Peavey Windsor Studio TEST with external EQ for improve tone and Stratocaster with CS54

It is a good amp with lots of features for a very good price, but something doesn't work at it should. It a totally bass missing amp, and miss high frequencies too... it has just mids and this wont change much changing tube, or speaker. I try to find solutions on the net... someone mod it (but i cant find a clear and safe step by step list of mod for this Studio). Someone change tubes and speakers, and in my opinion that wont change much the behavior of this amp as i tryed already. This solution (and it sounds MUCH better) is absolutely cheap: i'm using a iper cheap Behriger EQ stomp in the effect loop. Bass need to be heavily boosted and even highs (mids are just ok). I'm not a "metal boy", i love mids in an amp, but this amp provide just this one and i'm quite sure there is something real wrong in some part of the preamp section that burn all other frequencies. I'm not using the DI out, i'm recording by a mic (with DI sounds better than in real without mods), and i'm not using too the L-pad for attenuation, i notice it suck a lots of highs. I'm also with stock tubes, so EL34 and 2x12AX7. Guitar is my modded mex strat, with Custom Shop 54 pickups (i love this guitar!).

Category:

Music

Tags:

• peavey
• windsor
• studio
• mods
• bass
• el34
• autobias
• behringer
• EQ700
• fender
• mexico
• custom
• shop
• 54
• pickup

[whawahwah]

Awesome tone! I'm getting an EQ!

[rafport]

@whawahwah sure, it will be useful

[zerosoma33]

Great demo...one of the better demos of any type of gear on here. Very good demonstation, thank you!

[rafport]

@zerosoma33 very kind, thank you for words and visit my video!

[guitarrax]

hi, nice demo. these peavey hat a clean sound? really clean? thanks. greets

[GeekG]

after trying dozens of preamp tubes i finally found a great match. a 5751 philips in v1. if you want to drive it via a (treble)booster this is the only type of tube that works without squashing the signal. great.only disadantage is slightly more hiss, but i accept that gladly. it goes from real clean to full roar just by guitar volume now and great tone in each. low gain input works better also in this application.

[GeekG]

@rafport i have enough base now... there is a sweetspot on the preamp volume.. i learned this from some jtm45-review.. i palm mute the low e and turn the preamp volume until it gets thick but not muddy.. it is around 7-8 for me. 9 is muddy. below 6 there is no bass at all. then i run a hawk (treble) booster in front of the amp and the tone is amazing. still the jj el34 power tube. will do a video.

[rafport]

@GeekG somewhere about a guy who unsoldered the l-pad and improve a lot his tone, and is a realistic perspective as i've experience with other power reducer and maybe even when all turned on (100% volume no attenuation) there is a tone loss. l-pad is anyway useful for home playing. let me know :)

[rafport]

@GeekG if the multieffect is digital, it can be a problem if it miss an high end a/d converter, the benefit to have an eq can be less than the damage to the signal; either a cheap eq like this one in the video can do better. changing kind of pre tubes can do a lot of difference in headroom, you should try some solution and especially you should find which tube drive what so you can choose for reduce unwanted behavior. for power tubes, it really depends on your taste and on your speaker. i read