The best thing about this channel is the fact you don't give a shit about clean channels. Thank you sir. I don't even remember the last time I played on a clean channel. And, I don't miss it at all.
For a long time I used one of these as my backup to my JCM900 SL-X. Eventually, I started using it as my main amp because I could dial in my Marshall tone exactly and I didn't have to worry about tube fails. MASSIVE sounding amps when dialed in correctly. Great video!
Actually it’s the other way around; all the way down the T Dynamics knob is emulating a fully cranked tube amp, so you have all the compression and less dynamics. The higher you turn it up you get more of the uncompressed solid state-ness and more dynamics because of it. Not the best description, but that’s how I’ve read it described in various places online. For high gain tones I like to keep it at about 3 o’clock so that I’m getting a little tube saturation and compression but it’s still clear and punchy. Great video!
I know it's two years later but I just bought a Peavey Supreme head at Sam Ash in Orlando FL and loved watching your demo video to learn all the settings. I only paid $189 so I think I got an excellent deal.
@@928Porscheman The one I found is $100, if I really don't like it I could get profit from a resell. Js' need a head, been running a combo into my cab. I'm not even too worried about the sound, I can dig some horrible tones.
I bought one of these for $95 several years ago, and although I lost all my gear in my house fire, this amp was saved because I had it loaned out at the time! Now I'm incredibly satisfied with it as my main amp, it really does sound great, especially with pedals. So much better sounding than MANY other solid state or digital amps out there. You can do just about everything and do it better with this amp and a delay pedal than a lot of the currently popular things on the market now.
I've had mine for many years. Killer, reliable, takes pedals, has it's own sound and can do so much when it's worked with. So many gigs with this head. Match it with the right cabinet and man it can kick tires and light fires, as the old saying goes. Great vid man.
@@belligerentamateur and I didn't even mean that in a snobby tube-only way lol. They're actually great amps, same with the Valvestate's too. Also, shit bro, you're jacked lol.
Dude! I bought this this amp because of your video! I use it with a walrus ages over drive a delay and an earthquaker devices afternieth reverb. Playing a Jackson king v. And it's metal as fuck! I'm satisfied. I don't have a large budget for my metal addiction, and I knew where to get one of these for a couple hundred bucks. So thank you for this video it really helped!
I owned one before I bought a 5150 back in 1998 / 1999?. These were a great alternative and I used it live with zero complaints playing rock and metal. Great amp. Loud too! Great review!
I bought a small peavey transtube 8” practice amp just for playing on the couch in the evening. I was really blown away how awesome the distortion is. It got me thinking about looking at the higher wattage heads like this.
The T. Dynamics is an actual power level control.... it accomplishes exactly the same thing as an attenuator on a tube amp. It's tough to hear at really low volumes because it only goes down to 10% (10W rms).
Amp is a definite room shaker. Run it at 4 ohms and it is a beast. At 5 on the Post Gain it is tremendously loud and can definitely keep up with my VTM120. The only other solid state amp to compete with it has been my Marshall Lead Mosfet 100. The highs can be a bit spikey for sure but with a whole band they get a bit tamed in the mix. Keeping the highs at 5 or lower is definitely the secret sauce. I tend to cut the lows a lot as well as it is super boomy in the lows as well. Also, the clean channel can breakup with the volume dimed and the T-dynamics lowered to about 40% or less. You can get a JTM45 kind of breakup with total picking dynamic control that way but the amp is also stupid loud and you can't hit your strings like a wuss, def gotta pull the Angus Young attack style. Concerning the T-dynamics knob in general: it basically acts as a power amp headroom knob. At 100% the headroom is like with a 100 watt amp, and you can lower the head room to introduce "power amp distortion/sag" into your signal. The only issue that you can lose volume as you turn it down but a balance can be found. Think of it as the "tight/loose" switch on like a XXX or JSX or the Class A/AB knob on a Windsor more or less Glad I bought mine again before these spiked in price.
