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I had a Deuce way back in the 80s when I was a teenage garage band denizen.
I never got super satisfying tones out of it, but I wasn't a great player either.
It was DEFNINTELY way more power, size, weight, and loudness than I needed.

I am still not a great player, but at least I'm not as dumb.
Playing a Vox AC4 now, semihollow guitar, and totally different taste in music. I sound better than I did back then.
 
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My experience with Peavey amps has been absolutely stellar.

I toured and recorded with an original 5150 head into a Mesa cab for years and got consistently killer tone. I sold it after buying my holy grail head...a 1979 JMP 2204, which I paired with a 1981 100 watt 1982b cab loaded with blackbacks. The JMP head got stolen a year later and, acting on the advice from my amp tech, I got a VTM60. It was ugly as anything, but it sounded crazy good. I was able to get the same tone that I got with the JMP! I got rid of all my gear a few years later after starting a family. I got some more gear a few years after getting rid of everything.

Now I have two rigs, both of which are KILLER in the bands I'm in:

1. Windsor head into a 1982a cab loaded with x-patterned G12H100 and Veteran 30 speakers.

2. JCM 2000 DSL100 head into a 1960a loaded with x-patterned G12M70 and G12T70 speakers.

Peavey amps in the right hands and bands are mighty good amps.
 
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I'd love to try the Ultra, it seems like a lot of fun.
Tried a bunch of those small bandits way back in high school some 14 years ago. They were alright for what they were, I guess. I liked them back then, but I also liked my MetalZone, so not exactly a reliable source.
Absolutely hated the 5150/6505 when I tried it in a shop. Scooped, fizzy and noisy. Can't remember what cab it was running, though, so might not be entirely the amp to blame.
 
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I think Steve Morse sounded his best using his Peaveys. His ENGLs sound more like Marshalls, to me.
 
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Lol, its funny this thread was on top when I logged!!!

I just picked this up today!
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It's a older 90's USA made model & I picked it up on the cheap locally this afternoon. It's actually in really good shape apart from some rust on the send & return jacks but changing those out is easy & cheap enough.

I plugged straight into it with my Les Paul for a while when I got home this evening to give it a good second look. I'd almost forgotten how great these things sound & what a great value they are!!!
 
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I still have my silver stripe Bandit from late 90's, and it still works like a champ. It's traveled around to numerous gigs and jams, and was used in my son's punk band for over a year. It's the most reliable amp I've ever owned, and sounds great too.
 
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Coma said:
How the heck do you manage to get rust on your amp jacks?
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I don't know??? As I said I had just bought it before making my initial post...

The guy that I bought it from was the original owner & he said that he hadn't played in years so I imagine it was in storage for quite some time? In any case it all works perfectly & that rust is on the jack nuts more than the jacks themselves so it's an easy, albeit purely aesthetic, fix.....

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Sorry for the $hity pic... Getting my phone out & emailing myself the picture so I can post it seemed like a lot of work & I'm feeling kinda lazy today. Good day to play around with the new toy!!!
 
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As it turns out 95% of my "rust" was just grimy dust & came it right off when I cleaned up the chassis/panel this morning so I guess I don't really have rusty effects loop jacks after all? I also pulled the chassis this morning with fingers crossed that there's no leaky electrolyics inside & there wasn't!!! I was actually kinda surprised by how well that thin old PCB & the filter caps have held up over the years...

The amplifier sounds absolutely fantastic, I'm really happy with this one!!! I mean I'd originally bought it with the intention of selling it in my Reverb store to try & make a few bucks off it but I'm really digging it's tone so I just might have to keep it? I ordered a new matched quad of EL84's for it last night & I've got preamp tubes coming out of my ears so we'll see once I get those in. Right now it's got three of the original Sov-Tech's in it's power section along with a single random J.J. & at some point someone stuck a Grove Tube 12AX7 in V2....
 
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Yeah i have a jsx head on a 5150 cab and i also have a red stripe bandit.

No complaints from them at all.
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Roadmaster: One of the sweetest crunch, and bodily clean amps ever IMO. Add an OD and it roars 80's metal. I love this amp.

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MX VTX: I use this one as a power amp for my AMT SS-11B and my main gigging amp. The amp itself doen not sound bad at all!

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Anybody watch the show "Undercover Boss"? Last year they did an episode on Peavey with a real surprise ending. Might want to check it out.
 
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MichYank said:
Anybody watch the show "Undercover Boss"? Last year they did an episode on Peavey with a real surprise ending. Might want to check it out.
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Lol, what a joke!!! "Oh, you're a great employee, we're going to pay for you to go to school, take care of you/your family, & extend your visas so you can live out your dreams!!!"

"BTW, you're all fired as soon as this show airs!!! We are not keeping any of our commitments because that s#it is expensive, & we're moving all production to China so go F yourself!!!"

NOW HARTLY PEAVY WILL LIKELY BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.....
 
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Aceman said:
Sweaty guitar fingers touch them when plugging in / unplugging and you never ever wipe the jack off.
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Most of the perceived corrosion was just grimy dust build up, likely mixed with sweat from the former owners fingers as Ace stated? It wasn't anything a damp rag, a little elbow grease, & a Dremel couldn't fix. I was also able to get 90% of the tweed free of stains by wiping it down with the same damp rag after pulling the chassis out...

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What's the deal with the Windsor heads? GC has a few used ones for not too much cashola. Are they good, bad, or what?
 
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Nostalgic Distortion said:
Lol, what a joke!!! "Oh, you're a great employee, we're going to pay for you to go to school, take care of you/your family, & extend your visas so you can live out your dreams!!!"

"BTW, you're all fired as soon as this show airs!!! We are not keeping any of our commitments because that s#it is expensive, & we're moving all production to China so go F yourself!!!"

NOW HARTLY PEAVY WILL LIKELY BE OUR NEXT PRESIDENT.....
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Yeah, was pretty sad... Very nice what they offered, BUT.... Then to drop the bomb on the people

Dave Locher said:
What's the deal with the Windsor heads? GC has a few used ones for not too much cashola. Are they good, bad, or what?
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Depends what you want.. I had a Windsor for a bit and if you want an amp with a great AC/DC type crunch for punk or rock or.... It would be a killer amp...
 
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