At the solidstate (ss) forefront, the Peavey brand name remains formidable. It wouldn't be too far fetched to say that the manufacturer is the leading solidstate developer, churning out countless, superb-sounding, non-tube units. The manufacturer is indeed well known for its tube emulating ss units, the pristine manifestation (drive-wise) can be well heard from the 12" driver equipped units. The Studio Pro 112 depicted here (discnt'd) is one such amp. The clean tones coming from this amp is above-average, positively devoid of that flat response coming from many non-tube units. The different drive modes on board would please the crunch fans as well as the intense distortion-inclined among us. The drive here gets more organic once the user turn its volume up, not-quite like how power tubes react once the aforementioned knob is cranked but the difference in tonal output made its presence heard. As it is no longer in production, if you are keen on a no-nonsense amp on days when you find hooking up pedals is too cumbersome, the Studio Pro is it. If you chance upon one clearing for a good price, do give it a sound consideration (forgive the pun).
2 comments:
i'm a believer of peavey ss transtube too!
Juju
There are too many people who dismiss SS tones due to tube snobbery but given a good SS tone, I'd prefer one over the tubes.
As for Peavey, this manufacturer takes pride in the SS offerings which I greatly respect- good SS tones give a sound (forgive the pun) alternative to tubes (not saying the tubes are rubbish, definitely not).
I also have my Sound Drive amp to be content with.
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