Session 500
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Session 500
What's everybody's opinion on these amps besides being heavy compared to the Nash 400
and 1000?
Tony
and 1000?
Tony
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I have had my "500" for about 20 years, but have played through a Stereo-Steel amp in recent years.
Last year I had a theater sit-down job, March thru August, so I hauled the Session 500 over there and left it on stage all season. I had almost forgotten how good that thing sounds!
www.genejones.com <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Gene Jones on 16 August 2002 at 01:59 PM.]</p></FONT>
Last year I had a theater sit-down job, March thru August, so I hauled the Session 500 over there and left it on stage all season. I had almost forgotten how good that thing sounds!
www.genejones.com <FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Gene Jones on 16 August 2002 at 01:59 PM.]</p></FONT>
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Tony P., I went the other way. My brother-in-law has a workshop and I took the head out of the original enclosure and he built a cabinet around it. I just left the speaker in the original enclosure and to my ears and to everyone else I've asked, it sounds fine. Both pieces weigh about 40 lbs.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Don Walters on 22 August 2002 at 03:50 PM.]</p></FONT>
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Jeff, if you want to know bad enough to take the amp apart, you can look at the op/amps, the little square, black colored, componets that have numbers one them. The original ones are 5532's and the modified ones will be 2604's, if they have the Peavey Modification. This number will show on top of them. If it has the Lemay modification, these will probably have the numbers painted out with either gold or red paint. There are about six or eight of them, and they are all alike. If you ever play through a modifed amp, you can easily recognize the difference in tone of a modifed amp by simply playing through it. If I were happy with the tone already, I wouldn't worry about it. I have always thought that the Peavey amps had a hard, cold, sound that I didn't like, although they always had plenty of clean power. When modified, to me, it warms them up and gives them a tube amp sound, which I love. It makes a great amp out of the 400, 500, and 400 Limited. It doesn't do much for the Vegas however, I think it is the worse sounding of them all.
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Tony,
I still have my Session 500 that I have played for almost 10 years. I think it is very good for steel guitar. It is clean, clear and has a lot of headroom. While playing with my band I didn't like the high end very much: it can be very pronounced. For some reason I did not experience this when playing at home. I also could not get a decent sound out of it for my electric guitar, so I switched over to a Tubefex (which has disadvantages too, like hiss and compression, but I like the sound...). Anyway, the Session 500 is a good amp for steel in my opinion.
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I still have my Session 500 that I have played for almost 10 years. I think it is very good for steel guitar. It is clean, clear and has a lot of headroom. While playing with my band I didn't like the high end very much: it can be very pronounced. For some reason I did not experience this when playing at home. I also could not get a decent sound out of it for my electric guitar, so I switched over to a Tubefex (which has disadvantages too, like hiss and compression, but I like the sound...). Anyway, the Session 500 is a good amp for steel in my opinion.
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I am in the process of buying this used Session 500 amp. But I was unable to get a solid undistorted sound. I tried various settings with no succsess. Can anybody advise me in what position to set all those knobs. I will be using this amp with my Emmons and profexII.
Your input will be really appreciated.
Jozef
Emmons D-10, 8P/6K
MSA D-10. 8P/4K
Your input will be really appreciated.
Jozef
Emmons D-10, 8P/6K
MSA D-10. 8P/4K
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Jozef.....check to make sure that the "string" and "edge" effects knobs are all the way off. Sometimes those not familiar with this amp do not realize that there is a "detent" on each of those knobs.
Since the other knobs do not have the detent it is easy to overlook. www.genejones.com
Since the other knobs do not have the detent it is easy to overlook. www.genejones.com
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