Nashville 112

Trevor Fagan · From: Newfoundland, Canada

I'm looking to buy a smaller, lighter amplifier. I'm hearing lots of good stuff about the Peavey Nashville 112. Any thoughts on how it compares to other amps you have used?

Eric West · From: Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.

Probably the best pound for pound and for the dollars that you can buy.

Especially for handling the low end from a 12" speaker. (4 inch speaker dome)

Ideally, and not to hijack your thread, I have found it best used in stereo with a tube amp to handle the highs. Reason? When the 112 uses the DDT compression to keep the low end from breaking up, it compresses the highs too. Tube amps SEEM to preserve the highs when the lower end is breaking up so you cut them on the tube amp, letting the 112 handle them. GREAT combination. Miking both is "perfection".

Anyhow.

The 112 has all the things, like XLR out/ 1/4 line out/ effects loop, you'll need for any situation.

The Nashville 400 IMHO is THE amp only because you don't have to depend on a PA like you do SOMETIMES with the 112.

Best money you can spend.

Down sides?

Tonally, it's "pure", or slightly sterile by itself, needing a "processor" if you're going to get "that sound". The Reverb is standard sucky PV reverb, and the knobs stick out way too far and break off if you don't protect them. (an easy fix).

The logo grows on a person I guess.

Best 12" low dollar solid state amp you can buy for PSG.

Smile

EJL

Jack Stoner · From: Kansas City, MO

Use the forum search - it's there for your use and you will find a ton of information on the 112 (and mostly positive).

The local Peavey dealer was telling me that information he got from Peavey was that it was so successful that the sales of the Nashville 1000 have dropped way off.

Jim Eaton · From: Santa Susana, Ca

The "fix" for the knob's being exposed by the design of the cut out area of the cabinet top is as Eric said an easy fix.
Go to www.jimeatonmusic.com and order a Knob Guard!

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Mike Brown · From: Meridian, Mississippi USA

Eric, you're getting soft on the logo. Ha!

Casey Lowmiller · From: Kansas

The reverb on my 112 sounds great!!! It has alot more of that vintage Fender sound than it does the standard Peavey reverb. The 112 has a long pan reverb & it really helps!!!

Casey
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Herb Steiner · From: Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064

The Nashville 112 was my practice amp until a ground fault accident that almost electrocuted me totally fried my Webb, which is a bitch to get fixed around here. So I started using the 112 on gigs, and guess what...? I love it! I now have two NV112's, and I'm very happy with the reverb, incidentally.

And I do protect the knobs with Jim Eaton Knob Guards.

Mike Brown told me the 112 is essentially a NV1000 pre-amp with a smaller power amp/cabinet/speaker. I never cared much for the 1000, but the 112 is just what I needed. Small, relatively light, and way more power than you'd think 80 watts can produce.
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Chris LeDrew · From: Canada

Hey Trev,

You're in my neck of the woods, as you know. Smile

Shoot me an email. I just went back to using a Nashville 112. Come on over to the house and give it a listen.
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Fred Rushing · From: Odin, IL, USA

FWIW I had tried on several occasions to use the NV112 but always seemed to migrate back to the FSK or the Session 400. I was never a happy camper with the NV400. But after making a committment to use the 112 for one full month I have become a real believer in the 112. It has all the power you need for most jobs and it projects so well it is amazing. It is the sweetest smoothest Peavey I have ever played. I know the pre amp is the same as the 1000 but the power amp is analogue in design and that is what gives it the warmer sound over the 1000. They are keepers if you will give youself a few weeks to play them you will likely be a convert. Fred

Eric West · From: Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.

Mike.

It was bound to happen..

I do dislike the logo on the 1000 less.

Herb.

Not that I'll need to replace my Nvl 400, but what is it that you don't care for about the 1000?

Thanks for any reply.

Smile

EJL

Herb Steiner · From: Briarcliff TX 78669, pop. 2,064

Eric
Couple of things turned me off to the 1000. First, I found the sound to be kinda sterile to my ears, somehow lacking in personality. It's hard to explain, but I'd played through 4 or 5 of them and never got the sound I was seeking.

