Triple XXX??

[Boxcar Willie 84]

So I remember trying one of these when they were new, being a George Lynch fan and all, but I also remember them sounding awful. But when I saw It Dies Today, one of their guitarists was using one, modded to have a built-in noise gate like the JSX does, and it sounded killer! He didn't really have a whole lot going into it, just the head into a VHT 4x12 and maybe a Boss tuner pedal or something. What was I doing wrong??!

[Tetsuo]

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I actually like that Amp for the $$$ but personally I think I would ike the JSX more for myself. Some peole love them. To me it was a little dry and Harsh sounding though.

[taxistationary]

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Maybe the one you tryed out was not proberly setup and biased? They take a lot of tweaking to really dial in what you want. I've had one for about a year. It's a fantastic amp for the price.

[sevser]

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The XXX does have a built in gate.

[Chuckracer]

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Actually, according to your post title, the amp in question is called the XXX XXX XXX, and I don't think I've ever seen one... [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

[FLuX]

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but they are referred to by peavey themselves as a X^3 chuckracer.. hahaha

triple xxx... makes tons of sense...

i wish i had an amp like that.. i can't afford crap in the means of amps.. lol

[Boxcar Willie 84]

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Well anyway, the XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX that this guy had sounded really good, so I wanna try one again.

[dinkyjacksonman]

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I am shopping one too.
I think for the money,it is one of the best buys.
I loved my 5150's and Triple X seems cool with independent EQs on each CH.
Only that nasty front face bothers me(or my wife) so I will take it off when I get mine though.

[Dreamland_Rebel]

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i think they sound great

[buzzsaww]

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i used to really like them. had one for a while too, could never quite get what i wanted out of it. the more i played it the worse it sounded to me dry and harsh. both the guitar players in my old band use them too. very shrill sounding but that could be operator error, LOL

[ranalli]

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I own one and it's a great hard-rock/metal amp. You gotta set it up right though. You need better tubes and a re-bias. A lower gain pre-amp tube in the preamp will help as well to tame all the silly gain they have. I also recommend EL34s instead of the 6L6s in this amp, more of a nice mid crunch.

[kmanick]

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has anyone here had a chance to try a JSX? I can't find a store in boston that has one.

[Shotgun]

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[ QUOTE ]
Actually, according to your post title, the amp in question is called the XXX XXX XXX, and I don't think I've ever seen one... [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

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Not saying it makes sense, but "Triple XXX" is what Peavey named them.

And a while back Roger Crimm posted at the Peavey amp forum how to replace one resistor with a pot to make the XXX's gate adjustable like the JSX's. I might have to do that mod this weekend... [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Keith

[Shotgun]

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Found it...

"The noise gate circuit is a couple of diodes connected back to back on the preamp board.
There is a 1 meg resistor across them that you would replace. It is R3 on my schematic (Triple XXX head).
I recommend an audio taper pot."

Keith

[Crusher]

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I have the XXX head w/Matching 4x12 cab. It sounds awesome, I'm really happy with it.