Sound great, but does it sound that good at loud volumes too, or does it lose it's balls? I'm very interested in one of these. I have a 5150 sig which is cool and has its own unique sound, but having an amp that sound like a Marshall and for that price would be cool too.
@muddhole777 Right on man, you won't regret it. Also a little heads up, if you want a warmer sound, there's a power tube bias trim-pot inside of the chassis- turn it all the way counter-clockwise (Peavey sets it within the operating range of the tubes, so you won't hurt them at all).
Like the looks of this head better than the Black Heart 100w .the sound of the black Heart in videos of course to me sound better,and may have as many features or more! Who wants to do a video of Peavey Windsor-Vs-Black Heart- good match up I think!
hey dude, I have a question about using such a large amp for shows. I'm guessing that your using it for playing live, I'm told that for every show as a guitarist you should set your amps tone off of the venue because depending on where you are it will sound different. Do you agree? Have you used your amp for large shows? and how do you maintain crystal clear sound when playing heavier, high gain songs? do you just work with the sound pa guy? and does micing just solve everything?
@mattlekochinsky Even when you play a show, you're going to get told to not play loud and be mic'd unless there's no PA for the guitars. You're always going to perceive a different sound from your speakers in a different location, whether a different placement in the room or in a different room all together.
@mshggh You won't be disappointed as long as you take the time to properly dial it in. I always left the texture knob at A/B, sounded bad anywhere in between and I never experiemented much with A. Be very careful with that presence knob, the amp is really bright. Those are probably the main things to watch out for. If you can score an old Peavey VTM head, I'd recommend it. I have one now and love it to shreds.
@mshggh Plug it into your cab, set the impedance switch to match the ohm rating of your cab, flick the power switch on and let the amp warm up for a couple minutes then flick on the standby switch. When you're done, flick the standby switch off first then give it about a minute before shutting down- or just leave it in standby if you're gonna end up using it again.
Excellent tone here, what's the master turned to in this video? Because I have only had the opportunity to use this thing at master less than 4, and it sounds good but a little muddy... i'm assuming it opens up when cranked, like most tube amps?
Yeah, mine sounds muddy for 2 probable reasons: (1) i'm using epiphone stock pickups (recipe for mud) and (2) my mic was on the other side of the room.
I'd appreciate it if you could watch my video of me demoing this amp, and tell me what I could do to improve the tone.
@Obelix5150 Oh, wow... Put some mids and treble in your tone and take that overdrive out!
My settings were about 2-3 on the bass, mids cranked, but then I started experimenting and found that the mids sound better at about 7-9, treble never past about 8, but usually around 5-7. Resonance never past 1/4th up(but I have a REALLY bassy cab), and in this video I had the Presence at about 6-7 probably, but then I got better tone when I started bringing it down to about 2-4.
I guess it varies from person to person. My cab has lots of mids and treble, so I can't crank those without it being harsh (no money for a new cab; i'm a musician lol). I'll have to try adding more mids, maybe itll help.
@Obelix5150 Just keep the presence and resonance below noon and you should be good. If you think there's too much treble, you could just have the gain too far up and it's adding that nasty 'sizzle' nobody likes.
I stumbled on a not-muddy but very JCM800-esque tone earlier today, by turning all the eq to 0 (NOT muffled, surprisingly, just sounded crisp) and keeping the presence at 7 while keeping the resonance at 5. It worked really well. Oh, and it was into lo gain input, preamp at 9. no boost this time. Great Randy Rhoads-ish sound.
@JacoThe2nd i have one of those 2 ohm peavy cabs at my house, i was gonna borrow it when i got a tube head this xmas but couldnt use it because it couldnt run a 2 ohm cab
If you'd like me to, I could message you a list of mods that were suggested to me. Too long to post in a comment. They're all simple resistor changes, though!
I wonder if I could get a nice clean sound out this amp since it is dirty cheap. I wonder if plugging a PODxt on the effect loop and use it as a preamp bypassing the windsor preamp section will do the trick, I wonder if using just the power section will be crystal clear sound.
