Peavey Valveking

[Dr.Mavashi]

Re: Peavey Valveking

So for for classic metal/modern euro-power metal, with good bright and pronounced cleans v30 would be ideal ???

 

[BigBazz]

Re: Peavey Valveking

Agreed, for the price its unbeatable.

I heard the head side by side with a Mesa Dual Rect, and i liked the valveking more, so when our bands new guitarist was looking for an amp, i told him to get the valveking, and hey presto it sounds great.

 

[stangme01]

Re: Peavey Valveking

i think thats an EXCELLENT deal and i'd take it. I used to own this head for about a week and i have to say its not half of what a dual recto is. Its a good amp for the price considering its hardly more than a crate SS 120w head, but you do get what you pay for. It doesn't have tons of gain, does seem to do okay with pedals. I do think it sounds at its best with the Peavey XXX 4x12 than anything else.

 

[BigBazz]

Re: Peavey Valveking

doesnt have tonnes of gain?


There must have been something wrong with yours?


Ive played 2 valveking heads now, and both have had easily as much gain on tap as a 5150 or a Dual rect.

 

[stangme01]

Re: Peavey Valveking

doesnt have tonnes of gain?


There must have been something wrong with yours?


Ive played 2 valveking heads now, and both have had easily as much gain on tap as a 5150 or a Dual rect.

either that or something is wrong with your 5150 because i've played on plenty of valveking combos as well and they don't have tons of gain compared to most high gain heads these days.

 

[ElUnoAstuto]

Re: Peavey Valveking

Eh, I think Strangme, it's your Valvekings, if you find my clips in the tips n clips section, tell me they're not high gain, and that's guitar-cable-amp. I think that's what the Valveking's do best, the poorman's high gain tube amp.

 

[BigBazz]

Re: Peavey Valveking

I havent played the Valveking Combo's, only the head (through a XXX cab and a Mesa oversized in a shop, and later through my marshall 1960 when my guitarist bought his).


Theres plenty of gain on my 5150, and it sounds fantastic, i know a bit about amps to know that its fine. I have a lot of good friends with good amps that i get to play.

Dual Rect
Marshall TSL
Marshall Jmp-1/Marshall 20/20
Engl Powerball
Marshall DSL

All in the region of a few of my good friends.


Anyway, i like my high gain amps and the valveking head that my other guitarist uses (ruby valves, pre and poweramp) has as much gain as any of the high gain amps ive played, Certaintly more gain than the marshalls.

i havent tried the combo at all though.

 

[beggar_guitar]

Re: Peavey Valveking

Ok. Slight change. The amp is a Peave Ultra 410 combo. I don't know a lot about Peavey other than the JS, XXX, 5150. Any thoughts on this combo?

 

[ElUnoAstuto]

Re: Peavey Valveking

That's even better! Look, here's how the timeline goes with what is now Peavey's XXX line:

Triumph/Bravo -> Ultra -> XXX

The whole line is basically channel switching, EL84 based high gain amps, with really great cleans, and really tight, punchy high gain tones. The 25w Bravo(same one I have) was first in the line in the late 80's early 90's, with the 60w Triumph being it's bigger brother. Then, the Ultra series came out, in a 60w 1x12 combo, the 120w 4x10 combo(I feel sorry for your friend's back!), and the more recent 120w Ultra Plus head. The Triumph/Bravo are 2 channel, clean/ultra gain amps. The Ultra series is a three channel amp, clean, crunch, and ultra gain, with crunch usually covering the area of slight tube breakup to classic 80's crunch and NWOBHM type stuff, and the ultra channel is your modern day metal tones. Eventually, like the 5150, the Ultra was renamed the XXX to breathe new life into the series, but the circuit remained relatively the same. The Ultra's are awesome amps, I'd like to get my hands on one sometime soon. I'd still get it if it's just the Ultra 410 and MIA Tele, but try and haggle that price down to 800-900, because you're gonna' have a helluva time selling a 410! Hope that helps.
-Jordan