Secondly, the cabinet was too damn big.

When the NV1000 came out, the majority of the Johnny Bush band were using Vegas 400's, which I still consider one of the best Peavey amps for steel. Since I didn't need the second channel, I retired the bigger amp and went for the Nashville 400. I found the sound I was looking for with the smaller amp as well. In fact, the 400 is still Jim Loessberg's favorite amp.

The 1000 and the 2000 came out at the same time, and I couldn't figure out why, since they had a great thing going with the Vegas and NV400. I thought it wasn't an improvement, but probably some kind of marketing decision, like Peavey had to come out with something new to stimulate sales or some such. I didn't care for the sound of the 1000, and the 2000 (which had an on-board computer) seemed unsuited to me for hard road use unless the computer inside was of military specs, which I doubted very highly that it was.

I was playing with (forumite) Scott Moon on the Bush band at the time he got a 1000, which he used for fiddle. I tried his amp several times, also tried some at the TSGA Jamboree and ISGC and simply couldn't get next to the sound at all. Sad

Which is why I was initially skeptical about the 112, but the size and weight attracted me for studio and non-stage use... and the fact that I got a good deal on one from Carter when they first came out. Only when I started using one on gigs about a year ago did I realize it was in fact a much different package, despite the pre-amp being common to both amps.

I think the cabinet size, the different power amp section, and the punch of the 12" Blue Marvel speaker are the differentiating factors that make me favor the 112. I did the Michael Martin Murphey Cowboy Christmas Tour in November and December, and we played some BIG stages. I was miked for out front, natch, but the 112 filled the stage quite well acoustically, which sometimes is not the case in big theatre settings with a 12" amp.

That, and because that was then, and this is now. Wink

FWIW, I still have a couple Webb amps that I like a lot, but dislike hauling big amps around any more. If I could find a good deal on a clean NV400, I'd probably get it just for the availability of a louder amp. But I've got two 112's now in case I need the big sound w/o PA.

Sorry for the verbosity to excess in the post, which was probably more than you asked for or needed to know. I'm just talkative, I guess. Wink

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Eric West · From: Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.

Not at all. Thank you very much Herb.

I think I mentioned I've been using my 112 to hande the bottom end and a Blues Jr to handle the highs now that I've been "tubing".

I did it after I blew my HR Deluxe, and find that the Nvl112 handles the bass WAY better.

I'm with you on the weight thing. There was a time when I hauled my ProIII in one hand and my Session 500 in the other.

Those times are LONG gone, and I"m only 54. The ProIII is worn out, and the Session 500 is floor mounted next to it im my war room with a K140 in it until I get a new 15" BW, if I ever do..

I do think that I'll eventually have KF go through my Nvl 400.

We'll see though.

Thanks again.

Smile

EJL

Delvin Morgan · From: Lindstrom, Minnesota, USA

I think Eric is on to something here. I go from the Hilton pedal to a N112 and a VK100 head with a 15" BW
and it sounds rich and full. Much better than with either one alone.

PS I think the Blues Jr is the perfect Strat/Tele amp, not so much for psg though, JMHO.
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Steve Norman · From: Seattle Washington, USA

I played 6 string as my primary instrument for a long time, and when I started on steel I really wanted my music man and my fender amps to work well with the steel. I do double duty at gigs and wanted one amp for both guitar and steel. I dont like the way my guitars sound through steel amps and I dont like the way my steel sounds through the guitar amps.

With My 112 I can carry 2 amps without complaining to much, get the rich tone I like for steel, and have a good amp for shows/recording/practice.

In my opinion the 112 is a great amp to have.
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Trevor Fagan · From: Newfoundland, Canada

Thanks Guys,
I really appreciate your comments. I was feelin kinda sceptical about such a small, lightweight amp really producing adequate results. I think I'll pick up one for doing nightclub gigs, etc. Thanks again.

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