Dude, that’s a sikk monstrous beautiful slab of Schecter wood! The amp is not bad, I’d run a great processor with it. But for reliability, you can’t kill a lot of really old Peavey’s
Sounds awesome! I have a silver stripe Bandit that I put an Eminence Texas Heat in, and I would be perfectly happy to be stuck on a desert island with that amp. It keeps up with my tube amps very well! I wouldn't mind a Supreme to go along with it. 8)
!! My secret weapon! This was the first Head I ever had, and it's STILL held up against my much "nicer" amps over the years, esp in the studio. Solid state has some issues keeping up live though.
Transtube knob makes the amp “break up” at different volume levels. 0 on the Transtube knob will give an earlier breakup and make the amp act like a lower wattage amp. If you run T-dynamics at 100% you have to be cranking it to get the tube effect
exactly, but I knew one owner who did not understand it is that way. Some seem to believe it is the other way round and don't give into any explanation :) Even Whip's cheap guitars video did not convince when I linked it. Unfortunately John Fields did not heed Kyle call for correction either :)
I found one of these in a big antique store and had never heard of it, so I promptly came to RUclips to see if anyone worthwhile had demo'd it. Kyle Bull did. Kyle Bull is very relevant. Thank you Kyle. I bought it for $100. OK bye.
I loved the first version transtube that you've reviewed before and basically the same one you're playing here, , and currently play the new version (in high gain mode), I think these are some of the best amps period. I have mine loaded with an Eminence ManOWar and run a Governor in a 1x12 extension cab
I've been after one of these for years. Both guitarists when I started playing in bands used one back in the mid 90s and I always loved their sound for old school thrash / black / death metal. They're fairly inexpensive when they pop up, but they don't pop up often. I managed to find the only one for sale online via GC or Reverb and snagged it.
Just scored one for $130 after getting a Bandit 112 that I cut down and turned into a head as well. I’m hooked on the TransTube bro, gonna wrap it in white tolex like my Bandit and paint the corner protectors with ClearEffects color shifting spray paint.
I had the teal stripe supreme 160. Definitely regret selling it. This amp sounds great with a boost. Keeping my eye out for one of these transtubes. Might turn a bandit into a head.
@@markolivares6943 i like the ms412s personally although i could see why most don't. they're hella abrasive but (while they happen to pair rly well with the supreme) i run an acoustic 150 with a big muff/w tone wicker for the dirt and it comes out as a disgusting sludgy tone i luv it. edit: in retrospect what i consider great tone is what most people consider trash but i love it.
Such a beautiful Schecter you have there. \m/ Also I got my amps mixed up as I thought this was the Peavey head I once played but couldn't get great tones from it (that is another Peavey solid state head the Transtube 100 EFX)
Incredible tones from this amp . Highly responsive to all the adjustments . Its even better once the potentiometers jacks and switches serviced ! These are legendary 90's USA made solid killer amps from Peavey in its prime days . This sounds more tube than most tube amps . This is the real deal Mississippi hot rodded Marshall . But you get a lot more in it , Mesa , orange , Fender , laney , etc , all in there . Hartley Peavey knew how to build legendary rock-solid amps . The Transtube innovation is spot on . Yes this amp should be HIGHLY COLLECTABLE . It sounds awesome and is bullet proof . Should be worth over 1K easy . Its that good .
Sounds awesome man, can't wait for the XXL video too! Most of the solid state Peaveys I've tried have a sweet spot with the pre gain at 7 (2:00) where they get tubey as hell and sweeten up. I also notice the Transtube series amps all have an awkward fizz at band volume that's hard to dial out without losing clarity. They rock with a tube screamer set at 1:00-2:00 on volume. I've never really liked the thrash or Modern setting on the Peaveys either, too little mids and way too harsh on top. That gain switch is killer though.
I bought one of those amps years ago as a backup to my tube amp. The other guitarist in my old band used one and it mixed good with my carvin x100. Mine is still in pretty mint condition with only about 8 hours of play time on it. I always thought it was a keeper. great video
Just found your channel and new sub. 6:30 Listening to this over my home studio setup through Bowers & Wilkins near field monitors the riff you´re playing sounds eerily close to the vibe of the VH1984 album. Doesn´t sound like it but sufficiently close to demonstrate the usefullness of an amp like this,- especially if you´re on a budget! Bet you the savvy musician/ home producer could put together a complete studio, bas, guitar, keys, vocals and drums setup by collecting unappreciated so called "crap" equipment and with careful TLC and a little bit of clever dialing it in make recordings that would fool even discerning listerners into thinking this was done on "high end" equipment. Could do the same for a video production suite too. A full AV/ DAW prodution suite and setup for maybe a sixth of the usual price. What´s not to like? Nice guitar btw.
