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Topic: Peavey ProFex ll with a Special 130 amp. ?? |
Tommy Auldridge
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2013 5:17 am |
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I have been useing a ProFex ll with a Peavey special 130... My original idea was to go through the Volume pedal, then the ProFex and then into the back of the amp, where it says power amp in. I tried it that way hoping to totally bypass the E.Q. in the amps pre amp section, because I didn't like the mid range sound that I couldn't get rid of. Well anyway, it wouldn't work that way. I got no sound at all by going into the back of the amp... I wonder why? It seems to me that it should work because the ProFex is sort of a pre amp isn't it? So now after that idea failled, I'm going from the ProFex into the regular input on the front. I like the result, but I still have to adjust the E.Q. on the front of the amp.... Am I missing something I havn't thought of?
Thanks for any advice you can offer. Tommy...... |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2013 7:33 am Worked for me
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| Tommy, I used mine that way without a problem. It has been a while and I can't remember if the channel switching option on the amp had to be used or not. I will have to hook up again and post the results. it should work fine. |
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Mike Wheeler
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Delaware, Ohio, USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2013 7:43 am
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Tommy, did you turn up the gain control on the back of the Profex? A power amp need lots of level and that control is where you get it. Also, you shouldn't need to change any program presets.
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Frank Harris
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San Diego, California, USA
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Posted 9 Nov 2013 10:13 am profex & amp
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| I plug Profex in back of amp power amp in ,Tom is right makes profex settings sound much better without amp eq |
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Tommy Auldridge
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 9 Nov 2013 10:52 am Profex & Special 130
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| Frank: How come I'm not getting any sound at all when I go in the back of my Special 130?? I checked to make sure the gain was all the way up on the back of the Profex. Next I'll try it in the back of a "Nashville 400"... It seems to me, I used to do it that way years ago with two Nashville 400's... Thanks for your input, Tommy...... |
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Frank Harris
From:
San Diego, California, USA
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Posted 9 Nov 2013 12:59 pm profex &
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| It works with my 112 peavey amp It makes all the profex settings sound the way they are set up,to sound. Maybe the 130 is not wired inside the same??? Go ahead and try the 400 amp Make sure the back of profex goes in your back of amp in |
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Tommy Auldridge
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 9 Nov 2013 1:07 pm I'll have a solution, one way or the other.
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| Okay, I have a Nashville 112 also. I'll keep trying everything. Maybe I'll even use both and try stereo. Thanks Frank. I figured it had to work. Tommy...... |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 9 Nov 2013 3:11 pm
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Tommy, try testing the amp's input, like plugging in a stereo, or the output of an MP3 player.
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Tommy Auldridge
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 9 Nov 2013 3:55 pm It works with my Nashville 400
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| Lane: It works good by going into the back of my Nashville 400... I'm starting to think maybe the Special 130 just wont work that way. Anyhow, it sounds great and I'm happy now. The only thing that sounds better is the set up I use at home. That's another Profex into a Q.S.C. stereo power amp. and comming out of two Peavey speaker cabinets. Thanks, Tommy...... |
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Lane Gray
From:
Topeka, KS
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Posted 9 Nov 2013 6:57 pm
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Possibly your 130 has a problem?
I think I'd call Mike Brown on Monday (or Tuesday, since many places close in honor of either Veterans' Day or my birthday).
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2 pedal steels, a lapStrat, and an 8-string Dobro (and 3 ukes)
More amps than guitars, and not many effects |
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Frank Harris
From:
San Diego, California, USA
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Posted 10 Nov 2013 2:41 pm profex & amp
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| Tommy, I want to thank you so much telling me to, by pass my EQ it makes all the different profex sounds like they should to me. Although with EQ sounds good only on certain programs on profex. Thank You again I am sure all the top pros know this already,and I now Iknow.to by pass eq . |
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Tommy Auldridge
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2013 2:45 pm By passing EQ in the amp.
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| Frank: I hope that helps. Once again, I can't get it to work on my Nashville 112 or my Special 130... It will work on my Nashville 400.. Mike Brown from Peavey suggests that I may have a problem with the input socket on the back of my Special 130.. I really don't know what to think. I'm going to do more testing and post whatever I discover. I really would like to use my Special 130 without going through the pre amp section, because I can't seem to get rid of the unwanted mid range honk. Thanks for your interest, Tommy....... |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 11 Nov 2013 7:42 pm Works on mine
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| Tommy, I just tried my special 130 power amp in from my profex II and it works fine. It didn't matter if the channel switching was engaged or not, worked both ways. I go from a Mullen D10 to a Goodrich match box, to the Tube works preamp, to the Profex II, then out to whatever I want to power. It works into the power amp in of all my Peavey amps. I mostly play into the back of a Session 400 Limited, but I change amps now and then. I never go into the front, unless there is no power amp in. If it has an effects loop I have used that as well, but prefer the back of the amp. Buy the way, it sounds great into the Special 130. |
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Tommy Auldridge
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2013 5:13 am Now I know, I guess....
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| Larry: Thanks for your insight. I guess that settles it. there must be something wrong with my Special 130, although, I can't get it to work in my Nashville 112 either. I'll have everything looked at by a tech guy, friend. He can fix it I'm sure. Thanks, Tommy....... |
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Tommy Auldridge
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2013 12:20 pm Just a stupid mistake
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Well I'm happy to anounce that everything is working fine. It was all just a STUPID mistake on my part.
In case you're wondering, I had been plugging my patch cable into the wrong socket, on the back of the Special 130... Assuming it was in the same location as it is on the Nashville 400. Well it's not, because the Special 130 has an extra socket back there for an extention speaker, and that is what I was plugging into. No damn wonder it didn't work. So now I've got what I was trying for and it sounds real good. Thanks, Tommy...... |
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Larry Dering
From:
Missouri, USA
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Posted 12 Nov 2013 3:55 pm Way to go Tommy
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| I am famous for stupid mistakes. It takes a real champion to own up to it. I had wondered if that was the trouble, only to think, naw he would know better. I know I need more light to see the same things I did before. It pays to double check. Glad you got it resolved. No harm and no fowl. LOL, Larry. |
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