Author Topic: Peavey Tubetech Series... (Read 2444 times)

Shash · « **on:** September 20, 2006, 12:01:29 AM »

Hey, after a while spent shopping for a new amp, I tried out the TransTube 112 EFX, was blown away by the versatility of the thing, seems to excel at any kind of tone and sounds amazing without having to crank...

Its pricetag was £399, before I take the plunge I wanted to check you guys couldnt think of something better in the same pricerange or a reason not to get it...

Thanks in advance for any input!

indysmith · « **Reply #1 on:** September 20, 2006, 07:49:21 AM »

isn't a transtube a hybrid? for £400 yu could get a real nice all-valve amp. you'll regret buying it later. i think if you A/B'd it against a few other amps you'd decide your a fool for even considering the peavey. Also I've heard a lot about peavey's reliability issues...

Hell Hound · « **Reply #2 on:** September 20, 2006, 09:07:33 AM »

Transtubes are pure solid state. If I were you I'd try some of those ValveKing before

Shash · « **Reply #3 on:** September 20, 2006, 09:33:17 AM »

Quote from: indysmith

isn't a transtube a hybrid? for £400 yu could get a real nice all-valve amp. you'll regret buying it later. i think if you A/B'd it against a few other amps you'd decide your a fool for even considering the peavey. Also I've heard a lot about peavey's reliability issues...

It's a hybrid, got a tube preamp or something, the thing is I don't want to have to crank to get good overdrive, and I don't want to have to shell out for an attenuator, therefore something like an AVT or transtube seems like a good idea...

Kilby · « **Reply #4 on:** September 20, 2006, 10:34:18 AM »

I have an AVT and beleive that you get the worst of both worlds.

You will never get poweramp distortion (well not the sort you would ever want) and a semi emulated preamp distortion. The Vox valve reactor is probably the only hybrid sircuit worth bothering about (and it emilates the poweramp as far as I remember).

If you want valve tones and also wish to crank it then, get a smaller amp, a 18 watt vaslve amp is still very loud (much more so than the equic solid state).

Personally I'd prefer an old mosfet design to the majority of valve preamp systems

Rob...

Hell Hound · « **Reply #5 on:** September 20, 2006, 12:40:09 PM »

Valve reactor sound pretty good, I got myself a Tonelab SE, very good for the money. There's many cheap tube amps nowadays like Peavey ValveKing or Randall RG50TC, Those maybe a better idea if you're not into modelling.