Ive got one as well...This is a beast of an amp...If you are into 80s hair metal or crunchy rock tones to start ,these are amazing...It blew me away because im a tube amp guy...This is as close as it gets to tube amp tone....make sure to match to a good cab and decent axe and you wont be dissapointed...
I bought one of these used in 98 or 99 as a backup to my carvin x100b. Really good amp, paired with a mesa celestion black shadow 2x12 cab. I always kept the tube dynamic knob around 11... just sounded better to my ears. Yeah it can get pokey-pointy in the highs if you're right on-axis with the dustcap.
My first half stack 15ish years ago was one of these heads going into one of those cheap Marshall MG 412 cabs, sounded like trash haha but this is making me wanna pick one up and give it another shot! Cheers man!
@@belligerentamateur I know you're not fo d of combos but maybe the test of the Peavey 5150 212 combo (vs the head!)... 🤘 Anyway, thanks for your great vids Kyle!
Yep those things rip pretty good. I searched for one around here for about a year because I wanted to get out of the tube game, and the cat that sold me his didn’t dig it. I dug tf out of it lol. I ultimately ended up trading it for a Randall rg1503 because it didn’t really hold up in a band mix, but it seriously wasn’t bad at all. I love my Randall though. That thing won’t be going anywhere ever😂
Who wants to spend hours trying to find the right working combo ( pick ups, pedals cabinets )for this head ( Yes I have owned one before ) You nailed it a few times I really enjoyed the tone, but just seemed to get away from you! Great video! Keep it up!
Metal militia was my nightly 5 min workout song for a long time. When I heard that slide at 12:07 my brain screamed "TIME FOR SIT UPS BITCH!" Cool demo! I find the newer peavey bandits can sound similar with their "high gain" setting.
Goddam now i want to buy my supreme XL back😱😪it was my first head i ever own and make a mistake and sell it to buy an Marshall MA50h and that was no even near as good on it's own, only DS1 front on it makes it sound as heavy as a want it sound, but with supremeXL I did not need eny distortion pedals...
I bought this head in 98' cause i couldn't afford a mesa boogie (i was 17). I wanted to sound like rancid/offspring/ blink182..etc. but I love this video, Cuz you nailed it. (I love it) but, it did and it still does sound Boxy. But, a great head for the Price$
@@belligerentamateur ya that sounds good. I just put 4 JJ 6L6 power tubes, 3 12ax7 pre's and 1 balanced 12ax7 phase splitter. What a night and day difference. I tried 6 different bias mV settings and recorded them all. Hell of a process but it was worth it
@@belligerentamateur I'm waiting for the day Bushido Code comes to a town near me. I like to stage dive and I only Circle pit the opposite direction of everyone.
Sorta. The later Supreme XL was much more related to a XXX. You can get similar tones but the power amp section is a little different in how it reacts.
The T dynamics is basically an attenuator. If you turn it to 10%, you are turning it into a 10-watt amp. 100% is the full 100 watts. You turn it down to get it sounding like a fully cranked tube amp at lower volumes. It is hard to get the amp to break up if you turn it to 100%.
I honestly feel like a lot of people turn their noses up to solid state amps. If you dont have a tube amp, you don't have a real amp type attitude. I have a Kustom 200 HD solid state amp, that sounds decent by itself. It could use some "pedal love"...and I plan on getting a few. More so to achieve that love or hate it Buzzsaw guitar tone.
I am not a solid state amp man. But your demo makes me wonder ?? Not bad sounding at all. For under $ 200.00 would be a great deal to check out . The test would be with a hard hitting drummer. Thanks 👍 for sharing.
Damn. Wish i would have bought one of these back in the day. I had the Special 212 and loved it. Sold it because of the size and weight. If i had the head i would have kept it.
