bad sound peavey vegas
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bad sound peavey vegas
I purchased a vegas 400 with lemay mod fitted.Im not happy with the sound.It sounds poxey if thats the right word to use.The steel player with the Bellamey brothers used it when they were here on tour and he did not like the sound of it either.Any suggestions. .Thanks in advance
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I can send you the kit info. I do not sell the kit, I only install it. You can purchase the materials from my list (prices are a bit out of date) and have a tech do it there.
I can send you the kit info. I do not sell the kit, I only install it. You can purchase the materials from my list (prices are a bit out of date) and have a tech do it there.
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- Bill Duncan
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Richard,
I see you're going through the #2 input. I do that sometimes but I don't get the fullness, or power, of the #1 input.
I have a Vegas 400 and after a lot of tinkering, (Peavey update kit, JBL), I have come to appreciate and love it.
Can you say "love" concerning an amplifier?
I have found my Vegas to be very settings sensitive. I mean, a little knob movement makes a big difference in sound!
I think the reverb is terrible, so I use a Boss RV3.
I see you're going through the #2 input. I do that sometimes but I don't get the fullness, or power, of the #1 input.
I have a Vegas 400 and after a lot of tinkering, (Peavey update kit, JBL), I have come to appreciate and love it.
Can you say "love" concerning an amplifier?
I have found my Vegas to be very settings sensitive. I mean, a little knob movement makes a big difference in sound!
I think the reverb is terrible, so I use a Boss RV3.
You can observe a lot just by looking
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As a post script to my earlier post.
I enclosed the back on my Vegas, which I think helped the sound tremendously. It took me a while to get the enclosure right, due to insulation and porting parameters. But, once I worked out the details of the enclosure, I found that to really give me the tone and power I am after.
I enclosed the back on my Vegas, which I think helped the sound tremendously. It took me a while to get the enclosure right, due to insulation and porting parameters. But, once I worked out the details of the enclosure, I found that to really give me the tone and power I am after.
You can observe a lot just by looking
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Vegas 400
Francis, Peavey mod kits are still available. Call me(if you are in North America) at 1-877-732-8391, ext.1180 and let's discuss.
- Bill Duncan
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Francis,
I ordered the Peavey tone modification kit, and installed it myself. It isn't that hard to do if you can solder, and desolder. Peavey sends good instructions and pictures with a parts list.
It sounds good, but it took me a while to get the tone dialed in after the change.
Remember, the knobs, (buttons, excuse my Southern), on the Vegas really work, and they are sensitive.
I ordered the Peavey tone modification kit, and installed it myself. It isn't that hard to do if you can solder, and desolder. Peavey sends good instructions and pictures with a parts list.
It sounds good, but it took me a while to get the tone dialed in after the change.
Remember, the knobs, (buttons, excuse my Southern), on the Vegas really work, and they are sensitive.
You can observe a lot just by looking
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Peavey vegas amp
What is the difference in the peavey mod kit and the lemay kit.
I have pulled them both out of amps and did not see a lot of difference in the cap values at all.
LeMay marked his IC chips with red finger nail polish, no telling what he used.
I am yet to see an original factory modded amp that had Burr Brown audio chips. The after market kit from Peavey does have those chips in it.
Having seen about 200 of these and Nashville 400's in the last couple of years I have pulled a lot of Lemay and Peavey kits out. Those were were my observations to date.
The Vegas 400 is the same schematic as a N-400 with a addition of a second channel with guitar tone type controls (passive as opposed to active controls).
LeMay marked his IC chips with red finger nail polish, no telling what he used.
I am yet to see an original factory modded amp that had Burr Brown audio chips. The after market kit from Peavey does have those chips in it.
Having seen about 200 of these and Nashville 400's in the last couple of years I have pulled a lot of Lemay and Peavey kits out. Those were were my observations to date.
The Vegas 400 is the same schematic as a N-400 with a addition of a second channel with guitar tone type controls (passive as opposed to active controls).
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