Peavey Valve King 1X12

[darnright]

Found this at a pawnshop in Jacksonville, IL. Works perfect, sounds very good. Very clean. All tube 50 watts RMS. Is $130 a good deal? I hope it's at least ok, 'cause I bought it!

-dave

The green looking patch in the middle of the back is a decal from where it was sold.

 

[formula73]

Re: Peavey Valve King 1X12

I'd call that a good deal. I had one and loved it til I gave it to a friend to get him into playing again.

 

[DankStar]

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Heck yeah that's a deal!

 

[dominus]

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New, they go for $400.

Great deal. Throw an overdrive on it and you'll get into metal territory.

 

[formula73]

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I never needed an OD to get it to do metal.

 

[Ball&Chain]

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They have a touch more gain than most gain junkies will ever need. A pedal isnt necessary to get there though I dare say it could help in other ways.

I bought one awhile back at guitar center for about 150 bucks. A little clean up and it was in like new condition. I took it back to GC a couple weeks later because the gain channel and me didnt get along too well. I was looking for something a little warmer while the gain on the VK was rather harsh and fizzy. I didnt have an OD pedal to try. A new speaker could have also helped.

 

[guitfiddle]

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It's pretty killer that you can walk into a store and buy a tube amp that is more than capable of great sounds for a buck thirty. :bowdown:

 

[Adieu]

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Valve Kings seem like the budget way to huge wattage tube amps... seeing as how they cost like 5-10 watters.

There's some dude in my area selling a VK head with a solidstate ibanez halfstack thrown in as a sweetener (or for sh*ts and giggles maybe), for just south of 300 - you guys think it's a good buy?? PS I got a proper cab, that Ibanez thing would probably go off to take a beating from running bass through it.

 

[BEACHBUM]

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These days $130 doesn't even buy a pedal that comes with bragging rights. Killer deal for a great amp. Congrats.

 

[dominus]

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I never needed an OD to get it to do metal.

Our definitions of metal may be slightly different.

They have a touch more gain than most gain junkies will ever need. A pedal isnt necessary to get there though I dare say it could help in other ways.

Our definitions of gain may be slightly different.

There's some dude in my area selling a VK head with a solidstate ibanez halfstack thrown in as a sweetener (or for sh*ts and giggles maybe), for just south of 300 - you guys think it's a good buy?? PS I got a proper cab, that Ibanez thing would probably go off to take a beating from running bass through it.

If it's the TBX150 head, those are awesome. Way more gain than the VK will have. *If* you're looking for high gain sounds and you know how to tweak an amp and aren't part of the "tubes or nothing" crowd, you might like it. If anything, the two heads plus cab are worth way more than $300 if you end up selling off each piece separately.

 

[Adieu]

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These days $130 doesn't even buy a pedal that comes with bragging rights. Killer deal for a great amp. Congrats.

Sure it does.

Japanese 80s TubeScreamer clone (rebranded, same 4558 chip) - $27, guitar center. Yesterday

...but yeah, definitely congrats-worthy there. I'd thought I ruled when I got an Epi Valve Special for $125, but a PV ValveKing is something on an entirely nother scale.... COOL!

 

[formula73]

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Our definitions of metal may be slightly different.



Our definitions of gain may be slightly different.



If it's the TBX150 head, those are awesome. Way more gain than the VK will have. *If* you're looking for high gain sounds and you know how to tweak an amp and aren't part of the "tubes or nothing" crowd, you might like it. If anything, the two heads plus cab are worth way more than $300 if you end up selling off each piece separately.

I see what you're saying about an OD. I got some fairly brootal toanz (lol) out of mine but yeah, I know you guys don't exactly max out the pre gain and then nail it with a maxed out OD. It's more of a tone shaping thing. I used to run a Boss OD-2 in front of my Framus Dragon to take out some of the low mids and add some bite.

 

[Andrew Lamprecht]

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Those valvekings actually sound pretty great for the price and $130 is even cheaper than you normally see them..... I would have grabbed it! Nice score.

 

[Ball&Chain]

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Our definitions of metal may be slightly different.



Our definitions of gain may be slightly different.



If it's the TBX150 head, those are awesome. Way more gain than the VK will have. *If* you're looking for high gain sounds and you know how to tweak an amp and aren't part of the "tubes or nothing" crowd, you might like it. If anything, the two heads plus cab are worth way more than $300 if you end up selling off each piece separately.

Probably not.

This is my definition of High Gain. A 1x12 valveking may not have the thunk in the bottom end, but as far as saturation goes, it would do this with the boost engaged. I could get there at fairly low volume even, though it didn't sound all that great at any volume.