I'm buying an original full stack of this next month. plan on doomin with it love the part where ubmessed with the low end and immediately turned it back down for rocking the mic lol mhm..yeeessshh
Peavey makes excellent amps and assecories excluding their junky guitars! If a amp doesn't make my guitar 🎸 sound good I don't want it no matter what brand it is!
Awesome video. Love the Shecter. Does it have your signature Voodoo pickups in it? I know it was some work but on this end of the video you did pull some really good tones out of the amp.👍
The best thing about this channel is the fact you don't give a shit about clean channels. Thank you sir. I don't even remember the last time I played on a clean channel. And, I don't miss it at all.
Haha!
This is the way
For a long time I used one of these as my backup to my JCM900 SL-X. Eventually, I started using it as my main amp because I could dial in my Marshall tone exactly and I didn't have to worry about tube fails. MASSIVE sounding amps when dialed in correctly. Great video!
You made me pull the trigger, miss my 2500 and this amp does remind me of a pissed off metal Marshall.
Actually it’s the other way around; all the way down the T Dynamics knob is emulating a fully cranked tube amp, so you have all the compression and less dynamics. The higher you turn it up you get more of the uncompressed solid state-ness and more dynamics because of it. Not the best description, but that’s how I’ve read it described in various places online. For high gain tones I like to keep it at about 3 o’clock so that I’m getting a little tube saturation and compression but it’s still clear and punchy. Great video!
I know it's two years later but I just bought a Peavey Supreme head at Sam Ash in Orlando FL and loved watching your demo video to learn all the settings. I only paid $189 so I think I got an excellent deal.
Just found one too for a bit cheaper, can you recommend it?
@@Jenvión it's ok for the money. If you can find a Marshall Mode 4 head it would be a better amp overall.
@@928Porscheman The one I found is $100, if I really don't like it I could get profit from a resell. Js' need a head, been running a combo into my cab. I'm not even too worried about the sound, I can dig some horrible tones.
I remember gigging with one of those and... Running a Metal Zone in the clean channel. Oh boy... The low end was huge AF though
Yup! same here!
i'd recommend using the gain channel dialed in super low on pregain. it adds quite a bit of warmth to whatever you hit it with.
I had the same setup in 2004, before finding my first 5150.
I bought one of these for $95 several years ago, and although I lost all my gear in my house fire, this amp was saved because I had it loaned out at the time! Now I'm incredibly satisfied with it as my main amp, it really does sound great, especially with pedals. So much better sounding than MANY other solid state or digital amps out there. You can do just about everything and do it better with this amp and a delay pedal than a lot of the currently popular things on the market now.
It really is a killer sleeper amp
I've had mine for many years. Killer, reliable, takes pedals, has it's own sound and can do so much when it's worked with.
So many gigs with this head. Match it with the right cabinet and man it can kick tires and light fires, as the old saying goes. Great vid man.
For the price, and for blending with tube amps in a mix, this along with the Marshall Valvestate are sick! Great vid man.
Good call!
@@belligerentamateur and I didn't even mean that in a snobby tube-only way lol. They're actually great amps, same with the Valvestate's too. Also, shit bro, you're jacked lol.
Dude! I bought this this amp because of your video! I use it with a walrus ages over drive a delay and an earthquaker devices afternieth reverb. Playing a Jackson king v. And it's metal as fuck! I'm satisfied. I don't have a large budget for my metal addiction, and I knew where to get one of these for a couple hundred bucks. So thank you for this video it really helped!
I owned one before I bought a 5150 back in 1998 / 1999?. These were a great alternative and I used it live with zero complaints playing rock and metal. Great amp. Loud too! Great review!
Stop Demoing Peaveys. You're going to make their prices go up.
Oopsy
This didn’t age well 😂
Lol
🤣🤣🤣
The Peavey XXL has an output transformer as well. The XXL is sort of hybrid of the Supreme and a Triple XXX
I bought a small peavey transtube 8” practice amp just for playing on the couch in the evening. I was really blown away how awesome the distortion is. It got me thinking about looking at the higher wattage heads like this.
