Members Dr. Tweedbucket Posted July 25, 2005 Members Share Posted July 25, 2005 ......... maybe I shoulda bought it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Teabag Posted July 25, 2005 Members Share Posted July 25, 2005 I bought a Marshall MG15DFX a year and a half ago. It's all I'll ever need in a practice amp. For live work, it's a Fulltone Full Drive II into a DRRI. That gives me up to 6 channels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted July 25, 2005 Members Share Posted July 25, 2005 I sure would've...I did an awful lot of bar gigs in the mid-80s with one of those! If it worked decently, it was a steal! Set that bad boy on a bar-stool, point a SM-57 at the cone and it sounded HUGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members harold heckuba Posted July 27, 2005 Members Share Posted July 27, 2005 Some of the Backstage amps would take D cell batteries. Was it one of those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hammer744 Posted July 28, 2005 Members Share Posted July 28, 2005 I've got a Backstage Plus as well (my first guitar amp) - $40 is about what you'll get for them now. Good little practice amps - loud as hell for 35Watts. Will last forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted July 28, 2005 Members Share Posted July 28, 2005 Originally posted by hammer744 I've got a Backstage Plus as well (my first guitar amp) - $40 is about what you'll get for them now. Good little practice amps - loud as hell for 35Watts. Will last forever. Wow...around here it's hard to find one for less than $100 in good condition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members hammer744 Posted July 28, 2005 Members Share Posted July 28, 2005 Originally posted by Terry Allan Hall Wow...around here it's hard to find one for less than $100 in good condition! Quite a variety of prices on the 'bay. $75 is too much considering you can get new ones in the same power range for $150. BUT, hard to find the new 'little' combos with as good a power stage as these older Peavey's. Run a POD or V-AMP (or any pre-amp for that matter) into the PWR AMP IN and they sound pretty good. Backstage Plus on E-bay - completed Items Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rattman Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 I've got a Backstage Plus as well (my first guitar amp) - $40 is about what you'll get for them now. Good little practice amps - loud as hell for 35Watts. Will last forever. I own four of those Peavey Backstage Plus 35W amps. And no, you'd never get one of mine for 'less than $100'. Not after all the work that goes into each one of them. They look and perform like brand-new. I'm currently in the process of converting the last one I bought over eBay into a 35W 'head' that will drive a 2 X 12" Carvin cab. Already did a 'dry run' with the project head down at the Carvin store.. very LOUD going thru that 2 x 12. It will be nice to use this new creation as soon as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rhat Posted February 16, 2007 Members Share Posted February 16, 2007 I have an old TNT 100 bass amp with a 15 inch speaker. Its old , its been around the house forever....Its solid state , big deal. It always goes tunk when you flip the switch. Its nothing fancy but its a good working amp and it saves people haveing to haul an amp when we have a music session. rat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cooterbrown Posted February 17, 2007 Members Share Posted February 17, 2007 I used to have a Bandit 65.Built like a brick {censored}house, but I just could never get over that transistor sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members srsfallriver Posted February 17, 2007 Members Share Posted February 17, 2007 I still use an old Peavey TKO 65 bass amp that I bought sometime around '87. Its not the best sounding amp (I just use it for stage sound) but it sure is durable and reliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lucky #9 Posted February 21, 2007 Members Share Posted February 21, 2007 I've got an old Peavey Backstage amp that I bought about 6-7 years ago for $100. I like its vibe. Clean sound is decent but the distorted/OD sound you can get from it is pretty good. One neg is that it has the older two-pronged plug and I would be very hesitant to use it anywhere but in my home when practicing or recording to the computer. I don't totally trust any amp that dosen't have a three-pronged grounded plug. The spring reverb (I think it has a spring reverb tank; it's stashed in the back of the closet at the moment so I can't verify this) ocassionaly acts up and I have to turn the 'verb down but I actually like the vibe the amp throws out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gagnon Posted November 24, 2008 Members Share Posted November 24, 2008 I've got an old Backstage Plus that I've had since the early '80s. I dug it out of the attic to use for teaching purposes. The speaker gets flubby on overdriven bass notes. Could y'all recommend 10" speaker replacements? Thanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kramerguy Posted November 24, 2008 Members Share Posted November 24, 2008 My opinion of Peavey is so low that I would have taken it only if they offered to pay me a haul-away and trash removal fee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zon5string Posted November 24, 2008 Members Share Posted November 24, 2008 If you are even considering Peavey, you'd better like it, because it will NEVER die! Yeah, it might need a trip to the shop every 10 years or so, but, die? NEVER! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JohnCub Posted November 24, 2008 Members Share Posted November 24, 2008 I believe I would have purchased it. I've had my peavey studio pro 40 combo amp since the mid 80's. Blew the speaker once but other than that not a problem with it even though I've abused it to the point of shamefulness. True, never get the fender tones, or for that matter anything else, but it's a trooper and fits nicely in my wee little practice area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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