What is your opinion about the Peavey Transtube thing?

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PLVTONIVS FILIVS

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I have a Peavey 212 Special and I do not like using that tube simulator knob at all. It cancels a lot of treble and most of bass, and makes the sound less responsive to my ears. I like it just for some cleans. Any of you find this feature nice? Is it me and I just prefer a solid state tone? I run a Damage Control Demonizer tube preamp through the clean channel most of times, so I doubt it.

Any thought?
 
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Re: What is your opinion about the Peavey Transtube thing?

Do you mean the "T-Dynamics"? Most people don't like it--Hartley must have been "thinking" again, lol.

I have a Studio Pro that doesn't have that control, and it gets a decent distorted tone--still kind of bassy, but pretty good for a solid state amp.
 
Re: What is your opinion about the Peavey Transtube thing?

Yes, I mean the T- Dynamics.

Yes, the bassy "Lead" channel it has is not bad, but I do not understand why they put that "tube". The "Ultra" channel is unusable to me, mix it with the T-Dynamics and you'll have the ugliest tone. But I like a lot its power and speakers. I also closed its back.
 
Re: What is your opinion about the Peavey Transtube thing?

A lot of the bigger Peavey's get loaded up with features that don't have much practical use--I've had better luck with the simpler models (Pacer, Bandit, etc.), they just keep going.

Maybe check Peavey's site and see if there's a way to minimize the effect, I don't think you'll be able to shut it off.
 
Re: What is your opinion about the Peavey Transtube thing?

The owner's manual is wrong about some things(ie the high input/low input), but there is no problem to shut the simulator off.

In other hand I have been tweaking the "Ultra" channel controls at very high volume and I have found some useful tones.
 
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