stevie ray
New member
Hey man, I was wondering if you could post some of the Peavey XXX's "softer side" so to speak, if ya can.
Im interested in getting this amp, so I was curious if it could do a little blues lick or too. I kno it can do metal/hard rock in a snap, which I play too, but I need to kno if blues can be attained.
If not, then Im goin to buy a DSL...
Im interested in getting this amp, so I was curious if it could do a little blues lick or too. I kno it can do metal/hard rock in a snap, which I play too, but I need to kno if blues can be attained.
If not, then Im goin to buy a DSL...
) on my computer and Im carefully analyzing and comparing... I did play a Marshall DSL, which I loved, but it was pretty much good for blues, classic rock, and hard rock... The Lead 2 channel was unuseable for me (and I like Metal as well as blues) not because it had too much distortion, but because it sounded really "hot and stuffy"... Like it had a cold or something... I suppose that would mean it had a "nasal" sound.The Lead 1 was nice and so were the classic and clean modes...
) just worked out that way. I think the XXX is very versatile, actually found it more versatile with the EL's in it. I play mostly hard rock in the vein of the clips I posted but I am a big blues fan and I do look to dial it back a bit as well. If you lean more towards blues but still want heavy I would just invest in a real good quad of 6L6's, the stock ones just really have very little going for them other than being very durable. I don't really go for a the seriously heavy stuff much as a player anymore but this amp will do it no sweat. The combo has an open back so you'd best look to a head and a closed cab if that is what you're looking to do, but that really goes to any real amp not just the XXX. Even with the open back this amp has punch, I attribute a lot of that to the active EQ section. It offers a real wide range of tones.
