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The_Doc
Gold Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 05/17/2009 : 17:27:55
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I've got a Peavey Delta Blues jaymzHal and as the other members of my band would agree - it's freakin' loud! The 15" speaker helps and it's naturally got a good solid bottom end. Fantastic for blues and has a beautiful clean tone (even at low volumes). Like any combo it will sound better if you can get it off the deck and onto a stand or solid chair or something - just makes it sound crisper & projects the sound more effectively.
I've gigged with it in village halls, small clubs and the like and it's been fine. It's also been used at a couple of outdoor shows and, even though it was mic'd up - mainly for FOH mixing rather than for volume projection, I'm sure it would have been plenty loud for that too. Our band is drums, another guitarist, keyboards, bass & vocal and it cuts through that lot well enough.
The only thing it doesn't do too well, imho, is the proper classic rock crunch and drive (think AC/DC, Free, Bad Co) or the real saturated stuff (into metal territory, etc) - but it's not meant to do that (it's a blues amp). For that reason, I used Carl Martin PlexiTone pedal with it to get the rockier sounds and a Fulltone OCD for the heaviest stuff. I've also gone on to add a Marshall JVM to my rig for some numbers and will be using a switch to the Peavey for the clean / blues numbers. I run all my mod/delay effects through the Peavey's built in loop, which is fine.
A couple of practical things to know:
- you can't switch the reverb on or off with the footswitch for some odd reason - only the Trem and the channel select. Slightly strange that one but the reverb is of high quality when it's on.
- you can't turn on the boost feature from the footswitch either. Not a problem for me as our sound engineer will balance the volumes for solos and I don't use the boost switch but it could be difficult if your amp is parked well away from where you are standing.
I've used it in the home studio at low volume and, of course, the overdrive is not as fat as when the valves are being pushed at volume but it's good enough - perhaps just a bit brittle for my liking. As I said above though - the clean sound is excellent - on par with my early '70s Frender Pro Reverb - very nice.
Price-wise, I paid about �350 brand new around two years ago. Main guitars used with it are: a PRS Custom 22, a late 80's US Standard Fender Telecaster and a 2006 Gibson Les Paul Standard (all are stock with no modifications).
I guess your decision will be based on the guitar you use and the songs you play but I hope this helps a little.  |
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