Nashville 112 WOW

Johnny Cox · Posted 7 Jan 2005 8:04 am

I have just spent some time with a Nashville 112 here at the shop. I am amazed at the sound of this amp. I have not been using Peavey for a couple years because I just was not getting the sound I liked. This 112 has sparked an old flame in me. This amp has the sweetness in the midrange section that I have missed. I have not played the amp on the job yet but I intend to try it in the studio this weekend. If the amp performs anything like it does here in the shop I will be purchasing one next week.

Johnny Cox

jim milewski · From: stowe, vermont

I thought your sound with the triple neck and Session 400 was great at the Station Inn

Rick Schmidt · From: Prescott AZ, USA

Johnny...I'll be eagerly waiting to hear how you liked it live for your Bb6 neck. Keep us informed.

Brett Day · From: Pickens, SC

Johnny, I love my new Peavey Nashville 112. It is the best amp I've used. I'm now playing a red and gold GFI Ultra D-10 through my new Peavey. Brett, Emmons S-10, Morrell lapsteel, GFI Ultra D-10

Reece Anderson · From: Keller Texas USA, R.I.P.

I've had my Peavey 112 long enough to play it on many different jobs, and as I told Johnny and Junior at the factory yesterday, I've been very impressed with it's consistency of sound in every environment.

I congratulate Peavey for making an amp that in my opinion has.... "the sound"!

Johnny Cox · Posted 7 Jan 2005 10:06 am

Jim, thanks a bunch. That guitar and amp are a great combo.
Rick, I am anxious to try that as well. I don't want to speak for him but Reece did tell me yesterday that he is using one with his Bb6th tuning and likes it.

What I have discovered in this past few minutes is that when I turn the treble up the tone gets brighter but does not get thinner. I like bright highs that are still nice and round. As I turn up the bass it gets fatter but not muddy. I can't wait to get it on the band stand.

Johnny

Mark Metdker · From: North Central Texas, USA

I love mine too. I have used it on several gigs with great success.

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John Drury · From: Gallatin, Tn USA

Johnny,

I had one delivered along with my new Carter last year, I love it! A week later I bought a second one from Bobbe Seymour. I am extremely pleased with both of them.

One of Peaveys finer efforts.

John Drury
NTSGA #3

Hal Higgins · From: Denham Springs, LA

Johnny...I tried one at Bobbe's at SGN just a couple of weeks ago.....and was blown away with the overall tonal response I got, not only with the Emmons single coil but with a couple of other guitars as well, one of them being a GFI. What really got me, was when I cranked down on it with the C6th. It had punch and power to spare. Will have one of these very soon. HAL

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Dave Zirbel · From: Sebastopol, CA USA

Just ordered mine today and looking forward to it!

Dave

Darvin Willhoite · From: Roxton, Tx. USA

I had a little extra time today, so I put a Black Widow 1203-4, in my Nash 112. It seems to have made the sound just a little bit brighter, but there was very little difference. It definitely added weight to the amp. I would not spend the extra money for a BW, I just happened to have an extra one laying around.

This was not a really easy swap. I had to pull the chassis, in addition to the 4 screws that hold the chassis to the top of the cabinet, there are also three screws along the top rear of the chassis. The reverb tank also has to be removed to get to the bottom screw that holds the speaker in. There are two loops that hold the reverb cables that also have to be removed.

IMHO, it just isn't worth the extra weight and money.

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Darvin Willhoite
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Brad Sarno · From: St. Louis, MO USA

Darvin, I tried my 1201-4 Black Widow in mine. It sounded good too, but that stock speaker sounds real sweet too, and real fat, and like you said, it's lighter than the BW. I went back to the stock speaker. What's real interesting to me is that even with the speaker swap, it still sounded like the 112. Even though the preamp is from a NV1000, it still sounds like the 112. Even when I come into the 112's power amp with another preamp, bypassing its own preamp, it still sounds like a NV112. So I'm convinced that much of what we are all liking so much in this amp is in the nature of a 12" speaker and even more, the shape/size of that small cabinet. Cabinet size has LOTS to do with an amp's midrange and bass voicing. I think that thing about the treble that Johnny mentioned has lots to do with the nature of a 12 inch speaker. Then you add the cool DDT compression so you can hit the amp hard without it getting dirty. Peavey seems to have really nailed something with this design, whether they expected to or not.

Brad Sarno

David L. Donald · From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand

Ditto Brad.

Mike Brown · From: Meridian, Mississippi USA

We knew what the steel community wanted having been the leading steel amplifier company since the early '70's. I am glad that we took the lead to produce a small, portable amp that is enjoying a place onstage and in your homes!

Mike Brown
Peavey Electronics Corporation

Johnny Cox · Posted 10 Jan 2005 9:07 am

Well I tried the 112 in the studio this weekend and again WOW. I had already done a track with my Stereo Steel and went back and did the second half of the song with the 112. The sound is so close it was unbelievable. I can't wait to get it on a live job.

