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Post by Roadhog on Jun 3, 2010 11:08:12 GMT -5
Sorry I don't have a better photo right now. (but you get the idea) I bought this beauty off eBay for $25!!! S/H was like $20. (7 years ago) (actually the guy under estimated shipping cost but didn't charge me extra) Peavey Backstage Plus. 1987-88 Solid State 35 watts 10" speaker (I replaced the speaker with a high quality Celestion) Single channel with footswitch, spring reverb, effects loop (via Y cable), headphone jack. Single input with volume utilizing a pre-gain/saturation/post gain set-up. Bright pull on the pre-gain knob. Low/Mid/High eq with a pull swith on the high eq knob. General playback settings: Pre (2/3) / Sat (3) / Post (4/5) / Low EQ (6/7) / Mid EQ (6/7) High EQ (9). Rvb (3) 1X10", 35 watts, solid state guitar combo amplifier, pre gain, post gain, saturation, 3-band EQ, push / pull thick setting on high EQ knob, plsh / pull bright setting on pre-gain knob, reverb, 1/4" headphone jack, preamp out jack PDF File Factory manual. www.peavey.com/assets/literature/manuals/80300053.pdfI originally bought this for running guitar modelers/processors... and it's okay for that, but you want real clean neutral amps for that, and this turned out to have an awesome Jazz/Country sound.
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Post by Roadhog on Jun 3, 2010 11:33:02 GMT -5
I love this tube amp! I found an old Blues Crate 4x10" closed back cabinet which I mostly run... with the 2- 12" amp speakers disconnected. The 4x10" are punchier, and will kill small mammels within 25 yards...or if not careful will bust out your windows, and crack plaster. I run this with a small variety of stompboxes. This is a great classic rock sound, with the Crate cab. Actually, this amp with the 2x12" is a Country guitarists dream. (just the VL 12" speakers though... Carvin stopped using them some years ago and went with different speakers...marketing idiots...LOL) The Carvins VL12" speakers are the most saught after and hard to get anymore. I bought this amp new from the factory. Carvin 212 50 watt Bel Air combo tube amp. Carvin FS 22 foot switch, designed to toggle the Reverb/Effects and the Clean/Crunch channels. - Carvin VL12" speakers (2x12) - All tube design - five 12AX7 (Groove Tubes™ V1 & V2) - Four EL84 matched output Groove Tubes™ - 1 Meg ohms passive tone controls for broad adjustment range - BASS, MID, and TREBLE controls optimized for each channel - Clean channel Acoustic PRESENCE for shimmering highs - Tube driven Accutronics™ 3 spring tank reverb - Metal shaft controls, ivory knobs, red jewel lamp - Output: 50 watts - 4ohms, 8ohms and 16ohms Impedance switch - Two 1/4" speaker jacks and cabinet voiced line out jack - External Effects Loop with preamp OUT / power amp IN jacks
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Post by Roadhog on Jun 3, 2010 11:58:23 GMT -5
I'm especially proud of this amp and cab. Both have been discontinued, and as far as I'm concerned were the best rig for Solid State clean neutral sound. This rig works PRIMO with guitar modelers/processors. (the best!) This little amp...will fool you. It's 150 watts and kicka$$. It will run 4 of these 1x12" cabinets. To me...a single 1x12" cabinet is all I need! I can't brag enough about these Celestion GT 112SL speakers either. (awesome) www.crateamps.com/pdf/manuals/CPB150_OM.pdfI use an RCA cable hookup to my guitar modeler. The Y-cable lets you run the effects loop, putting the signal between the preamp and the power amp. You have to think in terms of two blocks, the preamp and the power amp. You will notice a difference in tone on some of your patches, if you split your signal between the two, using the effects loop, giving you line level instead of instrument level. (less noise interference) The RCA method lets you bypass the preamp and speaker emulator. I like this method the best. I get more pure processor this way. Considered as a functional block, an effects loop should provide unity gain - no gain, no loss of signal - and be transparent. I like the solid state more for this purpose, than my tube amp. But I don't know if a loop should be fully by-passable or not, or if it's best to leave the loop in the signal path at all times. This is my Satriani rig! With patches, I can get the same sound, (but...but...not played as well as Satch) and this is just too fun. You wanna sound like any of your favorite artists... get a modeler, and set up the patches.
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Post by Roadhog on Jun 3, 2010 12:20:35 GMT -5
The processors I like to use are Digitech. I'm just using these stock photos, because well...they're just processors. (grin) I have some photos somewhere...but most of my stuff is transferred over to an external HD. I dunwanna hunt for them. I like using the RP150 the most, as it's so much easier and simple to adjust patches. Both have drum machines, and can run MP3 backing tracks. I have way too many patches and backing tracks. My tastes have been narrowed down to just a few. As far as stompboxes... I use mostly Boss, and a few Ibanez. My favorite wah-wah (no not Dunlop) is an Ibanez Screaming Demon.
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