JapanAxe Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I had a rehearsal yesterday at a studio in Bristol. Most of the kit in there was Peavey. I have grown inordinately fond of my Demeter/Barefaced rig, and previous rehearsal room setups (Ampeg via Trace Elliot, and monster Hartke stack) have left me distinctly underwhelmed with their woolly sound. I had other stuff to take and didn't know how close I'd be able to park, so I compromised and just took the Demeter head (and P-bass). Ignoring the supplied Tour 450, I plugged the Demeter into a Peavey 4x10 - and it sounded bloody good! Clearly both the head and the cab (not to mention the room) influence the final output, but I had perhaps unfairly written off Peavey cabs as bomb-proof, workmanlike, and un-sexy. Having said that, I wouldn't want to start humping the cab around, as it was about the size of my garden shed. The studio had sensibly mounted it on a wheeled 'dolly' for rolling it around the room, but lifting the thing is not something I would want to undertake single-handed, or preferably at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubrad Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I used to have a couple of Peavey 410T cabs about 20-25 years ago.. belting kit, loud as you like and clear too! Not a one hand lift, mind.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PTB Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I agree completely. My old 4 ohm Peavey 4x10 was a great cab but impossible for me to move single handed even with castors. I went through a couple of cabs before getting a Barefaced Super 12T for all the usual reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lw. Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I used to have one (with the standard 1x15 to go with it) - they've got a good sound but I'd say your initial evaluation is probably still a fair one. Sounded thunderous in their day but lugging the 4x10 (the 1x15 wasn't too bad) up & down venue stairs was a nightmare! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 The 410TVX is one of my fave sounding cabs, but as many have found, they`re just too big/heavy to be practical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahpook Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 [quote name='hubrad' timestamp='1431967795' post='2776727'] I used to have a couple of Peavey 410T cabs about 20-25 years ago.. belting kit, loud as you like and clear too! Not a one hand lift, mind.. [/quote] Yep, me too - loved the sound, but the weight was a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverfoxnik Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1431972628' post='2776817'] The 410TVX is one of my fave sounding cabs, but as many have found, they`re just too big/heavy to be practical. [/quote] I had one about 8 or 9 years ago; it really was a great sounding cab... In fact, for the money, it was quite incredible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bassman7755 Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 (edited) In the 90's the peavey 4x10 was the go-to cab for the bass player on a budget (I think I paid £129 for mine brand new !), its what you had when you graduated from your TNT and went to separates, and yeah I'd happily play through one today so long someone else was carting it around for me. Edited May 18, 2015 by bassman7755 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planer Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Had a Peavey 1516e for a long while. I miss the sound, I don't miss the 45kg. Loved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswareham Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Seriously underrated gear Peavey. Had a Mk III head and 1820 cabinet for most of the 1990s, and it was a great sounding, ultra reliable rig. When my SVT was in for repair, the Bass Gallery gave me a Mk IV as a loaner on the basis they'd buy it back off me for the same I paid them as long as it was in the same condition. I considered hanging onto it as a back up. Now you can pick up utter bargains such as an 1810 cab (older version of the 1820) for £50 on eBay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truckstop Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 Currently own a Max700 and a Firebass700 and a TVX 410 and a TVX 210. For bigger gigs it's worth lugging it all around although I usually just use the 210. Great tone that you only get from massive transformers and 24mm ply! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebenezer Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 The early peavey amps and cabs were a cut above, and very good value. I remember reading a 410 shootout in bassplayer magazine..cabs under $1000 these included swr and eden cabs, and the peavey 410tx(as it was then) sounded as good as the posh!! cabs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bridge Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 I had a Peavey TVX 410, Before I purchased a compact and GB Streamliner 900, loved the sound, but, played my last gig, propped against a wall, dosed up with painkillers and alcohol, after attempting to move cab on my own, from storage cupboard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmccombe7 Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 I had a custom cab built in early 80's with 1x12" & 1x15" Peavey Black Widow speakers and it sounded great with my Peavey Mk4 2 channel head. Was heavy too but in those days it was all heavy gear. