Session 500 mod ? Is there one

Jamie Lennon · Post by **Jamie Lennon** » 7 Aug 2007 7:58 am

I hear about these mods and chips for amps ??

Is the one for the 500 also what does it do ??

Jamie

Joseph Solomon · Post by **Joseph Solomon** » 7 Aug 2007 10:01 am

Jamie: Peavy offers a Mod kit for this amp. I installed one in mine, and it sure enhanced the over-all performance.

Joe

Jim Bob Sedgwick · Post by **Jim Bob Sedgwick** » 7 Aug 2007 1:40 pm

Jamie, the mod helps get rid of the midrange goose honk these amps have. Well worth the bucks.

Tony Prior · Post by **Tony Prior** » 7 Aug 2007 1:42 pm

yes,the mod for the Session 500 is the Nashville 400 !

tp

Benton Allen · Post by **Benton Allen** » 7 Aug 2007 2:34 pm

I did the mod on an old Session 500 of mine and it smoothed things out considerably. Well worth the money which wasn't too much anyway.

Jamie Lennon · Post by **Jamie Lennon** » 8 Aug 2007 12:04 am

where can i get this mod, and how much

Jim Bob Sedgwick · Post by **Jim Bob Sedgwick** » 8 Aug 2007 10:05 am

Contact Peavey directly. Mike Brown will probably pop in here directly and let you know the mod kit number.

Bryan Daste · Post by **Bryan Daste** » 3 Sep 2007 12:27 am

The Peavey site is down right now...does anyone know the cost of this mod kit?

Ulf Edlund · Post by **Ulf Edlund** » 3 Sep 2007 9:47 am

I tried to by this kit a few years ago but i finally gave up as noone would sell it to me. I did'nt even get a price quote.
I'd still be interested in one.

Gary Walker · Post by **Gary Walker** » 5 Sep 2007 8:47 pm

I bought my 500 7 years ago and bought and installed the LeMay Mod and it really gave the amp the very thing it was missing. It not only sounded 10 stories tall but the tone was ever so sweet. I still have it but bought a two piece Webb for the weight difference.

Bryan Daste · Post by **Bryan Daste** » 5 Sep 2007 11:24 pm

Gary,
You installed the mod yourself? How difficult was it to do? Where can one get the LeMay mod kit, and how much?

Steve Hamill · Post by **Steve Hamill** » 6 Sep 2007 5:25 am

Steel Guitar Canada has the LeMay mod. $169 if I remember correctly. I'll probably do it once I get my busted up Session 500 back in one piece. Dang shipping companies !@#$%^&*()_

Brad Sarno · Post by **Brad Sarno** » 6 Sep 2007 6:27 am

Maybe Ken Fox can whip up a mod kit for that amp. Generally Ken's mods are far more encompassing that what other mod kits include. Ken's kits will clean up all the power, the tone control section, and also the direct audio signal path.

Ken, Session 500 kit?

Brad

Ken Fox · Post by **Ken Fox** » 6 Sep 2007 5:07 pm

Brad, so far I am not selling kits other than the simple chip change out for processors such as the Profex 2 and also for the N112 and N1000 amps. My kits for the Nashville 400, Vegas 400, Session 400 and LTD 400 are not for sale, I only install them. I supply all the info to assemble those amp kits at no charge.

I cannot support the tech time it would encompass to guide people through the installation and possible errors they might make installing soldered in electronic components.

I have not pursued modding the Session 500 due to the split chassis that would have to be shipped.

Peavey has a kit that just replaces the IC chips, some tone caps and resistors. Again a tech should install the kit. It does not take care of the power filter caps or other things I do in my "Intense mods" and "Sarno" mods.

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Session 500 mod ? Is there one

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