The Steel Guitar Forum

If you guys had your choice, which of these amps would you prefer? Also would you prefer a Nashville 400 with peavey mod, or original Nashville 400? Also which speaker would you prefer, the 1501, or 1502 BW?

The reason I'm askin, I've been offered a trade for one of my Nashville 112s.

Terry

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Mullen RP D10 /8x5 / Nashville 112 x 2 / American Tele
Thank God for music.

<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Terry Sneed on 21 July 2006 at 11:59 AM.]</p></FONT>

ill take the nashville 400 over a 1000
for sure
and as for the nashville 112 i would rather have it than a 1000 as well
i have played out of about all of them
just my thoughts
good luck any way ya go

Terry,
I'd take the NV400 for sure. The one I play has the mod, but I don't know the speaker number.(how do you find out what number it is anyway ). It is a BW, though. I would also take the NV400 over the 112. Good luck.

Mitch

Thanks Mike. Let me ask you this. Would you rather have the 400 over the 112?
Thanks to you to Mitch. The speaker # is on the speaker I'm perty sure.

Terry

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Mullen RP D10 /8x5 / Nashville 112 x 2 / American Tele
Thank God for music.

<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Terry Sneed on 21 July 2006 at 02:25 PM.]</p></FONT>

NV400 any day. The 1501 and 1502 are both fine speakers. My ears can't tell a huge difference between the two.

Terry, the Nashville 400 is hard to beat. I have had 400's a couple of 1000's and a 112. The 400 I have now, I bought from Fred Wurtz (fine transaction, I might add) and it is a late model, in fact, one of the last ones built. It has the factory mod, of course. I think the factory modded Nashville 400's are hard to beat. They are a little heavy, but built like a tank. The 1000 has a very good tonal range, but being a digital unit, it is more suseptable to power surges(brown outs) Also, the 1000 has the exposed knobs, so you have to be careful about bumping them. All in all, Peavey has some very fine amps. A lot of folks like the Vegas. I did not like them as well as the Session or Nashville 400's. I didn't like the split(dual function) mid range knob. If you have a late model Nashville 400, you may want to consider keeping it. Even if you are not using it. I see them as a sleeper amp, that are becoming somewhat sought after.

IMHO, of course.

I've played through every steel amp Peavey ever produced -- and owned many of them. Of the three you mention -- the NV400, 1000, and 112 -- I would have to go for the NV400 if it were my ONLY AMP. I love the 112 but, for many gigs (e.g., outside / no mics) it isn't powerful enough. The 400 holds up under most any circumstances. The 1000 is too crispy to my ear. Very 'digital' sounding compared to other models.

The warmest Peavey steel amp, IMHO, is the original Session 400 and the smaller cabinet LTD 400 (NOT the Session 400 Limited). Of all the ones I've owned the only ones I STILL own are a NV112 (for its size and sound) and a Session 400 (separate head and speaker cabs). The Nashville 400 with the mod is next in line, in my book. All the BW speakers sound fine to my ear -- and can handle the power much better than JBLs.

If I were you I'd consider trading one of the 112's, just for the versatility and added power of the NV400. You could still run the 400 and 112 stereo AND you'd have a higher power single amp to use if you didn't want to haul them both.

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Spent some time at Bill Mayville's house in Vegas playing his Emmons...side by side on the opposite side of the room he had a NV1000 and a Steel King...the Fender sounded so much better that I was really suprised...

(I have a NV400 w/mod that I also really like the sound of.)

Well, looks like the Nashville 400 wins hands down. I've never owned a Nashville 400 but I have owned a Session 400, and if the Nashville 400 sounds as good as the session 400, then it is one great amp!
Thanks guys

Terry

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Mullen RP D10 /8x5 / Nashville 112 x 2 / American Tele
Thank God for music.

NV 400 with the Mod and a 1501 is the best to my ears of the combinations you listed. I have also owned all of these combinations at one time.
Dave

Terry, If you have owned a Session 400, you should consider the Peavey LTD, about 10-12 lbs or so lighter than the N-400. Pleanty
of volume. Same design as Session 400 only a smaller package.

Autry, is that the same amp Larry Bell was talkin about in above post? I loved the sound of My 76?-77? session 400. Maybe I should have asked if ya'll would prefer the Nashville 400 with mod, or the Session 400 LTD. Thanks to all.

Terry

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Mullen RP D10 /8x5 / Nashville 112 x 2 / American Tele
Thank God for music.