Yeah, you could do that, but be warned; this head is unnecessarily huge and weighs a LOT. You could chop off about an inch from both sides and about one and a half inch from the top of the shell to make it a little smaller.
nice, starting out with Sleep!!! I have a Windsor head paired up with my Marshall Mode 4 Cab, and it sounds awesome. The only thing i did to the peavey was take out the JJ 12ax7's for some Electro-Harmonix 12ax7's. Gives it a little bit more bite and sustain. But straight out of the box this is the best purchase i have made yet.
It's a single channel amp, think JCM800. The cleans aren't that great if you like crystal clear cleans. But if you're OK with a slightly gritty clean, it's OK.
thanks man. im lazy so i didnt wanna look if they werent there haha. i just got this head the other day and just got to try it on a neighbors cab today. im pretty pumped on it. im starting a band and im on a budget so this head is one of 2 or 3 heads ill be using for the band.
this is an amazing amp...and what you say about the 1970s is true..i started in 1965 with Fenders and Marshalls were just getting going....but an amp was an amp ...same with guitars...musicians are too sensitive to small stuff..like the dif between single coil and humbuckers in m opinion
allright i just ordered one of these things from muscians freind. they are having a free shipping sale. i gues its put up or shut up time. after i get it i'll post to let you know if you can make a good decision based on what you hear on you tube lol.
Did you get just the head or both the head and cab? I've read the cabs are utter shit... I really like the Windsor sounds with mine. Everyone says the Windsor is too bright/trebley, but with my cab it's not that bad..
I have a cab with 4 Jensen MOD 70's. it should be great with this head. I was looking into the peavey website and artists for this amp are VENOM. those guys pretty much invented "black metal " (post sabbath) and they still use guitar amps and direct mic'ing for their live sound. they used marshall in the past, they are a Brittish band !. Marshalls are too damned expensiv.of any subsitutes they could have used to still "goes live" with stacks of guitar amps its windsor. go figure.
Just got it today. been playing with Gibson humbuckers and fender single coil PU and damn what a great sounding amp. its sound and physical presence remind me exactly of a 150 watt SUNN amp i had in the 70's I love it. I bought this used/ recon from Musicians freind for 250, and it has very decent tubes in it. Ruby EL34 and JJ 12ax7. not what i would have picked but very respecatable.ridiculous value. sound is great for any amp up to about grand. NO LIE. I regret not buying one sooner.
One more thing, ive noticed after a few days..."back in the day" no one talked about amps that "dont really sound good with humbuckers".or "single coil PU's"..or some such non sense. thats a relatively new, weird thing with tube amps. My Windsor is like the old Marshalls in that way too.. it likes any kind of guitar signal. HB, SC, brand name or cheap-o, this amp isnt picky. Effects dont seem to bother it 1 bit either, though it really sounds better without them.
sounds exactly like tony Iomi's road show in 1976 EXACTLY. anyone who thinks there is something special or magical about Laney, or Marshall dosent understand what these amps were for. they were industrial equiptment for traveling rock N roll circus 's. they used what held up well. they didnt record with those monsters. this is a good, reliable, powerful, amp priced at what such and amp should be priced at.
Yeah, these amps sound great... A simple "mod" to make these amps sound so much better is increasing the bias to the power tubes. They're biased cold from the factory, at around 10-12mA... Bumping it to 25-30 does a great improvement.
This amp does not clean up well without modifications, so thats not true.
And actually, the Roldand JC120 is THE jazz amplifier, and its solid state, and those Jazz-guitarists that use tube amps most oftenly use Fenders.. which is the opposite of the Marshall-sounding amps like Windsor.
Great sound you get out of that Peavey. I'm considering buying one, but as I play a lot of Jazz, I was wondering, does this amp clean up nicely by just rolling back the volume knob?
Eh, that's what I thought. Figured I'd ask, though. And yes, I have been that amp out. I'm actually conflicting between the two. Although, I'm leaning towards just getting the Windsor for Stoner/Doom Rock, and another small amp for jazz and such, especially after your videos showing what this amp can do.
