Ronnie Garvin (RIP) Peavey VTM 120 tone.

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The Peavey VTM 120 was one of the best sounding budget amplifiers of its time, but went virtually unnoticed by the music community. I believe Marshall sued Peavey over the design, and so it was discontinued. Ronnie never used pedals, so this is straight into the amp tone.



 
The man with the Fists of Stone is dead?? :cry:

Used to watch him Kick ass back with TBS Wrestling....
RIP Ronnie Garvin. :(
 
Mailman1971":3r7vfs4z said:
The man with the Fists of Stone is dead?? :cry:

Used to watch him Kick ass back with TBS Wrestling....
RIP Ronnie Garvin. :(
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glip22":188ufj76 said:
Mailman1971":188ufj76 said:
glip22":188ufj76 said:
Mailman1971":188ufj76 said:
The man with the Fists of Stone is dead?? :cry:

Used to watch him Kick ass back with TBS Wrestling....
RIP Ronnie Garvin. :(
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Garvin
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:doh: Garvin from Stranger. Dude who shot himself when they broke up. Great player. You're playing Dan :gethim:
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Actually Gary....once i saw Ronnie Garvin.....I thought of the wrestler. :yes:
He has mucho respect from me! Man with hands of stone! :rock:

Not familiar with the guy form the Stranger...... :no:

Not trying to play on this one....I will bow out. :thumbsup:
 
Wow. That sounds GREAT! And with Peavey cabs too. Does anyone know for sure if they were stock speakers or did he swap for Celestions or something else ?
 
paulyc":2ojhhamw said:
Wow. That sounds GREAT! And with Peavey cabs too. Does anyone know for sure if they were stock speakers or did he swap for Celestions or something else ?
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Ronnie used greenbacks and JBL's (or EV) with his Marshall rig. I assume he used the same with his PV rig, but I'm not sure. I know his tone had not changed much, if any.

The first band bar band I ever saw (thanks to a fake ID) was Romeo in '79. To this day, I have never heard anyone play Van Halen as well as Ronnie Garvin, and Greg sounded better than DLR himself! They landed a record deal, and changed their name to Stranger. Ronnie said it was because of Romeo Void.

Here's some info...
http://www.tampabaymusichistory.com/stranger.php
 
Thanks for that. I'm going to look up some more Stranger info and you tube videos. Great player...too bad he shot himself. Real bummer.
 
Mailman1971":2wfe7r02 said:
The man with the Fists of Stone is dead?? :cry:

Used to watch him Kick ass back with TBS Wrestling....
RIP Ronnie Garvin. :(
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that's who I thought of first, too lol
 
swamp woman made me think montrose. I could never get that tone out of my old vtm but then again I'm a terrible guitar player.
 
paulyc":2vgi6q8i said:
Thanks for that. I'm going to look up some more Stranger info and you tube videos. Great player...too bad he shot himself. Real bummer.
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The band was everything to Ronnie. The band broke-up, problems with his marriage, excessive drinking... Guess it was more than he could handle. He was one of the best players I've ever seen, and he is most certainly missed.

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cg ... d=11747817

RIP Ronnie. :salute:



 
I don't know anything about this, but I saw on another forum that someone said the VTMs were just props, and that the real tone was a stock Marshall with no pedals or anything. The person that wrote it said he knew Ronnie's tech...again, I don't know about it, not saying it's true, just pointing it out for discussion purposes...
 
paulyc":2mtgu0ti said:
I don't know anything about this, but I saw on another forum that someone said the VTMs were just props, and that the real tone was a stock Marshall with no pedals or anything. The person that wrote it said he knew Ronnie's tech...again, I don't know about it, not saying it's true, just pointing it out for discussion purposes...
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Ronnie did play through the VTM rig. I looked at this rig many times, and I never saw his Marshall tucked-away in the rears. That's not to say it wasn't there... I preferred his Marshall rig over the Peavey, but his tone wasn't drastically different to my ears. Ronnie was a HUGE influence on my playing for sure. He was also a fellow Michael Schenker fan! :thumbsup:
 
He was a great player and had some tone for sure. I was in the Bay Area when this happened and went to the memorial benefit. It was a great turn out.
 
Saw Stranger open for UFO on the Mechanics tour. I was impressed to say the least and bought the record on vinyl. Great great live player.Didn't know he had passed. Really a shame.
 
I just came across this. I'll set a couple things straight for future reference. Ronnie used early 80s EVM 12Ls in the cabinets. I had his number 1 cabinet for years after he passed.

Marshalls in the early days. then into the Peavey stuff in the late 80s onward. 50' "Lifeline" cables to roll off highs. 59 Strat with a custom bar..but stock bridge.

Dimarzios in the early days and on the 1st album. A JB was used by the late 80s as well...and may be the last pickup but not 100% sure.

He did use the VTMs live...they were not props. EVMs were loaded into the Peavey cabinets. wired to 8 ohms. That makes a big difference right there.

no pedals...occasionally a wah was patched in for a certain song and then promptly pulled out.

How do I know? I knew Ronnie all throughout his Stranger days, and after that I became guitarist with Greg Billings...Stranger lead vocalist. We still perform around Florida and play a lot of the old tunes. Ronnie is missed by the fans. If you were lucky enough to see them in the 80s...you KNOW. He was fantastic.
 
Mailman1971":2vy22jud said:
The man with the Fists of Stone is dead?? :cry:

Used to watch him Kick ass back with TBS Wrestling....
RIP Ronnie Garvin. :(
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I though EXACTLY the same thing :lol: :LOL:
 
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