The T. Dynamics is an actual power level control.... it accomplishes exactly the same thing as an attenuator on a tube amp. It's tough to hear at really low volumes because it only goes down to 10% (10W rms).
Amp is a definite room shaker. Run it at 4 ohms and it is a beast. At 5 on the Post Gain it is tremendously loud and can definitely keep up with my VTM120. The only other solid state amp to compete with it has been my Marshall Lead Mosfet 100.
The highs can be a bit spikey for sure but with a whole band they get a bit tamed in the mix. Keeping the highs at 5 or lower is definitely the secret sauce. I tend to cut the lows a lot as well as it is super boomy in the lows as well.
Also, the clean channel can breakup with the volume dimed and the T-dynamics lowered to about 40% or less. You can get a JTM45 kind of breakup with total picking dynamic control that way but the amp is also stupid loud and you can't hit your strings like a wuss, def gotta pull the Angus Young attack style.
Concerning the T-dynamics knob in general: it basically acts as a power amp headroom knob. At 100% the headroom is like with a 100 watt amp, and you can lower the head room to introduce "power amp distortion/sag" into your signal. The only issue that you can lose volume as you turn it down but a balance can be found. Think of it as the "tight/loose" switch on like a XXX or JSX or the Class A/AB knob on a Windsor more or less
Glad I bought mine again before these spiked in price.
What type of cabinet do you run yours through?
@@ndoyle9941 marshall 1960a with T75's (the superior speaker)
When you say the marshall lead 100 competes with it do you mean in terms of volume or in tone, can it do high gain? Thanks
@@MetalZoned volume and mostly in tone. The mosfet can get pretty high gain but if you are looking for modern chugga djent tightness, look elsewhere.
@@riffsnoleads good to know thanks 👍🏻
had one of these for years- bought the head and matching cab back when i was in Junior high. best bang for the buck at that time.
Dude, that’s a sikk monstrous beautiful slab of Schecter wood! The amp is not bad, I’d run a great processor with it. But for reliability, you can’t kill a lot of really old Peavey’s
Sounds awesome! I have a silver stripe Bandit that I put an Eminence Texas Heat in, and I would be perfectly happy to be stuck on a desert island with that amp. It keeps up with my tube amps very well! I wouldn't mind a Supreme to go along with it. 8)
!! My secret weapon! This was the first Head I ever had, and it's STILL held up against my much "nicer" amps over the years, esp in the studio. Solid state has some issues keeping up live though.
Transtube knob makes the amp “break up” at different volume levels.
0 on the Transtube knob will give an earlier breakup and make the amp act like a lower wattage amp.
If you run T-dynamics at 100% you have to be cranking it to get the tube effect
exactly, but I knew one owner who did not understand it is that way. Some seem to believe it is the other way round and don't give into any explanation :)
Even Whip's cheap guitars video did not convince when I linked it.
Unfortunately John Fields did not heed Kyle call for correction either :)
I found one of these in a big antique store and had never heard of it, so I promptly came to RUclips to see if anyone worthwhile had demo'd it. Kyle Bull did. Kyle Bull is very relevant. Thank you Kyle. I bought it for $100. OK bye.
I loved the first version transtube that you've reviewed before and basically the same one you're playing here, , and currently play the new version (in high gain mode), I think these are some of the best amps period. I have mine loaded with an Eminence ManOWar and run a Governor in a 1x12 extension cab
I've been after one of these for years. Both guitarists when I started playing in bands used one back in the mid 90s and I always loved their sound for old school thrash / black / death metal. They're fairly inexpensive when they pop up, but they don't pop up often. I managed to find the only one for sale online via GC or Reverb and snagged it.
Just scored one for $130 after getting a Bandit 112 that I cut down and turned into a head as well. I’m hooked on the TransTube bro, gonna wrap it in white tolex like my Bandit and paint the corner protectors with ClearEffects color shifting spray paint.
I gig with it and don't go without an EQ but I would never sell it.
I had the teal stripe supreme 160. Definitely regret selling it. This amp sounds great with a boost. Keeping my eye out for one of these transtubes. Might turn a bandit into a head.
