BigGuyAtTheBack Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Just scored a Peavey Data bass combo off the old evilbay for £190. Checked it out for an hour or so, bl**dy loud! Hmm I'll give it a go on sat night at a wee pub gig. You know whats coming, half way thro' Teenage Kicks, it starts cutting out! Great, the DI out is still working so we are saved. On checking the amp at home (former eletronic tech in previous life) the speaker connections had vibrated off. Simple fix. Anyhoo anybody out there use these amps? problems? opinions etc Lets know your stories. Cheers Cammie Ps My usual rig is Marshall DBS7400, Peavey Tour115 and SWR 2x10. Basses AriaPro2 SB600, Laser Electric Classic, Beatle bass copy, all Lefties Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
machinehead Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 These are great combos. They are surprisingly loud aren't they? One thing to be careful about - the amp is quite powerful and it's easy to damage the speaker if you push it too hard. I used one for years and might well be still using it except for the weight. Frank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGuyAtTheBack Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 [quote name='machinehead' post='1065208' date='Dec 20 2010, 10:02 PM']These are great combos. They are surprisingly loud aren't they? One thing to be careful about - the amp is quite powerful and it's easy to damage the speaker if you push it too hard. I used one for years and might well be still using it except for the weight. Frank.[/quote] Hi Frank, it is bl**dy loud!! 450W into a 300W 4ohm speaker equals disaster methinks. I'm going to replace the speaker with an Eminence 400W 8ohm jobbie so I can hook it up to the Peavey Tour 115 as well and make our guitarists puke. Should be fun!! Cheers Cammie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Why you replacing the speaker? IIRC these came with quite a formidable Black Widow speaker installed (dead easy repairs if they do go wrong), which is a very good driver and matched to the enclosure. Most folks who I know have owned these have NEVER sold them and they've given 15-20 years of service with never a problem... and I agree they are bliddy loud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGuyAtTheBack Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 [quote name='warwickhunt' post='1065992' date='Dec 21 2010, 06:23 PM']Why you replacing the speaker? IIRC these came with quite a formidable Black Widow speaker installed (dead easy repairs if they do go wrong), which is a very good driver and matched to the enclosure. Most folks who I know have owned these have NEVER sold them and they've given 15-20 years of service with never a problem... and I agree they are bliddy loud! [/quote] Hi there, I'll probably replace the speaker as I want to hook up my peavey 115 and that would make the impedance too low for the amp to handle. The Data bass's speaker is only 300W 4 ohm and the amps capable of 450W @ 4ohm. I agree the Black Window's are good speakers, we use a Peavey PA system and have only blown one speaker in 16 years!! which I reconed. Cheers Cammie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 [quote name='BigGuyAtTheBack' post='1066047' date='Dec 21 2010, 07:19 PM']Hi there, I'll probably replace the speaker as I want to hook up my peavey 115 and that would make the impedance too low for the amp to handle. The Data bass's speaker is only 300W 4 ohm and the amps capable of 450W @ 4ohm. I agree the Black Window's are good speakers, we use a Peavey PA system and have only blown one speaker in 16 years!! which I reconed. Cheers Cammie[/quote] I can appreciate that if you are wanting to run an additional cab it's worth replacing the driver BUT if the amp section has an additional output can you not connect up an additional cab? I know many Peavey amps can run at 2ohms... I don't know for sure, just thinking out loud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigGuyAtTheBack Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 [quote name='warwickhunt' post='1066103' date='Dec 21 2010, 08:12 PM']I can appreciate that if you are wanting to run an additional cab it's worth replacing the driver BUT if the amp section has an additional output can you not connect up an additional cab? I know many Peavey amps can run at 2ohms... I don't know for sure, just thinking out loud. [/quote] The amp doesn't have an additional speaker out (internal speaker is hardwired into amp )and according to the spec's its 4 ohms minimum. Its one of those D class power amps, so I'm not going to push it 'cause knowing my luck! Looking forward to the next gig and seeing the the guitarists faces. I'm up against 2 100w Marshall half stacks, should be fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warwickhunt Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 [quote name='BigGuyAtTheBack' post='1066147' date='Dec 21 2010, 08:42 PM']The amp doesn't have an additional speaker out (internal speaker is hardwired into amp )and according to the spec's its 4 ohms minimum. Its one of those D class power amps, so I'm not going to push it 'cause knowing my luck! Looking forward to the next gig and seeing the the guitarists faces. I'm up against 2 100w Marshall half stacks, should be fun![/quote] Gotcha! I wasn't sure how it was configured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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