Why the hate for Nashville 112s?

Tom Quinn · Post by **Tom Quinn** » 28 Aug 2015 6:44 am

Some folks like this amp -- I have one -- but there is a strong community of folks who despise it. I've got one I bought here with the Fox chip thing and the good reverb tank mod. It seems like it would work for gigs I don't feel like taking the Session 400 to.

But for the folks who don't like the 112, what are your reasons? No wrong answers here...

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » 28 Aug 2015 6:50 am

I'd like to hear the reasons too. :)

Jack Goodson · Post by **Jack Goodson** » 28 Aug 2015 7:06 am

first of all, i have owned 3 different nv 112 amps and never had any problems. i even tried the mod reverb and the esp12 speaker, but went back to the oriiginal speaker and reverb pan. if peavey ever decided to make a great steel guitar amp my suggestion would be to make the nv112 an option of either a 12 inch or a 15 inch using the same speaker as the 12 inch....thanks jack

Bo Borland · Post by **Bo Borland** » 28 Aug 2015 7:20 am

I have no problems or complaints with mine..

Mark van Allen · Post by **Mark van Allen** » 28 Aug 2015 7:40 am

When they first came out I was a Peavey Endorser and they sent me one. I knew they were aimed at the "bedroom" or casual player and thought they'd hit it out of the park for a small portable rig, evidently a lot of others thought so as many guys started using two of them.

That segues into my only real complaint, headroom. I need to have clean headroom at any stage volume and I found the 80 watts couldn't quite keep up with a cranking tele player, hot drummer, and bass player trying to keep up. The sound of a solid state amp at the edge of it's power delivery just ain't pretty.

Otherwise, a fine little amp.

Mike Brown · Post by **Mike Brown** » 28 Aug 2015 8:14 am

Be patient my fellow steel players, the RR will "fill the bill" with much more power.

Howard Parker · Post by **Howard Parker** » 28 Aug 2015 8:19 am

Much ado about nothing.

I use the 112 for 95% of my gigs.

I think the 112 has exceeded expectations over the years!

It is a fine amp!

My .02, ymmv and yada, yada.

h

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 28 Aug 2015 8:26 am

I don't see anything wrong with it. I've used it on the road with Tommy Cash and George Hamilton IV. Never ever had it over about 1/2 volume. Big venues were miked so again no need for higher power.

My favorite Peavey steel amp is the Session 500, second is the NV112.

I'm currently using a "2 piece" set but won't give up my NV112. It works well for recording too.

Fred Justice · Post by **Fred Justice** » 28 Aug 2015 8:43 am

I love all 4 of mine

Keith Hilton · Post by **Keith Hilton** » 28 Aug 2015 9:33 am

I have two old "stock" Nashville 112 amps. When I play out with the band I either use one or two of the Nashville 112 amps. I have other amps, but the Nashville 112's is what I play out with.

Tom Quinn · Post by **Tom Quinn** » 28 Aug 2015 9:39 am

Wow, this is great because I like mine although I think the stock speaker sounds a bit two-dimensional. But I swear I've read posts by folks who say a 12"-speaker steel amp blows. Where are these folks now?

Malcolm McMaster · Post by **Malcolm McMaster** » 28 Aug 2015 9:51 am

When I had my 112 it was a good enough sounding amp but lacked power for non miked bigger venues.I sold it and moved to my current MB200 , which sounds very similar, but weighs a third less and gives out 200 watts.I did ask Mike on a previous thread about availability of Peavey steel amps ( any) and repairs to amps, for UK/Euro players now that Peavey have closed their UK depot, but he must have missed it, as there was no reply.Another reason it may have ceased to be popular over here was that it had risen dramatically in price, ending up at around Â£750 ($1150 appx)before they became unavailable .

Greg Cutshaw · Post by **Greg Cutshaw** » 28 Aug 2015 11:19 am

Here I am! And I'll be darned if I'd give an honest opinion of how bad my Nash 112 sounded in this thread! It's a lot of money also for what you get power wise....

Lee Dassow · Post by **Lee Dassow** » 28 Aug 2015 2:05 pm

I bought one brand new about 4 years ago because I
heard it was so great. Biggest piece of s/// I ever
played through. I made the mistake of not sending
it back to MF in 45 days. I was lucky to dump it on Craigs List for $450.00. Granted it could have been a bad one, but I'd never buy another one. Tennessee Lee

Jack Stanton · Post by **Jack Stanton** » 28 Aug 2015 3:26 pm

I've owned several of every Peavey steel guitar amp they ever made (excluding the RR) and the 112 is the only one I couldn't make friends with. Way too much honk. Nice package, though..