Yeah, the Windsor can get pretty mean. Although I advise you stay away from the Windsor cab. I've read that was junk (I can't speak from experience though.
yeah thats a good sounding amp. ive never used one and my opinion of it has been low till now becuase in all the demos (includings the peavey demo) i heard , it sounded tight and brittle.. i see now thats because the tools who were demo-ing it didnt bother turn it up and over drive the power tubes. they just turned up the gain and said "and this is the gain turned all the way up"....this is much better.
To be honest, the gain was turned way up.... Along with the mids!
I had the bass cut back a bit (my cab is pretty bassy) and the treble at around 6 or 7 (remember the controls go to 12, so 6-7 is like 5-6 on a normal amp). I had the resonance totally down (since, like I said, bassy cab) and the presence around 3 or 4. 12 gauge strings in C# standard! This amp REALLY shines in the drop tunings IMO.
Depends on what the cabs are rated for. I mean, yeah, there's no minimum power rating for a head to power a cab (you could plug a 1/2W amp into a 412 cab and it'll still work- might not sound that great because the speakers not getting pushed like they should)
Trust me, you'll only need one cab with this beast. I don't even want a 100 watt head, this head just came up locally for a good price so I just figured "Ah what the hell." As did my cab.
I don't really know, that varies. You can try asking... But if you have a friend that's good with electronics, I'm sure they'd do it for cheaper/free.
Sound great, but does it sound that good at loud volumes too, or does it lose it's balls? I'm very interested in one of these. I have a 5150 sig which is cool and has its own unique sound, but having an amp that sound like a Marshall and for that price would be cool too.
muddhole777 2 months ago
@muddhole777 It only gets ballsier as it gets louder.
JacoThe2nd 2 months ago
@JacoThe2nd Nice, think I'll look into getting one.
muddhole777 2 months ago
@muddhole777 Right on man, you won't regret it. Also a little heads up, if you want a warmer sound, there's a power tube bias trim-pot inside of the chassis- turn it all the way counter-clockwise (Peavey sets it within the operating range of the tubes, so you won't hurt them at all).
JacoThe2nd 2 months ago
@JacoThe2nd From the factory, the bias is set something like 10-12 mA per tube, bumping it up brings it to around 30 mA per tube.
JacoThe2nd 2 months ago
Like the looks of this head better than the Black Heart 100w .the sound of the black Heart in videos of course to me sound better,and may have as many features or more! Who wants to do a video of Peavey Windsor-Vs-Black Heart- good match up I think!
Guitarman3348 3 months ago
into the void lml
ehalt2 10 months ago 7
hey dude, I have a question about using such a large amp for shows. I'm guessing that your using it for playing live, I'm told that for every show as a guitarist you should set your amps tone off of the venue because depending on where you are it will sound different. Do you agree? Have you used your amp for large shows? and how do you maintain crystal clear sound when playing heavier, high gain songs? do you just work with the sound pa guy? and does micing just solve everything?
mattlekochinsky 11 months ago
@mattlekochinsky Even when you play a show, you're going to get told to not play loud and be mic'd unless there's no PA for the guitars. You're always going to perceive a different sound from your speakers in a different location, whether a different placement in the room or in a different room all together.
JacoThe2nd 11 months ago
considering buying this to use with my newly acquired 2x15 vintage Sunn cab :)
should sound like, i dunno, the world's demise?
FinalBaton 11 months ago
@FinalBaton It would definitely sound awesome as fuck.
JacoThe2nd 8 months ago
druid!
megadeth1818 11 months ago
obviously this is not a metal amp, but seems to do the classic rock thing very well. Pretty impressive for that style of sound for the price :)
SaintsCheat 1 year ago
+++ for kyuss riffage
txjfk936 1 year ago
@txjfk936 I don't recall playing Kyuss in this..
JacoThe2nd 1 year ago 6
@JacoThe2nd maybe he means sleep?
Jimihendrix6699 1 year ago 3
@Jimihendrix6699 I sure hope!
