Anyone remember the Peavey Penta?

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i have the Rosington maroon cab with V30s. I think it was the same cab as the Pentas. bought it for $100 at a thrift store years ago. great cab.
 
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c+addict said:
I got mine for $400 new around 15 years ago. I have 2 of the Penta 4x12's in storage. They're both loaded with Celestion 75's. I got those from GC for $200 each in excellent condition. It's a good amp. Sounds great boosted. Beyond Black likes to hate on it! 😂View attachment 378377
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It’s no Naylor.
c+addict said:
I got mine for $400 new around 15 years ago. I have 2 of the Penta 4x12's in storage. They're both loaded with Celestion 75's. I got those from GC for $200 each in excellent condition. It's a good amp. Sounds great boosted. Beyond Black likes to hate on it! 😂View attachment 378377
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It's a great concept. The amp has 11 relays to change various components. The 5 ways switch has preset combinations. Low gain, has less tubes/gain stages, high gain has more/gain stages. The EQ has 5 relays switching the components. You'd have to treat each mode as a different amp. They should have made it a VTM 2.0 and let the user select the combinations of "mods", and added an effects loop.
 
Beyond Black said:
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It’s no Naylor.
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Jerry at fja turned them into monsters. He’s the pv whisperer though…. The cabs are supposed to be excellent as well.
 
Dave L said:
It was designed as a George Lynch model, and despite his classic gear-whoring most of the stuff he (almost) put his name on is pretty good. The Penta is no exception, it´s a good amp. The second mode rotary probably was a mistake, leading people to think it was a two-channel amp. It is much more viable as a single-channel. Haven´t played one in fifteen years, though!
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Was just about to post the same thing, glad I read the thread lol. Yep another Lynch offshoot from Peavey that he never got his name on.
 
dstroud said:
nice!!! I was expecting more a classic rock tone but that was awesome!!
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Thanks dstroud! Here's one that's a bit more classic rock. Tone control on my guitar rolled off for a big chunk of it. You commented on this one shortly after I posted it on YT. :cheers:
 
Kordoba said:
Thanks dstroud! Here's one that's a bit more classic rock. Tone control on my guitar rolled off for a big chunk of it. You commented on this one shortly after I posted it on YT. :cheers:
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I can tell that would kill in a live band situation. I’m gonna keep an eye out for a used one
 
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