Members MichaelYoung Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 Ive been offered one of these amps in a trade, and i have never had my hands on one. Seems like from the reviews i have read that its a gain monster. I'll basically have 250.00 in it. Has anyone played one to be able to tell me what the clean channel is voiced like, How the saturation on the gain is.... THICK, CLEAR, ECT.... just courious about if it will fit my progressive metal style? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members maggotspawn Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 I played a used one at GC. Didn't mess with the clean channel too much, but the crunch and ultra channels sounded great. Only reason I didn't get it was because I have a XXX. I think you'll like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members martyr40 Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 I have a Peavey Ultra 212 and it was my main amp before getting a Triple XXX. Now it's my rehearsal amp, love it - a noise gate and an EQ in the loop and you're ready to do some damage. For $250, you can't really go wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelYoung Posted February 11, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 that's what i thought.... but, I've never played one so i didn't know. It's probably going to be my jam amp anyway. Probably wont be giging with it. How is the saturation on them ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members yourguitarhero Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 Good saturation. Very effective EQ, so easy to get the sound you like.Clean channel is pretty lame, but usable. I have the 1x12". The combo speakers aren't too bad, plus you can hook them up to an external cab. I played mine through my Recto 4x12" and it sounded BADASS. I use mine for gigs when I can't take separate heads/cabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ManofWar55 Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 I have the head, so it may be a little different, but I love mine. I also think the clean channel is amazing. I don't know why people don't like it. I get the perfect 80's Power Ballad clean tone out of it. Also has the best reverb I've heard out of any amp except for Fenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members heath Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 These are great amps. I don't really understand the hate for the clean channel. Circuit wise the clean channel is not all that different from the classic series amps and people rave about those. With the right speakers these amps sound fantastic for progressive metal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jds22 Posted February 11, 2012 Members Share Posted February 11, 2012 I've had the 112 and 212 and agree with the others. Great od and high gain sounds, clean is adequate. I gigged quite a bit with mine and they were bullet proof. Decent stock speakers too so don't just assume you'll need to swap those because they say "Peavey". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelYoung Posted February 16, 2012 Author Members Share Posted February 16, 2012 after putting some pedals in front of this amp today I'm glad to say it's completely worth the 200.00 i have in it. I put a ts9 and it really jammed... then i put the very old ibanez american tube king.. WOW.... it's sounds sooooooo good. You can get some great blues tones with the clean channel and then leaving the od pedals on. very very good. The ultra channel is crushing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yarbicus Posted February 16, 2012 Members Share Posted February 16, 2012 I have a Peavey Ultra 212 and it was my main amp before getting a Triple XXX. Now it's my rehearsal amp, love it - a noise gate and an EQ in the loop and you're ready to do some damage. For $250, you can't really go wrong I bet you also say "PIN number" and "ATM machine" don't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members superflyinmonke Posted February 16, 2012 Members Share Posted February 16, 2012 I had one for a lot of years. I really liked it, but a noise gate in the loop would help because it's a little noisy and fizzy. The sheffields are not very good. They are adequate, but running the speaker out into a cabinet will show you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tedmich Posted February 29, 2012 Members Share Posted February 29, 2012 I replaced all the signal ceramic caps with polystyrene and all the polyester caps with polypropylene on my Ultra+ and its not noisy at all now. Love the active EQ; dime everything except TS (at full cut) and then bring TS up slowly for raging PA distortion. Don't now why pedals are needed (?) my AMT FatalTube on the clean channel sounds like the Ultra channel, but I already have the Ultra channel so who cares? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chrispsullivan Posted February 29, 2012 Members Share Posted February 29, 2012 I bet you also say "PIN number" and "ATM machine" don't you? You do realize that Triple XXX is the actual name of the amp given by Peavey right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pioneerprogress Posted February 29, 2012 Members Share Posted February 29, 2012 I bet you also say "PIN number" and "ATM machine" don't you? actually, that's really what it's called Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MetalHed Posted February 29, 2012 Members Share Posted February 29, 2012 Decent stock speakers too so don't just assume you'll need to swap those because they say "Peavey". I have the 1x12 combo version, and the stock speaker that came in it was absolutely awful. I replaced it with an Eminence Wizard and the amp slays now. If you like the wet fart sound, you'll love the stock speakers. Otherwise, spend a few bucks on some good replacements. Just about anything would be a step up over the stock speaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members emtoth Posted March 5, 2012 Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 I just got one of the 212 combos for 250!I love it!I already had the 410 version.I am looking to get one of the 1 12 combos then I will have the collection!This is the most versitile amp I have ever used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelYoung Posted March 5, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 I just got one of the 212 combos for 250!I love it!I already had the 410 version.I am looking to get one of the 1 12 combos then I will have the collection!This is the most versitile amp I have ever used. sweet... the one i have is having a problem with the footswitch. does anyone have a schematic for the footswitch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tedmich Posted March 5, 2012 Members Share Posted March 5, 2012 Ultra footswitch https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bx4YBDBg2bqPYjJhZDkwNmUtODZkYy00MzQxLWJiNzMtYWYyZWJhNWIwOWU1 I included the pinout for a suitable replacement cable, a Hosa which is cheap but not heavy duty, you should be able to make 2 cables from the one 25' Hosa might have one of the LED colors wrong; I made my reverb BLUE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelYoung Posted March 6, 2012 Author Members Share Posted March 6, 2012 you are nothing short of awesome... thanks so much for this... I'll try to fix this up as soon as possible.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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