Mike Archer · Post by **Mike Archer** » 28 Aug 2015 4:13 pm

no problem here ive used one for years and mine sounds great!!

ive also got a sessions 400 that is awesome too

the 112 has pleanty of power for me....

mike

John Butler · Post by **John Butler** » 28 Aug 2015 4:55 pm

I've never had an amp I like better than my 112. If you can't compete with your telle player, you need a new telle player, not a new amp. If you are playing in Titan stadium, you shouldn't take a 112 in the first place.

Steve Spitz · Post by **Steve Spitz** » 28 Aug 2015 4:56 pm

I traded for one, got it dirt cheap from a steeler that didn't like it. I played a few hundred gigs on it. I must play with quieter acts than the rest of you. I never needed more volume. Great bar room amp, but I also played some of the largest stages and festivals around with it.

The Mod reverb tank, and chip mod helped. I put a JBL in at one time , and it really helped. Weighed a ton.

Every major steel show, you,could find a few big name players who played through whatever was already on stage. Often a 112. It didn't seem to slow them down.

It's a tool, for me. Cheap, and reliable. Easy to find used at a fair price. It gets the job done. Is it the best small light amp ? No. But how much do you Have to spend ?

I replaced it with a Quilter and a 1/2 and 1/2. It didn't make sense to keep it as my lightweight throw and go option anymore, but it served me very well. No regrets.

Harold Bullard · Post by **Harold Bullard** » 28 Aug 2015 5:17 pm

Mine was along the lines of Jack Stanton's. It had an awful "honk" to it and no matter how I adjusted it, the sound was always thin, no body. For me, more power translates into a better quality and fuller sound. I've read on the forum of a lot of guys putting in mod kits and/or replacing the speaker. For that kind of money, a person shouldn't have to do that to an amp right out of the box. I sold mine, took a beatin', and went back back to my old Nashville 400 workhorse.

Larry Lorows · Post by **Larry Lorows** » 28 Aug 2015 6:05 pm

I have two of the 112's. One for my steel and one foe my tele. Love them both. I jammed with a blues band and didn't have any trouble at all keeping up with their loud noise.(and they were loud, but good )

Lane Gray · Post by **Lane Gray** » 28 Aug 2015 6:21 pm

I've never owned one, but I've borrowed one a couple times when my LTD was in the shop.
Only two drawbacks for me: the headroom and the tone.
Never could get it to sound like me.
The only one I liked less was the 2000. Take a Nashville 1000, and give it a Profex.

Tom Gorr · Post by **Tom Gorr** » 28 Aug 2015 6:31 pm

Jack Stanton wrote:I've owned several of every Peavey steel guitar amp they ever made (excluding the RR) and the 112 is the only one I couldn't make friends with. Way too much honk. Nice package, though..

prior thread s have indicated everyone had a different understanding of honk... In my version of understanding...I like it...It makes an instruments voice clearer and more dominant in a busy mix. .a focussed middy-mid tone that allows an instrument to pop out.

I will also suggest that some of the best steel tones Ive ever heard involved a Fessenden...B L 705s.. and an N112..not just honk but rocking honk. .

Jerry Roller · Post by **Jerry Roller** » 28 Aug 2015 7:50 pm

My only complaint is the lack of a ground switch. I think the Vegas 400 is the best Peavey amp along with the trusty Session 400. I sold a Session 400 LTD years ago and that was a mistake.
Jerry

Tom Quinn · Post by **Tom Quinn** » 28 Aug 2015 8:36 pm

Well I figured out how to get my Session 400 tone or close to it: turn the master volume all the way up an use the volume control on the left to set the level. The amp cleans up and you can turn the presence and the treble down. Then the amp sounds great...

John Macy · Post by **John Macy** » 28 Aug 2015 9:18 pm

Man, I've played hundreds of gigs the last few years, ranging from acoustic trios to large scale theater and festival stages, through a stock 112, and get nothing but compliments on my tone...any room it won't cut is miked anyway...great little work horse amp...

I am experimenting with a MB200 into a Travis Toy 12" in a Telonics cabinet, but I won't be selling the 112...

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