Peavey XXX Super 40 EFX Combo.....

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milkandmeat

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I'm selling my flextone due to it sounding like garbage. I've made threads about it, basically it just has no life, sounds muffled, sounds like a wet-towl is thrown over it etc. Well I wast a somewhat cheap tube combo...I found this....

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/srs7/g=guitar/search/detail/base_pid/481394/

seems like a great deal, but i don't know much aobut peavey combos. what do you guys think aobut this amp? i mostly play hard stuff, lots of gain. i have an 81 in my LP, so I'm going kinda for a Metallicaish (older metallica) tone. I've heard nothing but great things about the xxx heads, so is this similar tone? I don't want to have the "wet-towl" problem again. i have no way to test amps out, so i gotta rely on word of mouth. so, yay or nay?

oh, and will it be loud enough to mess around with a band that plays pretty loud?

thanks
 
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I love it. You'll have no problem with the wet-towl tone problems. It should be loud enough; but if it isn't, a seperate cabinet will work wonders.
 
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It's all tube, right? I know absolutely nothing aobut tubes actually. Should I replace them when I order the amp? How much are they? What kind? etc....
 
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Yessir, all tube. Should have 3 preamp tubes and one phase inverter, all 12AX7's. It comes stock with EH preamp tubes, which I really like. I believe the powertubes are Sovtek, but they'll be 6L6s with a bias switch for EL34's.

Keep the pre's, get a nice duet of JJ EL34's, and that thing will tear heads off! The stock power tubes aren't bad at all, though.

http://www.revolutionguitar.com is where I get all my tubes.
 
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any other opinions on this amp? i wanna get as much feedback about it as i can before i order it
 
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i was looking at reviews on harmony central, and i saw a few people commenting that the xxx 1x12 combos aren't very thick sounding, kinda tinny sounding, basically not the tube sound. i play an LP with an 81 in the bridge. I'm not concerned with jazz or bluesy warmth, but i don't want the heavy channel to be thin sounding at all. I'm just trying to get some reliable input on this amp, because like i said, i have no way of trying it out.
 
Re: Peavey XXX Super 40 EFX Combo.....

Be careful man. The metal grille design is actually a pattern of mudflap chicks. You might end up with a beard and a flannel shirt and a bad case of ****y-do.

-X
 
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Empty Pockets said:
Be careful man. The metal grille design is actually a pattern of mudflap chicks. You might end up with a beard and a flannel shirt and a bad case of ****y-do.
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What??? This amp has only one mudflap girl.
 
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