bgh
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(This thread is in response to a PM I received from another member. I evidently have not posted enough to be able to respond to them. Their PM made me wonder if anyone else had used these amps. Thus, this thread was born.)
Years ago, and several jobs ago, I received a small bonus from work. I went to the local brick-and-mortar music store to buy something different. They had just received some brand new Peavey Vypyrs (the original series). I messed around with it for a while and liked it.
The particular model that I bought was the Tube-60 (6L6 power tubes, 12ax7 PI). Compared to others in the series, the Tube-60 sounded much warmer, especially at volume.
The amp models were all analog. The effects were digital. Once I "learned" the amp, I began to use it quite a bit. In fact, it quickly became my "go to" amp at church. We had so many different setups that we had to use, and a modeler seemed to fit the bill.
I don't play much metal, so I typically used the clean channels and the lower gain channels. The Vypyr has some of the best solid-state cleans that I have ever heard. The dirt channels are good (lots of variety to choose from), but they are not "spot on" as far as what they model. (At least as concerns the amps that I had).
But, having said that, it had a wide range of tonal possibilities. Once you learned what each model was capable of, you had a lot of choices to choose from.
Like others, I did not like the fangs on mine, so I had it undergo some minor surgery. I think it looks a lot better without it.
I reached a point where I ended up leaving it at church. It was too much (for my back) for me to keep dragging it back and forth. It served me well for a number of years - until it started failing.
Little things at first. For example, timing errors during amp startup. I would have to boot multiple times before it would detect the control pedal that was plugged into it. That one I could live with. The one that caused me to take it home and leave it was that it developed an issue where, if while I was playing, I made an adjustment, the amp would lock up and go silent. Power on and power off was the only answer.
Now, I still use it for messing around. But, it just isn't reliable enough to take anywhere where I have to rely on it performing correctly.
They (Peavey) replaced the line with multiple new models. From what I could tell, none of them matched to tone of the original. By the time the Vypyr Pro came out, I was so turned off from their whole process that I decided I wasn't going to get one.
I know this amp is an older amp, and the series has been discontinued, but it would be interesting to hear from any others concerning their experiences.
Years ago, and several jobs ago, I received a small bonus from work. I went to the local brick-and-mortar music store to buy something different. They had just received some brand new Peavey Vypyrs (the original series). I messed around with it for a while and liked it.
The particular model that I bought was the Tube-60 (6L6 power tubes, 12ax7 PI). Compared to others in the series, the Tube-60 sounded much warmer, especially at volume.
The amp models were all analog. The effects were digital. Once I "learned" the amp, I began to use it quite a bit. In fact, it quickly became my "go to" amp at church. We had so many different setups that we had to use, and a modeler seemed to fit the bill.
I don't play much metal, so I typically used the clean channels and the lower gain channels. The Vypyr has some of the best solid-state cleans that I have ever heard. The dirt channels are good (lots of variety to choose from), but they are not "spot on" as far as what they model. (At least as concerns the amps that I had).
But, having said that, it had a wide range of tonal possibilities. Once you learned what each model was capable of, you had a lot of choices to choose from.
Like others, I did not like the fangs on mine, so I had it undergo some minor surgery. I think it looks a lot better without it.
I reached a point where I ended up leaving it at church. It was too much (for my back) for me to keep dragging it back and forth. It served me well for a number of years - until it started failing.
Little things at first. For example, timing errors during amp startup. I would have to boot multiple times before it would detect the control pedal that was plugged into it. That one I could live with. The one that caused me to take it home and leave it was that it developed an issue where, if while I was playing, I made an adjustment, the amp would lock up and go silent. Power on and power off was the only answer.
Now, I still use it for messing around. But, it just isn't reliable enough to take anywhere where I have to rely on it performing correctly.
They (Peavey) replaced the line with multiple new models. From what I could tell, none of them matched to tone of the original. By the time the Vypyr Pro came out, I was so turned off from their whole process that I decided I wasn't going to get one.
I know this amp is an older amp, and the series has been discontinued, but it would be interesting to hear from any others concerning their experiences.
If had gigged, I would have never really considered it a serious part of my stage rig...just too unreliable. I guess maybe 
they resolved some of the freeze/locking issues 