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 [quote name='Lozz196' timestamp='1431972628' post='2776817'] The 410TVX is one of my fave sounding cabs [/quote] Ditto. And I'm really fussy about cabs!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 If I'm picky it didn't give me the woody top end that I get out of my BF Midget, but it was still far better than I expected for rehearsal room kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacey Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 [quote name='Truckstop' timestamp='1432027962' post='2777311'] Currently own a Max700 and a Firebass700 and a TVX 410 and a TVX 210. For bigger gigs it's worth lugging it all around although I usually just use the 210. Great tone that you only get from massive transformers and 24mm ply! [/quote] The Firebass was ahead of its time sound wise, its deliberately sounds just like a huge big old 400w valve head, deep, loud and slightly over driven on the input gain it could pass for any valve head, in todays retro sound chasing players it is bang on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingBollock Posted May 19, 2015 Share Posted May 19, 2015 (edited) I have a T-Max 500 and a 410tx, they sound great. As has been said, though, incredibly heavy, especially as the amp is in a packed 8u rack along with a stereo power amp. I suffer with a bad back and even if I had lighter gear I would still need someone to help me move it (all the bands I ever played in used to help each other with moving gear, it just makes sense) anyway, and this stuff is perfectly manageable between two. Edited May 20, 2015 by KingBollock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTypeV4 Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 Loved my 410TXV.. Big and heavy but sounded great so good infact that I sold my Trace 1048H as the Peavey was so much better in every respect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismuzz Posted May 20, 2015 Share Posted May 20, 2015 [quote name='VTypeV4' timestamp='1432082036' post='2778044'] Loved my 410TXV.. Big and heavy but sounded great so good infact that I sold my Trace 1048H as the Peavey was so much better in every respect. [/quote] I fully get that. The only cabs I love more than Peavey TVX series are markbass. All the other "bright" cabs are way too harsh on the high end but these both have a perfect balance of attack and warmth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britsie Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 The only reason I sold my Peavey 4x10 is because it was so big and heavy. Sound/prize-wise it was a killer-cab! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafbass02 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 [quote name='ahpook' timestamp='1431973910' post='2776842'] Yep, me too - loved the sound, but the weight was a problem. [/quote] Yup. Me too. I've owned some great cabs, but I've always enjoyed a peavey 4x10. Till it was time to lift it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casapete Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Had a 410TX for a few years. Great sounding cab,stupid value for the money etc just felt like it was bolted to the floor. Used it with a Trace 500 and it never struggled at all. I can never understand how some companies can charge so much for a cabinet that has say Eminence speakers in it, however 'special' the design. Think Peavey made their own drivers so I guess it could have been economy of scale and bargain chipboard! Even so, think mine was £219 new, when others with not dissimilar specs were three or four times the price. Crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hubrad Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I never had a problem, as such, with the lifting, but then I was mad into rock climbing so I suppose I was pretty fit at the time. TWO of the Peaveys, with a Trace preamp into a Peavey CS1000 power amp.. loud and very clean 'cos of the headroom, but that was a proper carful of gear! Thinking of this has reminded me that I wired a couple of speaker sockets into the boot of the car - Escort then Fiesta so I had to have the back seats down - then I could plug the bog-standard cassette player through the pair of 410Ts.. some thought it a little extreme! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted May 22, 2015 Author Share Posted May 22, 2015 [quote name='hubrad' timestamp='1432293065' post='2780069'] I never had a problem, as such, with the lifting, but then I was mad into rock climbing so I suppose I was pretty fit at the time. TWO of the Peaveys, with a Trace preamp into a Peavey CS1000 power amp.. loud and very clean 'cos of the headroom, but that was a proper carful of gear! Thinking of this has reminded me that I wired a couple of speaker sockets into the boot of the car - Escort then Fiesta so I had to have the back seats down - then I could plug the bog-standard cassette player through the pair of 410Ts.. some thought it a little extreme! :-D [/quote] Any good for metal!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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