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Topic: Peavey Session 400 - Aluminum Knob - Custom Cab - Sarno Mods |
Darvin Willhoite
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Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2012 4:58 pm |
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Another victim of the downsize.
This is a Peavey Session 400 chassis, in a custom white pine cabinet, covered in tweed fabric, with a "Spider Web" 15" Black Widow speaker. The corners of the cabinet are dovetailed for strength, I was going to do a natural lacquer finish, but the grain just wasn't that good, so I covered it with tweed, and sprayed several coats of clear lacquer over it to seal it. It also has a leather handle, and chrome corners. It has 1" rubber feet on the bottom, and a spring loaded handle on the bottom like an Evans, to tilt the cabinet back slightly. I covered the speaker baffle with wheat colored Fender grille cloth. The amp weighs around 55 lbs, which should be a little lighter than the original cabinets were. Some amp guru's swear that solid wood cabinets make the amps sound better than plywood, or particle board.
I had Brad Sarno do his capacitor upgrade several years ago before he got too busy with manufacturing his own products. I replaced the filter caps again a couple of months ago, so it has the best sound possible.
I sent the chassis to Peavey a few weeks ago and had them check it out. They couldn't find anything wrong and said everything was within original specs. Actually with the upgraded caps, it should be better than original specs. It comes with a custom cover with piping trim, that was made by Forumite Gary Preston and his wife. This amp sounds great with steel or guitar, as they have been famous for for a long time. It circuit has discreet devices (transistors) which more closely emulates a tube amp, instead of integrated circuits.
The price is $475.00, shipping included in the lower 48, and I will take Paypal. I will ship this amp in two boxes, one for the chassis, the other for the cabinet, to reduce weight and make it easier to handle. If you buy it, you will need to be able to put the chassis back into the cabinet and plug in the speaker and reverb cables. The reverb cables are color coded to keep from getting them backwards.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Bill Lowe
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Connecticut
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Posted 3 Aug 2012 5:43 pm
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hmmm.....very tempting 
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JCH D10, 71 D10 P/p fat back, Telonics TCA 500C--12-,Fender JBL Twin, Josh Swift signature. |
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Darvin Willhoite
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Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 3 Aug 2012 5:55 pm
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It's definitely one-of-a-kind.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Mike Kowalik
From:
San Antonio,Texas
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Posted 4 Aug 2012 3:40 am Session 400....
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Darvin....I will take the amp.
I'm willing to save you the trouble of shipping if we can work out a date for pickup as we did the last time.
E-mail payment info to me and I will take care of that ASAP.
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2012 6:49 am
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Sent you an email Michael. Thanks
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Gary Arnold
From:
Panhandle of Florida, USA
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Posted 4 Aug 2012 7:52 pm Hardware
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Hey Darvin where do you get your hardware from for the amps you build?   Gary |
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 5 Aug 2012 9:37 am
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Gary, I buy most of my hardware from partsexpress.com, although I have bought from a couple of other places.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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