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Peavey Penta Amp
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:22 am
by Mike
This is properly weird.
http://www.peavey.com/products/browse.c ... E+Head.cfm
Single channel amp with one EQ, but 5 modes which change the "voicing and EQ of the amp".
Tree - Clean
Star - "Plexi" style
Bull - modded JCM800 style
Cactus - looser Marshall
MudflapGirl - hiGain
You can set a mode on the front and rear Pentatone selectors and footswitch between them. Very odd. I imagine you'll get massive volume/EQ changes.
It's bloody expensive too - like ?1,200.
Re: Peavey Penta Amp
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:32 am
by euan
Mike wrote:
MudflapGirl - hiGain
Peavey continues its female friendly naming schemes.
Re: Peavey Penta Amp
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:57 am
by Doog
Mike wrote:You can set a mode on the front and rear Pentatone selectors and footswitch between them. Very odd.
Fuckin' dumb. Why not put them both on the front? Idiots.
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:05 am
by Mike
It's Peavey. Just seems so many counterintuitive features and at that price? I think not.
Cosmetically it looks nice thuogh.
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:43 pm
by a.aaron
the penta voice knob looks like the same concept the old Orange amps had, the FAC knob.
Guitar Center closest to me now stocks Peavey, i was a bit dissapointed in them.
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 10:12 pm
by ekwatts
The EQ controls are very simple. There are four excellent sounds, and one awful one (I'll let you guess which). This isn't designed as some ultra-modern switchmonster, it's more like a slightly more flexible Marshall Vintage Modern, with you controlling it mostly from the guitars volume control rather than relying on simply switching between the two modes.
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:14 am
by a.aaron
ekwatts wrote:There are four excellent sounds... like a slightly more flexible Marshall
how did
you use "excellent sounds" and "marshall" in the same breath?
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:34 am
by Nick
Adventures in Pentaland?
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:03 am
by light rail coyote
Nick wrote:Adventures in Pentaland?
It took huge resistance on my part to keep from bringing that up
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:32 am
by Mike
Did Eric just blindly defend Peavey again?
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:21 am
by theshadowofseattle
You know you're about to rawk out when you switch amp channels from the Star of David to a Cactus.
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:27 am
by luke
theshadowofseattle wrote:You know you're about to rawk out when you switch amp channels from the Star of David to a Cactus.
It even has an Aug setting!
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:30 am
by Doog
a.aaron wrote:ekwatts wrote:There are four excellent sounds... like a slightly more flexible Marshall
blah blah amp snobbery blah blah
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:32 am
by Doog
theshadowofseattle wrote:You know you're about to rawk out when you switch amp channels from the Star of David to a Cactus.
hahahaha
"ENOUGH OF THIS JEW ROCK! LET'S STEP IT UP TO SAHARA!"
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:40 am
by Mike
Doog wrote:a.aaron wrote:ekwatts wrote:There are four excellent sounds... like a slightly more flexible Marshall
blah blah amp snobbery blah blah
It's tiresome isn't it?
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:42 am
by theshadowofseattle
Marshall fanboys wrote: 
We all know the FENDER BASSMAN TEN is clearly the superior amp, as well as Goldilocks' amp of choice.
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:44 am
by Mike
If you like Bassmans, you like Marshalls.
Fact.
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:17 pm
by timhulio
It goes up to 11. That's not remotely funny.
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:21 pm
by luke
timhulio wrote:It goes up to 11. That's not remotely funny.
Good observation. What a crappy amplifier.
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 2:56 pm
by Sloan
wtf?
is the first setting a tree?