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Apparently Peavey took a stab at high end studio gear in the 90's and made an all tube stereo mic preamp. They're pretty well regarded so I've searched for them on and off over the past year. I've seen a lot sell for $700-1000, which just seems absurd for a Peavey. I snagged this guy for $400.

Super clear sounding preamp with a fuck ton of gain. Haven't messed with it a ton but initial impressions are very positive.

Interesting... Any chances you will be posting some examples?

Cole

Yeah dude! I'll be taking it to my buddy's studio and doing some a/b clips. I bought an xlr splitter so I can record the same source with the preamp and without simultaneously.

Awesome ! Congrats on a rare piece , the Compressor is another one to look out for . I bet it sounds fantastic !

Congrats!!!


Really interested in hearing the A/B clips.

What would you guys like to hear?

Right now I'm thinking vocal, guitar, direct bass and drum room mic. I'm going to do a section of a song I think.

I'm shitty at drums but fuck it

_ej_ wrote:What would you guys like to hear?

Right now I'm thinking vocal, guitar, direct bass and drum room mic. I'm going to do a section of a song I think.

I'm shitty at drums but fuck it

I was thinking guitar and vox but, if you want to do a song section, that works!

That's sweet. What's the model name/number of this thing?

Devin wrote:That's sweet. What's the model name/number of this thing?

Peavey VMP-2

my original plan was a bit ambitious since I couldn't settle on a song section to record and I'm lazy

I did do a guitar clip though

I bought an XLR splitter so this is the exact same riff recorded 2 ways. First is straight into on of the Focusrite preamps, second is using the Peavey.

Cool... thanks for making the clip!

The Peavey sounds a tad bit warmer than straight into the converter.
Have you tried pushing the Peavey into breakup?

ajaxlepinski wrote:Cool... thanks for making the clip!

The Peavey sounds a tad bit warmer than straight into the converter.
Have you tried pushing the Peavey into breakup?

I haven't yet, mostly because it has an absurd amount of clean gain. Even with the pad engaged on the focusrite it clips the converter.

_ej_ wrote:

ajaxlepinski wrote:Cool... thanks for making the clip!

The Peavey sounds a tad bit warmer than straight into the converter.
Have you tried pushing the Peavey into breakup?

I haven't yet, mostly because it has an absurd amount of clean gain. Even with the pad engaged on the focusrite it clips the converter.

Yeah, with all the headroom, it's going to be difficult getting it anywhere near break up.
Still, a very nice preamp!!!!