The Steel Guitar Forum

Well, yeah, Ricky, when you're young and strong(like you) a Twin is no object!
Seriously, although Peavey makes a fine product, it's hard to beat the tone of a steel guitar through a Twin. And Ricky, mine's got E-VM 12-L's in it, so it's heavier than yours!

Hello Bob,
In reply to your question about the Nashville 1000, here is my opinion. I just bought a 1000 about two months ago. The first 1000's had a 2 spring reverb in them, which I definitely did not like. According to Mike Brown all 1000's made after July 2003 come with the 3 spring reverb unit in them. I really like the 3 spring version better! As far as the tone is concerned, I find that I can not get the ear piercing highs out of the 1000 like I can from my Nashville 400's, but I get better bass with the 1000. Out of all of the Peavey equipment that I have owned, I still like the sound out of my 1978 Session 400 that I bought new back then.
The power on the 1000 is strong with 300 watts of a digital power amp compared to 210 watts on the Nashville 400 and 200 watts on the original Session 400.
I did mention to Mike Brown that I noticed that on the Nashville 1000 there is no polarity switch like other Peavey amps have. He told me that he did not know why the 1000 did not have this switch but he would check into it.
In conclusion, I quess that everyone has his own preference for tone and features on a steel amp. It seems to me that there is always a trade off in getting the perfect steel amp. So I solved my problem in that aspect. Some nights I play 2 Nashville 400's, then another night I might play my Nashville 1000 along with my PX 300(Nashville 1000 w/o pre-amp), or my Session 400 along with my PX 300.
ALL of these amps are good in their own way. It just depends on what sound you like!
Take care! Vann Cranford

To the original question, who all's got the Nashville 1000?
Me got. Me happy.

I play thru a Nashville 1000 - paired with a 1973 Session 400. Together they are pretty damn strong.
Gary

I use a Profex interchangerably with the Nashville 1000 and PX300 speaker, and get nothing buy compliments on the tone, sound of both; unfortunately, don't get the same compliments on my playing, but what the heck, I take what I can get!!! Beggars can't be choosey; on the other hand we play about as much as anybody around here, so it does pay to be in a good band...

Stephen; I'm a whole lot older than I look you would be suprised to find out my age; but I choose to stay in great physical shape so I can keep up with the young guys hittin' the Golf ball waaaaaay over 300 yards..ha.
I do like the Nashville 1000 for power; but I also choose to play classic Country and Hawaiian music; and there is nothing like a Tube amp for that breathing of the note that NO solid state amp can ever immulate>Period....
My twin won't keep up with any band that plays louder than real country music; but then again; I don't have to play in a band not doing real country music; so I'm set.
Ricky

Ricky, what is the speaker/speakers in your Twin, you're so right about if the Twin does not cut it, then we're in the wrong band! Amen about those LTD's

Jim I have a JBL K-130 8ohm in my Twin(that's a 15" speaker) and I have a JBL D-130 8ohm in my Extension cabinet.
It's a mighty sweet rig.
Ricky

Me got one... Me getting older.. Amp getting too much heavy...
And I can't understand why the same quality can't be produced in a lighter amp... Heck they can manouver cars on Mars... and here if we want lighter weight we must sacrifice the sound & go to a Practice amp, or something equivilant.. When I was younger I had no problem toting around the 500.. & unfortunately us little weekend bands don't have roadies to carry everything in & set it up for us... Next life maybe a piccolo player..

I use the NV-1000. It's lighter than my '71 Twin w/JBL's. I sold the Fender amp. The NV has TONS of power, it's reliable, and it sounds good to me.

Thanks for the comments and support.

Vann and Forumites,
Here is a reply from one of our technicians about the polarity switch question;

"There is no polarity switch for the Nashville 1000 because of the rather complex EMI filter at the front end of the AC input. This filter is there to prevent the switching power supply from being affected by outside interference on the line, or vise versa. Remember the 120 volt line voltage is taken through this filter, directly to a bridge where it is rectified, and then sent through a doubler to arrive at 360VDC. Basically the EMI filter negates the purpose of the polarity switch as it effectively "isolates" the supply from the outside world".