Peavey Supreme: I need some feedback ........

[Reverend Timmy]

Gentlemen,I have a chance to pick up a Peavey Supreme head stupid cheap.Anybody got any experience with this animal? Thanks Rev.Timmy

[Dreamland_Rebel]

Re: Peavey Supreme: I need some feedback ........

all the ones i have heard sound great.

[zeegler]

Re: Peavey Supreme: I need some feedback ........

What does it look like? Is it one of the new ones? I used to have a Supreme 160, when they first came out. It had a pretty good sound at first, but like most solid state amps, after a while it started to fatigue the ears, and give you a headache. I eventually traded it in on a Marshall Valvestate VS100, which I liked a lot better.

[Fragle]

Re: Peavey Supreme: I need some feedback ........

i have no experience with the old ones, but the newer models are really good. i like them better than the valvestates, and they are way superior to that newer avt crap. a good tube amp will blow them away, especially in terms of volume, dynamics, warmth, and sound at high volumes.......the usual stuff, you know.

cant beat it for the money, though

[Inearthed]

Re: Peavey Supreme: I need some feedback ........

Neeed feedback eh? Just stand in front of the amp with the gain and volume cranked and hold your guitar up to it! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Seriously though, I'm not a big fan of how the Supreme's sound but they are very inexpensive. A local guy hear uses a Peavey Supreme with a GT-6 in front of it and gets some pretty rippin' tones out of it.

[Inazone]

Re: Peavey Supreme: I need some feedback ........

Assuming it's the current TransTube version, they are among the better solid state amps out there. I have a TransTube Special 212 combo, which is essentially the combo version of the Supreme, and the tone is good for a tube-emulating amp. I'd take the XXL head over the Supreme (XL?) for versatility, but if you can get a good deal, it should serve you well. The TransTube emulation does give you a pretty wide tonal variation.