NAD: Peavey Content

[Aceman]

I have replaced an amp I wish I had never got rid of (except for the part where a Hamster ate the insides).

I have often spoken of my love for my Peavey Studio Pro Transtube 112. This was one of the first Transtube series (Silver Stripe). 65 watts and able to do anything: Great cleans, bright switch, Gain channel that could really do a great (or at least pretty darn decent) mild break up, and an extra gain switch and a mid scoop that could be as nasty as you wanted. You can seriously play anything with one of these. All that plus H/L inputs, FX loop, and Reverb. well, surfing Craigslist, I found an Express 112 for $120!!!

All the previously mentioned plus a power dimension knob, and bonus - Sheffield speaker instead of the use Blue Marvel..

Small, light, flexible, loud, and reliable. Plus - sounds great. Highly underrated....It's not my Stiletto head. But I would play a gig anywhere, anytime, any style with this.

 

[Demanic]

Re: NAD: Peavey Content

So the Sheffield is a better speaker than the Blue Marvel?

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[Aceman]

Re: NAD: Peavey Content

I am not a Speaker conneseur. But I was never a fan of the Blue Marvel.

 

[Demanic]

Re: NAD: Peavey Content

I don't know much about Peavey speakers. I've got a Peavey TNT bass combo with a 15" Black Widow that I like very much.

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[esandes]

Re: NAD: Peavey Content

When the transtube tech first came out I was skeptical before I played one. It was impressive.

 

[Aceman]

Re: NAD: Peavey Content

I don't know much about Peavey speakers. I've got a Peavey TNT bass combo with a 15" Black Widow that I like very much.

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Black Widows are the schiz. Period.

 

[Demanic]

Re: NAD: Peavey Content

I wouldn't mind finding a 2x12 or 4x12 loaded with some.

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[Mincer]

Re: NAD: Peavey Content

This is actually a great amp. I used the Bandit version for years.

 

[dave74]

Re: NAD: Peavey Content

These and the older bandits are just really great amps.

 

[Aceman]

Re: NAD: Peavey Content

Any Bandit is a great amp. I personally steer away from the Red Stripe Transtubes. Nothing wrong with them - but they definitely went through a round improvements that I didn't like. Diff switches - vintage/modern voices, different sound chips, different aesthetics...

I just wanted to have this to have it. Sort of an all-around in between my Cube and my Marshall/Mesa.

 

[Aceman]

Re: NAD: Peavey Content

These settings from the manual will do ex-freaking-zactly what they say. Assuming you don't try the Jazz setting with a Dimebucker. Metal with a Seth loaded 335 might actually work. But man - tweaking the gain with the Dirty Blues / Medium Distortion, depending on pickups, yields some satisfying results.

 

[DankStar]

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Keeper. How’s the dynamics knob affect things?

 

[Aceman]

Re: NAD: Peavey Content

It's actually poorly labeled. Its more appropriately a Tube Compression effect.

Example: Running it at 10% means you get the effect (sag/compression) of running a 6.5 watt amp at whatever level. Obviously, a 6.5 watt with gain on 7 is way different headroom etc. than a 65 watt on 7. At 100% it's clean solid state wide open-ness.

It's kind of subtle, and not really a thing on extreme clean/bright, or mega-distorto settings.

 

[moshpit817]

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I have seen lots of these mainly in the red stripe series at pawnshops and never gave them much attention,but I am looking for a low maintenance non-tube combo so going by what and how you describe the Silver Stripe I will pay more attention..I do know they are well made and solid..good info here...as a matter of fact I saw a red stripe trans tube larger sized amp in a pawn shop 2 weeks ago..I know you say the red stripers went through some changes,but might be wise for me to go check it out.

 

[Artie]

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These do fly under the radar. I snagged the head version for $100. One of the cool design features of these is that even though they're SS, they use an output transformer. I've always wondered how much of the quintessential "tube" sound is actually transformer sound.

 

[Aceman]

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Mosh - Give the red Stripes a listen.

I have a super strong emotional attachment - so you should disregard my bias. You might find the red Stripes equally awesome. Again - all around any sound light, reliable, consistent. Hard to argue (other than SS/Peavey hate for no reason)

 

[dave74]

Re: NAD: Peavey Content

Inspired by Ace's buy, and the MF email saying it would be ANOTHER two months on my back-ordered Rage 258, I cancelled my order and found one of these for $100.(listed a bit higher of course)
I really didn't want a 112 as it's only for practice and late-night/bedroom practice at that. Definitely my favorite version of these things.

Doesn't have the extra input but does have a 6db pad in front. Also doesn't have the dynamics knob at the end, but at 40w through a 10" speaker it probably isn't needed.
It does have an extra speaker tap on back for an 8ohm cab which would bring it closer to 50w when running both.

Hoping all the switches and knobs work good as it's listed they do (great reputation seller). No effects loop either, although it does have a preamp-out but no return.(?) Kind of weird. I'll be using it mainly as a pedal platform anyways, so I can still run some time-based/mod/looper after my distortion through the clean,,,,,,lead channel does have the same gain-boost and thrash-scoop buttons as Ace's expess112.

 

[Securb]

Re: NAD: Peavey Content

Sweet amps both of you. You are giving me gas.

 

[PFDarkside]

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What’s the difference between the Express, Studio Pro and Bandit?

Also, that silver stripe gives me bad flashbacks to my Rage.

 

[dave74]

Re: NAD: Peavey Content

What’s the difference between the Express, Studio Pro and Bandit?

Also, that silver stripe gives me bad flashbacks to my Rage.

Good question, I'm not sure myself. Maybe slight wattage differences and/or speaker options.