JacoThe2nd 1 year ago 2
I'm looking for a cheap head for some stonerrock. and i think i'm going with windsor.
mshggh 1 year ago
@mshggh You won't be disappointed as long as you take the time to properly dial it in. I always left the texture knob at A/B, sounded bad anywhere in between and I never experiemented much with A. Be very careful with that presence knob, the amp is really bright. Those are probably the main things to watch out for. If you can score an old Peavey VTM head, I'd recommend it. I have one now and love it to shreds.
JacoThe2nd 1 year ago
@JacoThe2nd
Ok. I bought it! :D
Got it off so cheap I couldnt resist.
Cant say anyhting bout the sound yet, waiting for the head to warm up a bit.
An also got to figure out how to use it cos its my first tube head :/
mshggh 1 year ago
@mshggh Plug it into your cab, set the impedance switch to match the ohm rating of your cab, flick the power switch on and let the amp warm up for a couple minutes then flick on the standby switch. When you're done, flick the standby switch off first then give it about a minute before shutting down- or just leave it in standby if you're gonna end up using it again.
JacoThe2nd 1 year ago
@JacoThe2nd
Yep, got it. didnt realize it hasnt got distortion :/
I got big muff plugged and so far im impressed, playing in a relatively low volume on an apartment. cant wait to get high volume from this :)
mshggh 1 year ago
@mshggh Uh, yes it has distortion. "Preamp volume" = gain, "master volume" = volume.. it's like a JCM 800.
JacoThe2nd 1 year ago
@JacoThe2nd
Ok, now i feel dumb :D
Wonder when i would have found that myself xD
mshggh 1 year ago
@JacoThe2nd i agree
helldx07 1 year ago
@mshggh This video was straight into the amp.
JacoThe2nd 1 year ago
For the cash, You definately can't beat the Windsor!
CausticCarnival 1 year ago
Possibly the best collection of riffs ever to be put into a vid. And the fact that this Peavey does it justice, I can see me getting one. Beautiful.
LesPaulverizer1989 1 year ago
@LesPaulverizer1989 Thanks for the kind words! :D
JacoThe2nd 1 year ago
fuck yeah sleep haha
LordMorbid5 1 year ago
SLEEP
poweraxe666 1 year ago
into the void!
SirCallahan17 1 year ago
This is way better than Paul from guitarworld christ and this guy plays Sabbath! How good can that be!
pissballs 1 year ago
Hell yeah!
gbastow 1 year ago
Very nice, lots of sabbath :)
Excellent tone here, what's the master turned to in this video? Because I have only had the opportunity to use this thing at master less than 4, and it sounds good but a little muddy... i'm assuming it opens up when cranked, like most tube amps?
Obelix5150 2 years ago
@Obelix5150 The master volume was probably around 2 in this video. Not very loud, but DAMN loud in a bedroom through my beastly cab!
The amp is not muddy AT ALL, the stock Peavey Windsor cabs are just terrible, terrible cabs. The amp REALLY comes to live through a good cab.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
Yeah, mine sounds muddy for 2 probable reasons: (1) i'm using epiphone stock pickups (recipe for mud) and (2) my mic was on the other side of the room.
I'd appreciate it if you could watch my video of me demoing this amp, and tell me what I could do to improve the tone.
Obelix5150 2 years ago
@Obelix5150 Oh, wow... Put some mids and treble in your tone and take that overdrive out!
My settings were about 2-3 on the bass, mids cranked, but then I started experimenting and found that the mids sound better at about 7-9, treble never past about 8, but usually around 5-7. Resonance never past 1/4th up(but I have a REALLY bassy cab), and in this video I had the Presence at about 6-7 probably, but then I got better tone when I started bringing it down to about 2-4.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
@JacoThe2nd Oh, and I was using an Epiphone G400 with stock pickups.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
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I guess it varies from person to person. My cab has lots of mids and treble, so I can't crank those without it being harsh (no money for a new cab; i'm a musician lol). I'll have to try adding more mids, maybe itll help.
