<SMALL>How many Peavey products do you have?</SMALL>
I've only owned two. The very first amplifier I ever owned was a new Session 500 that I bought in 1983. Around 1994 (no problems or work done to it up to that time), it started acting a little wonky. Rather than having it looked at, I sold it and bought a new Session 400 Limited Wedge. Still got the Wedge and the only thing I've done to it is disassemble it once and apply the Deoxit and CAIG Lube to it.
Been a happy camper. Despite the reputation that amp has, the guys in the band and the audience really like the way it sounds. But I will admit that the Nashville 112 sure is tempting. <font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Mike Ester on 15 June 2006 at 12:48 PM.]</p></FONT>
I'm "VERY" happy with both my of mine. When I picked up my 2nd Nashville 112 last week, I didn't get a chance to set it up with my 1st one to try them out as a 2 amp set up until a few days later. I told my wife I was only going to be in the studio for 15 or 20 min's......2hrs and 15 min's later I went back in the house!
So with the 2 Nashville 112's, I've got 5 Peavey amps and can only say thanks for all the years of great performance I've received from them.
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<SMALL>Their parts dep't has been incredible friendly....they tend to lean on the easy going, friendly side of things from my experience.</SMALL>
You can say that again Brad, there's a girl in parts who calls me 'hon' when I speak with her on the phone. I think I'd ask her out if Mississippi wasn't so far away.
Mike...I think Ian was the only one that read my post title correctly. As you know the thread text cannot be edited so that did not come out the way it was intended. I meant 'is MY Peavey amp junk?'. I raised the question on the forum so other people interested in electronics might steer me towards fixing it. Save the testimonials lads, they aren't helping and thanks for those offering suggestions. This wasn't criticism merely discussion.
Mike I will call you when work calms down to a dull roar. The answer to your queries is that it makes the hum with nothing plugged into it after about 5 min. of being turned on - the hum is punctuated intermittently by a popping sound. It started making the noise with a Goodrich pedal / model 60 Matchbox, Peterson Strobostomp and Mullen D-10 plugged into it practising Teach Your Children (maybe it didn't like the song). It is unaffected by the volume control or any of the other controls including reverb.
I have 6 Peavey amps, from the original Nashville 400 with/JBL to current N1000 and N112. Terrific amps, but more importantly, the ABSOLUTE BEST customer service in the industry, bar none, no one is even close.
I have owned more good Peaveys than bad. Anything can give a problem, Ford, Chevy ect. The Peavey repair station will take care of it, if you will send it back. I have found that the local Peavey dealer repair stations, don't do so well.
I have had really good luck with Peavey, myself.
I'll say two things about my 112 (actually three) which I've owned since the first were offered....
1. It sounded better the more I played it, for the first year or so. I've heard the comment before that the speaker in this amp needs to be "seasoned" and I agree with that comment.
2. I need to adjust it for the venue where I'm playing. Sometimes I plug it in and the mids sound very "muddy." I need to adjust the conrols from the last venue I played at. When I do, it's fine. For some reason, not all of my amps are like that. I have an old blackface twin that, when I play it with my wood guitars, it sounds great on the same settings, no matter where I played it last. I dunno.
I love this lightweight amp, which I play out more than any other amp I have. There are several threads on the Forum about recomended settings for the controls for this amp. Try them, and experiment and see if you can't get a sound you like. I'll bet you can.
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Ken Drost
steelcrazy after all these years
William, To me the question mark after the word junk in the title of your post signified a question. You didn't call it junk you were asking a question. You were probably frustrated. Get off William guys, he didn't call it junk.
I have been on the road playing two of the Nashville 112's for over a year now, and have never had one problem with either. They have been very dependable and sound great. If there is a mid range hum, check the other devices hooked up to the amp, you will most likely find your problem.
the nashville 112 is the best
small steel amp i have ever played through.......and peavey is a great co
to buy from...if there is a problem
with the amp im sure they will correct it
asap...
The thing I have learned most from this post is that many people do not read the body of the responses to a post but really just want to spout off about (as someone put it) Ford/Chevy issues. (a)I really do not need any more testimonials (I love Peavey too and own three of their amps OK!!!)or (b) suggestions I send it back to Peavey which is thoroughly impractical since I live in the middle of nowhere and shipping would be about the value of the amp or (c)check the input devices - the amp makes a noise with nothing plugged in.
I bought this amp personally from Mike Brown so I know he takes his products seriously so no need to tell me again how great they are -you are preaching to the converted.
So far I have had two good suggestions both from people with similar symptoms - loose components have been the cause in two cases (transformer and resistor/diode). Since this amp travelled with me back from Texas on American Airlines it is quite possible something is loose. Thanks for your suggestions guys.
willian, i think some misunderstood what you were saying in post 1 .
you NEVER said Peavey was junk , you were simply asking that since you live to far away to return it for repairs IS IT now junk.
i took it to reflect more on how far away you live than on Peavey
many of us (me included ) are electronicly impaired and would not dream of tinkering inside an amp
I have two Peaveys but no pet peaveys.... <font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by HowardR on 21 June 2006 at 05:21 PM.]</p></FONT>
Regarding the loud midrange noise . . . I had the same problem with a Webb amp. It turned out to be my CELL PHONE too close to the amp. Even though it was not ringing, it produced a signal occasionally to the tower and that caused a noise in my amp. I figured that out with the help of some well informed forumites.
I am glad I didn't throw out the amp - still thinking about whether to throw away the cell phone
Like Darrell, I had an experience recently with a cell phone near an amp. The phone wasn't ringing or anything, but a really strange noise came through the amp.
Thanks Bob for the revision to the post (whew)....I wish the amp problem was as simple as a cell phone. The first thing I did in diagnosing it was take it to a different part of the house and plug it in with nothing attached to rule out radio interference, power issues, input components, etc. The loose electronic component theory is what makes most sense given travel history of the amp.
Thought I'd chime in. I've had my 112 for a month now. First time out, couldn't get high end, turned out to be a bad cord. Got better every time. Then I got a Hilton pedal, all the high end I need, and what a great balanced sound. Great response from low, mid, high, plenty of headroom, I really like it. This after using a Webb for 25 years.
Ditto on the Cell Phone causing interference with Amplifiers. I was talking to a friend on my Cell Phone and went over to turn my Evans Amp off and it started buzzing, popping and cracking, Humming......I walked back about 5 or 6 feet from it and it quit. Until then I never realized a Cell Phone would do that.
Live and learn.
First the good news....a friend got the hum to stop. The bad news is his diagnosis wasn't very scientific - he walloped it on the side and the hum abruptly stopped. I am more certain than ever that it must be a loose component causing the hum but really will have to wait until the experiment repeats itself. Of course it will wait until I am in front of a crowd to do it again so will have to tote the old Peavey just in case! Thanks to all of you that made helpful suggestions.
If you have eliminated the speaker as being the possible culprit, you may send the chassis, reverb pan and reverb harness to;
Tropical Music Export
c/o Pexco Latin America
6850 S.W. 81st Terrace
Miami, FL 33143
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