Peavey Super Festival Reissue

[PinkMohawk]

Something pretty niche, but special for those of us who still love the old Peavey era. The old Super Festival has been reissued, as well as a 6x10 with the classic style. Remains to be seen just how accurate to the original it is, but given that I know there are at least a couple of amp worshippers on the staff there, I have high hopes about it. 

[eude]

I'm really happy to see this.

I loved Peavey stuff back in the day, even the 90s stuff.

I really hope they keep running with this homage effort. They've re released the Decade and there's a handful of new preamp pedals, all with the classic 80s and not so classic 90s styling.

[PinkMohawk]

4 hours ago, eude said:

I'm really happy to see this.

I loved Peavey stuff back in the day, even the 90s stuff.

I really hope they keep running with this homage effort. They've re released the Decade and there's a handful of new preamp pedals, all with the classic 80s and not so classic 90s styling.

Likewise, I realise it's not the same, not really, but that classic style and design language is something special. I've spoken with the guy who made the push for this to happen, he thinks of it as something like his baby, getting this made. With any luck, we'll see some real numbers move for Peavey with these throwback releases and they'll start making a move back to the classics. I've still got a pair of old Century Bass heads in storage that need repairs, but I loved those amps when I had them working. 

[Ed_S]

They look absolutely excellent. The cab wouldn't be practical for me, but I'd have the amp head right now.

[PinkMohawk]

3 hours ago, Ed_S said:

They look absolutely excellent. The cab wouldn't be practical for me, but I'd have the amp head right now.

To be fair, impractical cabs is a very Peavey thing to do. The 3620 was a Peavey creation after all. 

[Ed_S]

3 minutes ago, PinkMohawk said:

To be fair, impractical cabs is a very Peavey thing to do. The 3620 was a Peavey creation after all. 

 

Oh aye, I'll never forget the first time I tried to drag the provided 2x15 BW with 400 series head on it across our rehearsal room.. it wasn't going anywhere without a fight, so I can only imagine what the 3620 must have been like to shift!

[PinkMohawk]

29 minutes ago, Ed_S said:

 

Oh aye, I'll never forget the first time I tried to drag the provided 2x15 BW with 400 series head on it across our rehearsal room.. it wasn't going anywhere without a fight, so I can only imagine what the 3620 must have been like to shift!

Hahaha yeah, I ran one of the old 2x15's for quite a while. I got so sick of the crap wheels they'd included on it that I went and bought some big and smooth ones from Blue Aran. Good lord it was so much more pleasant to move around after that. 

 

And just in case anyone is wondering, the ideal wheel replacement for an Ampeg 8x10 is using skateboard trucks, not wheels. Makes a great place to grab hold of when you're humping it up stairs too.