Obelix5150 2 years ago
@Obelix5150 Just keep the presence and resonance below noon and you should be good. If you think there's too much treble, you could just have the gain too far up and it's adding that nasty 'sizzle' nobody likes.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
I stumbled on a not-muddy but very JCM800-esque tone earlier today, by turning all the eq to 0 (NOT muffled, surprisingly, just sounded crisp) and keeping the presence at 7 while keeping the resonance at 5. It worked really well. Oh, and it was into lo gain input, preamp at 9. no boost this time. Great Randy Rhoads-ish sound.
Obelix5150 2 years ago
@Obelix5150 I find the low gain input muffles the tone a bit, never used it.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
Agreed, but with my ultra-bright cab, I need the padded input to make it less harsh. It sounds good now actually.
Obelix5150 2 years ago
@JacoThe2nd Get a paremetric eq it will shape and tighten up youre tone.
get a small rack havent had a goood pedal scince the old ibinez woth 2 sliders and a knob
korzon 1 year ago
@Obelix5150 Also, the EQ knobs are very responsive to each other!
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
@JacoThe2nd is that a 2 ohm peavy cab?
rocknrolla12992 2 years ago
@rocknrolla12992 No sir, it's a 4 ohm Earth Sound Research cab. Presumably a copy of an old Peavey cab though.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
@JacoThe2nd i have one of those 2 ohm peavy cabs at my house, i was gonna borrow it when i got a tube head this xmas but couldnt use it because it couldnt run a 2 ohm cab
rocknrolla12992 2 years ago
@rocknrolla12992 no such thing as a 2 ohm cab for guitar-
Zaspor 1 year ago
Hello )
What cab is it?
TolikRyumin 2 years ago
The cab is a vintage Earth Sound Research cab. Seemingly a Peavey copy.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
@JacoThe2nd Thank you )
TolikRyumin 2 years ago
Привет! а что за кабинет?
TolikRyumin 2 years ago
Sleep rules.
gobigjeff 2 years ago
Nice dude!
gbastow 2 years ago
I also have a video of this amp
mindmurder666 2 years ago
I think you should try running your Boss ME70 in front of the Windsor, that way your distortion is before the preamp and sounds way better.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
I did run the me70 in front but I didn't like the sound. I'm still experimenting.
mindmurder666 2 years ago
Sent!
Also, just so you know, the Windsor is 100% stock in this video!
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
If you'd like me to, I could message you a list of mods that were suggested to me. Too long to post in a comment. They're all simple resistor changes, though!
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
I wonder if I could get a nice clean sound out this amp since it is dirty cheap. I wonder if plugging a PODxt on the effect loop and use it as a preamp bypassing the windsor preamp section will do the trick, I wonder if using just the power section will be crystal clear sound.
fabianromano 2 years ago
Yeah, you could do that, but be warned; this head is unnecessarily huge and weighs a LOT. You could chop off about an inch from both sides and about one and a half inch from the top of the shell to make it a little smaller.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
Black sabbath rules the world!
Pentatonikus 2 years ago 2
True that!
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
nice, starting out with Sleep!!! I have a Windsor head paired up with my Marshall Mode 4 Cab, and it sounds awesome. The only thing i did to the peavey was take out the JJ 12ax7's for some Electro-Harmonix 12ax7's. Gives it a little bit more bite and sustain. But straight out of the box this is the best purchase i have made yet.
abracadaver069er 2 years ago
did you use a Metal Zone Distortion Pedal or similar?
or is it just te Peavy.
(i received mine yesterday and i still don't get the metal sound of it)
CheckmateGuitar 2 years ago
Straight guitar > amp.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
does this amp have cleans? Ive never heard a demo of the cleans before.
Geetarfrik 2 years ago
It's a single channel amp, think JCM800. The cleans aren't that great if you like crystal clear cleans. But if you're OK with a slightly gritty clean, it's OK.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
INTO THE VOID!! yes most likely getting this and you playing such good sounding sabbath has convinced me and then sabbath bloody sabbath awesome
MrSuperSecretDude 2 years ago
what are your settings?
Crohny 2 years ago
They're in the comments somewhere.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
thanks man. im lazy so i didnt wanna look if they werent there haha. i just got this head the other day and just got to try it on a neighbors cab today. im pretty pumped on it. im starting a band and im on a budget so this head is one of 2 or 3 heads ill be using for the band.
