NAD Peavey stuff

[Shreddy Mercury]

I had a bud I used to jam with back in the day and we chat guitar and memes now and then. A few weeks ago, he asked if I still had my 1960A Vintage cab and I did, it was just collecting dust at my parent's house. He asked if I'd be interested in trading for a 3120 and after some research and thinking on it, I decided to go over there today and try it out. I had never played one, though I had jammed on a XXX briefly years ago. I gave it a whirl and ended up coming home with it. It's pretty clean, in great shape, and I liked that I could get all the gain I'd really ever want in a guitar tone on the crunch channel with the gain up to like 2, maybe 3. That's not bad at all. It allowed me to easily roll back the volume to clean it up enough, and still give me a good crunch, but not too heavy that notes got muddy and just turned into fuzz. The clean was a really good sound, at least how I was using it, and didn't sound like the clean a high gainer would have. I didn't much care for the red channel in my brief testing as there was just sooooo much gain on it.

I am going to have to figure out this active eq though and I need to figure out how to use the channel volume, channel gain, and master volume in unison to get what I want. I've never seen a master volume amp where a channel had a volume AND a gain. That's going to take a bit to figure out how I like it but I always enjoy getting a new piece of gear.

 

[napalmdeath]

Put a 5751 in V2, and the red channel will be more usable. Great amps. It's a XXX, just renamed, and different cosmetics.

You definitely want to turn up the master, and fine-tune with the channel volumes. It'll sound fuller/fatter.

 

[Techdeth]

I just saw Dying Fetus and John was using this amp. Sounded great. As good as the band before who had Fortin jcm800s.

 

[JohnnyGtar]

I sort of like mine, but in my experience these amps have a very spongy/mushy attack compared to other Peavey high gain amps both in person and on YouTube clips. I like very percussive amps and this amp just isn't doing that. I've tried every trick in the book except for using an SD-1 or a Tube Screamer to tighten it up. It's for sale. For me, my Peavey Triumph slays the 3120/Triple X. The Triumph's attack is very percussive and it's a very articulate. I don't need an OD pedal with this amp. I have the combo with the stock speaker and it sounds great, but it's exceptional through my Egnater Armageddon 4x12 loaded with G12-75T's and 2 K100s in an x pattern. I know that's not a popular speaker set, but it works with my 4x12. I plan on replacing the K100's with Vintage 30's though. Congrats on your new amp!

 

[dave74]

I sort of like mine, but in my experience these amps have a very spongy/mushy attack compared to other Peavey high gain amps both in person and on YouTube clips. I like very percussive amps and this amp just isn't doing that. I've tried every trick in the book except for using an SD-1 or a Tube Screamer to tighten it up. It's for sale. For me, my Peavey Triumph slays the 3120/Triple X. The Triumph's attack is very percussive and it's a very articulate. I don't need an OD pedal with this amp. I have the combo with the stock speaker and it sounds great, but it's exceptional through my Egnater Armageddon 4x12 loaded with G12-75T's and 2 K100s in an x pattern. I know that's not a popular speaker set, but it works with my 4x12. I plan on replacing the K100's with Vintage 30's though. Congrats on your new amp!

You might at least think about replacing the t75s and doing the v30/k100 mix. Some love it and others not, but IMO they are the perfect blended chaos.

 

[napalmdeath]

I sort of like mine, but in my experience these amps have a very spongy/mushy attack compared to other Peavey high gain amps both in person and on YouTube clips. I like very percussive amps and this amp just isn't doing that. I've tried every trick in the book except for using an SD-1 or a Tube Screamer to tighten it up. It's for sale. For me, my Peavey Triumph slays the 3120/Triple X. The Triumph's attack is very percussive and it's a very articulate. I don't need an OD pedal with this amp. I have the combo with the stock speaker and it sounds great, but it's exceptional through my Egnater Armageddon 4x12 loaded with G12-75T's and 2 K100s in an x pattern. I know that's not a popular speaker set, but it works with my 4x12. I plan on replacing the K100's with Vintage 30's though. Congrats on your new amp!

Hit it with a boost. Won't be for sale anymore.

 

[JohnnyGtar]

Hit it with a boost. Won't be for sale anymore.

I might try that. What pedals do you suggest? I'm on a budget. I can afford a TS9 ($109.00 at Sweetwater) but that's my price limit. Boss SD-1 is cheaper and I've hear good reports on them. ($62.99 at Sweetwater)

 

[Brandonrz]

I might try that. What pedals do you suggest? I'm on a budget.

Can’t go wrong with just a simple maxon od808.