Peavey Vypyr or what else for bedroom-practicing metal?

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There was a Vypyr with a larger output section, 60 or 100 watts. Get that one if you do.

The Vypyr is an analog transtube circuit with digital filters to make it sound like different amps. To my ears it was a Peavy Bandit with lots of eq options and built in FX.

I still have the small Vypyr 15. I thought it was great practice amp ten years ago, but plugged in recently and it sounds junk.

Katana is no brainer.


If you just need a practice amp and plan to gig, get the head. The small built in speaker sounds decent.

 

[ehdwuld]

There was a Vypyr with a larger output section, 60 or 100 watts. Get that one if you do.

The Vypyr is an analog transtube circuit with digital filters to make it sound like different amps. To my ears it was a Peavy Bandit with lots of eq options and built in FX.

I still have the small Vypyr 15. I thought it was great practice amp ten years ago, but plugged in recently and it sounds junk.

Katana is no brainer.


If you just need a practice amp and plan to gig, get the head. The small built in speaker sounds decent.

I had one of those Vyper 15 amps for a while
it sounded alright around the house
it was so light and flimsy that it felt like it would collapse if i dropped it

I dont know what happened to it
I think I gave it away

 

[weepingminotaur]

Echoing the Katana chorus. I have the Katana 50 and it's great for bedroom playing. Use either the 0.5w or the 25w with master at 8 or 9 o'clock and you're fine. I've had zero problem pulling a good metal tone out of the Katana, though it did require using Tone Studio for a few things (TS clone, compressor, parametric EQ).