Crohny 2 years ago
does this head works for hardrock?
joakorush2112 2 years ago
Extremely well.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
YES. This amp was made for that.
Totallydistortedfilm 2 years ago
What cab are you using? Ive heard some bad things about the windsor cab, but that looks almost like peavy bass cab.
MoosicDude 2 years ago
what is thhat song at like .45 ive heard it before
hellocoolkid6 2 years ago
Good ol' "Into the Void" by Black Sabbath!
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
this is an amazing amp...and what you say about the 1970s is true..i started in 1965 with Fenders and Marshalls were just getting going....but an amp was an amp ...same with guitars...musicians are too sensitive to small stuff..like the dif between single coil and humbuckers in m opinion
titok49 2 years ago
allright i just ordered one of these things from muscians freind. they are having a free shipping sale. i gues its put up or shut up time. after i get it i'll post to let you know if you can make a good decision based on what you hear on you tube lol.
solerso68 2 years ago
Did you get just the head or both the head and cab? I've read the cabs are utter shit... I really like the Windsor sounds with mine. Everyone says the Windsor is too bright/trebley, but with my cab it's not that bad..
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
I have a cab with 4 Jensen MOD 70's. it should be great with this head. I was looking into the peavey website and artists for this amp are VENOM. those guys pretty much invented "black metal " (post sabbath) and they still use guitar amps and direct mic'ing for their live sound. they used marshall in the past, they are a Brittish band !. Marshalls are too damned expensiv.of any subsitutes they could have used to still "goes live" with stacks of guitar amps its windsor. go figure.
solerso68 2 years ago
correct , I like my windsor and cab too ... just bull they say about it .... enwious ! ;)
warhammerIII 2 years ago
Just got it today. been playing with Gibson humbuckers and fender single coil PU and damn what a great sounding amp. its sound and physical presence remind me exactly of a 150 watt SUNN amp i had in the 70's I love it. I bought this used/ recon from Musicians freind for 250, and it has very decent tubes in it. Ruby EL34 and JJ 12ax7. not what i would have picked but very respecatable.ridiculous value. sound is great for any amp up to about grand. NO LIE. I regret not buying one sooner.
solerso68 2 years ago
One more thing, ive noticed after a few days..."back in the day" no one talked about amps that "dont really sound good with humbuckers".or "single coil PU's"..or some such non sense. thats a relatively new, weird thing with tube amps. My Windsor is like the old Marshalls in that way too.. it likes any kind of guitar signal. HB, SC, brand name or cheap-o, this amp isnt picky. Effects dont seem to bother it 1 bit either, though it really sounds better without them.
solerso68 2 years ago
sounds exactly like tony Iomi's road show in 1976 EXACTLY. anyone who thinks there is something special or magical about Laney, or Marshall dosent understand what these amps were for. they were industrial equiptment for traveling rock N roll circus 's. they used what held up well. they didnt record with those monsters. this is a good, reliable, powerful, amp priced at what such and amp should be priced at.
solerso68 2 years ago
Yeah, these amps sound great... A simple "mod" to make these amps sound so much better is increasing the bias to the power tubes. They're biased cold from the factory, at around 10-12mA... Bumping it to 25-30 does a great improvement.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
do you need the speaker cabinet for this or no? please someone reply.
newbaberuth 2 years ago
Yes. It's an amplifier head. You need speakers to create the sound coming from the power section.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
alright thanks bro. i guess i'll get the vypyr 75 watt then. thanks again.
newbaberuth 2 years ago
This amp does not clean up well without modifications, so thats not true.
And actually, the Roldand JC120 is THE jazz amplifier, and its solid state, and those Jazz-guitarists that use tube amps most oftenly use Fenders.. which is the opposite of the Marshall-sounding amps like Windsor.
notuern 2 years ago
into the void
famouspogs 2 years ago
Correct. And many other songs off Master of Reality!
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
Great sound you get out of that Peavey. I'm considering buying one, but as I play a lot of Jazz, I was wondering, does this amp clean up nicely by just rolling back the volume knob?
