japetus
awawa
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Peavey Supreme 160s are metal machines!
japetus
awawa
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It's Bandit though. Supreme 160's and Bandits were 2 different animals
Devin
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I still say my VTM60 can comfortably hang with just about any other amp out there
It looks like fucking shit but sounds amazing and seems to be indestructible
It looks like fucking shit but sounds amazing and seems to be indestructible
WizardAmpIphoneClip
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Peavey Bandit teal stripe supremacy
The Polish Hammer
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I would'nt exactly say sh**ty.
People love the Rockmaster Preamp, myself included.
The Supreme 160 has been a go-to for many metal and death metal bands.
The VTM amps are legends in their own right. People go Apesh*t for those things. They sound awesome.
The Rockman sound??...
Hmmm, let's see......Joe Satriani recorded most of Surfing with the Alien with one.
Def Leppard recorded all of their amazing album Hysteria with one.
ZZ Tops Album Afterburner was pretty much all Rockman.
Ohhhhh, Almost forgot about Boston. The tone on their Amazing albums.... Rockman stuff..
Sh*t, Even the band Carcass mixed some Rockman sound in with the 5150's they were using to record their album Heartwork..
Did I miss any??
The Polish Hammer
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As a FB friend of James Brown I can sincerely say that the Teal Stripe Bandit/Supreme 160/Renown 1-12 and 2-12/ Classic Chorus 212 all share the same preamp.
Ohhhh.. almost forgot. The VERY rare and awesome Revolution head.
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mnemonic
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I was excited about those pedals for about 2 minutes until I saw they were all solidstate. It would have been so cool to have tube pedals of classic peavey circuits like a rockmaster and vtm. With switch mode power supplies what they are these days, they wouldn’t have had to put transformers in them to get high voltage.
I tried to do the solidstate preamp pedal thing on-and-off for a couple years but it just doesn’t do it for me.
I tried to do the solidstate preamp pedal thing on-and-off for a couple years but it just doesn’t do it for me.
SgtThump
Real OG
I had a Rockmaster preamp and the Peavey 6L6 power amp many years ago. One gig and it was gone. Not my thing. To me it was shitty.
The Rockman was super cool back in the early/mid '80s. But you only get that one tone. That worked for some bands at the time, but I can't imagine anyone using that tone today.
Sorry man. Didn't mean to shit all over your opinions.
The Polish Hammer
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It's all good...
That's why they make chocolate and strawberry ice cream. Everybody likes something different. *Shrug*
bubbastain
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i love my VTM60’s (I have two). I bought the VTM preamp pedal mostly out of curiosity. Through a tube power amp it does sound like a VTM although a bit more stiff/sterile. Only really something you’d hear in person. My actual VTM just seems to have more of a bounce/woody thing. Maybe because all the components are 40ish years old.I still say my VTM60 can comfortably hang with just about any other amp out there
It looks like fucking shit but sounds amazing and seems to be indestructible
They did something weird with the gain 2 dipswitch though. It just sounds wrong. Almost like a weird transistor fart tone to it. Nothing like the gain 2 dipswitch on the real amp. Not a big deal. I usually run the gain at a nice crunch and boost if I need more.
BenoA
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It was back in January so my memory is lacking but really liked those three when I tried the pedals at the Peavey booth at NAMM.
RaceU4her
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The Polish Hammer
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It tiz....
All the Teal Stripe Peaveys share the same preamp. (Except for the little dinky amps like the rage and the Envoy)
The Polish Hammer
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Hopefully nothing I said here today will void any warranties or have someone blow up thousands of dollars worth of equipment...
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