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I just purchased a new Nashville 400 that has "factory" mods. Is the Lemay Miracle Audio still a worthwhile purchase to improve the tone? Welcome any feedback.

Frank

Hey Frank,
That's a simple one.
The answer is YES!
Bring your amp over and A/B it to my Lemay Mod'ed amp.
You'll be suprised at how the Lemay mod kicks butt.
Best regards,
Kurt K.

I'll do that Kurt. I'll be calling you about the lessons here shortly
Frank

My Vegas 400 is the quietest amp I've ever heard since I put a Lemay mod in it. No hum, no hiss, just good sound (at least as good as I can make it sound).

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How hard was it to install the kit?

If I had a Nashville 400 with the factory tone mod, I'd stay with that.

John's mod's do work for the other amps and really improve the Profex II.

If the amp is new and still in warranty, I would suspect "non Peavey" modifications could void the warranty.

What does the mod do for the Profex exactly?? Does it clean up some of the hiss?? .. I'm fixing to chunk mine cause it sounds like eggs frying in the background and it's too easy to overdrive the input ...

Steve

I installed the mod in a friends Profex II. It cleaned it up some, and took the muddiness out of it.

I don't understand the overdrive or distortion. It has an input level control that will keep it from overloading.

I just meant I have to turn the input level almost all the way down to keep it from clipping .. it just doesn't seem natural

If you're running directly to the Profex II instead of through the volume pedal, hook it up after the volume pedal. That will keep it for overloading as bad and with the lower signal and effects chain with a compressor in it will work better.

It's been about 5 years since I had my Profex II (and I never used it much) but I seem to remember the input LED is supposed to be on or come on at peaks for proper operation. That didn't seem to be a problem, as I remember.

Somebody on here that's still using a Profex II should be able to comment more on that.

Jack, your right about the input level,
my 705 's end up pushing the input about
half, anymore and it will clip.
Also like you said ,put the profex right
after the Volumn pedal.
The funny thing about these Effects Units
is one guy loves em the next guy don't, but
sometimes the guys that don't, havn't experimented with them enough. Greg

I have several Profex II's. In one of them I installed the LeMay mod. I honestly could not tell where it made that much difference. I don't have a problem with my tone being muddy, with or without the modification.

Can anyone of you give an E-mail address
for the Lemay mod.It sounds like my old
Nash 400 could use afew steroid injections.
Thanks,Jake doell
Linkon s12 ext E9(THE OTHER WOMAN)ZBD10 and
the old Nash 400 Rambler

Miracle Audio: http://members.aol.com/miracleaud/index.html

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I was over-drivin' my ProfexII for a while, then I lowered the pickup about a quarters thickness (705, 19,450 ohm) a bit till it started sounding clean. For some reason, some pickups are are a little too hot for the pre-amps of various systems. I had a GK pre-amp that I had to actually change the input R/C network in order to get it to quit distorting.

I took Greg's post to heart and started experimenting some. I took the profex out of the rack, just set it on my nv1000 and ran it in the effects loop .. guitar straight into the amp. I found my combination!! I have tone now that I think would even make some vets drool!! ... Sometimes the old "keep it simple, stupid" addage hits real close to home!! I still might try the mod .. but now it's "why bother?" .. thanks for all the input ..

Steve