Peavey reunited

[SH73]

Last week, I was reunited with the very first amp I bought in 1990, a Peavey combo 26Oc mark III.  I bought it second hand and used it for rehearsals and gigs. In the mid 90's I stupidly lent it to the band I had played in and some idiot who ran the village hall where the band rehearsed used it without anyone's permission for a DJ night. Since then the amp sounded distorted. It then sat in a garage until late 2000s when I used it a couple of times. Last time I used it was about 16 years ago, still a horrible distorted sound. Then it sat in a garage with temperatures as high as 30+ C in summer, and -15 C in winter. It was covered with a thick blanket inside if a flight box. I had it sent to me,it traveled in a back of a courier van for about 1000 miles. When it arrived , I unpacked it and   plugged it in through a European to UK conversation plug , and didn't even turn on. I called a repair shop in Kent, who will take a look at it for me  in January.Today, I removed the amp from the cabinet , checked the internal fuse, put a UK plug on. Plugged it in and nothing, gave the kettle lead a bit of a wiggle this was followed by a huge pop. Plugged the bass in and  for some mysterious reason it plays, clean sound.Very loud. The distortion from years ago has gone. I hope there was some residue stuck inside the speaker that caused the distortion and it somehow moved during the  transport. The switches are very crackly but a good old contact spray may sort it. I still may have it serviced. This beast is heavy, 33 kg. Tomorrow I replace the kettle lead and have some fun playing through it.

[bigthumb]

That looks great after all those years. I’d love to be reunited with my old Combo 300. Doubt very much that I could lift it now. I struggled with it when I was in my late teens! 

[SH73]

3 minutes ago, bigthumb said:

That looks great after all those years. I’d love to be reunited with my old Combo 300. Doubt very much that I could lift it now. I struggled with it when I was in my late teens! 

Unbelievable feeling, sat unused sitting in a box. No issues lifting it for me., but yeah weighs like an elephant baby.

[SH73]

[bigthumb]

There’s a 300 on eBay and not a million miles from me but I’d guess that they are well over 40kg. I don’t need another stay in hospital! 

[BlueMoon]

I stupidly took mine to the local container park (tip) after a serious downsizing of gear back in the early 00's!

 

I'm sure it never made it to the crusher though, given how many eyes were all over it. I hope somebody got to enjoy it as much as I did from new.

[SH73]

On 16/12/2024 at 19:54, bigthumb said:

There’s a 300 on eBay and not a million miles from me but I’d guess that they are well over 40kg. I don’t need another stay in hospital! 

With back or ears?

[bigthumb]

7 minutes ago, SH73 said:

With back or ears?

Defiantly back and possible ears! 

[lemmywinks]

Christ I still have nightmares about my first amp, wouldn't have it back for free!

 

 

[SH73]

Just now, lemmywinks said:

Christ I still have nightmares about my first amp, wouldn't have it back for free!

 

 

Why? 🤮

[sbrag]

More proof that you can't kill a 90s Peavey. 

[ebenezer]

I had one of these combo's,  great amp and when you look at the features,  massively ahead of it's time...33kgs!! And to think,  I used to carry it up  flights of stairs by myself. 

[SH73]

2 hours ago, sbrag said:

More proof that you can't kill a 90s Peavey. 

This was manufactured in 1981, it was unused for about 14 years, then used for a couple of hours, then in storage  again for 16 years! 

[Norris]

My old Databass combo is in the garage - it looks very similar to your 260c. I think it's likely to stay there though as I've aged a bit since I last carried it into a gig. Massive enough to have its own gravitational field!

[Baloney Balderdash]

I use the poweramp section (going into the Effects Return input) of my Peavey Special 112 160W guitar combo for my "amp-less" setup, with the build in 12" speaker disconnected, and instead hooked up to a FRFR passive PA speaker.

 

Sounds phenomenal.

 

I love these old Peavey amps.

 

 

But yeah, weights about a ton.

 

Edited December 27, 2024 by Baloney Balderdash

[SuperSeagull]

Earlier this year I got the chance to play through this Peavey TKO that I bought 34 years ago at Tiger Music in Brighton. Sold it 25 years ago and here it is, still going strong at a local church.