FrippHowe 2 years ago
I definitely do not recommend this amp for jazz... Jazz guitarists don't seem to take a liking to tube amps much, either.
If you want a pristine clean sound, check out the famous Roland JC120.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
Eh, that's what I thought. Figured I'd ask, though. And yes, I have been that amp out. I'm actually conflicting between the two. Although, I'm leaning towards just getting the Windsor for Stoner/Doom Rock, and another small amp for jazz and such, especially after your videos showing what this amp can do.
FrippHowe 2 years ago
Yeah, the Windsor can get pretty mean. Although I advise you stay away from the Windsor cab. I've read that was junk (I can't speak from experience though.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
or if you have some money go buy a fender
ruffles272 2 years ago
yeah thats a good sounding amp. ive never used one and my opinion of it has been low till now becuase in all the demos (includings the peavey demo) i heard , it sounded tight and brittle.. i see now thats because the tools who were demo-ing it didnt bother turn it up and over drive the power tubes. they just turned up the gain and said "and this is the gain turned all the way up"....this is much better.
solerso68 2 years ago
To be honest, the gain was turned way up.... Along with the mids!
I had the bass cut back a bit (my cab is pretty bassy) and the treble at around 6 or 7 (remember the controls go to 12, so 6-7 is like 5-6 on a normal amp). I had the resonance totally down (since, like I said, bassy cab) and the presence around 3 or 4. 12 gauge strings in C# standard! This amp REALLY shines in the drop tunings IMO.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
I also had the boost knob engaged which boosts a bit of lows and mids and boosts the gain a tad bit.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
hey do you think this 100 what peavey windser can support 2 randall cabs?
WillDavidsonBA 2 years ago
... Uh, what? Lol, in theory, any head will support any cab.
Are the two cabs the same ohm rating?
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
no no im talking about the power.... han just this one head have enough power to push 2 randall cabs at the same time? and im not sure...
WillDavidsonBA 2 years ago
Depends on what the cabs are rated for. I mean, yeah, there's no minimum power rating for a head to power a cab (you could plug a 1/2W amp into a 412 cab and it'll still work- might not sound that great because the speakers not getting pushed like they should)
Trust me, you'll only need one cab with this beast. I don't even want a 100 watt head, this head just came up locally for a good price so I just figured "Ah what the hell." As did my cab.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
Yeah i get what ya saying how many different outputs for cabs is on the back?
WillDavidsonBA 2 years ago
Two speaker outs.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
ok precete it man... oh and i seen some other stuff with your bass your really good brotha
WillDavidsonBA 2 years ago
Thanks! :)
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
are you playing straight into the amp no pedals or eq?
solerso68 2 years ago
Yes sir, guitar > cable > amp!
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
NO i will be using line 6 effects pedals
WillDavidsonBA 2 years ago
... Uh, he was asking me if I was using pedals in this video... lol
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
Is it a small fix or a complicated one? A luthier at Sam Ash installed my pickups for me.
BahamutIsKing 2 years ago
All you gotta do is wire in another battery clip. Simple thing to do, I did it on one of my basses.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
Hehe, sorry for asking so many questions, but do you think the luthier will charge extra for wiring in another battery clip?
BahamutIsKing 2 years ago
Heh, it's fine.
I don't really know, that varies. You can try asking... But if you have a friend that's good with electronics, I'm sure they'd do it for cheaper/free.
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
Is that the natural tone of the amp? Or did you use a pedal?
BahamutIsKing 2 years ago
That is 100% Peavey Windsor, guitar > amp > cab!
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
That is cool, because I'm thinking of selling my old Vox AD50 Valvetronix, and this crappy Mark Tremonti Wah and getting this.
Will this amp sound awesome with Emg 81/85 as mah geet pickups...do you think? :P
BahamutIsKing 2 years ago
I'm sure you could work it out. I recommend you do the 18 volt mod to your EMG's, make them sound a LOT better!
JacoThe2nd 2 years ago
Sabbath! Sweet riffage Dale. The Windsor does the vintage sabbath spot on. Very kewl man.
87sherwood 3 years ago