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They're cheap to buy - a Classic should be possible to find for under £200 up to about £250, a Deuce for £200 to £300 and the Mace is very rare and probably more expensive due to the direct Skynyrd association.
They are also heavy...
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"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I'm actually quite surprised that no-one - as far as I'm aware, but I have looked - has made a 70s-Peavey-in-a-box pedal yet. You would think that with the Skynyrd association and the fact that it should be achievable in the most part by just copying the existing solid-state preamp circuit, that it would have been done...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
The Peavey 'Saturation' circuit is actually quite clever, and has dual-stage clipping - it has both Tube Screamer (SD-1) type soft overdrive in a feedback loop, and Rat-type hard clipping - the further you turn up the saturation control, the more the Rat-type clipping dominates.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I might just wait until a peavey comes up for sale closer to me but I am getting a really good deal on the SD1 and a case for my Tele.
(Edit - corrected for not reading the schematic properly!)
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
First footswitch controlled channel-switching amp I ever saw, to a 16 year-old brought up on either nasty FAL/RSC combos stuff or very, very, very tired AC30s or WEM Dominators it was like a vision of the future and unbelievably glamorous even without the Skynyrd connection...
It was actually possible to engage either channel independently or both both channels simultaneously, depending on which of the two sockets you’d plugged into you’d get them either in parallel or cascaded in series which turned it into a sort of poor mans Boogie with levels of sustain/distortion/compression never previously encountered in our corner of West Yorkshire :-)
I had one for a while and only really tested it at home so whilst i know they go quiet i can't really make a statement about the tone.
For gigging however they're brilliant. Really loud, great sound and takes pedals really well. Basically the closest you can get to a twin reverb on a budget.
I think i paid £120 for mine a couple of years ago and moved it on as didn't have the room to keep it.
At the prices you're talking about this could be a great bargain, but if you need a new set of valves or repairs doing, it could start to get quite expensive. Hopefully you've got a good one though?
I am really looking forward to cranking it up though!
These do, at least for a clean sound. Whether you’ll be able to get anything very Skynyrd-like with just the preamp distortion at low volume is more questionable...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
No output, when I strum heavily I get a loud crackling noise, like input is going through but a dodgy connection won't allow it to go through fully, pre and post gain set to half way, if I drop them down I dont even get crackling.
Looking into it from the back I can only see the right hand tubes glowing but the sun is bright so the other two may be glowing , its hard to tell.
Any ideas? Guitar works fine, lead works fine.
I will give the guy a bought it from a call to see if he can shed any light on it but thought I would ask here first in case its something simple like a poorly seated tube that's shaken loose from the car journey or something.
Try plugging the guitar into the Power Amp In jack. It could possibly be corroded switch contacts there which are stopping a signal getting through unless it’s very loud.
If it’s not that it’s a trip to a tech unfortunately.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I put the cable in and out a few times and this seems to have helped, it sounds a little better. I guess it needs to come apart to clean this socket?
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I am not seeing any contacts in there unless there is a plug plugged into it, unless its behind this?