Johnny

Scott Appleton · From: Ashland, Oregon

I want to ask all the 112 players out there about your
treble responce. Mine just does not keep uo with my Fender twinn I have to crank the treble and presence all the way to 10 before I hear a similarity in tone.
My Mullen with the TT pickup is plenty brite with other amps. My flextone sterio amp with I clestion 12 and one JBL 15 has a great clear high end. I just cant get that out of my N112. I can incert a preamp into th post patch and get a decent clear treble responce
but that is the only way it works. Is this the way this amp works or do I have one that is a little off?

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Brad Sarno · From: St. Louis, MO USA

Scott, is your ear used to the brightness of the JBL or Black Widow speakers? They use aluminum dustcaps which sort of ring like a tweeter adding sparkle to the top end. The Blue Marvel in the NV112 has a paper (or cloth) dustcap so it's a bit smoother and less sparkly on top. Just a thought. I really like that Blue Marvel in there. Also, as it breaks in it's begun to sound even better.

Brad Sarno

Brad Sarno · From: St. Louis, MO USA

Oh Scott, I re-read your post. My NV112 has lots of treble and presence if I need it. I usually dont have either control past 3. If you are using a passive volume pedal and going into the amp, be sure to use the first input. The second input is low-impedance and will suck the highs out of your pickup. Even the hi-Z input is only 220k Ohms which is pretty low and may be attenuating some highs. Typically a steel amp input will be 1Meg. When you get below 500k?, highs start to come down. Of course that's only if you're using a passive VP and no buffer. Maybe try your 112 with a Hilton or something active and see if you get your presence back. Have you tried the 3-wire setup with the guitar straight into the amp and the volume pedal on the pre-EQ loop?

Brad

Jerry Roller · From: Van Buren, Arkansas USA

Scott, I use a Hilton and a Black Box and my settings are exactly as Randy Beavers recommended to me and it sounds great to me. Treble control set at 3 is perfect. Mike or Brad I have a question on the three wire hook-up. I am using a rack with tuner and Lexicon MPX1 as well as the Black Box so please tell me the correct way I can use this equipment with the three wire hook-up.
Jerry

Duane Dunard · From: Troy, MO. U.S.A.

I'm a Peavey dealer, but I must admit that I was very, very slow to warm up to, and actually try the Nashville-112 on a job. Peavey advertised this amp as a practice amp or very small gig amp, which didn't interest me personally at all. When I started reading all the Forum postings from pro-players using this amp on stage, my interest perked up and I decided to give it a serious try on stage. Five band jobs later, my Nashville-112 has performed beyond my expectations in tone and volume level. I also agree the Black Widow up-grade is not worth the trade off in added weight. The stock speaker sounds just fine. Pretty darn impressive amp.

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Bill Ferguson · From: Milton, FL USA

Johnny, Welcome to the NV112 family.
I have been using mine for 3 weeks exclusively. In a live club, and on an outside gig. NV112 only, no extra preamp or delay. Just the 112 sound.

My band says (and I agree) it's the best sound I have ever had.

I have always prided myself on my tone and this just makes it sweeter.

The Blue Marvel speaker is so efficient that it seems to produce as much volume as my NV1000, only cleaner, so you actually don't have to play as loud.

Cth. Cleanest ever with no distortion on the low notes.

I love it and am proud to have been able to work with Mike Brown on the prototype in the Peavey booth at St. Louis a couple of years ago. Had my doubts then, but no more.

And it is really nice to walk into a gig with a lightweight steel, PackASeat and lightweight amp and that's all.

Take care my friend. And tell old (and I mean OLD Jr. hello for me.
Bill

Jim Peters · From: St. Louis, Missouri, USA, R.I.P.

Scott, my 112 has enough top end to take your head off. I use a GFI Ultra, no effects, either straight in or 3 wire. JimP

Brad Sarno · From: St. Louis, MO USA

Jerry, with the Black Box, or any active buffer (Matchbox, Hilton or Goodrich active pedal, Hilton Sustain, etc.) you have eliminated the need to use the 3 wire hookup. That only offers a benefit if you have a passive VP and no buffer device. The principle with the 3-wire hookup is that your pickup goes straight to the first active stage of the amp and gets buffered right there. Since you get that buffer stage from your Black Box as well as your Hilton, the signal is already buffered by the time it reaches the amp, thus no need for the 3-wire hookup.

By the way and just for fun, if anyone wants to hear how input impedance effects a pickup's tone, try plugging your guitar straight into the NV112 (or NV1000) with no volume pedal. Compare the first input which is high-impedance to the second input which is low-impedance. You can clearly hear how the low-impedance input dampens highs. Most people are used to the sound of 500k since that's the standard volume pot value. The Hilton is 1meg I think and that gives more extended highs. The NV1000 and NV112 are set at 220k which is kind of low. The Black Box is at 450k, pretty much the same load as a 500k pot. The Goodrich LDR is variable, which is kind of cool for tone tweaking. Pickups are very tone-sensitive to load impedance. Maybe a bit off topic, but interesting.

Brad

Michael Haselman · From: St. Paul

You guys are really making me consider...how does it compare to the Webb? I've been using that since 1978, but the lighter weight and modern technology is very enticing.

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Jerry Roller · From: Van Buren, Arkansas USA

Brad, thanks for your response.
Jerry

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