Tell me about Maven Peal.

[guitarslinger]

Maven Peal Ganesha

Head
British Plexi based
1 to 100 watts
Variable Wattage and Sag controls
Switchable output tubes by pairs
Individual bias adjustment for each tube
Accepts various tube models
Dual Quad / bypassable effect loop
(can also be used as extra gain stage and Master Volume)


Anybody ever tried one? They look cool.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

All I know is that someone on HC "won" one a while back and now their out of business.

 

[guitarslinger]

All I know is that someone on HC "won" one a while back and now their out of business.

The MP website is still active. I think.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

All I know is that someone on HC "won" one a while back and now their out of business.

The MP website is still active. I think.

hmm...looks like they're back up and running

 

[guitarslinger]

So, does it just look cool and sound like an old Marshall with an Attenuator

Does it have enough gain without pedals??

 

[MichaelG]

Maven Peal is not out of business, just in a different business. Dave doesn't build amps anymore because at the price-point and with the expensive components he was using it just wasn't worth his while. He took a break and is now back building his own line of pedals.

I bought a Howler pedal from him earlier in the year and he was a pleasure to deal with. BTW the Howler is a great little pedal too, it blends with my amps like no other pedal I own.

I've never heard anything but good things about Maven Peal amps, including the Ganesha. A friend of mine bought a second-hand one and said it was an amazing take on a Plexi. I didn't ever hear it in person though so I'm not sure about the acheivable level of gain.

I would consider buying one just to have the power section!!!!! Put a dummy load on your favorite hi-gainer head, slave it through the Ganesha and adjsut wattage down to 1W of output.

 

[Rufus Leaking]

I don't know much about Maven Peal other then that there was always a whole lot of controversy surrounding them all the time. IIRC at the time they started promoting themselves on TGP, a disgruntled dealer / distributor also started posting and made a lot of claims of technical issues with their amps and other problems... the whole thing turned into a bizzare pissing match that played out for a few months. This was many years ago now.

I think Maven also went head to head with Kevin O'Conner many times with both parties laying claim to true power scaling or something like that.