lynyrd skynyrd amps....
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bvc310
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I picked up a broken mace for 25 bucks at a yard sale. Fixed it up. Had a really nice hollow sounding clean. I definately wouldnt say they were bad sounding at all, actually... i thouroughly enjoyed my maces clean tones(overdrive was hard to get... 160 watts tube). Through a modded pedal in front and you have a great little inexpensive rig.
I picked up a broken mace for 25 bucks at a yard sale. Fixed it up. Had a really nice hollow sounding clean. I definately wouldnt say they were bad sounding at all, actually... i thouroughly enjoyed my maces clean tones(overdrive was hard to get... 160 watts tube). Through a modded pedal in front and you have a great little inexpensive rig.
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thucydides
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When I saw Skynyrd in B'ham in the mid '70s, I remember Peavey amps onstage, although there may have also been something else. I did see a picture in Vitage Guitar magazine of Rossington onstage in the mid '70s, and he had, among other things, a Fender Twin, and a Hiwatt 100 watt head behind him.
When I saw Skynyrd in B'ham in the mid '70s, I remember Peavey amps onstage, although there may have also been something else. I did see a picture in Vitage Guitar magazine of Rossington onstage in the mid '70s, and he had, among other things, a Fender Twin, and a Hiwatt 100 watt head behind him.
Gearjoneser
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Me too! Thanks for the wallpaper Artie. What an awesome picture!
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Me too! Thanks for the wallpaper Artie. What an awesome picture!
Boogie Bill
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I owned a Peavey Rock Master head in the late 1980s and that was a killer amp!!! The Rock Master (120 watts) and the Road Master (160 watts) were succeeded by the Butcher, and then the VTM 60 and VTM 120. The Rock Master was a hybrid, with the SS front-end and tube power. This amp could play punishingly LOUD, and was rock-solid reliable--I think I put one set of tubes in it over four years of hard gigs.
These old Peaveys are great amps in my book, perfect if you want something to run a lot of effects through. They have a different sound than a Marshall or Fender, though, and that can take some getting used to. They have a really thick mid-range tonality, with less top-end than either a Fender or Marshall. The lows are a bit attenuated, compared to a Fender, but they still sound like 6L6s. They are great for fattening up a Strat, yet many players will miss that "airy" top end of a Fender, or the "slice-and-dice" upper-mids of the Marshall. Mine had a ballsy, in-your-chest tone that was perfect for the music I was doing at the time.
I sold the Peavey to get a "dream" Marshall, and that was a huge mistake--the Marshall gave me nothing but trouble. For about the last 10 years I have been using Mesa combo amps, which are better suited for the gigs I do now. Were that to change, I would not have any qualms about running some Peavey VTMs or their predecessors.
Based on my experience--and from what I've seen and read, I have no doubt that Skynyrd used their Mace heads with great success and confidence.
Bill
I owned a Peavey Rock Master head in the late 1980s and that was a killer amp!!! The Rock Master (120 watts) and the Road Master (160 watts) were succeeded by the Butcher, and then the VTM 60 and VTM 120. The Rock Master was a hybrid, with the SS front-end and tube power. This amp could play punishingly LOUD, and was rock-solid reliable--I think I put one set of tubes in it over four years of hard gigs.
These old Peaveys are great amps in my book, perfect if you want something to run a lot of effects through. They have a different sound than a Marshall or Fender, though, and that can take some getting used to. They have a really thick mid-range tonality, with less top-end than either a Fender or Marshall. The lows are a bit attenuated, compared to a Fender, but they still sound like 6L6s. They are great for fattening up a Strat, yet many players will miss that "airy" top end of a Fender, or the "slice-and-dice" upper-mids of the Marshall. Mine had a ballsy, in-your-chest tone that was perfect for the music I was doing at the time.
I sold the Peavey to get a "dream" Marshall, and that was a huge mistake--the Marshall gave me nothing but trouble. For about the last 10 years I have been using Mesa combo amps, which are better suited for the gigs I do now. Were that to change, I would not have any qualms about running some Peavey VTMs or their predecessors.
Based on my experience--and from what I've seen and read, I have no doubt that Skynyrd used their Mace heads with great success and confidence.
Bill
GuitarSandwich
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They used Fenders and Marshalls. Endorsements are fake.
GS
They used Fenders and Marshalls. Endorsements are fake.
GS
idsnowdog
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The Peavey vintage series was covered with a blonde tweed and I have seen them in their concert footage. The original vintage series was all tube with a set of 6c10 preamp tubes and 6L6 power tubes. The 6c10 has the same gain characteristics as a 12ax7 but put out more voltage. Many plug in overdrive mods used this tube. These models had a reverb which was noisy and most of the rest of the amp including eq and power amp was copied from the bassman atlhough they put out 100 watts. These were more than likely the peaveys skynyrd used.
Snowdog
The Peavey vintage series was covered with a blonde tweed and I have seen them in their concert footage. The original vintage series was all tube with a set of 6c10 preamp tubes and 6L6 power tubes. The 6c10 has the same gain characteristics as a 12ax7 but put out more voltage. Many plug in overdrive mods used this tube. These models had a reverb which was noisy and most of the rest of the amp including eq and power amp was copied from the bassman atlhough they put out 100 watts. These were more than likely the peaveys skynyrd used.
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newking70
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there's a mace on the bay
http://cgi.ebay.com/70s-Peavey-Mace...366003519QQcategoryZ38076QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
there's a mace on the bay
http://cgi.ebay.com/70s-Peavey-Mace...366003519QQcategoryZ38076QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
skynyrdlover1
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I Read That Gary Used A Highly Mod. Mace With Jbl Chrome Dome Speakers,also On The Vicsious Cycle Tour He Has A Peavey Xxx On Stage But Its Just A Empty Box He's Still Useing His Mace
I Read That Gary Used A Highly Mod. Mace With Jbl Chrome Dome Speakers,also On The Vicsious Cycle Tour He Has A Peavey Xxx On Stage But Its Just A Empty Box He's Still Useing His Mace
Maggot
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I had a Mace that was pretty cool. It cost me about $100 and it was loud as hell. Plug it in to a '70s Peavey 6x12 cabinet and you could move a lot of air. It was basically a loud clean sound without a lot of coloration - sort of a cross between a Fender Dual Showman and an Ampeg V-4. It didn't have a ton of personality, but there was nothing wrong with it either. There's no reason a good band like Skynard would have to cheat if that's what they were supposed to be using. If I liked loud and clean and was getting one for free, I wouldn't feel the need to sneak a Marshall onstage. It also doubled as a bass amp.
I had a Mace that was pretty cool. It cost me about $100 and it was loud as hell. Plug it in to a '70s Peavey 6x12 cabinet and you could move a lot of air. It was basically a loud clean sound without a lot of coloration - sort of a cross between a Fender Dual Showman and an Ampeg V-4. It didn't have a ton of personality, but there was nothing wrong with it either. There's no reason a good band like Skynard would have to cheat if that's what they were supposed to be using. If I liked loud and clean and was getting one for free, I wouldn't feel the need to sneak a Marshall onstage. It also doubled as a bass amp.
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