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I bought a PEAVEY CLASSIC 400 m/(>.<)m/


baracuda2004

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OMFG! it's so awesome 400 watts all tube i got it from my guitarist and drummers old bass player cause he started his own company and he doesn't have time to play anymore, i play it with a Soundgear SRX 300 Active eq bass, and ohhhhh man it's like an AMPEG on steroids i don't see why it was discontinued

 

Oh yeah i paid $800 for the Classic 400 Head(in perfect condition) and a PEAVEY 410 TVX cab(few minor tears in the fabric on the bottom from dragging it before he got wheels for it).

 

In your opinion did i get a good deal?

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Originally posted by baracuda2004

OMFG!


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ohhhhh man it's like an AMPEG on steroids i don't see why it was discontinued

 

 

I've been collecting info from some Peavey insiders and basically it wasn't marketed and didn't sell well.

 

here is a thread on TB that talks about the amp quite a bit.

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=173588

 

 

 

 

Originally posted by baracuda2004

Oh yeah i paid $800 for the Classic 400 Head(in perfect condition) and a PEAVEY 410 TVX cab(few minor tears in the fabric on the bottom from dragging it before he got wheels for it).


In your opinion did i get a good deal?

 

 

Hell yeah! I paid $350 with a flight case and had to put $250 worth of tubes in it and $100 for the tech to bias it.... so $700 for just the head.

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Originally posted by The Ox

I couldn't imagine having that much power... both my band mates would kill me.

 

well you play a 4 string with raggin' full-on saturation...

 

that Sunn was nowhere near enough for me. I went tubes for the tone... the way it reacts to my playing and for the 3D quality the 6550/KT88 give to my sound :cool:

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i just figured out that we don't need to mic me anymore i just crank this baby up to 3 and i'm heard all over the place :eek: :eek: :eek:. i'm thinking about taking out the front plate to get the glow effect and paint the grill blue or something like that.

 

 

this amp amazes me everytime i plug it in, maybe there wasn't a high request for them when they were on the market but now alot of people want them, i hope they try and bring them back to the market that would be f*ing awesome. :D :D

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oh yeah it maybe a little heavy but i wouldn't let that be a reason for not buying it, for you that play punk-pop it might be too heavy but well i'm in metal so i just pop out a power stance and dead lift it onto my 410 but i might need a little help when i order my new 1x15

 

if you have any doubts then you're a complete idiot i've put many hours on the ampegs 300 watt tube amps and their solid state amps at Matt's Music here and well i wouldn't trade the CLASSIC400 head alone for an AMPEG tube head and a 8x10 cab

 

i just like it that much

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Originally posted by Thornton Davis

Here's mine. These are great amps. But Peavey put inexpensive Chinese made tubes in them that need to be replaced.


Once that's done, there's no looking back. Last time I had it on the meter, the RMS output was 443 watts.


TD


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I just slipped a disc in my back imagining trying to carry that thing up and down the 3x2 flights of twisty, rickety, narrow stairs to get up/down from my apartment :(:D

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