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Topic: Peavey "Vintage" Tweed Twin
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Grant Johnson
Member From: Nashville TN
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posted 12 May 2005 11:49 AM
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Has anyone played their PSG through one of these? They are a seventies 2x12 80 watt tweed covered combo designed to compete with a fender twin. The power section is 4 6l6's and the pre-amp is solid state....[This message was edited by Grant Johnson on 12 May 2005 at 12:39 PM.] |
David Doggett
Member From: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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posted 12 May 2005 03:29 PM
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Oops, disregard - wrong amp.Yep, the lead guitar in one of my groups got one of the reissue Tweed Twins (it's an '05 version of the late '50s Tweed Twin). It is a real reissue with hand wiring and two 12s. It has a very clear bright tube sound - no mud. It is actually too loud for him (he mostly plays through a Tweed Deluxe maxed out), but was not quite loud enough for me on pedal steel (not enough sustain with my volume pedal). For a steeler who only needs moderate volume and likes a bright sound, it might do fine - along those lines it has great tone. But it has no reverb, so you would need a reverb or delay unit to go with it. For reference, for pedal steel I prefer the deeper voice and greater volume of silver face Fenders and 15" speakers (and they are much less expensive). I normally play through either a 100 watt Dual Showman head, or a 180 watt Super Twin in a head cabinet.[This message was edited by David Doggett on 13 May 2005 at 12:45 PM.] |
Tim Harr
Member From: East Peoria, Illinois
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posted 12 May 2005 03:42 PM
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Grant is talking about a PEAVEY amplifier. You are talking about a FENDER amp.Not the same thing |
Grant Johnson
Member From: Nashville TN
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posted 12 May 2005 03:57 PM
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Yes. This amp resembles the Fender Tweed Twin and the Peavey Tweed Classic Series (90's) but this model was from the 70's with reverb and a solid state pre-amp. |
jim milewski
Member From: stowe, vermont
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posted 12 May 2005 04:52 PM
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I have a earlier version of a Peavey that takes on a Twin, it's the Heritage, op amp IC's front end and four 6L6 outputs,and twin twelve speakers, (these a very affordable now, I have one for sale as I speak), anyway the Heritage is a good amp for steel in my opinion. I would think the tweed Peavey would be as good and probably better |
Glenn Austin
Member From: Montreal, Canada
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posted 12 May 2005 05:57 PM
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I've never tried one of these, but I 've seen a player from my home town use one of these with an MSA and it sounded good. I think that the solid state pre with a tube power section is a cool idea. |
ajm
Member From: Los Angeles
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posted 12 May 2005 07:12 PM
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Getting back to Grant's topic, the amp I believe he is describing looks like a 50's tweed Twin, or a Classic 30/50. It is all tube, and used a 6C10 in the preamp. It is NOT a tube/transistor hybrid. It came in a 2x12, a 4x12, and a 6x10 version. It was after this amp that Peavey began making the tube/transistor amps.
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Dyke Corson
Member From: Urbana, IL USA
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posted 13 May 2005 07:53 AM
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I sold Bob Watson one of these in the 70s and we took it over to my grandpa's house and he made a 15" baffle board and we put a BW in it. If I remember right it sounded pretty darn good, plus it looked cool! Bob traded me a Fender Super Reverb at the time towards the amp. If I remember right, there were some Vintage amps with all solid state pre-amps, and some with a couple of small preamp tubes. I think there were 410, 610 and 212 versions of these. Peavey actually used the word "Balls" in their ad for this amp back in the 70s! I've always heard that Hartley wanted a knob that said "Balls" on an amp![This message was edited by Dyke Corson on 13 May 2005 at 07:54 AM.] |
Dave Grafe
Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA
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posted 14 May 2005 11:00 AM
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Yup, Peavey first came out with them in late 1972, there was a 410 and a 212 for sure, can't say about a 610. We sold them at Giant Music in Arlington, VA and I thought seriously about buying one. I was just starting to play pedals and needed an amp, the Peavey Vintage sounded great with a guitar and lap steel but with the PSG it had too much distortion for that BE tone I was so horny for. Still am. ------------------
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