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Topic: Session 2000 -Question For Mike Brown |
Jim Saunders
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Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
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Posted 2 Dec 2003 4:08 pm |
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Mike, As the owner of a Session 2000, I'm wondering why Peavey can't continue to make this fine amp without the cashe card slot. The amp comes with 256 presets, which in my case, is way more than I'll ever need.
As I understand it, Peavey stopped making this amp because they could not find a vendor for the card reader, and, without this feature, they killed the program. I think many steelers would love to have the amp in the limited package, with a price reduction for the loss of this feature. |
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Gino Iorfida
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 2 Dec 2003 4:37 pm
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| I'd like to see a programmable pedal steel amp, based on the Transtube technology (i.e the transformer model, optimised for steel, possibly scaled down a bit -- maybe with different models such as a Session 400, Standel, Fender Twin, Nashville 400/1000, Webb, etc and speaker models for JBL or the stock BW, and of course about a 200w. output). |
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Mike Brown
From:
Meridian, Mississippi USA
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Posted 4 Dec 2003 6:50 am
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I guess that the Session was an early "modeling" amp in a way, but as you already know, was discontinued because of the reason listed above. Unfortunately, again, designing this type of product and marketing it, and actually selling it, is a different story. Since the Session was discontinued, I haven't had a half dozen players ask to bring it back into production. I don't think that it would do the numbers, if you know what I mean.
Now, designing an amp with built in effects such as the Peavey Transtube 212EFX or 112EFX is something that would be possible if the demand is there. What do you think? Here's the link to the Transtube EFX series;
http://www.peavey.com/products/shop_online/browse.cfm/action/final/wc/1A1B212/fam/TT/c/2/transtube.cfm
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Jim Saunders
From:
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
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Posted 4 Dec 2003 7:42 am
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Mike, I owned the Transtube 112EFX and it did have a nice sound for steel. I think it could be improved if it were made so that you could turn it off and on without losing your preset. It now goes back to start when turned off and you have to start fishing for the sound you like.
On the Session 2000 this is not true. It comes back on to the last setting used. Now, I realized after I posed this question that Peavey, as a company, would have to consider the marketing aspects of producing another 2000 model. There are only so many steel players around to buy them. There are a lot of steel amps bought and sold each year, but they mostly are used and we are buying and selling to each other, not expanding the market. |
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David Doggett
From:
Bawl'mer, MD (formerly of MS, Nawluns, Gnashville, Knocksville, Lost Angeles, Bahsten. and Philly)
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Posted 4 Dec 2003 10:52 am
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| I have used a Peavey Transtube Supreme head with a JBL 15" speaker for pedal steel. It has two switchable channels. One can be set for any amount of overdrive at any volume, and the other is clean. Both have reverb. You set everything with the knobs, so there is no programing to loose when you turn it off. The biggest problem is that it has only 100 watts, so the clean channel didn't have enough headroom for steel. Also, it needed a littel more low end. If it was 200 or 300 watts, it would make a good steel amp, with a switchable overdrive channel. Or it would make a good amp for steel through one channel, and clean or distorted guitar at any volume through the other. You can plug two instruments in and use either channel with both. [This message was edited by David Doggett on 04 December 2003 at 10:55 AM.] |
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Gino Iorfida
From:
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Posted 4 Dec 2003 3:30 pm
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| The transtube efx would be a good idea,.. then again, a 'modification' of the coding of the Transformer series would also work well.. not saying you'd need to clone 16 different amps for steel, but maybe take out say one or two of the 'marshall' settings, and put in the "Nashville 400" and Session 400 tone stacks, equip it with a heftier power section (instead of 2x50 watt sections, 2x100 watt sections), equip it with a 15" BW, and possibly have the 2 inputs marked as 'steel' and 'guitar' and have them switchable via programs... now you have an amp that can not only eliminate the rack setup for steel players, but give a kilelr guitar amp as well. I know there are a lot of guys who play both 6 string and steel, and would love a double duty amp! I know I'd buy one! |
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