Those things are killleerrrr
Sounds cool. People probably used it with trash speakers and gave it a bad rep like a lot of Peaveys.
Very possible, also user error in dialing it in. Controls are VERY touchy
That sounds about right. Peavey cabs are the fucking worst beside the 5150 cabs which I don’t mind for some reason
@@markolivares6943 i like the ms412s personally although i could see why most don't. they're hella abrasive but (while they happen to pair rly well with the supreme) i run an acoustic 150 with a big muff/w tone wicker for the dirt and it comes out as a disgusting sludgy tone i luv it.
edit: in retrospect what i consider great tone is what most people consider trash but i love it.
Such a beautiful Schecter you have there. \m/ Also I got my amps mixed up as I thought this was the Peavey head I once played but couldn't get great tones from it (that is another Peavey solid state head the Transtube 100 EFX)
Thanks man! Love this guitar! I've never tried that one, I'll have to look for it!
Incredible tones from this amp . Highly responsive to all the adjustments . Its even better once the potentiometers jacks and switches serviced ! These are legendary 90's USA made solid killer amps from Peavey in its prime days . This sounds more tube than most tube amps . This is the real deal Mississippi hot rodded Marshall . But you get a lot more in it , Mesa , orange , Fender , laney , etc , all in there . Hartley Peavey knew how to build legendary rock-solid amps . The Transtube innovation is spot on . Yes this amp should be HIGHLY COLLECTABLE . It sounds awesome and is bullet proof . Should be worth over 1K easy . Its that good .
I've had one of these amps for over 10 years now. Sadly I haven't had a cab to run it into for about 8 years but it still sits here for the day I do.
Thank you for these Peavey vids. I love my Supreme and XXL.
Hell yeah! My XXL Demo should be up soon!
@@belligerentamateur awesome, looking forward to it. If you have a Windsor, do that one too. Not a fan of the Penta?
Congrats on 5k Kyle!
Thanks for being here from the start!
Sounds awesome man, can't wait for the XXL video too! Most of the solid state Peaveys I've tried have a sweet spot with the pre gain at 7 (2:00) where they get tubey as hell and sweeten up. I also notice the Transtube series amps all have an awkward fizz at band volume that's hard to dial out without losing clarity. They rock with a tube screamer set at 1:00-2:00 on volume. I've never really liked the thrash or Modern setting on the Peaveys either, too little mids and way too harsh on top. That gain switch is killer though.
Great solid state amp. Been having it for years. Costed as much as a pedal.
I bought one of those amps years ago as a backup to my tube amp. The other guitarist in my old band used one and it mixed good with my carvin x100. Mine is still in pretty mint condition with only about 8 hours of play time on it. I always thought it was a keeper. great video
I had one for a long time
Totally loved it
I had an overdrive unit and an eq going into the front to get my tones
can't speak internally but the controls are exactly like my peavey bandit silver stripe , sounds like it as well great amps and a great review ...
Just got a used one..unreal...easily competes with the best tube heads..
Yo around 12:30 playing Metal Militia, this amp really nails that Kill ‘Em All tone. Really reminds me of a JCM900 overall in sound. Very cool amp!
It's definitely got that classic thrash tone.
Just found your channel and new sub.
6:30 Listening to this over my home studio setup through Bowers & Wilkins near field monitors the riff you´re playing sounds eerily close to the vibe of the VH1984 album.
Doesn´t sound like it but sufficiently close to demonstrate the usefullness of an amp like this,- especially if you´re on a budget!
Bet you the savvy musician/ home producer could put together a complete studio, bas, guitar, keys, vocals and drums setup by collecting unappreciated so called "crap" equipment and with careful TLC and a little bit of clever dialing it in make recordings that would fool even discerning listerners into thinking this was done on "high end" equipment.
Could do the same for a video production suite too.
A full AV/ DAW prodution suite and setup for maybe a sixth of the usual price.
What´s not to like?
Nice guitar btw.
What's with the well thought out, concise and polite comment on RUclips?
@@CFChristian Inverted trolling - trying out a new style. :)
@@ulfdanielsen6009 I feel like I should call you gay or something. Lol.
@@CFChristian U cruising,- on the lookout...?
