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All-tube Guitar Amp Combines Boutique Features and Reliability
The Peavey ValveKing 100 Head is a new, all-tube guitar amp combining boutique features and hot-rodded tones with legendary Peavey reliability. The Peavey ValveKing 100 Head features a patent-pending, variable Class A-A/B control called Texture™, which allows sweepable selection between Class A and Class A/B power structures, as well as any combination of the two. With this exclusive feature, guitarists can coax virtually any tone from this tweaked-out amplifier. The Peavey ValveKing 100 Head's preamp and power sections are powered by 6L6GC and 12AX7 tubes, respectively.
The Peavey ValveKing 100 Head's features include two footswitchable channels with independent, three-band EQ and volume, plus a footswitchable gain/volume boost on the lead channel to provide extra volume for solos. Peavey ValveKing 100 Head also features global resonance, presence and reverb controls, a buffered effects loop and dual speaker jacks in parallel.
Peavey ValveKing 100 Head Features:
- 100 watts (rms) into 16, 8, or 4 ohms (switchable)
- Four 6L6GC and three 12AX7 tubes
- Two independent footswitchable channels
- Separate EQ for each channel
- Footswitchable gain/volume boost on lead channel
- Dual paralleled speaker jacks
- Reverb with level control
- Buffered effects loop
- Resonance and presence controls
- New TEXTURE™ variable Class A simulation control (patent pending)
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by David Dyer from Indiana, November 07, 2007
Music Background: 15yrs guitar player / 2 yr amp builder
“I just "repaired" one of these amps, it wasn't really broke the tubes just sucked. I think the 6L6's were shot.
Depending on the tubes you can get different sounds. With 2 mesa red 6L6's, 2 JJ 6L6's, and JJ pretubes it had an extremely thick sound. The amp gets muddy quickly when the gain up if you don't turn the bass and resonance down. The lower the resonance the tighter the...” Read More
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