Karmadog777
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ok well it got here wednesday so I have had it for 5 days, long enough for some tweaking and poking/prodding
Its a 90s made 1x12 3 channel 60 watt tube combo, preamp:4- 12AX7 and 2- 6L6 poweramp tubes
Ebay scrore $212 shipped came with footswitch and manual
Unpacked it and set it up plugged in everything works fine no static no buzzes no hissing set clean channel to taste and tried to get a good sound out of the Ultra channel ... kinda disapointing is this a tube amp?
Im glad I didnt pay much for it, clean is ok, but does break up if string attack is heavy, Im reminded imediately of why I have steered clear of PV amps since the early 90s, the distortion pretty much sounds like every high gain PV evermade ,undefined ,muffeled and buzzy.
I decide to try it as a head unit with my 2x12 emenence ledgendM(modeling) loaded bass cab with the combos speaker disconnected.... BIG improvement right away!
I really HATE this cliche',but it really did sound like a blanket was lifted off the amp, and besides that this oversized 2x12 really punches and kicks. I cant believe Peavey would sabbotage their own amps like this, the Sheffield speaker is a P.O.S.
Still Im tryin to make this amp sound good enough to be a keeper...I got to tell you, my Line 6 spider II head sounded remarkably good with this cab,better than the Ultra 112 sounded on its own.
Today I had some time on my hands and decided to change out some preamp tubes, the ones in it were unlabeled except for 2 that had 12ax7 stamped in red and a made in china sticker stuck on the glass, Luckily I have some preamp tubes on hand, I put Tung-Sols in V1 and V4 and JJ high gain rated Ecc83s tubes in V2 and V3 they control the gain in the crunch and Ultra channel .
I was very impressed ,I forgot to mention that I tried running a EQ in the loop and was very successful at getting rid of that nasty gritty PV buzz by cutting the 1.6k freq. abit and slightly boosting the lowend,
the amp was starting to sound pretty good, infact when I plugged back in after swapping the tubes it almost ratteled my teeth out with the EQ settings I had made for the old tubes....
the amp really opened up and there really is no mush or mud to be found now, tweaked the EQs some more and tried some pedals,,,the amp takes pedals well,but Im trying to be a minamalist here I want to use the amps distortion,
I broke out my old rocktron nitro booster and that completed it.
Just a slight bit of boost and compression from that pedal + a cheap Dan-o EQ pedal in the loop the ultra channel is crunching like no bodys business with the gain at 7 ...Im pretty happy with it, I can get into this tone.
Now I just need a pair of JJ 6L6GC;s or TAD6L6GC STR ;s or??? any suggestions? Next project is to convert this combo into a head unit what do ya think?
Its a 90s made 1x12 3 channel 60 watt tube combo, preamp:4- 12AX7 and 2- 6L6 poweramp tubes
Ebay scrore $212 shipped came with footswitch and manual
Unpacked it and set it up plugged in everything works fine no static no buzzes no hissing set clean channel to taste and tried to get a good sound out of the Ultra channel ... kinda disapointing is this a tube amp?
Im glad I didnt pay much for it, clean is ok, but does break up if string attack is heavy, Im reminded imediately of why I have steered clear of PV amps since the early 90s, the distortion pretty much sounds like every high gain PV evermade ,undefined ,muffeled and buzzy.
I decide to try it as a head unit with my 2x12 emenence ledgendM(modeling) loaded bass cab with the combos speaker disconnected.... BIG improvement right away!
I really HATE this cliche',but it really did sound like a blanket was lifted off the amp, and besides that this oversized 2x12 really punches and kicks. I cant believe Peavey would sabbotage their own amps like this, the Sheffield speaker is a P.O.S.
Still Im tryin to make this amp sound good enough to be a keeper...I got to tell you, my Line 6 spider II head sounded remarkably good with this cab,better than the Ultra 112 sounded on its own.
Today I had some time on my hands and decided to change out some preamp tubes, the ones in it were unlabeled except for 2 that had 12ax7 stamped in red and a made in china sticker stuck on the glass, Luckily I have some preamp tubes on hand, I put Tung-Sols in V1 and V4 and JJ high gain rated Ecc83s tubes in V2 and V3 they control the gain in the crunch and Ultra channel .
I was very impressed ,I forgot to mention that I tried running a EQ in the loop and was very successful at getting rid of that nasty gritty PV buzz by cutting the 1.6k freq. abit and slightly boosting the lowend,
the amp was starting to sound pretty good, infact when I plugged back in after swapping the tubes it almost ratteled my teeth out with the EQ settings I had made for the old tubes....
the amp really opened up and there really is no mush or mud to be found now, tweaked the EQs some more and tried some pedals,,,the amp takes pedals well,but Im trying to be a minamalist here I want to use the amps distortion,
I broke out my old rocktron nitro booster and that completed it.
Just a slight bit of boost and compression from that pedal + a cheap Dan-o EQ pedal in the loop the ultra channel is crunching like no bodys business with the gain at 7 ...Im pretty happy with it, I can get into this tone.
Now I just need a pair of JJ 6L6GC;s or TAD6L6GC STR ;s or??? any suggestions? Next project is to convert this combo into a head unit what do ya think?
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