Makes me uneasy,- just saying... Lol.
@@ulfdanielsen6009 Hahaha what??? No.
Ive got one as well...This is a beast of an amp...If you are into 80s hair metal or crunchy rock tones to start ,these are amazing...It blew me away because im a tube amp guy...This is as close as it gets to tube amp tone....make sure to match to a good cab and decent axe and you wont be dissapointed...
i laughed everytime u touched a pot, that scratch had me rolln bro lmfao
Until you've really played a Bandit red stripe ,you are missing it.
Eyyy I have a Red stripe!
I bought one of these used in 98 or 99 as a backup to my carvin x100b. Really good amp, paired with a mesa celestion black shadow 2x12 cab. I always kept the tube dynamic knob around 11... just sounded better to my ears. Yeah it can get pokey-pointy in the highs if you're right on-axis with the dustcap.
That's crunchy as hell. I love it
Dude you're looking buff today. yeah! Cheers from mtw in L.A. rock guitars. playing Peavey these days. yeowsa
The us made bandits are a good pedal platform and they will out live Keith richards
Th eT dynamics on there really does some serious tonal changes.
My first half stack 15ish years ago was one of these heads going into one of those cheap Marshall MG 412 cabs, sounded like trash haha but this is making me wanna pick one up and give it another shot! Cheers man!
Haha! Do it man! I'll sell ya this one!
@@belligerentamateur how much.????
Will it chug, YES
I think it is the bandit 112 head version and for a solid state amp I think this head was a good deal...
It is! I actually did a video on that one too, and they sound identical.
@@belligerentamateur I know you're not fo d of combos but maybe the test of the Peavey 5150 212 combo (vs the head!)... 🤘 Anyway, thanks for your great vids Kyle!
@@belligerentamateur I’m having trouble finding your bandit review
Yep those things rip pretty good. I searched for one around here for about a year because I wanted to get out of the tube game, and the cat that sold me his didn’t dig it. I dug tf out of it lol. I ultimately ended up trading it for a Randall rg1503 because it didn’t really hold up in a band mix, but it seriously wasn’t bad at all. I love my Randall though. That thing won’t be going anywhere ever😂
Sold my Rg1503 & Miss the hell out of it. Beast of an Amp.
Just grabbed one for $50. Heading home now, to see if it actually works.
Good luck!
@@belligerentamateur It works, but almost every pot is in desperate need of a spraying.
Solid state amps are underrated 🤔
Some, for sure
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Agreed🗽🛸
Im a fan of the Tranjstube later version with the block logo,instead of the pionty logo
Quite incredible for a solid state!
Agreed, and cheap as hell to boot!
Who wants to spend hours trying to find the right working combo ( pick ups, pedals cabinets )for this head ( Yes I have owned one before )
You nailed it a few times I really enjoyed the tone, but just seemed to get away from you! Great video! Keep it up!
You've got the T-Dynamics concept flipped
Had a Peavey Transfex 2x12 combo that had an effect called Exciter. Don't know what exactly it was doing but I kind of miss it in all honesty.
ALWAYS ON
Great amp for a low budget. Hook a Pod Go peddle board to it and start touring. 😊
Metal militia was my nightly 5 min workout song for a long time. When I heard that slide at 12:07 my brain screamed "TIME FOR SIT UPS BITCH!"
Cool demo! I find the newer peavey bandits can sound similar with their "high gain" setting.
Goddam now i want to buy my supreme XL back😱😪it was my first head i ever own and make a mistake and sell it to buy an Marshall MA50h and that was no even near as good on it's own, only DS1 front on it makes it sound as heavy as a want it sound, but with supremeXL I did not need eny distortion pedals...
I bought this head in 98' cause i couldn't afford a mesa boogie (i was 17). I wanted to sound like rancid/offspring/ blink182..etc. but I love this video, Cuz you nailed it. (I love it) but, it did and it still does sound Boxy.
But, a great head for the Price$
I had one of these and everytime I played through it, you would hear radio stations coming through it.
I'd love to see what you could get out of a Laney Ironheart 120 head. I hate the speakers in my cab, but you have some really nice cabs.
