The Steel Guitar Forum

I know there have been threads earlier on this amp. I thinking about getting one and since it's been out a while now and being given the real test(by you guys) whats your thoughts on it? Has anyone tried recording with it?
Thanks for any help.

Tony<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Tony Dingus on 11 January 2004 at 08:34 PM.]</p></FONT>

I have one and I totally like it. I play live gigs with it using the direct out, I've done two sessions with it in a commercial studio, and I record with it at home. I like the sound of the 112 speaker. It's not like most steel amps but Peavey has marketed it as a practice/rehearsal amp. I use it for everything I do with the pedal steel. Like all Peavey amps it is very solidly constructed. If for any reason I lost it, I would buy one again in a heartbeat. Note: I play E9 only so I can't speak for a C6 players needs.

Try one out and see what you think.

I second what Earl said. I also like it on my Stringmaster. Very cost effective, good sounding, light weight amp. Mic or direct out to the PA is great. I also have been using it for guitars. I got a Stromberg archtop for xmas and it sounds really nice thru this amp. For now it fits the bill for me.

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Chris Kennison
Ft. Collins, Colorado
"There is no spoon"
www.book-em-danno.com

I just go ta Peavey 112 and I think it is a great amp. It has great tone. I just started learning the C6 tuning and it also sounds great. It is affordable and light weight. It's perfect

Thanks guys, you input is invaluable.

Mike Brown
Peavey Electronics Corporation

I had one shipped with my new Carter and was totally blown away by the sound of it! A couple weeks later I bought a second one from Seymour I liked it so well. Bobbe mentioned that he uses two of them. Great amps!

John Drury
NTSGA #3

Glad to hear this because I just ordered one! bob

Thanks everybody for your help and Mike Brown for the speedy reply with the e-mail.
I haven't got one yet but it won't be long.
Tony

Mike,

when will it be available in Germany? I wrote to Peavey's customer support some moths ago and got no answer... Also the shops over here know nuthn'

Thanks,

MArtin

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martin abend Pedal-Steel in Germany
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Martin, the contact person at our Corby, England facility it Carl Gray. He and I have been corresponding about steel guitarists and the Nashville 112 amp.

Peavey Electronics LTD.
Great Folds Road • Oakley Hay • CORBY • Northants NN18 9ET • England
Tel: 00 44 1536 461234 • Fax: 00 44 1536 747222

Other than that, you may contact me here and Peavey if you continue to have problems with purchasing one of these amplifiers.

I've seen several threads on this amp but I haven't seen anyone mention the settings they use or recommend for this amp This is the amp I got with my Carter SD10 and I am a beginner so it would be great if one of you post your recomendations

Thanks

Larry

For my pedal steel I typically cut the mids at around 800hz by a large amount. Cut amount is at about 9pm on the dial. (whatever db that is - amp not in front of me now). The center freq. isn't always 800hz, but there-abouts. I boost the bass a little and leave the treble and presense flat or cut slightly.

For my Stringmaster, I leave the tone flat.

For the archtop, I leave the tone flat mostly, but sometimes cut the mids around 500hz and boost the bass a little.

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Chris Kennison
Ft. Collins, Colorado
"There is no spoon"
www.book-em-danno.com

Recommended equalization settings are included in the operating guide. In case you didn't receive the operating guide with your amp, here is the link from our website so that you can download it and print it.

http://www.peavey.com/support/searchmanuals/results.cfm

If you need further assistance, please feel free to contact me toll free in North America at 1-877-732-8391 and I'll be glad to assist you.

Mike Brown
Peavey Electronics Corporation

Tony,
These little Amps sound great. I heard Lem Smith play through one and was totally impressed. Even though I've switched to a Webb Amp, I now want to trade my like new Nashville 1000 for a pair of the 112's.

Thanks Mike and all the rest of you for posting information on this amp, and yes I did get a manual with the amp but was curious as to whether some of the fellows had experimented with the settings and found something they liked I can't resist turning all those knobs to see what they do

I value everyones suggestions and information on the forum and although a lot of it is above my present understanding, a lot has also been a big help

Thanks Much

Larry

Thanks Nick, hopefully I'll be getting one soon.
Tony

OK, just making sure. Let me know if I can assist further and thanks for your support of our products.

