The Steel Guitar Forum

Does anyone know about these amps? Where they designed as steel amps, guitar amps or other? I saw one at a local pawn shop and thought it might be good for our fiddle player.

This is a very good amp for steel,fiddle,or guitar.It's a big cabinet amp and it is a bit on the heavy side....somewhere between 60 and 70 pounds.

Great amp the Vegas!!! I bought mine brand new almost 20 years ago,and had it serviced once. The wider cabinet allows for smoother lows.

Good amp. Just hated that split mid and freq. shift knob. When that pot gets dirty, it will let you know....POP! POP! Sonic overload!

Paul, here is a link to the original operating guide from the Peavey website; http://www.peavey.com/search.cfm?c=3&lang=&term=vegas

If you have further questions about this or any other Peavey product, please feel free to contact me here at the factory by calling toll free at 1-877-732-8391, ext. 1180 and I will be glad to assist you.

Mike Brown
Peavey USA

The best Peavey steel guitar amp I ever owned. Not to say, they are all good, just not as good as the Vegas.
Wish I could buy a new one.

Bill
HWP, Evans, Black Box
Also,,, Nashville 400<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Bill Moran on 11 September 2006 at 06:34 PM.]</p></FONT>

I have 2 of these, use it every day, sounds great, it is worth the weight carring it for the good sound you get from it. Also the Session 400 is a good one. I prefer this amp above the Nashville 400. Just me.
I like the 2 cannels, I play my sounds tracs thru the second chanel, also you can do a stereo with this amp using both chanels with different adjustnents on each chanel.

ernie<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Ernest Cawby on 27 September 2006 at 07:44 AM.]</p></FONT>

Thanks for the info. I'll check it out.

I chose the Vegas 400 because I double on six string and steel. Both instruments sound great. The steel is a GFI D10. The six strings are a tele, sometimes a PRS and sometimes a Gibson 335. Highly recomended by me.

The Vegas was designed for the musician who plays more than one instrument during a show. If you look at the operating guide, suggested settings were provided for steel guitar and six string electric guitar and fiddle.

Peavey Sales Rep Hollis Calvert provided these settings as he does play steel, fiddle and guitar exceptionally well. Here is a link to the original operating guide from our website; http://www.peavey.com/search.cfm?c=3&lang=&term=vegas

Mike Brown
Peavey USA

Well, I looked at it again the other day. It's down to $279. If I can get it for $250, I might go for it. It looks almost new and has a 15" BW.

Thanks for the info everyone!

I remain perplexed as to why this has been, to date, the only pedal steel amp made with two channels to allow for a lead guitar to be plugged in with its own settings. Rumor has it Peavey's next generation steel amp will not have this feature....is there just no demand?

Joe

I have a Vegas400 and have it 'modded' ala the Lemay mod kit. My amp is about 22 years old. Mike B. and his crew had to do a bit of refurbbing about a year ago, and now it's running just beautifully.

WEIGHT: yeah - she checks in around 71 lbs.

But I simply took the amp out and made a very nice cabinet for it, and so now have the amp [35+-lbs] and the speaker cabinet [35+-lbs] as separate units. Much easier and more manageable to haul around.
I even figured out the true balance point on the amp enclosure and proceeded to install a floor or shipdeck recessed handle; it's installed off-center at the balance point so when you pick up the amp it will not tilt on ya. Lays out level.

It's a great amp; it's been going strong now for 22+ years. What more can you ask for.

My take on the Vegas is that it is everything a Nashville 400 is, in a larger cabinet, with an extra pre-amp channel that's voiced more for guitar. I still have my first one. Great amp.

The Vegas is exactly as Dave just stated. A great amp for sure. If anyone wants a free list of info to upgrade the amp (filter caps, reverb mod and Peavey type tone mod), check the following link:
http://steelguitarforum.com/Forum17/HTML/006277.html

Take it...
I paid 300 for mine but its in perfect condition too, Shipping weight was 78 lbs..
It will take some learning to adjust it, im still learning but somewhere on here mebby back about a month ago I had a topic "Vegas 4oo" adjustment and got all the info I needed,,

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