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Peavey Penta Head (No Longer Available)
140-watt Tube Guitar Amp Head with Five Selectable EQ/Gain Voicings

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Five Guitar Amps in One Head!
The Peavey Penta™ is a single-channel tube amplifier with five totally different personalities, courtesy of its five selectable EQ/gain voicings.

The Penta amplifier combines four matched EL34 tubes with four 12AX7 tubes and features ceramic tube sockets, custom transformers, ultra-high quality components and 140 watts into 16, 8, or 4 ohms. A product of extensive tube amplifier engineering, the Penta is a completely straightforward, classic guitar amp. Correction: five guitar amps.

Using 100% analog Pentatone™ circuitry, this uniquely Peavey amplifier gives the guitar-playing world its take on five classic gain voicings on a single amp channel. These sounds are identified by corresponding icons and are accessible by a rotary knob. No fancy footswitches allowed, and no shimmering effects included - the Penta is for true plug & play guitar fanatics.

The Penta's "Star" icon reveals a classic British plexi voicing, while the "Bull" icon produces a modified British voicing with tons of added gain and a tighter low end. The "Tree" icon lays on a thicker British voicing with a loose attack and slightly more gain, while the "Mudflap Girl" setting is a super-high gain voicing with a more responsive EQ and power amp section-think Triple XXX®. The "Cactus" setting is, simply put, fat and clean.


Peavey Penta Guitar Head Features:
  • 140 watts (rms) into 16, 8, or 4 ohms (switchable)
  • Four EL34 (matched) tubes and four 12AX7 tubes
  • Gain control
  • 3-band passive EQ
  • Master volume
  • Presence
  • 5 selectable EQ/gain voicings
  • Custom USA transformers
  • Ceramic tube sockets
  • Ultra high-quality components


Customer Reviews
 Versatile and Unique!  
by Jack from Washington, DC, March 24, 2009
Music Background:  pro musician

“With 5 different settings, the Penta gives you a range from the Fender Tweed sounds to the Peavey XXX. My favorite tones are the Cactus, which is a heavy and thick overdriven monster, and the Tree, which is a prototypical excellent clean sound. (the manual and ad continually confuse the two)

This thing is heavy (weighs 65 lbs) but is sturdy as anything. The tubes are easily...” Read More
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