The Peavey LTD is like the Session 400 only it's a small cabnet about the size of a Nashville 400. Peavey LTD has the same circitry as a Session 400, The Session Limited is different so don't get them confused. I'm talking Peavey LTD. I did not like the Session Limited for Steel.

Terry
Lets be clear. It is the LTD 400 we're talking about -- not the Session 400 Limited (sometimes abbreviated LTD).

The very first Peavey steel amp, the Session 400, is my personal favorite and many others prize this model first built in the 70s and continued through the early 80s. The LTD400 is exactly the same amp in a smaller cabinet -- just barely wider than a 15" speaker.

Session 400 -- larger cabinet (slightly heavier)
LTD 400 -- smaller cabinet
same amp -- same preamp -- same eq -- same everything

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<small>Larry Bell - email: larry@larrybell.org - gigs - Home Page
My CD's: 'I've Got Friends in COLD Places' - 'Pedal Steel Guitar'
2003 Fessenden S/D-12 8x8, 1969 Emmons S/D-12 6x6, 1984 Sho-Bud S/D-12 7x6, 1971 Dobro, Standel and Peavey Amps

Ok Thanks ya'll for clearing that up. I appreciate everyone's help.

Terry

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Mullen RP D10 /8x5 / Nashville 112 x 2 / American Tele
Thank God for music.

Nashville 400 with the Peavey mod. If you want it to sound really good do the REVERB MOD. It gives it a Fender reverb sound. It sounds like a giant Twin with a Tele.

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NV1000 Cos I like to be different from the crowd! Also, it emulates my old Vegas perfectly!! The lows are so much better due to the increased power of the amp! And you can get that "grunt" sound from the lower wound strings (Al Brisco knows what I mean when I say that!) And the highs can be dialled in to be as sweet as you want. All this with no mods!!!
Downside is that its heavier!

Larry Cole mentioned a NV 400 Reverb Mod, and since he doesn't have an email address listed, I'm replying here. Larry (or anyone else), what do you mean by the NV 400 reverb mod? I have a reasonably late model NV400 which I've put the Peavey sound mod kit in, but I wasn't aware of a reverb mod for these amps. Can you enlighten me?

Thanks,
Mike

well Terry, now that you brought it up..

I have two Steel amps..
N400 and a 78' Session 400 ...both with 1501's..

I use the Session 400 more than the N400 , theres just something about it that the N400 does not have.

Now , for the original question, I liked the N1000 ok when I had it but it never really stepped up to the N400 which I used previously and thus sold. For my taste it was too strong in the mids. I sold it and obtained another N400, and then the Session 400.

When I gig, it's one of the two Peaveys and the Hot Rod Deville...

The Steel goes thru both and the Tele only thru the Deville...

oh..and if you can believe this..for a few gigs latley I have been playing a Les Paul instead of the Tele....AAAAHHHH!!!

I can't believe I did this, please forgive me...

Don't tell anyone..ok ?

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<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Tony Prior on 02 August 2006 at 04:14 AM.]</p></FONT>

Allow me to butt in and ask a question if you don't mind. Being as the subject seems to be Peavey amps in general. My Peavey experience is Sessions 400 Limited, Nashville 1000 and 112. What is it about the Limited that's undesirable? (as compared to the LTD) Just curious, thanks]
james

James, I had a Session 400 Limited recently, it was ok but for my tastes was very shrill..very very bright. Side by side with the N400 at the time it was like night and day. I had a very hard time finding a mid range setting that worked for me.

The Session 400 and the N400 just seem to be very consistent, it seem's I never hardly tweak the knobs much and they sound great..the Limited was not like that at all.

it's gone...

t

<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Tony Prior on 02 August 2006 at 07:43 AM.]</p></FONT>

I am presently using a rack system, however, prior to this I used two Nashville 400's.

The only thing better was playing through two Session 500's. But we are talking major hernia here!
Erv<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Erv Niehaus on 02 August 2006 at 07:44 AM.]</p></FONT>

Okay, thanks, Tony.

400. This is obviously an amp Peavey should reissue, Mike B., if your listening. Should change out the spring reverb for digital though, IMHO ...

I play through a Nashville 400, late model. I've tried the 1000, as well as a couple of session 500s, and just could not dial in a tone I liked on any of them. The Nashville 400 is extremely reliable, and gets me the sound I'm looking for.