Peavey Vypyr 15
Posted: Sat Nov 12, 2011 10:01 pm
So I picked one of these up last week to mees around with and use as a practice amp with the thought that I might be able to get by using it as a pre-amp into a PA for some of the casino gigs where they don't allow any stage amp/volume.
I got to say, I took it to a gig last night and used it with a line out of the headphone out, straight to my board EQ'd pretty much straight up on the board. I had 4 presets programmed in..1 was straight Deluxe clean, 2 was a peavey classic with a little OD added to it, 3 was the same clean tone with a reverb and delay added to it, and 4 was the 5150 with a pretty decent amount of gain set up.
Going straight to the board and coming out of my PA (JBL 12" monitors and Community 15" mains) it sounded really good. I was very surprised. I knew it would work but figured at stage volume with a full band it would start getting that thin solid state sound that alot of smaller ss amps have a tendancy to have when turned up. Not at all. IT was a little bright, but I was using a tele with a brand new set up pups that are a bit hot, just put new solid metal saddles and new set of strings. I had to drop the treble on the guitar a bit but man.. It was a nice little setup and cost me $88 including buying the 1/4" to 1/8" adaptor for the line out. I am tempted to take it back and buy the next size up but then figured why... This thing weights like 5 pounds, is small, and can do what I need. And, I can always go in and add a few more presets even though those 4 are the main ones I would always use.
Anyway, good little amp for the price...frontal control I think are better than the mustang's top controls, sounds are good, and It costs less than a fucking pedal.
As a somewhat hardcore tube amp player when I have been playing electric, I am not sure I will go back. The emulations out there and the sounds available are just awesome. I kind of wish Peavey would just make the guts of this into a stomp box/DI. That would be awesome.
I got to say, I took it to a gig last night and used it with a line out of the headphone out, straight to my board EQ'd pretty much straight up on the board. I had 4 presets programmed in..1 was straight Deluxe clean, 2 was a peavey classic with a little OD added to it, 3 was the same clean tone with a reverb and delay added to it, and 4 was the 5150 with a pretty decent amount of gain set up.
Going straight to the board and coming out of my PA (JBL 12" monitors and Community 15" mains) it sounded really good. I was very surprised. I knew it would work but figured at stage volume with a full band it would start getting that thin solid state sound that alot of smaller ss amps have a tendancy to have when turned up. Not at all. IT was a little bright, but I was using a tele with a brand new set up pups that are a bit hot, just put new solid metal saddles and new set of strings. I had to drop the treble on the guitar a bit but man.. It was a nice little setup and cost me $88 including buying the 1/4" to 1/8" adaptor for the line out. I am tempted to take it back and buy the next size up but then figured why... This thing weights like 5 pounds, is small, and can do what I need. And, I can always go in and add a few more presets even though those 4 are the main ones I would always use.
Anyway, good little amp for the price...frontal control I think are better than the mustang's top controls, sounds are good, and It costs less than a fucking pedal.
As a somewhat hardcore tube amp player when I have been playing electric, I am not sure I will go back. The emulations out there and the sounds available are just awesome. I kind of wish Peavey would just make the guts of this into a stomp box/DI. That would be awesome.