Amp mystery : is the peavey butcher 2 a plexi and a 2203 in one box?

[Ben Waylin]

I agree that most Peavey amps are aesthetically challenged. The Butcher/VTM headshells are ludicrously heavy, but also basically indestructible. Many people aren't aware, but the Butcher and VTMs fit perfectly into a 5150/6505 headshell. Before I sold my last Butcher, I had it in a 5150 headshell the whole time. Way easier to handle.

That's because James Brown based the 5150 on the Butcher/VTM.

 

[SQUAREHEAD]

That's because James Brown based the 5150 on the Butcher/VTM.

I heard that James got Eddie interested in the VTM at first, but it didn’t quite cut it… Don’t know how much to believe when it comes to all this stuff.

 

[Ben Waylin]

I heard that James got Eddie interested in the VTM at first, but it didn’t quite cut it… Don’t know how much to believe when it comes to all this stuff.

There's a video interview with James (might have been a "Tone Talk") where he lays all of this out.

 

[ZEEGLER]

I have the supreme 160 and that thing is the heaviest amp I have, can’t imagine what a tube amp must weigh with that head shell

I actually had a Supreme 160 in that same headshell, and yeah it was heavy for a SS amp, but the Butcher definitely wins the prize.