Peavey Mark III Series Combo

[GeeBeeVee]

I recently bought a Peavey T-40, and for a few extra bucks the guy threw in his old Peavey Mark III Series Combo. The speaker needs to be replaced (something I knew up front), and I'm just now getting around to ordering the replacement basket.

 

Does anybody have any info on these things? I can't really find much of anything on them. At some point, I'll most likely be doing small gigs and am curious as to how this thing will hold up in a live band setting. (I'm primarily a guitarist and don't know much about bass amps.)

 

For what it's worth, this is what the amp looks like:

 

[solderjunkie]

Just buy a new Neo speaker and rock that Peavey!

 

That's a good-sounding, practically-bulletproof amp.

[J-chot]

I totally want a t-40....

[GeeBeeVee]

Just buy a new Neo speaker and rock that Peavey! That's a good-sounding, practically-bulletproof amp.

 

Why do you suggest getting a Neo as opposed to a new basket for the Black Widow? Is the sound quality of the BW that bad, or is the Neo that good?

 

I'd like to keep everything as close to original as possible. And I'll most likely be playing with a fuzz pedal simply because the music calls for it, so a scuzzy tone isn't going to bother me all that much.

[Zon5string]

Peavey Bass Combo. 130 screaming watts. 15" Black Widow. As someone else said, "bulletproof". I bought one new in 1979...one trip to the shop...sold it in 1998. Last I knew, it was still in use.

 

Just get the speaker re-coned or replaced.

[solderjunkie]

 

Why do you suggest getting a Neo as opposed to a new basket for the Black Widow? Is the sound quality of the BW that bad, or is the Neo that good?.

 

 

The Neo is that good... it is lightweight, responsive, and runs cooler.

[GeeBeeVee]

Peavey Bass Combo. 130 screaming watts. 15" Black Widow. As someone else said, "bulletproof". I bought one new in 1979...one trip to the shop...sold it in 1998. Last I knew, it was still in use. Just get the speaker re-coned or replaced.

 

Mine's a '79--maybe it's yours

 

Since you say "screaming," I'm guessing it's plenty loud enough to keep up with a band?

[Zon5string]

mmmm...sarcasm. It served me well, though. I played it in a 3-guitar band for a while. It could keep up.

 

In this day of "Triple-Wreck" amps, 7-string guitars, cookie-monster "singers", I'm not sure how capable it would be.

[GeeBeeVee]

mmmm...sarcasm. It served me well, though. I played it in a 3-guitar band for a while. It could keep up. In this day of "Triple-Wreck" amps, 7-string guitars, cookie-monster "singers", I'm not sure how capable it would be.

 

I'm playing with one guitarist, a drummer with a small kit, and a singer. Kinda like fuzzy, psych-y, old metal-y weirdness.

 

This the band.

 

(The songs are basically demos put togther by a couple of the guys, tracking the instruments individually; I'm not on any of the tracks, so please withhold judgement )