIII was great.
Big and beefy with bells and whistles.

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I had to replace the Acoustic cab I was using with the head since it was blowing speakers.
The GK handles the MkVIII very well.

 

[jimmyjames77]

Classic 400

 

[ckolacny]

Combo 300 w 210tx extension cab......killer sound

 

[Paul LF]

I've been jamming out with my Basic 60 in my office a lot, recently. The damn thing has some sort of short with the volume, though. I have to smack it sometimes to get some volume. It could be the pots need cleaning, though. I'll try some contact cleaner and see what happens. It's been sitting in a room that's not climate controlled for years. It gets hot and humid in the summer, and cold and dry in the winter in a very old house 1/4 from the beach and Atlantic Ocean. It doesn't appear to be rusty, though.

 

[bearfoot]

Ok here's a truly classic Peavey story - bought my first bass amp, a used TNT 150, from the local shop. The salesman was new, and feeling gung-ho, and actually pulled his groin trying to one-arm the beast to the front of the store.
I proceeded to abuse that amp, as only a first bass amp can be, for many moons, boosting the bass and using the "punch" button to rattle the walls. The amp was stolen and heisted off to Boston in a youthful misunderstanding, and I recovered it before heading down to Texas to do a grassroots tour.
For awhile, I thought the electronics had fried, as it developed a loud honking (no, not "honkey") sound whenever I played an Eb.
Years later, I find it plays fine, and actually understand what the built-in crossover is for. Running that to a 1x12 guitar amp really opens up the sound (and makes better use of the chorus) of that poor, hernia-inducing, stolen, toured, forgotten, and rediscovered combo amp.

 

[T_Bone_TL]

Ok here's a truly classic Peavey story - bought my first bass amp, a used TNT 150, ...
and actually understand what the built-in crossover is for. Running that to a 1x12 guitar amp really opens up the sound (and makes better use of the chorus) of that poor, hernia-inducing, stolen, toured, forgotten, and rediscovered combo amp.

I bet if you check the manual that what is suggested is to run the highs into the amp and the lows into a subwoofer. That's certainly what the 130 manual suggests...

 

[bearfoot]

I bet if you check the manual that what is suggested is to run the highs into the amp and the lows into a subwoofer. That's certainly what the 130 manual suggests...

I did download it and think it suggested running highs to a powered 2x10. I don't have a large cab so the TNT cab has to suffice for lows, which although not very deep is certainly a better sound than running it full range.

 

[bostrowskij]

Another AlphaBass vote, very good sounding tube amp and I love the combination of a standard FVM tonestack and a (foot-) switchable parametric EQ. The old SS series 400B heads were great amps too, heavy and noisey but good sounding and reliable.