Could someone give me a price on what the 112 amp sells for. I might trade my Nashville 400 in toward a couple if the price is what I can afford.Retirment kind of leaves you a little low on funds.
Sam White

Samuel,

Call Bobbe Seymour, he will do you right on a 112. 615-822-5555.

John Drury
NTSGA #3

The U.S. MSRP is $599.99. Contact your local Peavey dealer for ordering information or you may contact me toll free in North America at 1-877-732-8391.

You guys stated what you wanted in a small amp and we listened, and designed.

Mike Brown
Peavey Consumer Information

Mike let me crank up a pair of them in St. Louis, just to see how they max out. While they don't have enough power for the outdoor concerts I play in the summer, I was pleased by the way the handled the maximum volume. They didn't distort with the big ugly like a lot of amps in that class do. Instead, they seem to compress the signal to avoid clipping.

I wasn't looking at a scope or anything, so that's just my subjective opinion of what was going on. It was like the amp refused to distort when pushed. This was especially noticable on the attack of the low notes, which would have sounded like crap on a normal low-powered SS amp.

The effect reminded me of a good studio compressor.

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<font size="1"><img align=right src="http://b0b.com/Hotb0b.gif" width="96 height="96">Bobby Lee - email: quasar@b0b.com - gigs - CDs, Open Hearts
Sierra Session 12 (E9), Williams 400X (Emaj9, D6), Sierra Olympic 12 (C6add9),
Sierra Laptop 8 (E6add9), Fender Stringmaster (E13, A6),
Roland Handsonic, Line 6 Variax</font>

Something just hit me: For those who would like to run stereo, the Nashville 112, would be a great amp to run a pair of in stereo--

1) 2 80watt amps in stereo would be in essence pushing 160watts total, not noticiable at all compared to a 200watt amp running in mono (and would be exactly the same power otuput as the MosValve power amp that is so well liked by rack setup users)
2) having 2 12" speakers will push more air than a single 15" speaker, in essence, making it quite possible that having the 2 80 watt amps being LOUDER than a single 200 watt amp.
3) the price of a pair of the nash 112's would be less than or equal to 1 evans or webb, and only a couple $$ more than a single Nashville 1000
4) now you would also have the flexibility to use a single lightweight amp for practices, small gigs, and the full blown stereo high volume setup for larger, outdoor gigs. (the combined weight of 2 nashville 112's woudl be just about equal to say a Nashville 400 or a Session 400!)

just some things to ponder

one suggestion I'd like to make to peavey ( or any amp maker out there)... add another control t your amps, keepign the sweepable mid control, but add a switch or evne a knob, with a notch at 800hz (a switch with a fixed amount of notch, based on the settigns that a good number of pro's use-- like the 'scoop' swithc a lot of guitar amps use etc, or even a control for how much cut is there), this would free up the midrange knob for further tone shaping etc.

hmmm come to think of it, anyone have a Nashville 112 that they would want to trade me for my Session 400?<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Gino Iorfida on 24 January 2004 at 05:11 PM.]</p></FONT>

I would like to see a small Steel amp or super clean guitar amp (same Preamp as the NV-1000, just an effects loop, forget about built in spring reverb, hardly nobody uses it anyway) at at 150 watts out of a digital power amp and a 12" Black Widow plus a powered cabinet option like the PX-300 in a PX-150 size with a 12" black widow. You would have a choice of carrying 150 watts or 300 if you needed it. Who ever said that smaller had to be less professional? Another option would be to have an installed reverb only like a Boss RV3, just a good sounding clean reverb and have the option of being able to send it to a powered extension cabinet only.<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by John Floyd on 24 January 2004 at 08:57 PM.]</p></FONT>

Not true, Gino. The difference in the headroom is quite noticable, even when using two of them. The sound pressure from a pair of Nashville 112's isn't close to what I can get from my Webb. If it was, I'd own a pair!

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<font size="1"><img align=right src="http://b0b.com/Hotb0b.gif" width="96 height="96">Bobby Lee - email: quasar@b0b.com - gigs - CDs, Open Hearts
Sierra Session 12 (E9), Williams 400X (Emaj9, D6), Sierra Olympic 12 (C6add9),
Sierra Laptop 8 (E6add9), Fender Stringmaster (E13, A6),
Roland Handsonic, Line 6 Variax</font>

Gino,

What Bobby Lee said. I use a pair of 112's in my little studio and I can pretty well keep them at bay. My old Nashville 400 or the 6-14-E would level the joint.

John Drury
NTSGA #3