How about a 60 since I have that one on hand?
@@belligerentamateur ya that sounds good. I just put 4 JJ 6L6 power tubes, 3 12ax7 pre's and 1 balanced 12ax7 phase splitter. What a night and day difference. I tried 6 different bias mV settings and recorded them all. Hell of a process but it was worth it
Like the sound of that amp and Schecter!! How are you liking that E series? Are those the apocalypse pickups?
Peavey rules. Whether it's tube, digi or solid state. Gimme! Great video again man.
Agreed, huge PV boi here
i got all versions of the peavey supreme i got the 160 the supreme head and the supreme xxl which needs worked on but i got all 3 good amps
I dont mind solid state for single note playing.
For the love of guitar, I'd plug into anything.
MY man
@@belligerentamateur I'm waiting for the day Bushido Code comes to a town near me. I like to stage dive and I only Circle pit the opposite direction of everyone.
Are these the same as the silver faced ones with the tribal look from early 2000's? You doing a XXL soon?
Sorta. The later Supreme XL was much more related to a XXX. You can get similar tones but the power amp section is a little different in how it reacts.
I remember everyone having one of these heads at one point!!!!
The T dynamics is basically an attenuator. If you turn it to 10%, you are turning it into a 10-watt amp. 100% is the full 100 watts. You turn it down to get it sounding like a fully cranked tube amp at lower volumes. It is hard to get the amp to break up if you turn it to 100%.
did you change the peavey logo on yours? i bought one and the logo is the old style font
I honestly feel like a lot of people turn their noses up to solid state amps.
If you dont have a tube amp, you don't have a real amp type attitude.
I have a Kustom 200 HD solid state amp, that sounds decent by itself. It could use some "pedal love"...and I plan on getting a few. More so to achieve that love or hate it Buzzsaw guitar tone.
I am not a solid state amp man. But your demo makes me wonder ?? Not bad sounding at all. For under $ 200.00 would be a great deal to check out . The test would be with a hard hitting drummer. Thanks 👍 for sharing.
Came here to say I got this amp for FREE because the guy before hated it so much and now it’s my main amp if I’m not taking my Mesa F-50 out
Nice E-1 Apocalypse Red Reign
Find a PV Butcher
Boy, I been working on it
The resonance on is great..sounds killer at band volume
Thats the 7 Angels 7 Plagues amp
You should try an XXL! 🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
Damn. Wish i would have bought one of these back in the day. I had the Special 212 and loved it. Sold it because of the size and weight. If i had the head i would have kept it.
The head is light too! This one is for sale for $200
Was that early riff you played feathers by coheed ???
I'm buying an original full stack of this next month. plan on doomin with it
love the part where ubmessed with the low end and immediately turned it back down for rocking the mic lol mhm..yeeessshh
Gotta be one of the funniest vids so far bro 👏👏😁
Just me being a moron lol
Peavey makes excellent amps and assecories excluding their junky guitars! If a amp doesn't make my guitar 🎸 sound good I don't want it no matter what brand it is!
Bought this head new still have it only clean channel works now no reverb
Hell, the 6505+ I had sounded boxy in the mids. Regardless of the room or intended tone, I found myself cutting them to some degree.
Awesome video. Love the Shecter. Does it have your signature Voodoo pickups in it? I know it was some work but on this end of the video you did pull some really good tones out of the amp.👍
My buddy had one and my XXX just killed it.
The Ultra is that plus tube output basically.
Sounds almost like a beefier version of my old rage into a 412
Get your hands on the peavey special and test it for us🙏🙏🙏
I played a lot of shows with that amp and a ton of drunkin practices the Amp can chug...
Sounds great on my end bro!
yes I've been waiting for this vid!
Hope it delivered!
Hi brother! I hope the DSL20HR video is coming!
Cheers from Portugal 🍺🤘🇵🇹
Patience! Lol
Did I miss what pedals you're using and the settings them?
What Schecter model is that? Awesome looking axe!
Apocalypse E1 in reign blood
It’s a bandit 112 head with more watts.
Yasss
no, it's a bandit with same power but matchable output impedance so power is kept on lower loads.